_No Dinner Diet_
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Omg, really? How come my metabolism will slow down if I skip a meal? And by "skip a meal", how many meals should I be having?I would not try skipping a meal, ever. It will slow your metabolism, especially if you work out at night. Your body needs nutrients consistently. Try eating a little lighter in the evenings than the rest of the day. Also, try getting the majority of your daily protein right after you work out. That will help you build muscle and as you know, muscle burns more calories than fat. Good luck and congrats on the wedding!!
i dont eat before 10am... and my weight loss has not stalled one bit. i continue to lose an average of 2 pounds per week. i dont skip breakfast as part of my weight loss plan, i just have never ate food in the morning, i have absolutely no desire for food before 10am... coffee only... anyhoo... i still get all my calories in through the day, so, im not sure why you say skipping a meal would cause weight loss to stall...0 -
Did you get that from a pro-ana blog or what? "Yeah lets all skip dinner forever thatll make us thin!"0
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I knew people would eat me alive when I said "diet". Let me just say I don't believe in diets b/c I know they never work. I just titled this topic the no dinner diet because it's just something I saw on a blog post and I don't really see it as a diet but more of cutting back. I guess I should have titled it just "NO DINNER" I'm eating right and working out and I know that's the best way to lose weight b/c I lost 20 pounds last year by eating good foods, drinking lots of water, and working out.
Yeah a lot of people on MFP get all bent out of shape by the word "diet" I like it. I've been on a diet all my life. Don't get hung up on semantics, get hung up on sustainability, Diet, lifestyle change, journey, ...whatever you call it, just make sure it works for you.
well, i do use the word DIET, to describe what im doing. if you guys are not DIETING, great, but i am! i will not be eating at a defecit for the rest of my life, so, this is not a permanent plan for me... maybe when im eating at maintenance, i will refer to it as something else... for as for right now... ITS MINE, AND ITS A DIET!0 -
Can't make temporary changes and expect permanent results. Are you going to skip dinner for the rest of your life? Never enjoy bacon or fried chicken again? BORING! And really not sustainable.
I eat bacon and fried chicken, as well as burgers, pizza, desserts, lattes, alcohol, etc - just not every day. But they fit into my lifestyle and I can do this for the rest of my life, God willing. I also eat after 7pm, sometimes even after 9pm you can find me with a blob of peanut butter and some squares of dark chocolate, happily dipping away. Yet I am near to my goal weight, and am still losing fat and inches, and having to shop for smaller jeans yet AGAIN!
Eat sensibly, a balanced diet of healthy foods, hitting your goals for protein, carbs, and fats. Need help setting those goals? Brilliant topic right here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12
I follow the advice in that topic, and it has worked beautifully for me. I eat 1800-2000 calories a day, exercise 5 or 6 days a week for less than an hour most days (alternate strength with dumbbells and running), and like I said, I have lost the weight, have some nice muscle showing through, and my body fat percentage is going down.
Someone else said it - don't make this harder than it is. Truth! Read that thread, find your TDEE and your BMR, and eat in between those numbers. Exercise, move around. Your body will thank you for it by shedding fat. :flowerforyou:0 -
Did you get that from a pro-ana blog or what? "Yeah lets all skip dinner forever thatll make us thin!"
There is no need to be mean. One can live quite healthily on 1 or 2 meals per day. Eating all your calories earlier in the day is fine if it's something that can be maintained long term and you still get the proper amount of calories/nutrients.0 -
I have a lot of thoughts on your post, but it would be TL;DR and pretty much exactly what I wrote in a thread the other day, so check it out:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/844040-raspberry-ketones-for-the-rest-of-us0 -
Do you even lift?0
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I knew people would eat me alive when I said "diet". Let me just say I don't believe in diets b/c I know they never work. I just titled this topic the no dinner diet because it's just something I saw on a blog post and I don't really see it as a diet but more of cutting back. I guess I should have titled it just "NO DINNER" I'm eating right and working out and I know that's the best way to lose weight b/c I lost 20 pounds last year by eating good foods, drinking lots of water, and working out.
I am not "eating you alive" but could you subsist on ONLY fruits and vegetables and water, no eating after 6 pm EVERY day, for the rest of your life? That's what people are pointing out.
Read up on intermittent fasting, I've heard it works well for some people, I don't know much about it myself. Cut out meat if you don't like it/don't want to eat it. But don't do it as a quick fix or a fad or a "diet." Really think about what you personally can do for the majority of the rest of your life.
