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Eating lunch at 8:30 AM

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  • emjaycazz
    emjaycazz Posts: 330 Member
    I'm an early lunch eater too.

    I eat my breakfast (either an egg sandwich, cereal, oats) at home around 7AM, and by 9AM I am ready to eat. I bring a morning snack with me - usually a granola bar, yogurt, fruit. It holds me another couple of hours until I need to eat lunch around 11:30. I usually want to eat again by 2, and am ready for supper by 5.

    Holy cow--this is almost my eating schedule to the exact time.

    A part of it might have to do with exercise habits and other external factors. I know timing of workout vs nutrition intake should not matter overall, but I think it helps to be cognizant of WHY you might be hungry. Case in point--nothing seems to curb my hunger today so I was wondering why...but then it occurred to me that I hit PRs for A2G squats and also deadlifts last night. Someone pass me some eggs.
  • Treadmillmom1st
    Treadmillmom1st Posts: 579 Member
    I was similar and always ended up eating over my daily calorific goal.
    My day starts at 6am with a workout, I can however make it to 11am on cups of tea then I have cereal, fruit and yoghurt, lunch at 1.30pm then my evening meal at 6pm.
    Eating breakfast at this time of day also falls into fasting methodology as I may not have eaten for 14 - 16 hours.
  • xiamjackie
    xiamjackie Posts: 611 Member
    Who cares when you eat? If it holds you over from 830- dinner time then I wouldn't worry about it at all.
  • mapenguinkeeper
    mapenguinkeeper Posts: 191
    cereal, sweets like muffins and plain toast are like Chinese food to me. I eat then feel ravenous an hour later. I too find I need protein in the morning - meat and/or cheese are always part of my breakfast and hold me till my mid-AM snack of fruit.
  • bugtaylor
    bugtaylor Posts: 77 Member
    do what works for u.
  • D_squareG
    D_squareG Posts: 361 Member
    Eat protein for breakfast. I have to have an egg every morning or I want to eat again in two hours.
  • Mcgrawhaha
    Mcgrawhaha Posts: 1,596 Member
    why don't you have a good filling snack at 830? I make sweet potato chips, big ones, 7 of them at a time, each gets a slice of dried pastrami on top with a smear of horseradish mustard... so good, and very filling, if I eat this within a couple hours of dinner, I cant eat my dinner!!! its 140 calories for the entire snack! I think the brand of pre-sliced dry salami I get is gallo, large slices, and I use the large sweet potatoes for my baked chips!
  • bubaluboo
    bubaluboo Posts: 2,098 Member
    I'm the same! I have a 'no added sugar' muesli for breakfast and am hungry as soon as I get into work at 7.30. I make myself last to 11am and then I'm ok til tea time. If I start to eat a morsel of lunch, it's all gone, no matter how early. I also save the bulk of cals for the evening though on the odd occasion I used more in the day, I generally didn't miss them later. If I skip breakfast, I don't get so hungry so early...though I'd still be ready to eat at 11am.
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