I guess this question should be directed to the IFers around here.
I just read an IDM post (maybe late to the party) that based on research, eating early offers a pretty big advantage over eating mostly later in the day. As an avid breakfast skipper this has me asking “do your experiences reflect this?”
Wondering
Marigrace
(Marie Dantoni)
#1
OldDoug
(Doug)
#2
Hi Marie. Definitely naturally tend toward eating later in the day here, versus earlier. I’ve never tried eating once per day, early in the day… Have had very good results eating once in the late afternoon or the evening.
What IDM post was that?
CandyLindTX
(Candy Lind)
#3
I’m not sure that can apply to every person, or even one person on different days. I personally have had no problem skipping breakfast and eating late in the day on most days, but the last few days I’ve been ravenous when I got up! 
Not sure what’s going on, but I’m seriously thinking “rib-eye” this morning.
avocadosrule
#4
When I do OMAD I tend to do it around lunch hour - my brain and body demands it then, not later!
Marigrace
(Marie Dantoni)
#5
I am going to try an earlier window just to see if it works. Late window works well for me, and suits my schedule but this approach seems to really boost results.
Sorry, I am tech impaired so I don’t know how to post the link, but if you go to the IDM site and type circadian rhythm in the search utility it comes right up.
matt
(matt )
#6
Me too…I woke up hungry this morning and during my AM walk I was wondering if I should just eat something…usually I get hungry around 3-4pm and eat then
matt
(matt )
#7
You can literally just paste the URL and it’ll show up here.
Like this:
https://idmprogram.com/circadian-rhytms-fasting-17/
There are quite a few, I just grabbed one.
OldDoug
(Doug)
#8
Marie, your instructions worked perfectly - took me to the page that Matt gave a link to. Well, all other things being equal, if eating later makes for a larger insulin response, then that’s very significant. 
Dr. Fung did say there are conflicting studies, but I’ve never seen it stated so clearly, i.e. “the dinner group had a much larger rise in insulin.”
GME
(GINA )
#9
Yes for me. I have known for years that I could lose on the same food eaten earlier in the day that I would gain or maintain on later in the day, no matter what diet I was following at the time. I was often scoffed at- “No way! It is all about the fat/calories/points/carbs! Physics! You are imagining things!”
Having said that, I still IF by skipping eating early in the day. I just am not hungry in the morning, and if I start getting hungry in the afternoon it is easy to put off while I am busy at work. My ideal eating schedule, if I was wealthy or retired, would be a little something about 11:00, then a nice meal about 3:00.
Marigrace
(Marie Dantoni)
#10
Thanks for the help, Matt. This isn’t the one, so I
tried but didn’t succeed onmy kindle. It’s the one titled "how to eat-fast and break-fast.
CandyLindTX
(Candy Lind)
#15
He also went on to say, after explaining why he himself skips breakfast: “Trying to shoehorn an eating schedule into an incompatible life schedule is weight loss suicide.” In other words, if the evening meal is an integral part of your lifestyle/family life, then you should figure out a way to make it work. It always helps to look at the science, but not every aspect of your life can be governed by it. The man actually uses common sense along with science. Impressive.
GhostlySmile
(Lauren)
#16
My reason for skipping breakfast has nothing to do with any article or lifestyle choice. I stay at home with kids who I feed breakfast, so eating would be easy.
My problem is that I can easily go until lunch if I don’t eat, but if I do eat breakfast, I can’t seem to stop eating (all keto) until bedtime. It’s like a switch flips and I can’t flip it back.