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Eating your biggest meal at lunch!

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  • Frittycat
    Frittycat Posts: 51 Member
    I know everyone is different, but I stopped eating a heavier evening meal about nine years ago and eat my heaviest meal at lunch. I usually have a lighter snack like fruit or yoghurt at night. It has really helped me maintain weight loss.
  • SoniaFVR
    SoniaFVR Posts: 1
    Eat 6 small meals per day and stop eating at least 3 hours before you sleep. I know that one must create a calorie deficit to lose weight but there's something about eating a lot at night or going to bed full that makes me pack on pounds.
  • bnorris2013
    bnorris2013 Posts: 256 Member
    I have found if I eat a super big lunch that I hardly eat anything at night time where as if i eat a normal lunch at night time i eat my normal dinner and then i still end up eating a dessert

    However I don't do big lunch often as I do like spreading my meals out most days
  • xilka
    xilka Posts: 308 Member
    Most cultures have their biggest meal at lunch.
    Obesity is a bigger problem in the US than anywhere else.
    So, yes, give it a try.

    There's also that saying -
    Have breakfast like a king,
    lunch like a prince,
    and dinner like a pauper.

    There must be something to it, I'd say.
  • christinarayburn3
    christinarayburn3 Posts: 22 Member
    All I have to say about this is...I live in Italy. The Italians have a small breakfast, huge lunch, a small snack later on during the day, and a small dinner. It‘s rare when I see obese people walking around here. Maybe we can learn a little something from them.

    I noticed the same thing when I was in France, so I think there is something to the concept! I also found it a great stress reliever to have lunch as the largest meal...that way the evenings were much more relaxed and easy going.
  • bestjuneever
    bestjuneever Posts: 33 Member
    Breakfast and lunch are my biggest meals. I am not really hungry in the middle of the day but when work is over I'm ready to have a good dinner. I just have a snack two hours after breakfast and two hours after lunch. I don't even realize my body is just used to the routine now.
  • ames105
    ames105 Posts: 288 Member
    I do this because my digestion moves very slowly. If I eat a large meal at night, I am uncomfortable and have acid reflux and I don't sleep well. Eating my largest meal earlier in the day gives me time to walk it off and let my body do its thing.

    I think it helps with my weight loss but I have no scientific proof that it does. Its just my feeling about it, I think the scale moves a bit more when I eat lighter in the evenings. However, the only person that matters to is me.
  • fitmomhappymom
    fitmomhappymom Posts: 171 Member
    I do this as well. I dont think it has helped with weight loss, but I havent gained doing this either. Now by biggest meal I dont mean I pig out, I just eat around 600-700 calories (healthy calories) usually a bowl from chipotle with rice, beans, steak and gauc. Because I eat a full lunch and then work out after work, I am rarely hungry at dinner time and usually only pick at the dinner I have prepared for my family.
  • Phoenix_Warrior
    Phoenix_Warrior Posts: 1,633 Member
    Whatever is sustainable for you, do it. As long as you're eating at a deficit, you'll lose weight. I eat most of my calories in the evenings. I like having a big dinner and an evening snack., but that's just me. Everyone is different.
  • Swiftdogs
    Swiftdogs Posts: 328 Member
    It all depends on what works best for your metabolism. I need a pretty good breakfast and my primary meal at lunch, even when I'm not reducing. I'll have mid-morning and afternoon snacks, then maybe a quarter cup of nuts or seeds at night. It works for me, though it's harder to manage a good meal midday.
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