Should I Eat After 7pm? The Truth You Need to Hear

Embrace Your Real

Julie Ledbetter

Health & Fitness, Fitness, Body, Mindset, Movement, Health, Acceptance, Macros, Love, Positivity, Nutrition, Loss, Weight

5 • 965 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

You’ve probably heard the “rule” that you shouldn’t eat after 7pm if you want to see results. Maybe you’ve even felt guilty grabbing a late snack, like the clock itself was going to derail your progress. But here’s the truth: your body doesn’t own a watch.

In this episode of Embrace Your Real, I’m breaking down the real science behind nighttime eating so you can finally stop stressing over the clock and start focusing on what actually matters for your goals.

We’ll cover:

Why calories aren’t magically stored as fat after 7pm
The difference between one late-night snack and a nightly pattern of overeating
How macro counting clears up the confusion about timing
When digestion and sleep might benefit from setting a food “cutoff”
How to tell the difference between true hunger and emotional eating at night

By the end, you’ll know exactly how to approach eating in the evening without guilt, stress, or confusion — and how to make late-night choices that align with your body and your goals.

🎧 Want more? Listen next to: Episode 466: Still Hungry After Hitting Your Macros? Do This....

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0:00.0	Hey, hey, beautiful human. Can I steal five minutes of your time? I have something super important to share with you, but I promise I'll be really quick. You're listening to my weekly bonus episode of Embrace Your Real with me, Julie Labbetter. I'm about to give you a quick tip for building your confidence, honoring your body, and unconditionally loving your authentic self. Stay tuned if you're ready to embrace a real.
0:21.7	Let's get it.
0:22.5	Let's go.
0:30.2	Hello and welcome back to another bonus episode on the Embrace Real podcast.
0:35.4	Today we're tackling a question that I know so many of you
0:38.2	have wrestled with. And that was because I did for a decade of my life. And that is, should I eat
0:43.3	after 7 p.m.? Like maybe you've heard the rule that you should cut up eating in the evening or
0:49.2	close the kitchen if you want to see results. Maybe you've even felt guilty grabbing a snack
0:53.7	before bed. Like it's
0:55.4	automatically going to derail your progress. Is this true? Will that really happen? This is what I'm
1:00.8	going to be diving into in today's bonus episode. So get ready for some real talk and some simple
1:06.9	science on whether or not eating after 7 p.m. will stop you from building the body that you want.
1:13.7	But first, let me share this super sweet review. I don't have a name, but she gave a five-star review
1:18.9	and said, you need this. Stop everything you're doing and listen. This is a nice dose of reality
1:24.4	and motivation. I've been doing movement with Julie for seven months now and have
1:28.2	never felt so empowered and strong. Julie girl, you're changing the world one podcast at a time.
1:34.2	Oh, her name is Mama Strong Three. Thank you so much, Mama Strong Three. I really appreciate you.
1:39.9	I'm so grateful for you. Thank you so much for taking time out of your day. And I'm so,
1:43.9	so grateful to hear that Movement with Julie has never felt you.
1:48.4	You've never felt so empowered and strong.
1:51.1	Like that is my goal.
1:52.6	I want these workouts to not only give you that foundational, functional strength that will carry through throughout your day to day as you're picking up your kids,
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