[mbroshi]

Somewhat perpendicular, but intermittent fasting has been a great recent lifehack for me. I skip breakfast every day, and sometimes skip lunch. Gives me back at least an hour every day. And gorging for dinner is a lot of fun.

[antoineMoPa]

Skipping lunches is also a good method of spending less time at work and more time outside enjoying life. I only take 15 minutes noon breaks now.

[elyobo]

I eat lunch and it still only takes 15 minutes :D

[antoineMoPa]

Either way, that's fast ;)

[bartread]

I skipped breakfast for years, until I realised it was the reason I was always in a bad mood for the entire morning. Skipping breakfast and lunch might work for you, but it's definitely not a solution for everybody.

[013a]

The crazy thing about diets is how differently everyone responds to different plans.

For me, if I eat anything significant for breakfast (lets say > 400 calories), I am STARVING by the time lunch rolls around at noon. Like, stomach in pain, I need food now, I'll have 2 pounds of wings and a side of macaroni, thanks. But that overindulging doesn't carry over to dinner, which is pretty typical.

So, the synthesis of all of that is eating breakfast significantly increases my caloric intake for the day, despite having no measurable difference on energy, mood, etc.

If there are any rules that have worked for me, it's: Eat less, Eat less often, and Avoid carbs.

[triviatise]

I find this true on a high carb breakfast (which most breakfasts are). If I eat 4 eggs for breakfast I easily go until dinner without eating, but will usually eat around 3pm. Then some days skip dinner.

[alecco]

Try having lots of beans at dinner. The resistant starch gives you a "second meal effect" the following morning.

[rc_bhg]

That is not a healthy diet. You should be eating smaller meal more often. If you are going to fast, do it for at least a 24 hour period.

[mirceal]

I think it’s worth considering what a healthy diet really is. Is it really healthy or are we just used to thinking it’s healthy?

As an example, a diet high in fat is generally considered by most people to be unhealthy.

You see people doing Keto and you start wondering if it’s really unhealthy.

Eating red meat is considered to be the unhealthy. You see people doing ZeroCarb diets and they (at least) look extremely good/healthy.

Fasting is generally considered unhealthy. You have people doing intermittent fasting, ADF or extended fasting at it works exceptionally well for them.

Vegan? It works really well for some people.

IMHO there isn’t one thing that works for everyone as far as diet goes. There are also the theoretical and the practical aspects of what we eat and when we it it.

I think everyone should try different things and figure out something that works for them, long term. It should not be a “diet”. It should be just something that blends into your lifestyle and gives you results for the investment you’re making.

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Though, nearly all of those diets seem integrate more veggies and massively reduce sugar.

[mirceal]

Reducing sugar is probably a good idea.

[laiden_swallow]

I mean intermittent fasting where you fast for ~16 hours and then eat larger meals during the remaining 8 is pretty popular.

[mtgx]

Eating more deals in a day (whether small or large) = more insulin spikes throughout the day = less of a chance to heal your insulin resistance.