Comments on: Meal Skipping: Good or Bad? http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/06/22/meal-skipping-good-or-bad/ Self-Experimentation, Scientific Method, the Shangri-La Diet, etc. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:24:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Derek http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/06/22/meal-skipping-good-or-bad/#comment-295143 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:02:56 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/06/22/meal-skipping-good-or-bad/#comment-295143 I think the science is conclusive on meal skipping in the short term. There's no harm in doing it. I think the science is conclusive on meal skipping in the short term. There’s no harm in doing it.

]]> by: Louis Leonard http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/06/22/meal-skipping-good-or-bad/#comment-286238 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:22:20 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/06/22/meal-skipping-good-or-bad/#comment-286238 Why don't you just pay the skinny people for doing the right thing in the first place... Why don’t you just pay the skinny people for doing the right thing in the first place…

]]> by: Patri Friedman http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/06/22/meal-skipping-good-or-bad/#comment-157658 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:29:32 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/06/22/meal-skipping-good-or-bad/#comment-157658 I quit SLD because regular use of oil was making me nauseous, but I'm going to try it again as part of a fasting regimen, where I use oil on the "undereating" days to help reduce appetite. I'm planning to fast 1-2x/week as suggested by Eat. Stop. Eat, with the "fasting" being a few hundred calories in 24 hours. I quit SLD because regular use of oil was making me nauseous, but I’m going to try it again as part of a fasting regimen, where I use oil on the “undereating” days to help reduce appetite. I’m planning to fast 1-2x/week as suggested by Eat. Stop. Eat, with the “fasting” being a few hundred calories in 24 hours.

]]> by: Jack Prime http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/06/22/meal-skipping-good-or-bad/#comment-26732 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:42:54 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/06/22/meal-skipping-good-or-bad/#comment-26732 A lot of it comes down to personal preference and lifestyle factors, but restricted calorie intake does affect quality of life in my opinion. Man has been eating for pleasure and satisfaction for generations and even though it's abused nowadays due to food abundance this aspect is often overlooked. It's important to also distinguish between "weight" loss and "fat" loss, as a loss in muscle has other detrimental affects on metabolism, well-being and lifespan. A lot of it comes down to personal preference and lifestyle factors, but restricted calorie intake does affect quality of life in my opinion. Man has been eating for pleasure and satisfaction for generations and even though it’s abused nowadays due to food abundance this aspect is often overlooked.

It’s important to also distinguish between “weight” loss and “fat” loss, as a loss in muscle has other detrimental affects on metabolism, well-being and lifespan.

]]> by: Seth’s blog » Blog Archive » Eating Less http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/06/22/meal-skipping-good-or-bad/#comment-1042 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:11:29 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/06/22/meal-skipping-good-or-bad/#comment-1042 [...] Yoffe mentions the UpDayDownDay regime studied by NIH researcher Mark Mattson. There is now a website for an associated book and diet. (My earlier comments.) I asked Donald Laub, a Stanford professor of medicine who is doing this regime, to ask if he was still taking olive oil to make the low-calorie days easier to endure. He said he was. [...] […] Yoffe mentions the UpDayDownDay regime studied by NIH researcher Mark Mattson. There is now a website for an associated book and diet. (My earlier comments.) I asked Donald Laub, a Stanford professor of medicine who is doing this regime, to ask if he was still taking olive oil to make the low-calorie days easier to endure. He said he was. […]

]]> by: losing-it http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/06/22/meal-skipping-good-or-bad/#comment-747 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 01:19:46 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/06/22/meal-skipping-good-or-bad/#comment-747 Having recently read about Johnson's interesting method, and having comsumed oils with SLD (consuming 1200 - 1500 average daily calories) for 2 months with -8 lb and -11 1/4 " losses to date, I'm going to give the Johnson UpDayDownDay method a try along with the SLD tasteless (oil) calories. I'm going to experiment and try not using the oil on the UpDay, rather, only consuming it in one dose on the DownDay, but I will probably return to using it on the UpDay, especially if there are measurable results (I've been in plateau according to the scale, but not according to the measuring tape). I've wanted to do some kind of fasting for a time, but have previously not had the willpower, but have had headaches trying it. I think the SLD, which has maintained my previous weight losses and continued losses through the 8 lbs and 11 1/4", while providing very good appetite suppression, just might give me the appetite suppression to handle the DownDay of Johnson's modified intermittent fasting plan. Thanks for bringing us the Shangri-La Diet / SLD (not diet). losing-it Having recently read about Johnson’s interesting method, and having comsumed oils with SLD (consuming 1200 - 1500 average daily calories) for 2 months with -8 lb and -11 1/4 ” losses to date, I’m going to give the Johnson UpDayDownDay method a try along with the SLD tasteless (oil) calories. I’m going to experiment and try not using the oil on the UpDay, rather, only consuming it in one dose on the DownDay, but I will probably return to using it on the UpDay, especially if there are measurable results (I’ve been in plateau according to the scale, but not according to the measuring tape). I’ve wanted to do some kind of fasting for a time, but have previously not had the willpower, but have had headaches trying it. I think the SLD, which has maintained my previous weight losses and continued losses through the 8 lbs and 11 1/4″, while providing very good appetite suppression, just might give me the appetite suppression to handle the DownDay of Johnson’s modified intermittent fasting plan.

