• fireweed@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I mean, I consider myself a foodie but the need to eat a full meal three times a day every day is just exhausting. Not just figuring out what to eat and preparing it, but even the experience of eating itself. Like, I love a good meal, but as with all things overexposure leads to boredom. I’d love it if I only needed to eat once a day and could focus on having that one meal be really good. Breakfast especially feels like such a chore; there are so many things to do in the morning I don’t really want to spare even just the 15-20 minutes needed to eat a meal (nevermind prepare it and clean up afterwards!)

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      8 months ago

      I’ve gone to prepping breakfast and lunch the night before. It’s not 100% as good, but it beats cooking and cleaning as a zombie at 5am.

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      8 months ago

      I’d love it if I only needed to eat once a day and could focus on having that one meal be really good.

      OMAD (one meal a day) or intermittent fasting might be worth trying. There was a good while where I was restricting calories and only eating in the evenings, with a pretty decent morning gym session (60 min weight lifting + 30 min running), and it seemed to work well until COVID lockdowns messed up my routines. I was never hungry during the day unless I ate whatever random junk someone brought to the office.

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        8 months ago

        I’ve not heard of OMAD but I’ve known a few people for whom IF has worked really well. Whether it’s a blood sugar thing or something else I don’t know, but skipping meals really does not work for me (migraine trigger, among other things). I’d love to switch to a lunch-and-dinner-only meal schedule, but alas.