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I'm kind of surprised this isn't the default for most people. For example let's say you eat dinner at 6-7pm and then goto bed at 11pm. After that you wake up a

by nickjj 8y ago

I'm kind of surprised this isn't the default for most people. For example let's say you eat dinner at 6-7pm and then goto bed at 11pm. After that you wake up around 7am and then maybe eat breakfast an hour or 2 later. At this point you've gone from about 7pm to 8am or 9am without eating (~13-14 hours) but it fits pretty well into a schedule. Wouldn't you have to really go out of your way to deviate from that? Of course you would adjust the numbers based on how late you goto bed and rise in the morning, but the ratios would be about the same -- maybe even more fasting if you sleep longer than 8 hours.

jvvw 8y ago
That implies eating breakfast at work for most people. Also you need to be leaving work promptly at 5pm, not have too long a commute home and then start cooking straight away if you want to eat dinner by 6.30pm. (I do this, but didn't pre-kids, and don't think it fits by default into most people's lives).
coldtea 8y ago
>Wouldn't you have to really go out of your way to deviate from that? Depends on the country and culture. In these here parts we still go to work at 8am or 9am, but we dine at 10pm or later (going to a restaurant at 11pm is very common, and similarly for eating at home).
- nickjj 8y ago
  What time do you get home from work? That sounds like an unreasonably long day if you have to be in work by 8am but you're still at a restaurant at 11pm. I'm from the US btw. I happen to do freelance work but most people I know work from about 9am to 5pm where they leave the house around 8:30am and are home by 5:30pm or 6pm at the latest. Eating breakfast at 8am and dinner at 7pm is normal for them, or sometimes they skip breakfast at home and eat something small at work.
  - coldtea 8y ago
    >What time do you get home from work? Depends on the job. Office jobs are nominally 9-5 but it's easy for employees to stay until 7pm or so in some places. Retail shops (anything from butchers and grocery places to supermarkets and shoe shops and electronics shops) close at 8-8:30pm (they usually open around 9am or a little later) -- but those have shifts too (e.g. those working there don't stay all day from 9am to 8:30pm, unless they're the owners). Some places (usually the self-run ones) also close around 2:30/3:00pm and open again at 5:30pm or so. >That sounds like an unreasonably long day if you have to be in work by 8am but you're still at a restaurant at 11pm. Not "still at the restaurant at 11pm" - it's first sitting down at the restaurant at 11pm (they'd leave at 12:30 - 1am or so). They I guess you sleep for 6-7 hours or so and wake at 7 or 8.

by nickjj 8y ago

jvvw 8y ago

That implies eating breakfast at work for most people. Also you need to be leaving work promptly at 5pm, not have too long a commute home and then start cooking straight away if you want to eat dinner by 6.30pm. (I do this, but didn't pre-kids, and don't think it fits by default into most people's lives).

coldtea 8y ago

>Wouldn't you have to really go out of your way to deviate from that? Depends on the country and culture. In these here parts we still go to work at 8am or 9am, but we dine at 10pm or later (going to a restaurant at 11pm is very common, and similarly for eating at home).

nickjj 8y ago
What time do you get home from work? That sounds like an unreasonably long day if you have to be in work by 8am but you're still at a restaurant at 11pm. I'm from the US btw. I happen to do freelance work but most people I know work from about 9am to 5pm where they leave the house around 8:30am and are home by 5:30pm or 6pm at the latest. Eating breakfast at 8am and dinner at 7pm is normal for them, or sometimes they skip breakfast at home and eat something small at work.
- coldtea 8y ago
  >What time do you get home from work? Depends on the job. Office jobs are nominally 9-5 but it's easy for employees to stay until 7pm or so in some places. Retail shops (anything from butchers and grocery places to supermarkets and shoe shops and electronics shops) close at 8-8:30pm (they usually open around 9am or a little later) -- but those have shifts too (e.g. those working there don't stay all day from 9am to 8:30pm, unless they're the owners). Some places (usually the self-run ones) also close around 2:30/3:00pm and open again at 5:30pm or so. >That sounds like an unreasonably long day if you have to be in work by 8am but you're still at a restaurant at 11pm. Not "still at the restaurant at 11pm" - it's first sitting down at the restaurant at 11pm (they'd leave at 12:30 - 1am or so). They I guess you sleep for 6-7 hours or so and wake at 7 or 8.