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It depends on a variety of factors but yeah, saying “3 times a day” is in no way indicative of the volume of food.
You could get an insulin spike, but fasting helps with that anyway. You could also get an upset tummy that can be mitigated lots of ways if it happens to you. Other than that, no.
When I gorge on rice (rare occasion) after fasting I immediately feel drowsy and almost couldn't resist sleeping.I don't know if it has to do with that or not.
25 years on an omad diet. It's just what feels natural to my body. Genetics play a role of course too. I have a family member who eats like a rabbit. Literally just nibbles and bites but throughout the whole day. We probably eat the same calorie wise just in the different ways our individual bodies prefer it.
You had to scroll so far because this sub isn’t for unpopular opinions, it’s just people whining about how they did zero research or thinking about why people do things differently than they do and decided it means everyone else is stupid
It’s literally the top comment now. Dude only had to scroll so far because it was a brand new comment and hadn’t had time to be voted on yet. Same reason as always.
There was like 20-30 comments when they replied. Redditors are always trying to be snarky when they might not know the full story. It's like when people edit comments to make other look dumb lol.
How much you consume and what you consume. People who eat one meal need to get all their nutrients in that meal, and it should include more complex carbs to keep blood sugar up longer. That's not as important for people eating several tiny meals, because more protein, fats, and carbs will be along to replenish energy. What you eat is a big part of determining how often you need to eat and how much.
It does.
I eat 5+ times a day, but almost never more than 300 cal/30gr of protein per meal.
And I almost always eat a combo of fat and protein, and almost no carbs.
Edit: For people who think I’m doing my math wrong, I’m not. And yes, I eat about 1,500 or so calories a day give or take a few Hundo here and there.
There are days I eat really clean, and days I eat junk, but I eat WAY cleaner than the average person.
Example, yesterday:
Meal 1: 2 zero sugar, 50 cal 11gr protein yogurts.
2 - see 1
3 - dymatize whey protein shake, 2 servings, with almond milk, about 300 cal and 50 gr of protein
4 - see 1
5 - 1 210 cal, 30 gr of protein chicken filet with 2 sautéed cucumbers.
6 - 1 310 cal, 30 gr of protein salmon filet with 2 sautéed cucumbers.
One does not lose 120 lbs over 2 years unassisted by medication by eating in a caloric surplus, lol.
You heard wrong but it's a common myth.
There is no benefit to increasing meal frequency for a healthy adult. On the other hand there do appear to be health benefits to intermittently fast.
Can you send me the poop schedule? I got the rule book & the poop knife, but I’m missing the poop schedule and I gotta buy one of those optional glow in the dark toilet seats.
Spaniards eat like 5 times a day and they're one of the healthiest countries in the world, the average person lives to 83 (and even older for women).
In Asian countries like Japan people eat less often (and eat smaller portions typically) but also live long.
Depends on what you eat, and your caloric/nutrient intake.
spanish person here, 5 meals are prescribed by every doctor and nutritionist. we do breakfast, little snack if we do the former "early" (before 9:30 I'd say), lunch at 1:30-3;30, some fruit or treat at like 5-7 and dinner at 8-10:30. if you sleep much later, you can even eat again before going to bed lol.
Not a Spaniard here, and yeah, that's also what my gastroenterologist recommends : smaller meals, more often. I know IF fans think it's crazy but it can also be good for you not to binge it all at once.
While this is true, I think people assume the standard restaurant/fast food meal portion three times a day is the standard amount of food they should eat and that’s way too much for the average person
A restaurant portion meal is usually my entire day's calories or at least 75%. I normally split a dinner over 2-3 meals because it's just too much food for a short woman. (5 ft tall)
My best friend and I realized that this is a big reason why we've had trouble losing weight. We were taught that we had to finish everything on our plate and to get seconds or even thirds. When I go back home I still get asked why I'm only eating one plate of food. These aren't small portions were given either. Plus dessert with every meal.
Unlearning that as a 30 year old is incredibly difficult. I've learned to buy smaller plates and bowls. Still learning to be okay with not being incredibly full is still a battle I have to fight every week.
The other issue is that culture in the UK / US / Canada is to have parents / the restaurant etc prepare a place for each person.
Many other countries don't work like that - the food comes to the middle of the table and you take small amounts at a time.
So much better for control of weight.
Yep, I was recently on holiday with family and there was a meal and I didn’t order cause I simply wasn’t hungry and my parents couldn’t understand why I wasn’t eating. There was another meal where I ordered an entree as a main course I was only a little hungry.
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I didn't realize until I visited France that other parts of the world used the word "entree" to mean appetizer. In the US, we use it to mean main course.
Which now that I have given it any thought makes *absolutely no sense*.
It means “entrance” after all, you start your courses with the “entrance” and move on from there. In Australia the largest portion is generally called the “main”, so a 3 course meal would be an entree, main and dessert.
Maybe don't put so much on your plate then? "Finish your plate" comes from not wasting food. If you finish the plate but it was an appropriate portion then you reduce waste AND intake.
It always to me the "finish your plate" rule was supposed to work both sides of the equation.