Good luck, whatever you do!0 -
I'm not entirely sure why someone would even consider following a diet plan that eliminates a meal.
I'm not sure why you would even consider following a "diet" at all.
You have to do something that is sustainable for a long period of time. I'm in maintenance and trust me the other side sucks too. Learn good habits that you can take with you for a lifetime - not eating dinner isn't one of them. I lost 43 pounds by eating every 2-3 hours. Changing what I ate and how much I ate and moving more. That's it. That's the secret.0 -
Hey there! Congrats on your engagement! I understand you want to look great on your special day, but you do not need to go through extreme measures to do so. The time people eat dinner is still ambiguous. From personable experience I would say 3 hours before bedtime( If you like you can even workout after you eat regardless of the time studies show if you workout late that can be beneficial to higher weight loss) I hate the word DIET. what does that mean? lol. You can lose tons of weight without depriving yourself. My suggestion would be to follow through with low carbs/fats and high proteins. I recall you said you were going to give up meat entirely. You don't have to really. As long as you prepare them in a healthy way( baking, cooked in pan. grilled) and eat them in moderation you should be fine. Combining this with a high intensity workout/program will help you shed of the pounds quickly.0
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I'm not entirely sure why someone would even consider following a diet plan that eliminates a meal.
I'm not sure why you would even consider following a "diet" at all.
You have to do something that is sustainable for a long period of time. I'm in maintenance and trust me the other side sucks too. Learn good habits that you can take with you for a lifetime - not eating dinner isn't one of them. I lost 43 pounds by eating every 2-3 hours. Changing what I ate and how much I ate and moving more. That's it. That's the secret.
Eliminating a meal isn't uncommon or troublesome- lots of people are very successful with IF. But the deal is that you still consume all your calories, you just do it with bigger meals. Also, skipping dinner is weird, and almost everyone that does IF skips breakfast. But, in theory if you ate all your calories during breakfast and lunch it would be fine. But, dinner is people's "coming together" meal, where families meet, friends reconnect, etc. It's hard for me to picture eliminating it permanently.0 -
Seriously... eat when you're hungry. If you're hungry after the gym, get some food in your system. Just be smart about it. Don't go to McDonald's and get a triple fried chicken sandwich or something.
And as far as eliminating meat, you don't HAVE to. You just have to learn how to prepare them in a way you like. In time after you get rid of the fried foods you won't crave them or like them as much. If you want to eat fried chicken though, do it, just make sure it fits in your calories/macro's. But seriously, you should just try grilling chicken with some spices, marinade it over night in a couple tbs. of teriyaki maybe. Try something like Ahi Tuna, you have to try and keep trying if you really want to lose weight. If you rather just cut out meat, then get some kind of protein in like tempeh or black beans and careful on how much soy you consume, there is a thing as too much soy.
Diet is just another word for setting yourself up. You go on one, you'll come off one. You stop eating dinner, your body adjusts to only 2 meals a day, then you decide you hit your goal weight, yay I can eat fried chicken dinners again, and boom, you'll gain it right back. You should educate yourself on nutrition and food and develop a healthy relationship and make a lifestyle change. I have seen a lot of people on here lose weight, and they still can enjoy bacon or donuts as a treat here and there.0 -
When is the last time you went to bed hungry? Are you trying to cut down on your sleep too?? I cannot sleep if I am hungry. I don't go all out with an all-you-can-eat buffet right before bed, but I have to have something in my stomach. There is never really a good or bad time to eat. Don't force yourself to eat when you are not hungry, and don't deprive yourself when you are.
The key is you really don't ever want to be HUNGRY - and I mean feeling like you haven't eaten in a week kind of hungry. That is when you will likely binge and consume an inordinate amount of calories. It's also not a good idea to completely cut out foods you enjoy. It's just not realistic. The key is moderation. You like bacon? Have one piece instead of 5. I almost always include a slice of bacon in either my breakfast or my lunch. You like meat? I'm not sure what you mean by unhealthy meat to begin with...but eat a proper serving size and try to make the rest of your meal as healthy as possible. Exercise. You don't have to do p90x or insanity, but include some kind of exercise in your routine every day.
