Anyone here just eat once a day?

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Rannoch3908
Rannoch3908 Posts: 177 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I have been testing this out and seem to love it. I just eat one large dinner at night. Usually portein, two veggies, starch, and a desert. No soda, only water, and nothing processed.

I have a coffee at breakfast and the caffeine actually keeps me from getting hungry till around 5pm. I head home from work and cook a nice big dinner (1500-1800 calories).

The reason I like this is because I have little self control. If I go out for breakfast I look at something healthy like yogurt or some fruit but order chicken fried steak, eggs, bacon, sausage, with a side of biscuits and gravy instead. If I go out for a nice salad or soup for lunch I end up getting a salad drenched in ranch with a side beef brisket sandwich extra mayo and a chili and two pieces of bread on side. I loathe cooking breakfast at home when my eyes have barely opened and I am not even hungry. Lunch I normally eat just because it's called lunch time - not because I am hungry. I have zero self control UNLESS OF COURSE I am not there to lose control. I have been dealing with self control issues / binge eating issues my entire adult life - I am notorius for getting a meal and then a side meal and then feeling horrible about it every time but doing it over and over and hiding it. My doctor said I do have binge eating disorder but would not prescribe new meds to control it because they are amphetamines and she doesn't support them

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  • evilpoptart63
    evilpoptart63 Posts: 397 Member
    edited November 2017
    My dad has always been a one HUGE meal a day type of person, whereas I find myself more comfortable eating 6-8x a day. Everyone is different but its awesome you found something that works for you!!

    * I wrote this last time but it didn't show up? Sorry if you see it 2x* but have you considered talk therapy to address your binge eating?
  • DananaNanas
    DananaNanas Posts: 665 Member
    Join us over here! http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/49-intermittent-fasting
    That's specifically for intermittent fasting, but if you search I hear there's a One Meal A Day (OMAD) group as well.
  • toxikon
    toxikon Posts: 2,383 Member
    It's called OMAD/Warrior Diet if you're looking for terminology.

    I've tried it, but I find it's very hard to get enough fruit and vegetables into my daily goal that way. It's too easy to just grab a burger and fries on my way home from work and eat all my calories in that one meal. Not very nutritional.

    I settled on skipping breakfast, having a small lunch and a large dinner.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    edited November 2017
    No way do I do that !
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    when fasting.
  • jjpptt2
    jjpptt2 Posts: 5,650 Member
    I have done similar for similar reasons. It's usually easier for me to not eat during the day and then have much more freedom with what I eat and, more importantly for me, how much I eat, later on.

    The only downside to that, for me (and that's a big *FOR ME*) is that this mindset has worsened, not helped, my relationship with food. I'm much more bingy than I used to be. Again, not saying it happens to everyone all of the time, or even some people some of the time, but that's been my experience.
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