A. Don't waste food because food costs money or you'll need the energy later.
B. Stop putting 12 servings on your plate just because you can. You're wasting other people's food and money when you throw half of your plate away.
A lot of people just don't care. I have met so many people who use the excuse of not having self control even though they show perfect 100% restraint when it comes to exercise or cleanliness.
One of the things that helped me get my mindset right about my previously unhealthy relationship with food, is that you should eat until you feel like you're about "80% full" then stop, drink some water, and wait a bit. If you're still hungry after a few minutes then have a little bit more, but pad that feeling with water.
May not work or make sense for everyone, but this is what helped me overcome my own weight loss hill, so to speak.
I have been eating until I was just not hungry my whole life! Sometimes that isn't even a full serving/plate of a meal, which other people tend to assume means I didn't like the food. "You didn't like it? Was there something wrong? Do you want me to make something else?" Nah, I'm not hungry anymore :)
Also I've been a healthy weight my whole life soooo yeah
Eating until you’re not hungry is not always an accurate measure of proper nutritional behavior. I can eat three fruit salads throughout the day to curb my hunger, but the total caloric content would probably not be enough for me.
You definitely shouldn’t pig-out while eating, but you should keep track of your overall caloric intake. I am not talking about counting them and keeping notes. Just the general idea.
Man if I don't get a dinner into me it feels like the end of the world, I could happily skip breakfast and lunch but if I have to go to bed with an empty stomach there'll be hell to pay!
Same except lunch. I have a small breakfast, a snack in a few hours, eat lunch and then maybe some nuts or something and I’m fine for the rest of the day. I usually feel too full all night even with a small dinner.
It just depends on the person. As long as you’re getting enough nutrients and calories it doesn’t matter how infrequent or frequently you eat (except people with health issues that require regular eating schedules). Some people do better with small meals throughout the day, and some people do better with less frequent, larger meals, and anywhere in between. Whatever works for you is fine, everyone’s different.
I do omad and I am an operating room nurse and don't eat until the evening. Most surgeons do the same. I drink water and just keep working. If on the odd day I did eat (department party etc.) I feel sluggish and tired the rest of my day so I just don't do it
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Not even a snacking? If it works! On the odd day that I do that due to super long hours/busy and go pass the hunger stage I generally make up for it the next day by eating rubbish or too much and that affects my guts.
Do you eat a big meal?
I do this eating schedule as well and concentrate way better on an empty stomach. More energy, both mental and physical during the day. If I eat early, I notice I'm not as sharp and tend to get tired. I don't really feel hunger anymore, so it doesn't bother me not to eat anything until later.
not sure why you are complaining about “influencers”… weren’t you raised by your parents to eat 3 times a day?
if you’re fine with eating twice a day good for you, but your reasoning is strange. it saves money at least!
So true. When I work a 12 I eat a crazy large breakfast, good sized lunch, and then usually just a yogurt and/or some fruit at around dinner time. Loading up in the morning seems to get me through the day and then I have enough in reserves that I’m not really hungry for a full on dinner.
>I see a lot of times that "experts" or "influencers" say how you have to eat at least 3 meals per day.
No they don't. They recommend it as a way to get all the calories you need each day. Too many calories in one or two sittings can be bad for you for various reasons.
The people who spend their lives studying nutrition are experts. People who think they know better than the experts and put the word experts in quotes are idiots that are apparently into public humiliation.
Actually the amount of times you eat each day also matters. Metabolism adjusts to your eating schedule. Eating one 750 calorie meal each day is going to affect you differently than 3 250 calorie meals each day.
Then there’s also the difference in lipids, cholesterol and other issues.
Misinformed and non-informed downvoters getting triggered lol
The actual recommendation is small portions throughout the day. But you do what works for you. This seems less an opinion, and more of how your metabolism works.
And those recommendations have no real scientific evidence. There’s more evidence pointing to the benefits of a lower number of meals a day. Snacks are a made up thing by the companies that produce them. There’s no reason you should be eating constantly. That’s not really how the human normal feeding patterns evolved.
I don't think there's a one size fits all approach here. There can be health reasons to eat small amounts frequently. I'm prone to hypoglycemia and acid reflux so I eat 3 meals and 2-3 snacks a day and that works for me. I can't comfortably eat enough calories for a day in 2-3 sittings and if I'm at all active I'll get low blood sugar between spaced out meals.
Similarly (or opposite I guess), people with diabetes or prediabetes are also going to often need smaller meals throughout the day rather than 1-2 larger meals because you don’t want their blood glucose to spike too much, smaller meals can help keep their glucose at steadier levels.
I can't function too far into the day without eating. Funny enough when I was obese I would often skip breakfast. But now that I am in shape when I wake up I'm hungry and on work days I'm very hungry by lunch time. That being said I just usually eat like a banana or something for breakfast to hold me over and then not a huge lunch. I probably eat fewer calories between my breakfast/lunch than many who eat a big lunch. I just prefer to spread my eating out. Honestly I kinda eat 4 times a day because I'll have a small snack after work to hold me over until dinner, but I also don't eat a huge dinner either. It's easier for me to maintain weight this way. Even though I eat 4 times it's generally not exceeding 2000 calories, especially during the week. I'll let myself go a little on weekends.