Honestly if you are just starting out, I would eat like you normally do over the next couple of days and track everything. MFP is a great tool to see what you are eating, where you are getting most of your calories, and where you should cut back. Good Luck!0 -
Eliminating a meal isn't uncommon or troublesome- lots of people are very successful with IF. But the deal is that you still consume all your calories, you just do it with bigger meals. Also, skipping dinner is weird, and almost everyone that does IF skips breakfast. But, in theory if you ate all your calories during breakfast and lunch it would be fine. But, dinner is people's "coming together" meal, where families meet, friends reconnect, etc. It's hard for me to picture eliminating it permanently.
99% of the time that is the case, but my feeding windows is 9am-5pm, on special occasions ill eat later but skipping dinner is much easier than skipping breakfast for me.0 -
I get the opposition to following a "diet"...but am I the only one who's horrified that she thinks you can't lose weight & still eat BACON? WTF...I am crying inside0
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I'm not entirely sure why someone would even consider following a diet plan that eliminates a meal.
I'm not sure why you would even consider following a "diet" at all.
You have to do something that is sustainable for a long period of time. I'm in maintenance and trust me the other side sucks too. Learn good habits that you can take with you for a lifetime - not eating dinner isn't one of them. I lost 43 pounds by eating every 2-3 hours. Changing what I ate and how much I ate and moving more. That's it. That's the secret.
Eliminating a meal isn't uncommon or troublesome- lots of people are very successful with IF. But the deal is that you still consume all your calories, you just do it with bigger meals. Also, skipping dinner is weird, and almost everyone that does IF skips breakfast. But, in theory if you ate all your calories during breakfast and lunch it would be fine. But, dinner is people's "coming together" meal, where families meet, friends reconnect, etc. It's hard for me to picture eliminating it permanently.
^That was my concern.
Also that she said she works out at night and is usually really hungry. It just doesn't seem to fit her lifestyle and doesn't seem sustainable.0 -
Sigh, another thread where someone asks for advice, then rejects everything that doesn't agree with what they have already got their mind set on.0
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I had a piece of sausage this morning. AM I DOOMED??!!!0
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UGH, I COULD GO A LIFE TIME WITHOUT BACON AND FRIED CHICKEN... THATS NOT HOW I GAINED MY WEIGHT, SO... UGH!!!
i gained my weight with...
whoppers
tortilla chips and salsa
corona beer
extra hot flaming hot cheetos
animal style fries from in n out
those 5 things are responsible for my fatness...
so, while i could go a life time without bacon and fried chicken, these 5 things will always be on my menu... rarely, and in moderation
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Do you even lift?
I dunno why but this made me LOL0 -
UGH, I COULD GO A LIFE TIME WITHOUT BACON AND FRIED CHICKEN... THATS NOT HOW I GAINED MY WEIGHT, SO... UGH!!!
i gained my weight with...
A complete lack of will power to eat things in moderation
that is responsible for my fatness...
so, while i could go a life time without bacon and fried chicken, these 5 things will always be on my menu... rarely, and in moderation
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I'm not entirely sure why someone would even consider following a diet plan that eliminates a meal.
I'm not sure why you would even consider following a "diet" at all.
You have to do something that is sustainable for a long period of time. I'm in maintenance and trust me the other side sucks too. Learn good habits that you can take with you for a lifetime - not eating dinner isn't one of them. I lost 43 pounds by eating every 2-3 hours. Changing what I ate and how much I ate and moving more. That's it. That's the secret.
Eliminating a meal isn't uncommon or troublesome- lots of people are very successful with IF. But the deal is that you still consume all your calories, you just do it with bigger meals. Also, skipping dinner is weird, and almost everyone that does IF skips breakfast. But, in theory if you ate all your calories during breakfast and lunch it would be fine. But, dinner is people's "coming together" meal, where families meet, friends reconnect, etc. It's hard for me to picture eliminating it permanently.
^That was my concern.
Also that she said she works out at night and is usually really hungry. It just doesn't seem to fit her lifestyle and doesn't seem sustainable.
I should add- I find it really challenging to go back and forth from IF when it's convenient. I've been doing no-breakfast for 8 or 9 months, and the few times I've switched back because of a family breakfast or something, it's been a challenge to get back on my schedule. It would not be easy to have a dinner out here and there with friends and then go back to skipping dinner. Your body clock just doesn't adjust to convenience that way. You would have to pretty much eliminate it all the time or you're going to be tortured every night.0 -
UGH, I COULD GO A LIFE TIME WITHOUT BACON AND FRIED CHICKEN... THATS NOT HOW I GAINED MY WEIGHT, SO... UGH!!!
i gained my weight with...
