Hodge twins SKIP BREAKFAST?

Ineed2toneup
Ineed2toneup Posts: 33 Member
in Food and Nutrition
The Hodge Twins on YouTube have said they only eat between 12pm - 8pm on most days so they stay in a fasting state longer than their eating window.

Anyone want to try skipping breakfast with me this week and eat all our calories in an 8 hour window gap and see what happens?

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  • Scamd83
    Scamd83 Posts: 808 Member
    edited March 2016
    It's called Intermittent Fasting, it has it's own group on here somewhere if you want to have a look. And just to be pedantic, you can't actually skip breakfast as it's the first meal you have which breaks your fast. They're merely delaying breakfast.
  • Ineed2toneup
    Ineed2toneup Posts: 33 Member
    Thanks for the clarification Scam
  • Scamd83
    Scamd83 Posts: 808 Member
    edited March 2016
    You're welcome. Google Martin Berkhan Leangains for more information. Edit: Google that if you want, it wasn't meant to sound like an order.
  • JenMc14
    JenMc14 Posts: 2,389 Member
    edited March 2016
    I've done that in the past and found, because I eat around my lunch break at work and dinner with my family, I was eating slightly less protein and eating more snacks to fill my calories. But I know with tweaking, it'd work fine. I liked it well enough. I didn't stop for any particular reason. If it works for you, go for it.
  • Dominicj569
    Dominicj569 Posts: 30 Member
    edited March 2016
    I'm now at the point where I have a protein shake at around 2pm, my main meal at around 6pm, and a treat around 9 if I fancy it (35g chocolate bar, spoonful of peanut butter/chocolate spread ect)

    I dont attribute any magical powers to fasting, beyond if I ate earlier, I wouldnt eat less later, I'd just eat extra earlier. I dont even use the term fasting.

    I've not eaten breakfast for many many years, you quickly just dont get hungry, and have walked down from 600cal sandwich & 250cal crisps to 3, then 2, then 1 protein shake over a period of months.



    If you currently eat breakfast, stopping is REALLY hard, I stopped eating breakfast because missing it occasionally left me ravenous barely functional
  • pinggolfer96
    pinggolfer96 Posts: 2,248 Member
    There's nothing to IF. It's only an eating schedule. Just because it is ideal to some, does not mean it is to others. The hodge twins just prefer it, but it doesn't help them with their physique in any way. 2000 cals whether your IF or not will still have the same effect on body composition

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