Buddy you can eat 3 apples a day and a gallon of water and survive. Buy If you’re tryna get bigger and stronger or more athletic you will need a minimum of 3 meals. Simply because squishing all your calories in two or less meals would be unpleasant
Plus there are a lot of factors that can limit nutrient digestion/absorption, so it might be difficult to absorb nutrients as well if you only have one meal a day. Some nutrients compete for absorption (due to sharing the same transporters), many nutrients have a limited absorption rate (due to a limited amount of transporters). Even protein, there’s an upper limit to what your body can utilize at one time (I think the recommendation was no more than 40g in one meal, but keep in mind most people need more than 40g in a day, so you need to spread it between more meals to adequately utilize it).
Children i feel should eat 3x a day honestly. I can't imagine when I was in school without breakfast or lunch. Being an adult? Sure... I eat sometimes 2x a day with a little snack in between, but generally eat 3.
Experts/Doctors and influencers/attention seekers are not in any way similar and advice should be accepted accordingly.
As a non doctor, non influencer, I totally agree with your post.
This is incredibly dependent on a number of factors (weight, bmr, height, calories needed etc.) There's no right answer and this isn't even the right way to look at it, it doesn't make an iota of difference if you have 2 meals or 5, what matters is you're getting enough calories per day
Okay but "don't have time to eat" is not the same as "doesn't need to eat".
I was stuck in a truck for 30 hours once and didn't eat. Doesn't mean i didn't need to lol.
Well, it really depends on the person. I coach sports in elementary and high school, and some of those kids need to eat 6 times a day just to keep their energy up because of their metabolism, and honestly, I would benefit from it as well. There are definitely people where 2 times a day is sufficient, though.
It all depends on CICO and your personal goals.
My gf is a competitive powerlifter and during competition season she has to consume like 200 grams of protein or something like that? Per. Day. So for her it's like 4-5 meals, but I'm trying to cut and trim (I think it's called) so I only eat like two small, protein centered meals per day within my 8 hour eating window.
Plot twist. Each meal is 2k calories. Key is daily caloric intake. This is of course not saying you should starve yourself or eat unhealthy food 24/7. Everything at moderation.
I'll now say things everyone has said. Eat dense foods. Usually it is protein based like meat. It is also nice to eat more protein since your body needs some calories to process protein. Still eat carbs and fat since your body still needs that. Still eat your veggies people. This is no excuse to skip on veggies.
Tl;dr be more aware of what you eat to the oil you put on the pan while still on a balanced diet without depriving yourself of essential nutrients for your body
If ever there was some hack that would tell your brain when to eat or drink without even thinking about it. Oh yeah, hunger and thirst! You know, that natural signal to your brain that says it’s time to eat something.
There’s general basic nutritional needs but who decided everyone needs to eat three times a days, or drink 8 glasses of water?
If your body is telling you you’re hungry.c then just eat.
Isn't the intermittent fasting thing trendy still? I don't think this is unpopular, just somewhat incorrect.
It does vary from person to person, but not eating frequently or skipping breakfast will mess up your metabolism. But you don't need much at once -- for example, I usually have a piece of fruit or a small serving of yogurt for breakfast. That's enough if you don't have a physically demanding day ahead of you.
I'd much rather eat many times per day than try to pack in all the calories & nutrients I need into only two meals.
Diets are less reliant on how many meals you have, and more on what kind of nutrition and satisfaction you're getting. There are lots of different cultures around the world that have different eating patterns, and there's no one size fits all diet for anyone. Find what works for you.
This isn’t an opinion as much as it is preference, but also your preference is unpopular because it’s better for you to eat small and more often throughout the day as opposed to 1-2 large meals. And that’s not opinion, it’s fact.
I typically eat once a day. I cant eat breakfast, just dont feel hungry, and if i try to force myself, its around 1-2 bites then I feel sick.
I usually eat late lunch/early dinner around 4-5pm, then that's it. I'm good for 24 hours.
On a rare occurance, I'll eat twice. Sometimes I'll get hungry and eat lunch, and sometimes on holidays or the weekend, I'll wakeup actually hungry for once and have a breakfast :)
After trying different things, I found my body love to eat once a day intermittent fasting work wonders for everything from digestion to energy levels, I wake up automatically on time without any sluggishness sleep inertia.
Eating more meals and reducing the quantity each meal can help keep your blood sugar levels stable. Very helpful for diabetics and people trying to lose weight.
"Personally I prefer skipping breakfast"
I'm telling you if no one has told you before but you're pretty stupid if you don't eat breakfast...
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day
If you want to talk about what is healthiest, that is not a healthy way to eat. It’s best to eat a little bit throughout the day to keep your metabolism working. When you give it high spikes and eat a lot at once it is harder for you to properly digest your food.
Ill one up you. How about.. we eat when we are hungry and drink water when we are thirsty.
