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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I drink coffee until 5 pm.  Two years, quite sustainable.  Only eat during the day on Saturdays.  Daytime intake gives me an uncomfortable feeling of fullness and makes me cranky. My life is so much better when I eat less.  I am happier and healthier. [/quote]

This is classic disordered thinking. You have an eating disorder, and I hope you can get the medical and mental health assistance you need. 
Peace to you. [/quote]

No it isn’t. What OP’s DH does and what the above poster does are a variation of intermittent fasting. Americans have normalized obesity inducing diets that anything less or different is considered disordered eating.

Italians usually have an espresso for breakfast, a small lunch, and a large dinner. The concept of a big breakfast comes from the old days when most people farmed and did a lot of physical labor very early in the morning. And even then the very early morning breakfast was small; the second breakfast after morning farm chores was the big breakfast many Americans now eat (eggs and bacon and toast and milk etc) that they think is healthy but is not. Yo know because they are lazy - they aren’t doing farm work and most aren’t exercising either.

I’ve been on a ketogenic paleo diet for years. I usually have only coffee in the morning because I’m not hungry, and I don’t really get hungry until 2. My body has adapted to have the capability of metabolizing fat efficiently. Most Americans think  eating 3 meals plus snacking in between is a good idea because they are actually addicted to sugar and their bodies cannot metabolize fat efficiently. (Which means that their bodies don’t access fat stores in the body for energy). That is why they are fat, and that is disordered eating.[/quote]

Agree. When I went to visit my grandparents in India, I was shocked at how little they ate, even though they stayed very active, even in old age.  They were fit and trim, and much smaller than my mom who moved to the U.S. in her 30’s and ate a more American sugar-laden diet. [/quote]

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