Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince(ss) and dinner like a beggar

myheartsabattleground

How much do you agree / disagree with this ?
Has anyone ever tried to eat like this
and how hard was it (on a scale of 1 not hard to 5 very hard) ?

jnv7594

I completely disagree. In fact, my eating pattern is the exact opposite of that. But you will get various opinions as different things work for different people.

kommodevaran

Pointless and difficult for most people.

onyxgirl17

Disagree completely.

lishie_rebooted

No. And your choice of text color is obnoxious to read

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sijomial

Pointless and impractical (a bit like your choice of colourful font I'm afraid!).

TheVirgoddess

Completely disagree.

ninerbuff

An old myth that has been passed around for decades now.

Myself, I skip breakfast, eat a decent sized lunch and decent sized dinner, then snack till 11:30pm.

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Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

ChrisM8971

Missed out drink like a fish

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malibu927

Personal preference, though I think this is in a small minority. Dinner is almost always my biggest meal.

Qskim

MrM27 wrote: »

Thanks for the seizure OP

Lol lucky it's not flashing too.

Meganthedogmom

I used to have a very tiny breakfast, now I try to eat about 1/4 to 1/3 of my calories at breakfast/in the morning, a light lunch, and good size dinner since that's what I like.

LazyCatPame

I would throw up if I ate like that. Really, my stomach can't take much food at 6am, and it starts making all the "I'm hungry" noise past 10 am.

Lounmoun

I don't think it matters when you consume most of your calories as long as you stick to your calorie goal for the whole day and are functioning well. Eat most of your calories in one meal or have several smaller meals.

I prefer to eat a small breakfast. My lunch might be medium sized. My dinner might be medium to large. I eat 1 to 2 small snacks in the afternoon or after dinner. I tend to eat every 3-5 hours between my waking time and my bed time. Eating that way works for me and is not difficult
Eating the opposite way would be difficult for me.

praksindiafit

I prefer a full dinner..i cant sleep if i dont have a filling dinner.. prefer to have small six meals in including snacks ofcourse

praksindiafit

malibu927 wrote: »

Personal preference, though I think this is in a small minority. Dinner is almost always my biggest meal.

yeh same here

bigandstripy

I need both a big breakfast and a big lunch. Dinner not so much. I do most of my eating before mid afternoon. I guess it comes down to your habits as much as your preference.

CooCooPuff

It's something you have to experiment with. I've been doing pretty well with making lunch my biggest meal.

bigandstripy

spacequiztime wrote: »

It's something you have to experiment with. I've been doing pretty well with making lunch my biggest meal.

Generally speaking I am having three meals per day but I'm probably having smaller ones now with relatively substantial snacks in between. Three square meals is a very old concept, it probably has as much general importance as anything else from the Caveman era.

charlesmauch

spacequiztime wrote: »

It's something you have to experiment with. I've been doing pretty well with making lunch my biggest meal.

I do the same thing. Small breakfast usually consisting of oatmeal mixed with protein powder, and maybe a donut, or a banana, or some other quick carbs (and coffee). 30 minutes later I hit the gym. I'll usually slam a shake after working out, and then absolutely pig out for lunch. I probably eat 50 to 60% of my calories for the day at lunch/post workout. The rest of the day I munch of carrots/veggies or lean meats, and I often skip dinner depending on what my macros look like for the day. But I have no problems blowing my calorie count for the day if I'm especially low on protein.

I found that even with a severe caloric deficit, by carbing up before working out, It gave me enough juice to survive a hash training session. And since I'm starving afterwords, I figured I might as well eat up afterwords (as a reward). After lunch I'm usually not hungry again until night/evening - and I can ignore that as long I keep out of the kitchen.

Lost about about 80lbs this way, and been able to retain pretty much all of my lean mass. (Hasn't dropped by more than 4lbs since I first started tracking it).

ForeverSunshine09

I change it up occasionally but, it is either small breakfast and lunch and a pretty huge dinner. Lately I have a decent breakfast for me which is between 300-500 cals a tiny lunch generally 200-300 cals sometimes skipped altogether depending on timing and size of breakfasT and my dinner is usually between 600-800 cals. This is a sustainable plan for me.

Alatariel75

That's the exact opposite of how I eat. Breakfast doesn't happen until about 10:30 and is under 200 cals. Lunch is usually around 300, dinner usually hits about 700 and after dinner snack and hot drink is about 250.

55lbs later, I'm happy!

earth_echo

I disagree. I've found that a large breakfast increases my appetite all day long. I'll be hungrier all day and definitely eat more all around. A small late breakfast works best for me. And that's the thing, you have to try different things to know what works for you.

CherokeeBabe

A light, late breakfast, medium lunch (sometimes no lunch) and usually medium dinner. A big meal for breakfast literally makes me puke, my body can't handle large amounts of food after waking up.

Alluminati

One of the dumber sayings floating around. Right up there with "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels..." and every Marilyn Monroe quote.

Mr_Knight

I do it exactly the other way round.

Whatever works for ya...!

lillyrose2020

I like to sleep through breakfast whenever possible.
Dinner is always my biggest meal as it's when I'm hungriest. I also like to have room for evening snacks or I get grouchy. Nocturnal problems

MonkeyMel21

My husband makes bomb *kitten* dinners, so........eff that. I'm with the other posters, I'm the opposite.

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