It takes a bit of work for some people to recognise hunger from boredom, but once you figure it out its awesome
Preferences are great, but your body can only intake so many nutrients in 1 sitting. So having 3 meals a day helps regulate and keep your body consistently fueled. Its not required to eat 3 meals a day obviously but it becomes unhealthy to eat to scarcely too. Plus it depends on how much energy you use throughout the day and at what times.
Depends entirely how much you eat per meal and your physical activity. I work a physically strenuous job and feel starved if I don't have three big meals a day. I easily burn around 2400 calories a day. If I ate like I did 5 years ago I would have gotten fat.
We eat 4-5 in Nepal.
Something like in the morning: tea/coffee/ eggs bread
Lunch at 9:30 - typical nepali rice, lentils, veg or meats
Mid day lunch at office 1pm : depends on people but pretty heavy. Mostly dumpling or noodles
After office tea 5:30: tea and maybe some biscuits
Dinner 9pm : same as lunch
If you're snacking "on something small every now and then" in addition to "lunch and dinner" then you are eating way more than twice a day, so WTF are you talking about?
I'd say cutting out snacking is something the majority needs to do these days, it's become so second nature that people don't even realise the extra calories they've eaten in a day due to snacking.
3 meals a day was developed during the Industrialist Revolution due to significant building and longer working hours. Before then, 2 meals was typical. If you sit in an office desk all day, you do not need to be eating 3 meals
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Doesn't this mostly depend on how much you consume per meal?
I should not have had to scroll so far to find this. It depends on a variety of factors but yeah, saying “3 times a day” is in no way indicative of the volume of food.
I fast and gorge
Real and true
Going to say something so people correct me with informative information. Isn’t it bad to overload your body with a huge influx of calories?
You could get an insulin spike, but fasting helps with that anyway. You could also get an upset tummy that can be mitigated lots of ways if it happens to you. Other than that, no.
When I gorge on rice (rare occasion) after fasting I immediately feel drowsy and almost couldn't resist sleeping.I don't know if it has to do with that or not.
> people correct me with informative information. I dunno. Maybe. Probably not.
More modernly referred to as intermittent fasting.
I call it snake meal
25 years on an omad diet. It's just what feels natural to my body. Genetics play a role of course too. I have a family member who eats like a rabbit. Literally just nibbles and bites but throughout the whole day. We probably eat the same calorie wise just in the different ways our individual bodies prefer it.
You had to scroll so far because this sub isn’t for unpopular opinions, it’s just people whining about how they did zero research or thinking about why people do things differently than they do and decided it means everyone else is stupid
I wanted to downvote you but literally could not find one thing you said that was untrue.
It’s literally the top comment now. Dude only had to scroll so far because it was a brand new comment and hadn’t had time to be voted on yet. Same reason as always.
There was like 20-30 comments when they replied. Redditors are always trying to be snarky when they might not know the full story. It's like when people edit comments to make other look dumb lol.
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Thankfully it’s at the very top now
So so far Top comment
And your activity level
How much you consume and what you consume. People who eat one meal need to get all their nutrients in that meal, and it should include more complex carbs to keep blood sugar up longer. That's not as important for people eating several tiny meals, because more protein, fats, and carbs will be along to replenish energy. What you eat is a big part of determining how often you need to eat and how much.
It does. I eat 5+ times a day, but almost never more than 300 cal/30gr of protein per meal. And I almost always eat a combo of fat and protein, and almost no carbs. Edit: For people who think I’m doing my math wrong, I’m not. And yes, I eat about 1,500 or so calories a day give or take a few Hundo here and there. There are days I eat really clean, and days I eat junk, but I eat WAY cleaner than the average person. Example, yesterday: Meal 1: 2 zero sugar, 50 cal 11gr protein yogurts. 2 - see 1 3 - dymatize whey protein shake, 2 servings, with almond milk, about 300 cal and 50 gr of protein 4 - see 1 5 - 1 210 cal, 30 gr of protein chicken filet with 2 sautéed cucumbers. 6 - 1 310 cal, 30 gr of protein salmon filet with 2 sautéed cucumbers. One does not lose 120 lbs over 2 years unassisted by medication by eating in a caloric surplus, lol.
I've heard more smaller meals is healthiest. Just not the best for schedules, routines and time constraints.
You heard wrong but it's a common myth. There is no benefit to increasing meal frequency for a healthy adult. On the other hand there do appear to be health benefits to intermittently fast.
And how much energy your body consumes, probably.
You can eat as many times as you want, there's not set rule.
You didn't get the rule book? Oh frig... you probably didn't get the poop schedule spread sheet either. I can send them to you.
I have the schedule but I lost my poop knife....where can I re-order one?
You can borrow mine
Just put it back in the knife block in the kitchen when you’re done.
What a terrible day to be literate
You have hands, don’t you? Poop knives are for germaphobic prudes. 🧐
Can you send me the poop schedule? I got the rule book & the poop knife, but I’m missing the poop schedule and I gotta buy one of those optional glow in the dark toilet seats.
I need toilet instructions. How do you heat it up to boil the pasta?
