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I tried to eat one, single, 2500 calorie meal per day for a month. It was nearly impossible to fit that much food in my stomach. I switched to two large meals 3
by PragmaticPulp 5y ago
I tried to eat one, single, 2500 calorie meal per day for a month. It was nearly impossible to fit that much food in my stomach. I switched to two large meals 3-4 hours apart and I still struggled to get it all down. I wasn’t trying to lose weight at the time, but I can see how this would be an effective weight loss technique.
After a few days I wasn’t really hungry in between meals. YMMV, but don’t assume this is as hard as it sounds if your goal is to lose weight.
- Brendinooo 5y agoNote: this is probably a good thing! I have the opposite problem. I dunno if I stretched my stomach or something, but I can put down thousands of calories in a meal if I want. I never fully committed to intermittent fasting, but calorie tracking is how I lose weight because I can trust it more than my appetite. I try to set myself up during the day for a big meal later, so that I can actually feel full once in awhile.
- lumost 5y agoIF works better when your body has weight to lose. When I’m on my heavier side I start falling into IF, but I’m probably eating a thousand calorie deficit. Which isn’t a huge deal for even a couple months when you have 40-50 pounds of body fat to burn off before you’d be considered underweight.
- chihuahua 5y agoI tried this too and had similar results. I restricted myself to one big meal in the evening. Like you, I found that it's difficult to eat too many calories for an entire day in a single meal. Also, it makes it easier to resist snacking throughout the day when the rule is clearly that there will be just one meal.