Is this Broscience? Or just one of many opinions?

I do not think there is proof to this saying, but someone following this advice would not suffer. In french we say :

At breakfast eat like a king
At lunch eat like a princess
At supper eat like a butler

It's not necessary, but I guess it could help someone who needs all kinds of crazy food rules to lose weight.

It would never work for me though. I tend to skip breakfast and eat a big dinner so I'm not starving when I go to bed. I'm going to say bro-science simply because calories cannot tell time and don't care when you eat them.

I am the opposite. I eat a tiny breakfast because anything except coffee in the morning makes me want to yak but I force myself to eat something. And I usually increase as the day goes on. Maybe not the best technique, but it has worked thus far. I think it's just an ideology that doesn't have a lot of proof behind it. Although, they do say breakfast is very important and should include a big helping of protein to boost your metabolism for the day and keep you fuller longer.

My theory: do what feels comfortable for you.

More proof (not that any was needed) that personal trainers should not talk about nutrition. They are the biggest purveyors of myth and dodgy science out there. Meal timing and the size of those meals had nothing to do with weightloss and is personal preference.

It's Broscience. Nutrient timing (unless your an elite level athlete) will have no bearing, its calories in/out that make the difference in simple terms

I say broscience.

I eat very lightly throughout the day because I want to save around 1000 calories for dinner. I knew from the very beginning that I wouldn't be able to part with my big dinners, so I make my calories fit around it.

People should do what works for them.

I think it's a matter of preference. In my diet, I like to have more carbs upon wake up before gym time for energy and as the day progresses and my carb intake is sufficient I taper them off towards the night and include more fats instead to help with satiety.

I've been a certified personal trainer for 18 years, a certified sports nutritionist for 10 years, have a bachelors degree in exercise physiology with a minor in nutritional science, and am working on my masters in exercise science so I can say for certain that your friend doesn't know what she is talking about. It's sad to say but personal trainers are only given a cursory education in nutrition and have no legal ability to recommend anything nutritionally. Even certified nutritionists can't prescribe diets in most states. Only registered dietitians can prescribe specific diets in most states actually. Our scope of practice as a personal trainer basically says to refer to a dietitian or the federal food guide. A nutritionist can get a little more specific, and could give those recommendations your friend listed. However, they aren't backed up by the latest research. Thats the drawback of certification. Whether it is personal training, group exercise, nutrition, whatever, it is packed into a day or a few days of education and isn't as comprehensive as the education required to become a registered dietitian. While my minor in nutrition was almost a second degree, it still isn't enough to sit for the RD test because it didn't come from an accredited RD school or include an internship. Thankfully, though, I did learn where to look for the actual research and not fall for whatever someone else tells me. Eighteen years ago, when I was first certified, though, before I had the opportunity to actually learn anything, I might have fallen for that too, though. So, don't be too hard on your friend, just know that anyone who is just beginning a new career, regardless of the field, is still learning. Maybe just introduce her to Pubmed (www.pubmed.com) where she can do the actual research on her own. ;-)

I doubt theres any true study on it...or perhaps they are working on the case now lol. But the whole idea is most americans dont eat dinner til 6 pm...then they climb into bed at 8...when there dinner is still digesting...so by consuming a smaller meal, theres less to digest? Lol. My take on it....not to mention...depending on fhe size of breakfast...by dinner...u could have possibly burned off all those breakfast calories....by bedtime again im no personal trainer or anything...but ive seen both sides of the table. In my time ive dond a lot of fasted morninv cardio....before breakfast...and then my breakfast becomes my lunch...lol i love breakfast foods

All comes down to total calories for the day.

I personally don't eat breakfast.
I eat between ~1pm - 8pm, and nothing other than coffee in the morning hours.

And my 1pm meal is usually around 800 - 1200 calories.
My last meal of the day will prolly be around 800 calories

Similar to this except my smaller meal is during the day and bigger one is at night.

All comes down to total calories for the day.

I personally don't eat breakfast.
I eat between ~1pm - 8pm, and nothing other than coffee in the morning hours.

And my 1pm meal is usually around 800 - 1200 calories.
My last meal of the day will prolly be around 800 calories

Similar to this except my smaller meal is during the day and bigger one is at night.

I do my 1pm meal big, cause that is usually right after my workout....
And I haven't eaten in over 16 hours.....so I want a TON of food. :laugh: :laugh:

Depends on your lifestyle and what works for you. I eat 1000 calories for breakfast. And I'll eat ~500 calories somewhere in there. And then another ~500-1000 for dinner.
So technically I follow similar principles on a typical work day because my job is all over the place and it's hard to work when I just want to relax post eating. But on a non work day I'm usually eating all day.