What you eat Vs when you eat

mdouhan
mdouhan Posts: 22 Member
edited September 20 in Food and Nutrition
Need som input, I am much of a breakfast man, I eat a large breakfast, smaller lunch and a tiny dinner because I find that a large dinner and then go to sleep always makes me gain weight.

What are your opinions on this?

I like to eat the heavier stuff early and burn it away during the day, is it just my feeling or is there something scientific behind it too?

rgds

M

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  • mmnichol
    mmnichol Posts: 208 Member
    There are so many theories on this, I'd have to say the majority of what I have read indicates that what your doing is best and in my opinion if it works for YOU then keep with it.

    Good luck on your journey!!
  • mromnek
    mromnek Posts: 325
    There are so many theories on this, I'd have to say the majority of what I have read indicates that what your doing is best and in my opinion if it works for YOU then keep with it.

    Good luck on your journey!!

    I just saw support of this eating "scheme" (I think it was either on Dr. Phil from an endocrinologisy or on the show The Doctors), I have been thinking about trying to move toward it myself.

    But most importantly, it is a healthy methodology and it is working for your body, then it is the best for you.

    Good luck and keep losing!!!!
  • Dom_m
    Dom_m Posts: 336 Member
    Seems to me that when you eat should be guided by what you want to do. For instance, if you do a lot of study or office work during the day, then play a lot of sport in the evening, you're going to want a moderate breakfast, then build up your carb levels to the sport, then follow up with some protein rich foods and probably more carbs for recovery.

    If most of your activity is spread throughout the day, then what you're doing is probably best. If you don't eat for about 10-12 hours between dinenr / breakfast, your energy levels will probably be quite low. So you want to build them up somewhat quickly (though not so quickly that your body needs to compensate, and you don't want digesting your meals to be too arduous either). By lunch you should have eaten a fair bit to keep you going. Then all you need is a couple of top ups.

    I tend to aim for about 200 cals / hour from 7am to 12pm, then 100 / hour over the next 8-10 hours. Obviously I can't do this perfectly smoothly, but I do tend to get 6-8 "meals" / day, and I stick roughly to this rate.

    As others have said, if it works for you, do it.
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