Reverse Diet
Posted by VeegCurious on Feb 17, 2009 · Member since Feb 2009 · 11 posts
Due to some calorie-intake concerns, I recently started consciously trying the "reverse diet"--eating my main two meals in the morning an afternoon, with dinner being a light snack. Anyone else do this, on purpose or accidentally? Are there any drawbacks or benefits?
I basically do this/try to do this, but it becomes slightly more difficult when I work all day, or work late. I think I'll focus on taking a bigger lunch to eat on lunch break, and do the snack at night. What kinds of dinner snacks do you all eat? When do you eat them? I think I'm having vanilla soy yogurt and popcorn tonight. Probably a fruit, too.
Yogurt
Fresh fruit juice
Broth or soup
Fresh fruit
Wholegrain bread (small roll)
Salad with lemon and oil dressing
I have heard a lot about switching your heavy meals around, esp. lately. I really want to do it, and for the most part I can (I work the midnight shift, so my dinner time is everyone else's breakfast time and so on). But like most everyone else I really don't want to eat a whole lot of food when I wake up. Perhaps it's because I am not accustomed to it? I wonder if you started eating a very light dinner, thus causing a more hungry feeling in the morning how long it would take for your body to assume that that is the normal food pattern? I am sure that I can create the new pattern for my body.... humm...
I certainly think that you can get your body accustomed to new patterns. I find that when I eat very lightly at night, I am more hungry in the morning. I run very early in the morning and most certainly should probably give my body more to work with until lunch time. We are all such creatures of habit - programmed to eat certain foods for breakfast and keeping our eating patterns a certain way every day. I am very intrigued by the idea of changing things up a bit. I know I am always looking for ways to fit in more veggies where I can, so I might start with changing the type of food I eat for breakfast and see how it goes.
When I went to my first wedding dress fitting (it had been 8 months since I had ordered it), it didn't fit. The poor woman couldn't even get the zipper up half way. I was devastated, considering most brides probably lose weight in anticipation of their wedding, but I gained weight. The nice little alteration lady recommended that I try eating normally throughout the day, but never eat anything after 4pm. That sounded so hard, but I was determined to fit into that damn dress without having it widened. So I did it, for about 3 weeks - it was excruciating - but it worked. I lost about 10lbs and actually had some breathing room in the dress. So if you're ever in a bind like I was, try that. Not exactly the point of the thread, but I thought I'd share.
what allot of people fail to understand is
eating breakfast is a really a good idea.
The reason most people are not hungry in the morning is due to the fact of what you ate the night before.
If you eat allot of complex foods shortly before you sleep it will still be partially undigested in the morning.
With me I eat continuously eat through out the day and then supper time I make some kind of salad.
Lots of fiber fills you up pretty good and then when you wake the following day you will be hungry.
Naturally I am a larger type of person.
With my current lifestyle I am 5-11 and hovering around 162 lbs.
Not bad considering a year ago I was stuck at 198 lbs thinking I was doing everything right.
an individual's personal metabolism, something that changes over time, is an important factor to consider when looking at the myriads of diets available ...
myself, frequently doing shift work, including prolonged, overnight hours, i've had more success following the idea of several (six) portions distributed across a day, none of which is "loaded" with calories of any particular type at a given time. too, cliché as it may be, the regular exercise program helps a great deal.
g'luck!
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