(First paragraph for context: you can skip). A few years ago I lost 12 kg over a few months, and learned SO much about how our bodies and diets work (thanks to this sub in no small part). Now some of the weight has crept back up, and I'm starting round 2 to lose 6 kg this time. And as one does in these situations, my interest in all things diet has sparked up again.
So I was listening tho Giles Yeo's interview on The Diary of a CEO, and the host tells him he's found conflicting information on WHEN in the day to load his calories. On one hand, he's doing intermittent fasting skipping breakfast, which works well for him. On the other hand, Yeo's book says that it's better to have a larger breakfast, and not a big meal to end the day. So what's the truth?
Yeo answers that it's common knowledge in many cultures to frontload calories earlier in the day, and the reason this works for weight loss is that if you eat more earlier in the day you still have the whole day in higher metabolism mode to burn it off, whereas if you eat at night, you'll go into lower metabolism and burn less. (But how does that matter? Overall you'll be burning the same total amount at the same overall rate, regardless of when you eat.)
Yeo then cites a recent study where they fed the exact same food to people either frontloading the calories (morning) or backloading them (evening), and found there was no difference in weight changes either way; the only difference was people who frontloaded got hungrier later.
But, he says, in reality you eat when you can, like with workers that have complicated schedules. The host then says, ok, but for the general population that doesn't have that issue, is it better for weight loss to avoid backloading the calories? And Yeo says yes.
I was a bit disapointed with the whole argument, because earlier in the interview Yeo had emphasized that there is no one right diet. To me, this would have been important to stress here as well, along with the fact that what matters is the total amount of calories and the total amount of energy expended over a period of time. So WHEN you eat most of does calores does not change that basic equation.
Also, different things work for different people, and not only because of schedule constraints like he was saying. For instance, skipping breakfast was working for the host because he doesn't get hungry in the morning - all the more power to him. For me, reserving my calorie-dense meals for the evening makes sense because a) that's when I like to relax and eat with my partner, b) by then I have done my "work" for the day in terms of watching what I eat and now I can indulge a bit more, c) low-calorie breakfast and lunch are practical for me to make, transport and eat at work. This set up was sustainable and enjoyable for me, helped me lose and (sort of) maintain, and so I'm doing it again for round 2.
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