A complete lack of will power to eat things in moderation
that is responsible for my fatness...
so, while i could go a life time without bacon and fried chicken, these 5 things will always be on my menu... rarely, and in moderation
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hey hey hey... i no longer drink a case of corona, ive gone down to a 12 pack...
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Aye yi yi.....
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Can't make temporary changes and expect permanent results. Are you going to skip dinner for the rest of your life? Never enjoy bacon or fried chicken again? BORING! And really not sustainable.
I eat bacon and fried chicken, as well as burgers, pizza, desserts, lattes, alcohol, etc - just not every day. But they fit into my lifestyle and I can do this for the rest of my life, God willing. I also eat after 7pm, sometimes even after 9pm you can find me with a blob of peanut butter and some squares of dark chocolate, happily dipping away. Yet I am near to my goal weight, and am still losing fat and inches, and having to shop for smaller jeans yet AGAIN!
Eat sensibly, a balanced diet of healthy foods, hitting your goals for protein, carbs, and fats. Need help setting those goals? Brilliant topic right here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12
I follow the advice in that topic, and it has worked beautifully for me. I eat 1800-2000 calories a day, exercise 5 or 6 days a week for less than an hour most days (alternate strength with dumbbells and running), and like I said, I have lost the weight, have some nice muscle showing through, and my body fat percentage is going down.
Someone else said it - don't make this harder than it is. Truth! Read that thread, find your TDEE and your BMR, and eat in between those numbers. Exercise, move around. Your body will thank you for it by shedding fat. :flowerforyou:
This is the perfect answer, with logical thought and excellent links. I am also on the road map, I am 54 years old, eat mostly what I want, lift and kickbox, and I am at 1700 - 1800 cals a day. I am also only 1/2 way to my goal. Read the link. Realize that you can do THIS for the rest of your life. If your head is not in the game? You will not succeed. You must change the headset away from "dieting" and depriving yourself. Good luck!0 -
So, everyone else already said 95% of what I have to say (i.e. "This sounds like a terrible idea).
HOWEVER, you say you are cutting out meat because you don't like grilled chicken. Have you considered the joys of marinated chicken and stir-fry chicken? Plain grilled chicken is bland. Marinating chicken, or cooking it as part of a stir-fry is both flavorful and healthy.
Edit: If you like fried chicken, by the way, you can make a decently healthy chicken or turkey breast schnitzel. Just take a thinly-pounded breast (you can ask the meat counter to do this for you), dip it in beaten egg, and then dip in a mix of course breadcrumbs with seasoning. Fry in a vegetable oil like canola.0 -
Did you get that from a pro-ana blog or what? "Yeah lets all skip dinner forever thatll make us thin!"
There is no need to be mean. One can live quite healthily on 1 or 2 meals per day. Eating all your calories earlier in the day is fine if it's something that can be maintained long term and you still get the proper amount of calories/nutrients.
THANK YOU! Some people go WAYYYYY TOO FAR with these message boards. I'm just asking for good advice for people who are working to lose weight, and change their eating habits. I don't need negative, mean comments!!!0 -
Captain Mal makes any thread better!! :drinker:0 -
You can eat dinner at night without worry of your body processing it differently than other meals, but if you have trouble with stopping eating once you are home, you could benefit from putting a limit on it. I wouldn't go without, though. If you do this, I would at least have the protein shake. Either that, or make certain that your dinner plate is half vegetables with some healthy protein and fat, to reduce your likelihood of wanting to keep eating all night. Get enough to eat, feel nourished, and often the overeating will take care of itself.0
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I joined this site to talk with others about working out and losing weight, not to be BASHED!!!! YOU CANNOT TAKE EVERYTHING THAT IS TYPED IN THESE MESSAGE BOARDS LITERALLY....aka I NEVER SAID if you ate bacon or fried chicken that you couldn't lose weight. That is just something I have chosen to cut out my diet...for MOST OF THE TIME...I'm sure I will splurge and eat bacon for breakfast once in a while on weekends. I have never understood why people choose to blow things completely out of proportion.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to everyone who have gave me heartfelt explinations of what works for them. I truely appreciate that. I am very thankful for the helpful and encourging post b/c that is why I joined this site. Everyone clearly finds the best way for theirselves to lose weight and everyone has different opinions and different ways of doing so.
Good luck to everyone in their journey to a healthy life!0
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