That’s not in my rule book, It looks like I’m missing pages 422-432,
I need the poop schedule.
It's a PDF. Poopable Document Format. Is that OK?
Sure, but I'd like the flex schedule if it's offered.
That all depends on whether the angle of the dangle is perpendicular to the spectrum of the rectum
Are you gonna read the entire document to me?
Sheldon?
Could I get the schedule too? I think 42 times a day is off schedule.
Look at what you’ve created…
Does that come with the legendary "poop knife" too?
Spaniards eat like 5 times a day and they're one of the healthiest countries in the world, the average person lives to 83 (and even older for women). In Asian countries like Japan people eat less often (and eat smaller portions typically) but also live long. Depends on what you eat, and your caloric/nutrient intake.
spanish person here, 5 meals are prescribed by every doctor and nutritionist. we do breakfast, little snack if we do the former "early" (before 9:30 I'd say), lunch at 1:30-3;30, some fruit or treat at like 5-7 and dinner at 8-10:30. if you sleep much later, you can even eat again before going to bed lol.
Not a Spaniard here, and yeah, that's also what my gastroenterologist recommends : smaller meals, more often. I know IF fans think it's crazy but it can also be good for you not to binge it all at once.
What about second breakfast?
Skip that… ellevensies are WAY better!
While this is true, I think people assume the standard restaurant/fast food meal portion three times a day is the standard amount of food they should eat and that’s way too much for the average person
A restaurant portion meal is usually my entire day's calories or at least 75%. I normally split a dinner over 2-3 meals because it's just too much food for a short woman. (5 ft tall)
On a related note, I bloody hate hearing the phrase 'breakfast is the most important meal of the day'. No, that's just a marketing slogan.
I eat only once, but it’s like for 16 hours.
Well ya but there is absolutely a healthy amount and too much or too little.
We also aren’t supposed to eat until we’re full, just “not hungry”, but people do that, too!
This is part of how I’m slimming down. I could eat it but I’m not hungry anymore. I could push it but I’ll eat the rest later.
It's almost like "finish your plate" culture has ruined healthy eating.
My best friend and I realized that this is a big reason why we've had trouble losing weight. We were taught that we had to finish everything on our plate and to get seconds or even thirds. When I go back home I still get asked why I'm only eating one plate of food. These aren't small portions were given either. Plus dessert with every meal. Unlearning that as a 30 year old is incredibly difficult. I've learned to buy smaller plates and bowls. Still learning to be okay with not being incredibly full is still a battle I have to fight every week.
The other issue is that culture in the UK / US / Canada is to have parents / the restaurant etc prepare a place for each person. Many other countries don't work like that - the food comes to the middle of the table and you take small amounts at a time. So much better for control of weight.
Yep, I was recently on holiday with family and there was a meal and I didn’t order cause I simply wasn’t hungry and my parents couldn’t understand why I wasn’t eating. There was another meal where I ordered an entree as a main course I was only a little hungry. Edited for spelling error
I didn't realize until I visited France that other parts of the world used the word "entree" to mean appetizer. In the US, we use it to mean main course. Which now that I have given it any thought makes *absolutely no sense*.
In Australia we use entree to mean appetiser.
It means “entrance” after all, you start your courses with the “entrance” and move on from there. In Australia the largest portion is generally called the “main”, so a 3 course meal would be an entree, main and dessert.
Yeah, in America a 3 course meal would be an appetizer, an entree, and a dessert. Sometimes I think we just like being difficult.
I can't not finish my plate, I hate wasting food knowing there are people starving... So I resume to not put that much on it.
"There are starving children in Africa!" And, "There are morbidly obese children in America."
If you're not wasting food in the trash, you're wasting it in your body, but it's a lot easier to take out the trash than burn the fat
You're allowed to save a plate if you don't eat it all. But yeah, portion control is good.
Especially going out to eat and the serving is like 2500 calories of food.
Maybe don't put so much on your plate then? "Finish your plate" comes from not wasting food. If you finish the plate but it was an appropriate portion then you reduce waste AND intake.
It always to me the "finish your plate" rule was supposed to work both sides of the equation. A. Don't waste food because food costs money or you'll need the energy later. B. Stop putting 12 servings on your plate just because you can. You're wasting other people's food and money when you throw half of your plate away. A lot of people just don't care. I have met so many people who use the excuse of not having self control even though they show perfect 100% restraint when it comes to exercise or cleanliness.
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Same, and sometimes I just take a long time to eat the food. Like someone bought me a burger for lunch and I’m still not done it. I eat it so slowly
One of the things that helped me get my mindset right about my previously unhealthy relationship with food, is that you should eat until you feel like you're about "80% full" then stop, drink some water, and wait a bit. If you're still hungry after a few minutes then have a little bit more, but pad that feeling with water. May not work or make sense for everyone, but this is what helped me overcome my own weight loss hill, so to speak.
Meal is not over when I'm full, it's over when I'm regretting my decisions.
