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2 meals a day or 3?
Right now, I feel like it's easier to stay under my caloric budget if I eat 2 big meals a day than if I eat 3 smaller ones. However, I wonder if this is only temporary. Bigger meals stretch your stomach over time (I think), causing you to eat even more to feel satiated. So I'm not sure if 2 big meals a day is a good… -
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Now that I’m retired, 2 meals a day works for me so much better than 3. Not only is it easier not to overeat, and I sleep better, but I save money, effort, and prep and cleanup time. I’ve always been a breakfast girl, and I enjoy cooking and eating larger more complex meals. So a healthy breakfast around 8 and an early… -
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@maxb If eating 2 meals per day works for you (and you're not binge eating and meeting your nutrient needs) then feel free to continue this dietary pattern. Your stomach is designed to stretch... As long as you aren't eating to the point of discomfort, it's unlikely that you will forcibly increase your stomach size. Kind… -
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Honestly it’s the law of thermodynamics. Weight gain is a surplus, weight loss is a deficit. It doesn’t matter how many meals you eat a day. Fasting doesn’t defy the law of thermodynamics. its all calories in calories out. The reason fasting works is because it’s harder to eat in a surplus with only 1 or 2 meals a day.… -
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You aren't hungry all the time. If you aren't sugar fuelled, you aren't on an blood sugar roller-coaster. I eat when I am hungry and it's convenient. But hunger is in waves. You get hungry, but if you can ignore it for a few minutes, it goes away again, for hours. I am hungry about as many times a day when I fast…
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