I went to a modified Caveman diet about 5 years ago....eating any kind of flour or grain MAKES me HUNGRY.
So what would a typical meal consist of on this plan?
Same for me! I roll my eyes whenever I read an article — often in women's magazines — that asserts you “must” eat breakfast or you “won't” lose weight because your “metabolism will be sluggish” and you'll “eat more at lunch” because skipping breakfast makes you hungrier at lunchtime.
While I know breakfast CAN be low-carb, breakfast for most people, including moi, means cereal or a bagel. Carbs! Well, I am ALWAYS hungrier at around 11am when I have breakfast than when I don't because carbs make me hungry. (I also like carbs so much that I always finish them and wish I could have more.)
Last week, I started fasting from after dinner (about 7pm) until noon the next day. Guess what? I am less hungry for lunch than when I ate breakfast, and I appreciate having more calories to spend for lunch and dinner.
I also now break another rule: I weigh in every morning. Knowing I have to face the scale has helped keep me on track. By not eating anything before 12noon and by weighing in every morning, I have jump started my weight loss efforts. I have lost a couple of pounds and — more importantly — I am feeling optimistic about losing weight for the first time in years.
I feel that by listening to my gut and ignoring the experts, I have rediscovered what used to work for me when I needed to lose weight. I am hopeful I'll lose twenty pounds by Christmas.