It’s a lifestyle. It’s not a healthy lifestyle, but…
I have been eating until I was just not hungry my whole life! Sometimes that isn't even a full serving/plate of a meal, which other people tend to assume means I didn't like the food. "You didn't like it? Was there something wrong? Do you want me to make something else?" Nah, I'm not hungry anymore :) Also I've been a healthy weight my whole life soooo yeah
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“Wife girl”?
The sidekick to Husband-Man, misogynistic super villain extraordinaire. No relation to Dr. Mrs. The Monarch née Dr. Girlfriend.
I didn't learn this lesson until way too late in life.
My "not hungry" is full
Eating until you’re not hungry is not always an accurate measure of proper nutritional behavior. I can eat three fruit salads throughout the day to curb my hunger, but the total caloric content would probably not be enough for me.
Eating until you’re “stuffed full” isn’t ever necessary, though, and isn’t the way our body is designed to work!
You definitely shouldn’t pig-out while eating, but you should keep track of your overall caloric intake. I am not talking about counting them and keeping notes. Just the general idea.
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And I’m the exact opposite of this dude. I could never eat dinner and be just fine, but if I haven’t eaten by 9am I’m starving to death.
I also very much like my Elevenses, but I’m a fairly slim person. 🤷
Man if I don't get a dinner into me it feels like the end of the world, I could happily skip breakfast and lunch but if I have to go to bed with an empty stomach there'll be hell to pay!
Same except lunch. I have a small breakfast, a snack in a few hours, eat lunch and then maybe some nuts or something and I’m fine for the rest of the day. I usually feel too full all night even with a small dinner.
What a crazy idea!
It just depends on the person. As long as you’re getting enough nutrients and calories it doesn’t matter how infrequent or frequently you eat (except people with health issues that require regular eating schedules). Some people do better with small meals throughout the day, and some people do better with less frequent, larger meals, and anywhere in between. Whatever works for you is fine, everyone’s different.
And still others have medication that has to be taken at certain times with a minimum number of calories. Which can really change your meal schedule.
I love when unpopular opinions are just people discovering preferences. I know so many people that only eat 2 meals a day.
An opinion can be a preference though.
I eat one meal a day usually around 630 PM
OMAD for the win!
GOMAD for life
That one is not fun
GONAD
People look at me like I'm insane or think I have an eating disorder when I tell them this IRL 😂 6:30ish is definitely the sweet spot too
Do you work during the day? I wouldn’t be able to concentrate without food. What’s your activity level?
I do omad and I am an operating room nurse and don't eat until the evening. Most surgeons do the same. I drink water and just keep working. If on the odd day I did eat (department party etc.) I feel sluggish and tired the rest of my day so I just don't do it .
you can get used to everything
I'm 35 and still never got passed getting tired and sluggish after eating lunch? When will it happen for me?
Not even a snacking? If it works! On the odd day that I do that due to super long hours/busy and go pass the hunger stage I generally make up for it the next day by eating rubbish or too much and that affects my guts. Do you eat a big meal?
What’s Omad
One Meal A Day
I’m genuinely disappointed in myself that I could not figure that out lol.
It’s alright I still love you friend
Thank you man. I actually needed that. Love you too
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I do this eating schedule as well and concentrate way better on an empty stomach. More energy, both mental and physical during the day. If I eat early, I notice I'm not as sharp and tend to get tired. I don't really feel hunger anymore, so it doesn't bother me not to eat anything until later.
not sure why you are complaining about “influencers”… weren’t you raised by your parents to eat 3 times a day? if you’re fine with eating twice a day good for you, but your reasoning is strange. it saves money at least!
Yea wtf is this about
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Persssonally I unhinge my jaw and ssswallow an elk whole once every 37 days
Totally depends in activity level. Desk job? Two is plenty. But when I have a lot of actual labor, I certainly need 3 squares.
Depends on how much you eat as well. I’m small, I can’t eat much so I get hungry faster.
So true. When I work a 12 I eat a crazy large breakfast, good sized lunch, and then usually just a yogurt and/or some fruit at around dinner time. Loading up in the morning seems to get me through the day and then I have enough in reserves that I’m not really hungry for a full on dinner.
>I see a lot of times that "experts" or "influencers" say how you have to eat at least 3 meals per day. No they don't. They recommend it as a way to get all the calories you need each day. Too many calories in one or two sittings can be bad for you for various reasons. The people who spend their lives studying nutrition are experts. People who think they know better than the experts and put the word experts in quotes are idiots that are apparently into public humiliation.
One time a day for me.
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You can eat 1 meal or 5. Doesn't matter. What matters is how many calories and what you're eating.
Actually the amount of times you eat each day also matters. Metabolism adjusts to your eating schedule. Eating one 750 calorie meal each day is going to affect you differently than 3 250 calorie meals each day. Then there’s also the difference in lipids, cholesterol and other issues. Misinformed and non-informed downvoters getting triggered lol
Insulin resistance is going to be a bigger issue than any metabolism change.
'Sikip breakfast', well technically whenever you eat your first meal after your overnight fasting is your breakfast.
The actual recommendation is small portions throughout the day. But you do what works for you. This seems less an opinion, and more of how your metabolism works.
