Unhealthy to eat one big meal a day? (keto)

blister
blister Posts: 1 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I'm pretty busy with work and school so I don't have a lot of time to prepare meals or even eat. I work at a restaurant and they give you a free meal with every shift, and the food the restaurant offers is incidentally very good for keto because there's a lot of meat and eggs involved.
What I normally do is order a meal (meals here are easily 2000 calories, but I customize and modify mine as much as possible to fit my 1100/day) during my shift and eat it within an hour or so (I'm a slow eater idk)
I've lost a good amount of weight, I don't feel any negative side effects, I am perfectly alert, and honestly I'm performing a lot better in school and work and just daily life. That said, I always hear about the "five small meals a day" and I'm kind of worried. Am I sabotaging myself here?

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  • agrasso88
    agrasso88 Posts: 33 Member
    It is fine, google the warrior diet, it is part keto part intermittent fasting. Five small meals a day just keeps the food industry viable selling their sugar laden snacks which cause people to be hungry every few hours due to the sugar spikes.
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    Your one meal a day plan is great. What matters is the number of calories consumed by the end of the day. Timing is not important.
  • _Waffle_
    _Waffle_ Posts: 13,049 Member
    Meal timing doesn't matter.Eat in bed. Eat after 10:00. Skip breakfast. None of that matters. Just log how many calories you eat in a day.
  • Chieflrg
    Chieflrg Posts: 9,097 Member
    As long as you function well with no signs of dizziness, fainting etc.. it makes no difference.
  • MrGonzo05
    MrGonzo05 Posts: 1,120 Member
    I wouldn't consider eating once a day unhealthy. It's not a great way to eat, unless you have an excellent reason why you need to do this. For example, it would negatively impact exercise performance. But if you are on a keto diet, you are already suffering poor exercise performance anyway.
  • harmar21
    harmar21 Posts: 215 Member
    OMAD is a pretty popular diet on here (One Meal A Day). I personally don't do it but I have a few people on my friends list who do.
  • krazyforyou
    krazyforyou Posts: 1,428 Member
    I've usually only eat once daily without negative side effects. If its not broke don't fix it.
  • arguablysamson
    arguablysamson Posts: 1,709 Member
    edited October 2014
    OMAD is how I lost my weight. Changed my life. Check out my success story and OMAD forums.

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/20634-one-meal-a-day
  • agrasso88
    agrasso88 Posts: 33 Member
    whodidntante wrote: »
    I wouldn't consider eating once a day unhealthy. It's not a great way to eat, unless you have an excellent reason why you need to do this. For example, it would negatively impact exercise performance. But if you are on a keto diet, you are already suffering poor exercise performance anyway.

    This is one of the most ridiculous statements I have seen on these ridiculous forums. Keto will enhance performance in aerobic exercise after 30 minutes. Glycogen stores = 400 calories (30 minutes of exercise) Fat stores = 40,000 calories which can be used as energy. Stop spreading mistruths.
  • lLionMindl
    lLionMindl Posts: 76 Member
    _Waffle_ wrote: »
    Meal timing doesn't matter.Eat in bed. Eat after 10:00. Skip breakfast. None of that matters. Just log how many calories you eat in a day.

    this.

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