Skipping dinner?

Do it the other way round. Follow intermitant fasting (IF). Don't eat until the evening and only eat within a certain timeframe eg. 5 - 9pm

Do it the other way round. Follow intermitant fasting (IF). Don't eat until the evening and only eat within a certain timeframe eg. 5 - 9pm

IF is still valid while skipping dinner. It is the time off that matters. Beat 12 hours without eating and you win. Skip dinner and eat bigger lunches and breakfasts. Throw in some bullet proof coffee too.

Actually what I find quite effective has been the threefold combination of eating my last meal quite late, 7.00- 8.00pm, eating good proteins and fats in it so I am not hungry, and also cutting back on added sugar so I don't crave any foods. I always found it easy to eat in the evening, especially snacking on junk food as well as at night, but with the above and imposing an eating ban of nothing between 8pm & 9/ 10am, has helped. I must also say because most of my eating was snacking, logging my food has kept me accountable, as I can see right away how several little pieces of junk food can break my progress for the day. I do have to use my willpower sometimes, but not nearly as much as before, and with a diet with good protein and fat-rich foods, I'm generally not hungry which also helps a lot

I do IF from 2p to 8p. Killed my cravings because I get to (and have to) binge all my cals in a 5 or 6 hr window every day. I go to bed nice and full and wake with energy for my fasted training.

but bottom line, it's not the timing, it's the final balance of cals that go in your mouth at the end of the day. My shifting my eating window to later has kept that consistent and has eliminated cravings.

ETA: Also, this eating window helps with the social aspect of eating...i can have something after work w/friends if I want...and can eat until 8pm. I just have to keep the cals within my specific range.

I tend to sit whilst eating dinner .. I find skipping upsets my IBS :-p

I did such a variation in the past, and after you get used to it after a week or two it becomes really easy. The way I stopped is because it was impacting my social life, unable to share food with friends or family after 4 pm or go out in the evening.

I go out so rarely, I'm sure I can see those as "cheat" days. I'm a stay at home kinda girl

Then it may be just right for you. Give it a try and see if it works. Once you get over the initial "getting used to" period, you'll be fine.

I wouldn't be able to skip other meals though. I must have breakfast otherwise I fail at my workouts in the morning. And lunch I should eat also. But I'm fine with skipping dinner as I go to bed early. I think the reason she suggested I do it this way is because by the time my candy cravings hit my eating window will be over and then I can't indulge in anything. Not even food.

To be honest, I couldn't skip any meals myself, and need to have some sort of consistency otherwise it screws up my eating routines. Definitely breakfast, lunch, dinner, and some snacks for me, although I imagine if you do what you do regularly, it could work, as its worked for many, just not me

I have experimented with shortening the window in which I eat, but found once it shrunk past a window of 10 hours (10am to 8pm for me), it effectively equated to skipping breakfast, which I wasn't interested in doing. In fact I find it very difficult to eat beyond a certain amount due to my natural appetite right now eating lower carb, and the days I would eat a very late breakfast, I would find it very difficult to eat as much as I needed to in the remaining part of the day. I guess this is why IF tends to work for so many people, although if I was eating more carbs I suspect I would have no such problem cramming food in before the day was out.

I can see where your nutritionist is coming from, and would only ask if its sustainable. If so, go with it, but late evening eating can be tackled other ways too, like I mentioned in my previous post, so just know there are other ways to go too. In fact, I've gone from being someone who found it impossible to resist late evening and middle of the night eating to someone who has not ate past 8am until the following morning, at least since changing my eating habits the last 6 weeks.

Good luck with however you go, and just remember the best option, is the one that suits you, and is the most sustainable

Either that, or (as mentioned above) IF--I usually eat breakfast, skip lunch, and then eat a healthy, normal-sized dinner around 6pm or 7pm and then not allow myself to eat after 8pm. Most of the time I'll have a healthier dessert option like fruit sprinkled with cocoa powder or cinnamon, or plain popcorn (I get the natural, "simply salted" microwave kind; or the 100-Calorie kettle corn packs! Mmmm!) within that 1-2 hour window, just so I don't feel deprived.

I've also found it helps to be like, "Okay, self, it's cool to have this one thing. But enjoy it, because it's not going to turn into a pig-fest, here, and it's your one treat. Because you're awesome, and you deserve it." Haha. Like they say, eat a little bit so you don't feel deprived, but keep your head and don't let it get out of control. I used to suffer from the "Oh. I had one piece of candy, but now...I think I want another. I really want another. Yes, I have to have one more." And then the sugar/candy binge would commence, and before I knew it a couple hundred Calories of sugar would have to be logged into MFP. -_- Slowly, though, I'm learning to give myself some freedom, but not to much.

It's all about balance and harmony when you're trying to get healthy---everything in moderation, and even too much of a good thing can be a bad thing.