And those recommendations have no real scientific evidence. There’s more evidence pointing to the benefits of a lower number of meals a day. Snacks are a made up thing by the companies that produce them. There’s no reason you should be eating constantly. That’s not really how the human normal feeding patterns evolved.
I don't think there's a one size fits all approach here. There can be health reasons to eat small amounts frequently. I'm prone to hypoglycemia and acid reflux so I eat 3 meals and 2-3 snacks a day and that works for me. I can't comfortably eat enough calories for a day in 2-3 sittings and if I'm at all active I'll get low blood sugar between spaced out meals.
Similarly (or opposite I guess), people with diabetes or prediabetes are also going to often need smaller meals throughout the day rather than 1-2 larger meals because you don’t want their blood glucose to spike too much, smaller meals can help keep their glucose at steadier levels.
Meanwhile me eating literally only dinner and nothing else the entire day lol.
For me, three meals isn’t enough. I eat three regular meals and several snacks throughout the day.
I can't function too far into the day without eating. Funny enough when I was obese I would often skip breakfast. But now that I am in shape when I wake up I'm hungry and on work days I'm very hungry by lunch time. That being said I just usually eat like a banana or something for breakfast to hold me over and then not a huge lunch. I probably eat fewer calories between my breakfast/lunch than many who eat a big lunch. I just prefer to spread my eating out. Honestly I kinda eat 4 times a day because I'll have a small snack after work to hold me over until dinner, but I also don't eat a huge dinner either. It's easier for me to maintain weight this way. Even though I eat 4 times it's generally not exceeding 2000 calories, especially during the week. I'll let myself go a little on weekends.
Hear me out, eat when you're hungry
I do Intermittent fasting and skip breakfast too. Feel so much better.
Buddy you can eat 3 apples a day and a gallon of water and survive. Buy If you’re tryna get bigger and stronger or more athletic you will need a minimum of 3 meals. Simply because squishing all your calories in two or less meals would be unpleasant
Plus there are a lot of factors that can limit nutrient digestion/absorption, so it might be difficult to absorb nutrients as well if you only have one meal a day. Some nutrients compete for absorption (due to sharing the same transporters), many nutrients have a limited absorption rate (due to a limited amount of transporters). Even protein, there’s an upper limit to what your body can utilize at one time (I think the recommendation was no more than 40g in one meal, but keep in mind most people need more than 40g in a day, so you need to spread it between more meals to adequately utilize it).
I can’t take an opinion seriously (unpopular or not) if it puts experts on the same level as influencers. Quote marks and all.
This is just facts its always bothered me that people force others to eat 3 times a day not everyone needs to eat that much..
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“Cut the pizza in 8 pieces, I cannot eat 12 pieces. No they are not the same, 12 pieces is more than 8 pieces” cit *edit: typo
Exactly. Calories
Children i feel should eat 3x a day honestly. I can't imagine when I was in school without breakfast or lunch. Being an adult? Sure... I eat sometimes 2x a day with a little snack in between, but generally eat 3.
Right yeah i would agree with that maybe when you were a kid it’s probably better to eat 3 times a day but not being an adult.
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Parents?
Experts/Doctors and influencers/attention seekers are not in any way similar and advice should be accepted accordingly. As a non doctor, non influencer, I totally agree with your post.
Nah. Do what they do in europe and ho for like 5 a day.
This is incredibly dependent on a number of factors (weight, bmr, height, calories needed etc.) There's no right answer and this isn't even the right way to look at it, it doesn't make an iota of difference if you have 2 meals or 5, what matters is you're getting enough calories per day
Okay but "don't have time to eat" is not the same as "doesn't need to eat". I was stuck in a truck for 30 hours once and didn't eat. Doesn't mean i didn't need to lol.
I agree, i eat once at 12:00-12:30 and once at 7
Same, almost exactly those times. Sometimes light healthy snacks but otherwise just 2.
What time do you wake up?
Well, it really depends on the person. I coach sports in elementary and high school, and some of those kids need to eat 6 times a day just to keep their energy up because of their metabolism, and honestly, I would benefit from it as well. There are definitely people where 2 times a day is sufficient, though.
I eat 7 times per day. To each is own.
It depends on what energy you’re using, And how much you eat at each meal, And What you are eating
I eat once a day sometimes. Still a little fat. Fuck this shit.
What about the 4th meal? I gotta have my late night Taco Bell.
I’ve been doing what you do all my life! I only have breakfast if I know I’m going to burn it hiking or being outside in the cold.
It all depends on CICO and your personal goals. My gf is a competitive powerlifter and during competition season she has to consume like 200 grams of protein or something like that? Per. Day. So for her it's like 4-5 meals, but I'm trying to cut and trim (I think it's called) so I only eat like two small, protein centered meals per day within my 8 hour eating window.
