I'm developing an unhealthy habit where I don't eat all day to save calories for later.

cerise_noir

Geocitiesuser wrote: »

I need to start eating celery and other raw vegetables to hold myself over. I don't know why, but I didn't see how easy the solution was until I started posting this thread. .... So asking, brought me to my own answer! Celery, cucumbers, zucchini, etc, it is! Fiberous, refreshing, and delicious! Just realizing I had a jar of kimchi I could have brought to work too.

Does anyone else find themselves playing games with what they eat so they can eat what they "really want" later ?

IF. I don't eat until a little later in the day. You're all good. It's not bad/unhealthy.

AnnPT77

Geocitiesuser wrote: »

Chef_Barbell wrote: »

I thought you only drank your soylent meals?

M-Fri at work because I don't have time to meal prep. I cook my kitten off on the weekends and usually friday evening. Lately I've been forgoing my normal shakes to fatten up my prebed snack, but getting through the gym and taekwondo becomes a challenge without the calories.

The other day I forwent my shakes because I knew I had lenny and larry's muscle brownies and buffbake snicker doodle nut butter at home.... <_<

If you regularly let it drive down your TDEE (by under-fueling your workouts to the point of less energy/enthusiasm), IMO you're at the point where it's becoming dysfunctional behavior. It's possible that something fast-carb-y shortly before the workout could counter that somewhat without adding a huge number of calories.

For my taste, missing solid macros to fill up on treats is also dysfunctional, if it happens with any kind of frequency. Not sure whether you're seeing that happen, or not, from what you've said.

P.S. I don't really see how eating stuff all day, even low calorie stuff, is IF - eating is now the same as fasting? But who cares, really . . . .

SCoil123

Intermittent fasting works like that. I did it for years and only recently switched for medical reasons. I would eat a small snack at 2-3pm and most of my calories at dinner. It isn't unhealthy unless you aren't meeting your calorie and nutritional goals.

LAWoman72

AnnPT77 wrote: »

P.S. I don't really see how eating stuff all day, even low calorie stuff, is IF - eating is now the same as fasting? But who cares, really . . . .

No, you're right, it isn't...but who said that? I think the OP said he usually doesn't eat at all until a certain point? I will re-read the thread as I might have missed something.

OP said he forewent the shakes (on the post you're quoting), which means he didn't have them...?

AnnPT77

LAWoman72 wrote: »

AnnPT77 wrote: »

P.S. I don't really see how eating stuff all day, even low calorie stuff, is IF - eating is now the same as fasting? But who cares, really . . . .

No, you're right, it isn't...but who said that? I think the OP said he usually doesn't eat at all until a certain point? I will re-read the thread as I might have missed something.

OP said he forewent the shakes (on the post you're quoting), which means he didn't have them...?

The comment about IF was not Deeply Serious. It sounded like some might be comparing his veggie-eating fest to IF.

But yes, I read him as saying he skipped the shakes and (possibly then, possibly other times - unclear) it was challenging to get through the gym and taekwando. That part of my comment was serious. Under-fueling a workout can be a problem. Not life-threatening, typically, but maybe leading to lower calorie burn from the workout and/or slower progress, if it's more than a rare occurrence.

JeromeBarry1

Today I had what I really wanted before 8 a.m. and now I'm trying to IF the rest of the day.

ninerbuff

Really it's only "unhealthy" if you malnourished. If not, don't worry.

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KM0692

You're not alone. Lately, I have been skipping breakfast so I can have Halo Top ice cream at night. Half the pint (and occasionally the whole thing). I'm not much of a breakfast eater anyway, so it works for me. :-D

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TaraTaraTara76

I do this too most the same. I will suffer all day just to party harty at night and enjoy myself:)