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I'd be interested to know whether the author eats in the evening. I don't think he mentioned one way or another. I don't eat anything after a light dinner and I

by markbnj 10y ago

I'd be interested to know whether the author eats in the evening. I don't think he mentioned one way or another. I don't eat anything after a light dinner and I usually wake up very hungry. I'm not saying one way is better than the other, but if someone typically sleeps 6 to 8 hours starting at, say, Midnight, and the last meal prior to retiring was at 7 PM, that is 12-13 hours without food.

jdmichal 10y ago
I typically go from 1900-2000 (dinner) to 1200 (lunch) the next day. Everyone is different, and then there's the fact that this is daily habit training. I start getting hungry around 1100 and 1800, because ¡surprise!, I typically eat about an hour later. I have no doubt that if I started eating breakfast when I woke up, I'd probably wake up hungry also. EDIT: I should also point out that I trained myself to fast during college. One day a week I wouldn't eat at all. Now, when I get hungry, the feeling will last for a little bit then go away.
fpoling 10y ago
What is wrong with 12-13 hours without food? During the month of Ramadan Muslims do not eat or even drink for about that time and medical studies found no harm in general in doing that.
- markbnj 10y ago
  Nothing at all is wrong with it. I was simply conjecturing that perhaps some people who don't wake up hungry are eating within that period. I can see where any sort of regular daily fasting could span a similar period of time.
jaggederest 10y ago
I usually fast for 16 hours a day, and I don't wake up hungry at all. Usually I only start to get hungry around the ~14-15 hour mark. Hunger is something that can be trained, not simply a static phenomenon. There's a reason you get hungry when you smell something delicious. If you eat every day shortly after waking up, I'd certainly expect to be hungry at that time.
- TillE 10y ago
  Yeah, when I was doing keto for weight loss for a few months, I just naturally ate one big meal in the evening, and usually a snack of almonds a few hours before. And that's it. I was never particularly hungry during my accidental 16-ish hour "fast". In fact, I usually had to force myself to eat a bit extra just to bring my daily calorie count up to something reasonable.

by markbnj 10y ago

jdmichal 10y ago

I typically go from 1900-2000 (dinner) to 1200 (lunch) the next day. Everyone is different, and then there's the fact that this is daily habit training. I start getting hungry around 1100 and 1800, because ¡surprise!, I typically eat about an hour later. I have no doubt that if I started eating breakfast when I woke up, I'd probably wake up hungry also. EDIT: I should also point out that I trained myself to fast during college. One day a week I wouldn't eat at all. Now, when I get hungry, the feeling will last for a little bit then go away.

fpoling 10y ago

What is wrong with 12-13 hours without food? During the month of Ramadan Muslims do not eat or even drink for about that time and medical studies found no harm in general in doing that.

markbnj 10y ago
Nothing at all is wrong with it. I was simply conjecturing that perhaps some people who don't wake up hungry are eating within that period. I can see where any sort of regular daily fasting could span a similar period of time.

jaggederest 10y ago

I usually fast for 16 hours a day, and I don't wake up hungry at all. Usually I only start to get hungry around the ~14-15 hour mark. Hunger is something that can be trained, not simply a static phenomenon. There's a reason you get hungry when you smell something delicious. If you eat every day shortly after waking up, I'd certainly expect to be hungry at that time.

TillE 10y ago
Yeah, when I was doing keto for weight loss for a few months, I just naturally ate one big meal in the evening, and usually a snack of almonds a few hours before. And that's it. I was never particularly hungry during my accidental 16-ish hour "fast". In fact, I usually had to force myself to eat a bit extra just to bring my daily calorie count up to something reasonable.