Heavy breakfast vs. heavy dinner

Th3Ph03n1x

shejuicy wrote: »

I recently read a study in which women who had a 700/500/200 breakfast/lunch/dinner format lost noticeably more weight (2.5x more) than those eating 200/500/700 for breakfast/lunch/dinner.

Here is the abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23512957

I always thought I should save my calories during the day to "reward" myself with a juicy dinner/ dessert, so this is interesting.

Any experiences?

Now the consensus seems to be that whatever works best for you... ie. keeps you from overeating is what you should stick with.

I love to have a snack at night it's like a ritual and I will hold back some calories during the day so I can have that snack. My breakfast and dinner are pretty equal with lunch being a little lighter.

HJ1976

My mum uses the theory; breakfast like a King, lunch like a Lord, dinner like a pauper.

CooCooPuff

Depends on whenever you're hungry. It a usually around 3-5pm for me.

UnicornAmanda

That's interesting. I believe it too, because the earlier you eat the majority of calories the more time your body has to digest and burn off some of it. I wish I had even somewhat of an appetite in the morning. Getting myself to eat breakfast, even a small breakfast, is a chore most days lol. I feel better if I eat my "dinner-meal" at like lunch time, then around dinner all I really am hungry for is a snack.

prattiger65

CONCLUSIONS:
High-calorie breakfast with reduced intake at dinner is beneficial and might be a useful alternative for the management of obesity and metabolic syndrome.

avskk

How does your body have more time to burn off breakfast than dinner? Do you die at bedtime? Because otherwise, your body is always burning fuel -- just going to sleep doesn't stop that process (and only slows it by a tiny percentage).

CatDeeDeeDee

I'm one of those odd ducks that eat a big breakfast, a medium lunch and a very small dinner (mostly, sometimes I'll switch it up). I was raised on the saying 'Eat like a king at breakfast, a prince at lunch and a pauper at dinner' and I find that I lose weight at a much faster and easier rate when I do it this way. But it's all up to you, as other people before me have said. Thankfully, we have variety with this thing called 'eating healthy and losing weight'.

JeffseekingV

Eating a big breakfast does nothing to lessen my hunger later. So I end up eating over my calorie limit. I've been skipping breakfast, eating a light lunch and eating a big dinner. Seems to work out for me and doesn't piss off the wife thatb not eating her dinners. I've had to train myself not to eat breakfast though.