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I have just started having our main meal at lunch time and a light meal at dinner time. Has anyone else lost weight this way? I'm not really avoiding any foods, just adjusting when they are eaten, like fast food for lunch and a salad or sandwich for dinner.
hmmm...my dad years ago was hospitalised and this is the meal plan they gave him. It worked an he lost 30kg.
I think you need to find what suits you rather then what works IFYKWIM. I watched something on tv the other night and they said it doesnt matter what time of day you eat, its the amount of calories consummed ina 24 hour period.
I also find it harder to eat 'hot' at lunch due to having 2 kids at school so something light at lunch suits us and I just do a normal meal s for the kids at night and eat light then to.
I would also think it would have more to do with the amount of calories consumed over the day rather than what time of the day you eat them. You still need to create a deficit between calories in and calories out to lose weight.
I use calorieking a lot and I find it really helpful to see how many calories I am consuming.
If you eat lighter food at night then you don't have as many calories to burn and you'll sleep better. You probably would lose weight because eating a larger meal for breakfast or lunch gives you time to use the calories, where as when you go to sleep you're not going to burn off the many calories so if you eat a heavy meal you wont get the chance to burn it all off before you go to sleep.
The other alternative is keeping your main meal at night, but making it earlier so you can have time to do some activity to burn the calories. (EG: if you normally eat at 6pm, change it to 5pm and then do some active play with the kids or take them for a walk)
This is something I try to do, but it turns out you have to be sort of organised! Another thing we try to do is watch serving size. So smaller bowls and plates and going back for seconds if we're still hungry, rather than serving in our massive pasta bowls and dinner plates and eating everything we're served.
There is merit to not eating the largest meal of the day at night... both for weight-loss and quality of sleep. I think it will be very helpful. Nelle is also right about the link between serving sizes and the modern trend to have big crockery. I have lots of old crockery and the bowl size is so much smaller than the types of bowls you see for sale now! I really do think it's contributing to our societies weight problems. We use an inherited set of 1960's crockery and our portion sizes are small compared to most families we know.
I try to eat my biggest meal in the middle of the day. I am not a big fan of dinner, so usually have something light like a bowl of cereal or one of those diet shakes (usually made with a 50/50 milk/water mix instead of just water).