Skipping a meal

[53' Stude]

I have noticed from talking to some co workers and my lady friends that are phlebotomists yesterday that sometimes they think it’s ok to skip a meal. Growing up grandparents pounded into my brother and my head the importance of eating 3 good meals. I hope no one here skips a meal especially if you are active or are on the go and on your feet daily.

 

[Zee09]

I do all the time. Often eat once a day. Never an issue.

 

[RooflessVW]

I usually eat once a day.

 

[Jetronic]

lunch and dinner only for me. breakfast is a large cup of coffee with a cloud of milk and a spoon of sugar

 

[Astro14]

Happens to me all the time. All the time.

Layovers, airports, etc. with CV restrictions on dining and limited menus that I can’t eat. Delays in flights that bleed over meal time. Land in a city, everything closed because of the hour. Get to the hotel at 10:30 PM, room service and restaurant closed an hour earlier.

Whatever the cause, it happens a lot. Going 12 hours without food won’t hurt most people. Just drink plenty of water.

 

[miden851]

Intermittent fasting, very important

I skip breakfast

 

[Astro14]

Ironically, breakfast is a big deal for me. It’s a must have.

Give me a good breakfast, and I can get through a long day of no food, high stress, high task loading, etc.

 

[4WD]

About half the time breakfast is coffee & something like a Boost, etc .
Unless dinner was little of nothing will get a small breakfast sandwich

 

[Fattylocks]

Intermittent fasting, very important

I skip breakfast

I agree. Skip breakfast and go for a punishing run. Gives you some odd kind of energy buzz.

 

[Spectre694]

I usually skip lunch. Decent breakfast and dinner though to make up for it.

It's not a hard and fast thing though if I get hungry that day I'll eat lunch.

 

[miden851]

skipping a meal or watching what you're eating throughout the day, is a very hard work no question

 

[miden851]

Ironically, breakfast is a big deal for me. It’s a must have.

Give me a good breakfast, and I can get through a long day of no food, high stress, high task loading, etc.

its all about mindset imo

 

[skyactiv]

I always have breakfast lunch and dinner except on Yom Kippur.

 

[FT92]

i have breakfast then a pretty big lunch which I consider my supper . then If I get a bit hungry later on before bed I have some fruit

 

[supton]

I generally don't skip meals. Often, if I think I won't be able to eat "on time" I'd simply pack something for a meal, something I could eat one-handed if need be. My computer bag often would have some energy bars in it "just in case".

 

[AutoMechanic]

Sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t. I hate skipping meals but sometimes that’s just what happens. When I do it’s usually lunch. Or breakfast since my parents get up so late we usually don’t have time to make it anywhere .

 

[philipp10]

I have noticed from talking to some co workers and my lady friends that are phlebotomists yesterday that sometimes they think it’s ok to skip a meal. Growing up grandparents pounded into my brother and my head the importance of eating 3 good meals. I hope no one here skips a meal especially if you are active or are on the go and on your feet daily.

well considering the obesity (and type 2 diabetis) epidemecs in the US, perhaps our parents and grandparents were just plain wrong. I cannot have 3 squares a day without gaining weight. But I have a desk jobs so that factors in big.

 

[gregk24]

I do it when I work Saturdays. I get off at 2:00 PM and don't want to have a late lunch because I won't be hungry for dinner.

I also have some GI issues and occasionally can go all day without feeling hungry at all.

 

[OilReport99]

The three meals a day is a luxury created by the well fed, now over fed West. A large number of us - self included - never let the body go into starvation mode to burn the calories accumulated (much needed fat reserves). There is always a meal 3 hours away and we keep preventing the process. You can compliment with workouts, but it takes extra time, planning and a strong commitment.
There is nothing wrong with skipping a meal or two. Most could survive a month or more with the fuel we already have in reserve.

 

[#18FAN]

Most people if not all should focus on their calorie intake and the correct number to be at a healthy weight not how many times you eat or when. Unfortunately the vast majority are clueless on how many calories they eat or need to be eating.