Do you ever skip meals?

ejb499

So I went out to breakfast this morning and ate more than I should have. Now, it is almost I dinner time and I am only about 150 calories short of my goal. I feel like I could easily skip dinner and feel just fine and stay within my calorie allotment but part of me thinks I should sit down with the wife and kids and have at least a small meal with the family. What should I do?

queenliz99

On Saturdays, my husband likes to make a huge breakfast and I am not hungry till dinner. Nothing wrong with skipping a meal once in a while.

Francl27

Yeah, dinner when I'm not hungry and don't need to eat (low blood sugar).

RoxieDawn

I did today..I think I'm just gonna be short on cals today..this is a rare thing for me, but it happens sometimes.

Lasmartchika

I skip meals every single day. I either have breakfast n dinner but no lunch, or lunch n dinner but no breakfast. It's fine as long as you're not hungry. Maybe you'll wake up really hungry tomorrow and you'll have an extra 150 calories for tomorrow's meals.

Go sit with your family to enjoy the time together anyways even if you don't eat.

kgirlhart

I would either just sit with them and not eat, or have a 150 calorie snack while they ate. I don't usually skip meals, but in those types of situations I will. No need to eat if you aren't hungry and 150 under your goal is reasonable.

BarbellzNBrotein

If I'm truly satiated for the day or if it's the middle of the day and I'm hungry I'll giving eating a miss. No matter what eating plan I'm engaged in, listening to my body is my go to.

Lounmoun

Not usually. I slept late and skipped breakfast today for the first time in a long time. I still pre-logged my day. I eat all my calories every day.
If you are not hungry you could skip dinner one day. There are foods you could eat for 150 calories though. Have a salad. Munch some vegetables. Eat an egg. Have some fruit.

KetoneKaren

Lots of people who do a 16:8 intermittent fast just eat 2 meals a day...like at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., for example. It's personal preference.

middlehaitch

All the time. My personal preference is a small meal during the day, dinner then a late sweet supper. I have however found that a protien bar with a coffee for breakfast works really well so I have been doing the above breakfast, small lunch, large dinner and sweet supper for the past few months, but never worry if I miss a meal.

Have a snack or nothing, just join the family at the table.

Cheers, h.

ejb499

Lounmoun wrote: »

Not usually. I slept late and skipped breakfast today for the first time in a long time. I still pre-logged my day. I eat all my calories every day.
If you are not hungry you could skip dinner one day. There are foods you could eat for 150 calories though. Have a salad. Munch some vegetables. Eat an egg. Have some fruit.

You are absolutely right. I will sit down with the family and have some fresh sugar snap peas from our garden and a little bit of fruit. Not my typical idea of dinner but perfectly reasonable since I went over earlier in the day.

Thanks for the replies!

Zipp237

It's pretty rare for me to skip a meal. If I overeat one day, I do. So what, that's life. I'm still losing, so a day here or there doesn't matter much. I don't lose weight that particular day, big whup.

This "big whup" philosophy will have to be adjusted when I'm done losing, I know, but for now I just don't care. I'm not going hungry to meet some goal.

Wynterbourne

I almost never eat breakfast, so technically I would be skipping meals pretty much every day. Doesn't matter if you eat one meal or six. Eat your calories divvied up in such a matter that it keeps you satisfied. That's what matters.

lulalacroix

My first meal is usually after 2 pm each day. So yeah, I skip the traditional breakfast time every day.

Alluminati

I skip breakfast and lunch and eat a large dinner 5-6 days a week and have for almost 2 years. Works for me.

SherryTeach

There is nothing wrong with skipping meals. I don't usually do it, but if I have a special event planned, like lunch out with friends, I will often skip the following meal. Or I will skip lunch if I know I have a food-laden event that evening.

Colorscheme

I do, depending. Sometimes I'm too busy and can't eat breakfast, or sometimes I just don't feel hungry until 11 am. Nothing wrong with skipping meals if you truly don't want to eat. I can always make up the calories later in the day, anyway.

sunnybeaches105

Yes

ccrdragon

I don't eat breakfast at least 5 days a week - only reason I eat it on the weekends is that it's usually a family thing to have breakfast together.

cwolfman13

Yes...

Often on the weekend we will go out to brunch mid morning...it's usually rather substantial so lunch isn't really necessary...I'm usually good until dinner.

Also, if I know I'm going out to lunch or something and I know it's going to be big, I'll just skip breakfast or have something very small.

It's all about controlling your calories.

tamaraworrall

Yeah if I go to the harvester for continental breakfast it fills me up till dinner in the evening so won't have lunch .the same with pizza hut buffet if I have it at lunch I am full the rest of the day

Puravidablonde

I almost never eat breakfast as I am never really hungry until just before lunch. I've always been this way, and I like to eat too much to force myself to eat when not even hungry. I'd rather save my calories for the meals I want and enjoy. I generally eat a healthy lunch, and my big meal of the day is dinner, and I like a late night snack.

Bxqtie116

Since starting the 16:8 IF, I've been skipping breakfast and just have lunch and dinner.

selfepidemic1

I do IF, and sometimes I even just eat one meal. I aim for less than my goal normally so I would be super happy to be cutting 150cals under. That said, if you're not hungry, why eat?

pomegranatecloud

Not really, and when I do it's because I'm not hungry not because I'm concerned about calories. If I'm not hungry because I had a late lunch or a really large lunch, then I might skip dinner or just have something small. If I wake up really late, then I'll usually just have lunch instead of breakfast.

fr33sia12

Yeh, there's no rule that says you've got to eat every meal. If you're not hungry don't eat. You wouldn't eat a meal if you didn't feel hungry when you're not trying to lose weight so why do it when you are.

singingflutelady

I basically have one meal a day unless am at my parent's house where I have lunch and supper.