Thanks for bringing us the Shangri-La Diet / SLD (not diet). losing-it

]]> by: Leo Pharmacy http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/06/22/meal-skipping-good-or-bad/#comment-666 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:17:18 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/06/22/meal-skipping-good-or-bad/#comment-666 Who really now is engaged in the control of health? To mine it neglected the large pharmaceutical companies and the medical centers. There should be a centralized management WBR LeoP Who really now is engaged in the control of health? To mine it neglected the large pharmaceutical companies and the medical centers. There should be a centralized management WBR LeoP

]]> by: raina http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/06/22/meal-skipping-good-or-bad/#comment-18 Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:49:20 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/06/22/meal-skipping-good-or-bad/#comment-18 I'm very interested to see you post about this, as intermittant fasting has been another "diet" interest of mine for several years. I have never been able to stick to the regimen for very long, although it does work great when I can do it. I might give it another try with SLD. You might be interested in checking out this site. http://everyotherdayfast.blogspot.com/ It's the blog of a guy who has been fasting every other day for 6 months and has lost over 40 lbs. Heatherlyn, what you say is indeed what they tell us. However, numerous studies have found that daily meal frequency has no effect on metabolism. I don't know if the results also extend to bi-daily meal frequency, but at the very least I wouldn't be worried about eating 3 meals a day instead of 5. My personal belief is that forcing yourself to eat when you're not hungry is the very worst thing an overweight person can be doing - you're just teaching yourself NOT to listen to your body. See this post for more info: http://boards.sethroberts.net/index.php?topic=232.msg1158#msg1158 Many people who have started SLD have seen the reduced appetite come in before they started losing, and have even gained weight first. Give it a couple of weeks for things to balance out. I’m very interested to see you post about this, as intermittant fasting has been another “diet” interest of mine for several years. I have never been able to stick to the regimen for very long, although it does work great when I can do it. I might give it another try with SLD.

You might be interested in checking out this site.
http://everyotherdayfast.blogspot.com/
It’s the blog of a guy who has been fasting every other day for 6 months and has lost over 40 lbs.

Heatherlyn, what you say is indeed what they tell us. However, numerous studies have found that daily meal frequency has no effect on metabolism. I don’t know if the results also extend to bi-daily meal frequency, but at the very least I wouldn’t be worried about eating 3 meals a day instead of 5. My personal belief is that forcing yourself to eat when you’re not hungry is the very worst thing an overweight person can be doing - you’re just teaching yourself NOT to listen to your body. See this post for more info:
http://boards.sethroberts.net/index.php?topic=232.msg1158#msg1158

Many people who have started SLD have seen the reduced appetite come in before they started losing, and have even gained weight first. Give it a couple of weeks for things to balance out.

]]> by: heatherlyn http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/06/22/meal-skipping-good-or-bad/#comment-17 Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:37:04 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2006/06/22/meal-skipping-good-or-bad/#comment-17 Maybe I'm just working from common-belief here, but I've always heard that skipping meals slows down your metabolism- like your body goes "uh oh, food is scarce, better conserve while I can!"... How does this belief fit in with the calorie-restriction/skipping meals idea? I've been on the SLD for 5 days now, and have been eating fewer meals (used to eat 5 small meals a day, now eating about 3 small)... and I'm GAINING weight. With less calories eaten. Wonder what that's all about? I'm wondering (perhaps stupidly, but who knows) if it's my body slowing down my metabolism to conserve the food that I AM taking in..... Maybe I’m just working from common-belief here, but I’ve always heard that skipping meals slows down your metabolism- like your body goes “uh oh, food is scarce, better conserve while I can!”…

How does this belief fit in with the calorie-restriction/skipping meals idea?

I’ve been on the SLD for 5 days now, and have been eating fewer meals (used to eat 5 small meals a day, now eating about 3 small)… and I’m GAINING weight. With less calories eaten. Wonder what that’s all about? I’m wondering (perhaps stupidly, but who knows) if it’s my body slowing down my metabolism to conserve the food that I AM taking in…..

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