Breakfast like a King, Dinner like a Poor Man

Zombie thread is zombie.


I don't eat until noon. Dinner is always the largest meal of the day, because that's how I like to roll. I don't lose any more or less weight not eating breakfast than I did when I did eat breakfast; the calories remain the same no matter when I eat them and that's what matters (for most people)

I tend to eat much more in the mornings than the afternoons, and very little if anything in the evenings. I do this, in part, so that I have calorie fuelled energy when I am active, which is daytime, and my most calorie depleted time is when I am sleeping. Hard for me to understand why someone would go hungry in the morning, for instance, so that they can have a before bedtime snack. You are about to lie still for eight hours, do you really need the energy then?

Right or wrong I'm not necessarily looking for energy in food, I'm looking for GOOD taste. I just don't crave that very early in the morning, just need sustenance. I also do not lie still for 8 hours (how I wish I did). I'm periodically getting up, packing a gym bag, picking/cleaning up around the apartment, watching tv - well, that is lying still Also coffee does a pretty good job energizing me in the mornings. Please don't talk to me until this cup of coffee I'm holding in my hand while walking down to my desk like a zombie is *in* me.

What matters most is sustainability. If I ate more calories at breakfast than at dinner, I would ragequit within 2 days and just go back to the lifestyle that made me a fat dude.

Do what works for you.

I tend to eat much more in the mornings than the afternoons, and very little if anything in the even, iings. I do this, in part, so that I have calorie fuelled energy when I am active, which is daytime, and my most calorie depleted time is when I am sleeping. Hard for me to understand why someone would go hungry in the morning, for instance, so that they can have a before bedtime snack. You are about to lie still for eight hours, do you really need the energy then?

Yes, I do. Nothing kills a good nights sleep like waking up hungry at 4am.

Amen to that. I don't want to go to bed even slightly hungry or wishing I had had that chocolate cake.

PLUS, I cannot work out on a full stomach. If I eat a meal, I have to wait 2+ hours before I can do my usual workout, so it makes more sense for me to eat a big meal AFTER I get my major activities in. Also, I'm not hungry in the morning. I don't particularly like eating when I'm not hungry; conversely, I do like to eat food when I am hungry.

It's been working out quite well for me so far, so I'm just going to keep eating a ton of food before bed and then laying in all of that calorific glory all night long. :laugh:

Just do what works for you.

These recommendations (smaller meals for dinner) are not made based on weight loss goals/caloric needs but rather on the fact that eating large meals late at night is generally not recommended as it can mess with your sleep cycle. If eating large meals late doesn't mess with your sleep cycle... you do you!

Eat in a way that increases the chance of adherence and helps the most with gym performance, lifestyle and energy levels in general.

I don't get hungry before noon and so I have stopped forcing myself to eat when I'm not at all hungry. (Starting to eat early in the day also gets my appetite going at a rate beyond what my available calories can keep up with.) Skipping breakfast gives me more calories to play with in the late afternoon and evening, when my appetite is at its greatest. Dinner is my major meal and I often save up some calories for a late night snack.