eat too much in the evening

[Silverobama]

The conversation is between Silver and his friend Hook.

Silver: Sometimes I use a meal replacement powder for dinner.
Hook: Why?
Silver: I don't want to eat too much in the evening.
Hook: Won't you feel hungry two hours later?
Silver: Of course I will but the hunger won't last for too long.

Would native speakers of English express the italic sentence like I did?

 

[emsr2d2]

It begs the question "Too much for what?"

It strikes me, looking at the last line of the dialogue too, that you're using "too" to mean "very". I discourage learners from doing that.

 

[Silverobama]

It begs the question "Too much for what?"

It strikes me, looking at the last line of the dialogue too, that you're using "too" to mean "very". I discourage learners from doing that.

“Too much food for dinner". Please help me with a natural version.

 

[emsr2d2]

“Too much food for dinner". Please help me with a natural version.

That's a very subjective statement. What might be "too much" for you might be the perfect amount for someone else. If the meal replacement powder you use contains all the vitamins and minerals you're after, I'd be more inclined to think that you use it simply because it means you don't have to bother cooking!

 

[Silverobama]

I'd be more inclined to think that you use it simply because it means you don't have to bother cooking!

This is one of the reasons, yes, it saves time. But even I choose to eat dinner, I avoid meat and rice, I'll eat vegetables and beans, for example, because eating much rice and meat will add to my weight, I'm already overweight. How can I express myself to ahieve my aim "I don't want to eat too much food for dinner because otherwise I'll be fatter".

 

[jutfrank]

Yes, it's perfectly natural.

Thank you for writing a mini-dialogue. Doing so hugely improves your questions.

 

[Silverobama]

Yes, it's perfectly natural.

Much appreciated. Did you mean this is perfectly natural?

Silver: I don't want to eat too much in the evening.

Or this:

"I don't want to eat too much food for dinner because otherwise I'll be fatter".

 

[jutfrank]

The former.