How do some people survive only eating dinner?

[Kingofkings1992]

I’ve heard of this more than once before, and I can’t for the life of me understand it.

[WindAtMyBack]

I usually only eat one meal a day. It's usually 5-10 hours after I get up. I will eat some snacks, usually. Some days I only eat some snacks, and no meal at all. By "snacks" I don't mean junk food. It just means small amounts that I much while doing something else.

I know that a lot of people eat three meals a day. I can't even imagine eating that much. The only time I ate two full meals a day was when I did heavy construction work and needed tons of calories to give me enough energy to make it through the day.

To me, three meals a day is totally out of the question.

[Sonorous]

If the dinner is sufficient enough in calories & nutrients, the food from that dinner & others before will be enough to fuel the person. Not on an athletic/performance level. But enough to where they'll be okay & have decent energy throughout the day.

[Account]

I used to be that person. I only had dinner. But I switched it up and it works better for me. I usually have more food during breakfast, less during lunch and even less during dinner. For me it is the only way I can actually maintain my weight.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

The hatred of one’s own body in comparison to a specific body image can encourage people to do a lot of terrible things to themselves in the name of looking better.

[Kingofkings1992]

That’s not how you lose weight though. Your metabolism works in the total opposite way

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

And the point goes flying past your skull

[Kingofkings1992]

Huh? I got your point. You’re simply answering the question. I responded with saying why that reasoning isn’t correct

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Self-hatred isn’t rational

[morganherrel]

Most Americans vastly overestimate how much food they need to eat to be healthy. Likewise, most Americans will look better and feel better by eating less. If that means skipping meals, then so be it, provided that they still consume adequate nutrition overall.

[Nikki1989]

It is easy. I never have any desire to eat until about 4 in the afternoon.

I dropped breakfast and lunch when I started high school.

[Kingofkings1992]

I can’t even imagine. I think I would have killed someone by now

[SeriouslyNotSerious]

Maybe they're used at fasting? Once you get used to fasting, the urge to eat lessens.

[Dinklex3]

lol.

I only eat once a day and I’ll do a 48 hour or 72 hour fast once a week.

Honestly, I think people over eat.

[Smashingdoozy]

I often forget to eat. Not everyone gets hunger pains

[In_Trance]

I don't understand how people eat more than one meal a day. Who needs that much food? Especially when it's not calorie dense

[Kingofkings1992]

Men need that much food, because we work hard. I can understand a six-year-old thinking that way

[In_Trance]

Most men don't work that hard hence why the nation is obese

[Staximus]

I can do that if I'm not active that day. Your body only needs as much calories as you burn off.

[exitseven]

Some people do this but it is not healthy.

[Kingofkings1992]

Very unhealthy

[DrPepper12]

It can be done by people with the right metabolism. I am not one of them.

[onedarkcloud]

In this day in age there are a lot of people and families that can only afford to eat one meal a day if they are lucky.

[noohair]

Once you free yourself from the idea that you have to eat by the clock, it is achievable.

[Iron_Man]

we really depends how active you are in the daytime and how heavy of dinner do you eat?

[Iron_Man]

It not we

[LiamJHayden]

Some people can do that.

[msc545]

Very easy if you have the right metabolism.

[MemeSupreme]

natural selection