Does Anyone Else Stockpile Calories For Dinner??

Looking forward to a nice hearty meal gives me a reason to live

I feel that way sometimes too!

I noticed I was doing the same thing until I tried a little mental trick. Instead of thinking of food in reference to meals or snacks I changed my meal descriptions to increments of time. It works for me. Now instead of worrying about the meal I just enter what I eat in the time range I eat it. It may sound crazy but it seems to be working.

But in the end if you are still keeping your calories and nutrition in the correct range you will lose. And for me the more I move the better able I am able to stay on track. Probable because psychologically I have made more of an effort.

Good Luck

I did when I first started the program a while back. Lost 40 lbs, it was great. But I noticed that I lost a ton of muscle. Did some research on the subject, and while it is true that calories in/calories out will definitely lead to reduced weight no matter what, and that it is of course normal to lose muscle as well as fat, more calories later in the day will shift your insulin levels higher at night (unless you are all protein, which I doubt), and that in turn causes a decrease in natural HGH production at night.

HGH production is necessary for muscle maintenance and growth, and what I experienced was a significant loss in strength, despite consistently working out. I shifted to more calories in the morning and less at night, and I noticed over time that I was getting better muscle development from working out.

It's just a theory, but my suspicion is that while you'll see the same or similar weight loss, you'll see more fat loss & muscle retention, and therefore a higher sustained metabolic rate if your calories are weighted earlier in the day. But that's just my 2c.

I find it interesting that so many do this. I do too for the most part. I can have small , low cal snacks during the day, but I like being able to have pretty much anything I want at dinner time. It also makes it easier for me if we aregoing out to eat. I have plenty of calories to play with.

I stockpile for dinner every night because my hubby likes heavy calorie dinners. I find that by eating light throughout the day then having a big dinner, I'm better able to fit my diet into my life.

Sure do

i used to try to eat most of my calories earlier but then i would always be hungry at dinner and usually end up overeating becuase one serving of whatever we were having usually wasn't enough to satiate me. now i pre-plan all my meals as well as i can, and plan how much exercise i'll do to make room for all the food i want to eat. i'm a lot happier when i have a bit more of a clue as to what i'm going to eat for dinner, and know how much of it i'll want and where i should cut those calories from earlier in the day.