Comments on: Can You Believe Eating Once a Day is So Popular?

By: melissa

melissa — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:39:53 +0000

hi bridget – can i ask you what exactly you eat each day, and around how many calories? i am also 5′4″ and currently 115 lbs and would LOVE to get down to 100 like you did. i’m currently intermittent fasting and only eating 1 meal (dinner) of 1500 calories each day. i’m wondering if the weight loss will work with me too!

By: bridget

bridget — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:43:34 +0000

I eat once a day. It’s a good way to remain very thin. The great thing is I feel a whole lot better too. I sleep better and have so much energy. I drink lot’s of water too. I have to double my amount sometimes because i’m only 5ft 4 and I wouldn’t want to go down to 90lbs. I’m a good 100lbs right now, and I try to remain 100 lbs only. It’s easy though. Oh and I lost 15 lbs this way, in 3 weeks. No joke.

By: Crystal

Crystal — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:49:36 +0000

I eat one meal per day, usually dinner, but I don’t do it for weight loss or anything like that. I have stomach problems were i feel either sick or in pain after a meal, especially breakfast. So I end up skipping breakfast, going to school, coming home, unless i go to work, and if I do go to work then I eat a snack, but usually I come home, have dinner, exercise and go about my day. Ever since I started eating once per day, I actually can wake up in the mornings, and I feel great the rest of the day, but that’s most likely because I don’t feel sick like I did when I would eat ( and I didn’t eat big meals to begin with, just toast or something for breakfast and still feel sick to my stomach) If you’re gonna only eat once per day, then make sure it’s healthy foods and plenty of water and exercise.

By: feels great

feels great — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:27:01 +0000

Yea Most of these people talking bout 4-6 small meals are most probably over weight, theres no way they re fit, how can u buy such garbage, the media only tells you that cuz they want you to keep eating and keep the garbage food industry in business

By: s

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:14:00 +0000

drummer: You are right on. I eat once a day. My dog eats once a day. I really feel great (so does my dog). I think it is nuts to think that we all need to eat six small meals a day. I can’t physically eat that much food – if so, I do want to barf. I am a small person. I am busy. I don’t have time to obsess about what my next small meal is going to be. It makes me hungrier and hungrier to eat all day. It’s quite liberating not to think about food all of the time. I have tons of energy and I feel lean. I eat my fill for dinner and I enjoy every bite. I work near a restaurant and when I walk by I see people gorging themselves on huge quantities of food and they are mostly bloated, puffy or fat. I certainly don’t feel like I am missing out! Maybe it’s not for everyone but I feel better off because of it.

By: drummer

drummer — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:14:43 +0000

no wonder why most americans are fat… they´re all like: “Uhhh… never skip breakfast because you´ll die!!!”…”you are anorexic”….”that can´t be healthy”…..RIGHT….but been obese surely is healthy…….halfwits

calorie shifting, intermittent fasting, one meal a day, the warrior diet…..they´re all about the same thing: CALORIE RESTRICTION!!!…. which IS till this day the best proven method to lose weight, reduce signs of aging and prolong a healthy life

it´s the same thing with ANY diet that restricts your caloric intake…. you can do the South Beach diet or whatever the heck diet….it´s all the same…. shut your mouth and stop eating so much.

If you are a diabetic then the best bet would be to do the whole 6 small meals to keep the blood sugar steady…. if you are not.. then stop crying like a baby and give it a try.

you won´t go into the so called “starvation mode” (the biggest myth in diet world) if people actually gained weight from lack of food….then people wouldn´t die from starvation….(think Africa)

the best time to have your meal is at night….. just think about it…. how many of you feel like taking a nap after eating?….if you skip breakfast and perhaps have a glass of fresh fruit and vegetable juice you WILL feel amazing and energetic…. dinner time you may have your average 1600 calories from fruit (fruit first….always, because it digests quickly), salad, soup, main course and even dessert (not 3 brownies you pigs)…. and you´ll also sleep like a baby.

use your common sense though….. don´t stuff yourself till the point of barfing…. you´ll obviously end up rolling around in bed all night.

and please for the love of God……stop eating shit…. food is not meant to come in a box and have 50 unpronounceable ingredients.

By: Lynne

Lynne — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:32:31 +0000

Eating minimeals does not raise your metabolism. There is no proved science that shows an increase in metabolism. Why would you want to raise your metabolism anyway? A lower metabolism may lean to slower aging. Minimeals can lead to an unhealthy obsession with food. If a person is going to eat minimeals for weight loss, they’d better count calories and plan the night before. Also consider how trainable the body is. It can be a drag to eat minimeals at first, but then you find you are hungry at 6 times a day (or even 14 if you follow THAT ridiculous diet). Living a food-centered life is no way to live. I eat one meal a day, am a martial artist and have tons of energy.

By: Harken

Harken — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:47:30 +0000

And look at Joe, he’s up at 3:55am with insomnia and wondering how he can get a healthy life style because he eats one unhealthy meal a day. I can’t see how one meal a day would benefit you in any single way unless your struggling with some serious medical condition. I personally like to maintain my metabolism through out the day with 4-6 meals, usually 4 but i shoot for 6. Breakfast is always super important for me, even if its only an apple, because thats what jumps starts my day, without it i feel sluggish. I workout 5 times a week and eat usually an hour or two before and and immediately after. I always work up an appetite in the gym.

By: Anne

Anne — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:47:28 +0000

Ok call it unhealthy if you want but I had been fat my whole life…. tried every diet out there with no success. At 42 I finally started eating just one meal a day. Don’t get me wrong.. not a lame little meal. Anything in the world I was craving until I was stuffed. But after that nothing until the next AM when I woke up. I went from a size 16 to a size 4 and have been a size 4 since 2005. I never get that hungry inbetween meals and look forward to my daily meal very much. I can make occaissional exceptions like for birthdays etc. My lab work is perfect and I FEEL GREAT. If this is unhealthy then Ill just stay this way because me at 223 certainly was much much more unhealthy.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:55:32 +0000

As we’re all individuals, we also require individual nutritional needs. I’ve lived on one meal per day for over three years now, work out at the gym 6 days per week, and am in training for my 30th triathlon. I am not however addicted to food, I never snacked, drank soda, or processed foods in the days of more then one meal, so this lifestyle is not difficult for me. When completing a 24 hour fast daily, you can be assured that all the energy typically used for digestion is being diverted to strengthening and repairing the body as a whole. You will not go into starvation mode simply because you are not starving.
Pre-agricultural man did not have the luxury of 3 square meals per day, and was lucky if he had one. Obesity and heart disease were not his demise, losing a race with a cougar however was, he had to be in shape.
Some of the above posts states that one meal per day deprives you of energy and this is simply not true. I wake up refreshed, full of life, and ready to tackle the day, food for me is nourishment for my body, and not to be abused like a common addict abuses drugs or alcohol.
To those critical of this lifestyle, please do your homework, in my opinion you have no idea what your talking about.