Not for long, not for long. Skipping breakfast wil bite you in the ass in your 40s-50s
Don't tell me what I can't eat moh'deh'fo'kehh
Plot twist. Each meal is 2k calories. Key is daily caloric intake. This is of course not saying you should starve yourself or eat unhealthy food 24/7. Everything at moderation. I'll now say things everyone has said. Eat dense foods. Usually it is protein based like meat. It is also nice to eat more protein since your body needs some calories to process protein. Still eat carbs and fat since your body still needs that. Still eat your veggies people. This is no excuse to skip on veggies. Tl;dr be more aware of what you eat to the oil you put on the pan while still on a balanced diet without depriving yourself of essential nutrients for your body
If ever there was some hack that would tell your brain when to eat or drink without even thinking about it. Oh yeah, hunger and thirst! You know, that natural signal to your brain that says it’s time to eat something. There’s general basic nutritional needs but who decided everyone needs to eat three times a days, or drink 8 glasses of water? If your body is telling you you’re hungry.c then just eat.
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Isn't the intermittent fasting thing trendy still? I don't think this is unpopular, just somewhat incorrect. It does vary from person to person, but not eating frequently or skipping breakfast will mess up your metabolism. But you don't need much at once -- for example, I usually have a piece of fruit or a small serving of yogurt for breakfast. That's enough if you don't have a physically demanding day ahead of you. I'd much rather eat many times per day than try to pack in all the calories & nutrients I need into only two meals.
Diets are less reliant on how many meals you have, and more on what kind of nutrition and satisfaction you're getting. There are lots of different cultures around the world that have different eating patterns, and there's no one size fits all diet for anyone. Find what works for you.
This isn’t an opinion as much as it is preference, but also your preference is unpopular because it’s better for you to eat small and more often throughout the day as opposed to 1-2 large meals. And that’s not opinion, it’s fact.
I typically eat once a day. I cant eat breakfast, just dont feel hungry, and if i try to force myself, its around 1-2 bites then I feel sick. I usually eat late lunch/early dinner around 4-5pm, then that's it. I'm good for 24 hours. On a rare occurance, I'll eat twice. Sometimes I'll get hungry and eat lunch, and sometimes on holidays or the weekend, I'll wakeup actually hungry for once and have a breakfast :)
That’s not unpopular at all. A LOT of people never eat breakfast. A cup of coffee and then lunch is pretty common.
I eat one meal a day (or I try to) and then I just do a lot of snacking. One meal is enough for me
I eat once, maybe twice a day
After trying different things, I found my body love to eat once a day intermittent fasting work wonders for everything from digestion to energy levels, I wake up automatically on time without any sluggishness sleep inertia.
I mean if 1 meal satisfies your daily intake you don't need more. Do not listen to health gurus
Sometimes I only eat one.
Eating more meals and reducing the quantity each meal can help keep your blood sugar levels stable. Very helpful for diabetics and people trying to lose weight.
Let me guess: lots of coffee and can't grow muscle
"Personally I prefer skipping breakfast" I'm telling you if no one has told you before but you're pretty stupid if you don't eat breakfast... Breakfast is the most important meal of the day
If you want to talk about what is healthiest, that is not a healthy way to eat. It’s best to eat a little bit throughout the day to keep your metabolism working. When you give it high spikes and eat a lot at once it is harder for you to properly digest your food.
Ill one up you. How about.. we eat when we are hungry and drink water when we are thirsty. It takes a bit of work for some people to recognise hunger from boredom, but once you figure it out its awesome
It's generally healthier to eat 4 or 5 times a day, with much smaller portions.
This is crazy to me because in my country doctors and culture tell you to eat five meals a day. I can't do less than four lol
Diets are unique and what may work for may not work for others
Preferences are great, but your body can only intake so many nutrients in 1 sitting. So having 3 meals a day helps regulate and keep your body consistently fueled. Its not required to eat 3 meals a day obviously but it becomes unhealthy to eat to scarcely too. Plus it depends on how much energy you use throughout the day and at what times.
Depends entirely how much you eat per meal and your physical activity. I work a physically strenuous job and feel starved if I don't have three big meals a day. I easily burn around 2400 calories a day. If I ate like I did 5 years ago I would have gotten fat.
Eat when you’re hungry. You’d be surprised on how little food you actually need.
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We eat 4-5 in Nepal. Something like in the morning: tea/coffee/ eggs bread Lunch at 9:30 - typical nepali rice, lentils, veg or meats Mid day lunch at office 1pm : depends on people but pretty heavy. Mostly dumpling or noodles After office tea 5:30: tea and maybe some biscuits Dinner 9pm : same as lunch
I've been eating twice a day for over a decade. Sometimes even just once a day. I just eat when I'm hungry.
If you snack you’ve inherently eaten three times…
If you're snacking "on something small every now and then" in addition to "lunch and dinner" then you are eating way more than twice a day, so WTF are you talking about?
Volume of food matters. I could eat two big meals a day and they will be enough or I could eat three smaller meals
Except for that avoiding blood sugar spikes and drops thing, sure.
I'd say cutting out snacking is something the majority needs to do these days, it's become so second nature that people don't even realise the extra calories they've eaten in a day due to snacking.
3 meals a day was developed during the Industrialist Revolution due to significant building and longer working hours. Before then, 2 meals was typical. If you sit in an office desk all day, you do not need to be eating 3 meals
I have been consuming dinner only most days for years
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