When Should I Eat?
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By: Erin Power
Hey folks! This week, Erin Power is back to answer your questions about when you should be eating. If you’re wondering if you should be having breakfast, how to avoid being ravenous after a cross-country flight, or the best way to navigate summer BBQs, you won’t want to miss this post. Keep sharing your questions on our Mark’s Daily Apple Facebook page or in the comments below.
Rachel asked: “I’m not typically a breakfast eater. Should I force myself to have breakfast even if I’m not hungry in the morning?”
I’m a front loader when it comes to eating. That means I put the most emphasis on my first meal of the day. And you should too if you want to avoid the grazing, eating-every-three hours mentality that, in my opinion, is totally contradictory to the way we were meant to feed ourselves.
Assuming you work a first shift job, it makes sense to fuel the day ahead of you. Plan on having your most nutrient-dense meal in the morning – or whenever your first meal of the day is. Remember, breakfast is when you BREAK YOUR FAST. It doesn’t have to be at 6am when you wake up. It could be at 8am or 11am or 2pm.
But What If You’re Not Hungry?
If you’re not hungry when you wake up, you’re not alone. Most people’s daily food intake looks something like this:
Eat as little as possible throughout the day, constantly thinking about what you’re going to eat and when you can eat it
Decide you can’t take it anymore and binge on a huge evening meal
Feel unsatiated, so you continue to snack until bedtime
Wake up still feeling full, likely with undigested food in your system.
