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

By: Coffeetx

Coffeetx — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:01:11 +0000

I’m very overweight and have always struggled with compulsive eating. I have tried every diet known to man and have been denied approval for gastric bypass surgery by my insurance. All my life, I have never been hungry in the morning. In fact I can go most of the day without even thinking of food. However, every diet I have ever been on tells me to eat breakfast. I never liked this since it is the one time a day I’m generally NOT thinking about wanting to eat. However, I would do it b/c every diet would tell me to. All it ever did was just trigger me to keep eating. Finally I decided to throw the typical advice out the window and try something called “intuitive eating” where you only eat when your stomach growls. By doing this, I began to realize that my stomach almost never calls for food physiologically most likely b/c it has plenty to live off of from stored fat! In reality, my stomach only growls once a day in the evening. I have always loved to eat while I watch my favorite tv shows at night. Diets told me not to do this either. Well guess what? I now eat only ONCE a day. I eat about 7 pm and I do it while watching tv. I do, however, pay attention to what I am eating. I slow down and try to take 20 minutes. I don’t scarf it down . I eat whatever I want . last night I hate Kentucky Fried Chicken with mashed potatoes and cole slaw! I eat slowly and I stop several times to make sure I am still hungry. I eat the best of what is on my plate first. For example I ate all the crust from the KFC chicken first! Then I ate the mashed potatoes that was covered with gravy. I try to leave something on my plate always to prove that I don’t have to eat it all. I find that by not eating all day long, it takes LESS food to fill me up. I no longer even think about food during the day. I feel FREE. I have more control. I will admit that I do pray as well and this no doubt makes a big difference for me. Now I eat once a day @ 7 pm whether my stomach growls or not. Once my stomach did not growl until the next morning and I found myself thinking about food all day long when I ate in the morning. No more. I have refined this system to work for me. I highly recommend others do the same. Do what works for YOU and forget what everyone else says is “the way”. I get to look forward to meal during the day and I really enjoy that! I always have something to look forward to. By doing this, I have lost close to 30 pounds in less than a month. The only thing I consume during the day is 2 cups of coffee (with some cream) and water. I also drink a very large diet soda in the evening but I am finding that I crave that less and less as time goes on.

By: winny

winny — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:00:36 +0000

I eat only once a day. I am a very thin girl and I seriously have no appetite. My ADD medicine, adderall, supresses my already weak appetite. I don’t feel sluggish at any point during the day. Usually I’ll wake up, have a glass of tea (which makes me feel really full) and a yogurt and then continue on with my day until about 3 or 4 when i’ll have a soup, salad, or sandwich. Honestly I’ve tried eating more times a day, small meals!, but I just get soo full and when I work out I feel very nauseus. So I guess eating 1 1/2 times a day works for people like me. :3

By: Z3R0

Z3R0 — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:32:27 +0000

Truthfully I’m not that fit, I have a big build from back in the day still but it has since started to depreciate. I was 200lbs at the age of 22 and 5′ 6″ a month ago. About a month before that I started to eat once a day after money started getting tight and me being so busy all the time. My job consists of sitting at a desk all day moving a mouse so no exercise. I noticed once I really starting to eat once a day which wasnt planned just happened to work out that way, I stopped getting really hungry, the only time i would be somewhat hungry would be in the mornings before work which I grabbed a bottled water and craving is gone. At work i drink a lot of water as well because its right next to my desk. Now since last month I also started doing the crazyed P90X work outs with a buddy of mine. I now weight 185 and feel much more energized with still eatting once a day. Personally I think the eatting 5-6 meals a day is crap because when i lived with my parents I ate about that because there heath freaks and thats when i seemed to be hungry all the time and diet pills where my choice of weight control back then. I havent seen any side effects besides for waking up so far and I’m going to continue it till something becomes wrong with me. Good luck all..

By: anni labansat

anni labansat — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:52:27 +0000

i am hypoglycemic, which means that my bloodsugar gets too low when i eat carbs/sugar. i have tried all the ways of eating out there..minimeals six times a day(which made me so hungry at the end of the day because you are releasing insulin all day long, tired and always wondering what I should eat next) and all the other diets. by eating just once a day( and drinking lots of natural fruit teas (sweetened with stevia extract) i finally feel good, have lost weight, have so much energy like I never did before, and best of all, it gives my body time to detox and rid itself of toxins(in your blood, colon, intestines, skin etc) my sugar is completely under control, and because my insulin is low before my once a day meal, i am not even that hungry and i find myself eating less at that meal than i would have been able to if i have eaten minimeals all day long. going without food for several hours certainly does not put your body in starvation mode, it simply gives it a chance to get rid of junk, regenerate and detox. i no longer have to be consumed with when to eat, what to eat, how many calories, etcetc.
bottomline is, we are all different, and some things will work for some and not others. i wish you all luck on your journey

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.