Heavy breakfast vs. heavy dinner
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I recently read a study in which women who had a 700/500/200 breakfast/lunch/dinner format lost noticeably more weight (2.5x more) than those eating 200/500/700 for breakfast/lunch/dinner.
Here is the abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23512957
I always thought I should save my calories during the day to "reward" myself with a juicy dinner/ dessert, so this is interesting.
Any experiences?
Now the consensus seems to be that whatever works best for you... ie. keeps you from overeating is what you should stick with.
I love to have a snack at night it's like a ritual and I will hold back some calories during the day so I can have that snack. My breakfast and dinner are pretty equal with lunch being a little lighter.0 -
My mum uses the theory; breakfast like a King, lunch like a Lord, dinner like a pauper.0
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Depends on whenever you're hungry. It a usually around 3-5pm for me.0
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That's interesting. I believe it too, because the earlier you eat the majority of calories the more time your body has to digest and burn off some of it. I wish I had even somewhat of an appetite in the morning. Getting myself to eat breakfast, even a small breakfast, is a chore most days lol. I feel better if I eat my "dinner-meal" at like lunch time, then around dinner all I really am hungry for is a snack.0
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CONCLUSIONS:
High-calorie breakfast with reduced intake at dinner is beneficial and might be a useful alternative for the management of obesity and metabolic syndrome.0 -
How does your body have more time to burn off breakfast than dinner? Do you die at bedtime? Because otherwise, your body is always burning fuel -- just going to sleep doesn't stop that process (and only slows it by a tiny percentage).0
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I'm one of those odd ducks that eat a big breakfast, a medium lunch and a very small dinner (mostly, sometimes I'll switch it up). I was raised on the saying 'Eat like a king at breakfast, a prince at lunch and a pauper at dinner' and I find that I lose weight at a much faster and easier rate when I do it this way. But it's all up to you, as other people before me have said. Thankfully, we have variety with this thing called 'eating healthy and losing weight'.0
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Eating a big breakfast does nothing to lessen my hunger later. So I end up eating over my calorie limit. I've been skipping breakfast, eating a light lunch and eating a big dinner. Seems to work out for me and doesn't piss off the wife thatb not eating her dinners. I've had to train myself not to eat breakfast though.0
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