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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Although I would not be able to do  this one-meal-day thing i will say that several  decades ago my college boyfriend did the same thing.  he was 50 pounds overweight and just decided to eat one meal a day.  He could eat as much as he could stuff in, but just one meal.  He lost the weight, and to this day he has kept it off (we are still in regular touch).  He now eats big once a day and very light the other 2 meals. For him, big meal is at night; light breakfast and lunch. [/quote]
that's different than eating only one meal per day.  I eat a very light breakfast because I can't handle food in the morning.  I eat a small lunch and eat a snack during the day, then eat a lightish dinner.  The trick is smaller portions (some cases really small, like a 5 yr old size meal) frequently, low cal foods, and movement.[/quote]
That’s the trick for YOU. Smaller frequent portions didn’t work for me. IF has and is so much easier for me to stick to. [/quote]

Yes, this. Why do some people INSIST that every body is the same? Small, frequent meals are terrible for me because it makes me feel hungry all the time. I am able to control my weight pretty much without effort just by sticking to two full meals a day. I just don't think about food the rest of the time, which is so freeing.[/quote]

+1. Two regular meals a day plus coffee with cream for breakfast is perfect for me. I'd be just super annoyed and distracted if I tried to eat several small meals throughout the day. Sounds like constantly having to think about and plan calibrated meals while also never feeling satisfied. I'm sure it works for some people, but would be terrible for me. I'd rather have fewer but more satisfying meals. I've never been a big believer in snacking anyway -- [b]I feel like the American compunction to constantly eat is bizarre.[/b] [/quote]

I believe it messes up people's natural hunger/fullness cues because they never actually feel real hunger and so they just eat all the time.  This is actually sold as a benefit of the constant snacking by some diet plans...you will never feel too hungry, so you therefore won't overeat.  But my experience is it just makes it so your own body doesn't provide any reliable cues as to what it needs and you just eat constantly.[/quote]

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