Strange meal timing/schedule
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Strange meal timing/schedule
Hi all,
For several reasons, over the last two years I have fallen into a rather unconventional eating pattern and I was wondering if there are any inherent cons to such a schedule for reasons that I'm not privy to at the moment. Just looking for some feedback from those with more expertise. Here's my schedule as is:
2:00 am - wake up, have 1000 calorie pre-breakfast, go back to bed
5:00 am - actually wake up, ride/train (avg 1400-2000 kJ workout)
8:00 am - 500 calorie recovery meal
6:00 pm - 1500-2000 calorie dinner
9:00 pm - 500 calorie pre-bed snack
As you can see, most of my nutrition occurs within a ~8hr window before my training with little during the day when I'm sitting at my desk. Thoughts? Am I impacting my energy/recovery with this at all?
For several reasons, over the last two years I have fallen into a rather unconventional eating pattern and I was wondering if there are any inherent cons to such a schedule for reasons that I'm not privy to at the moment. Just looking for some feedback from those with more expertise. Here's my schedule as is:
2:00 am - wake up, have 1000 calorie pre-breakfast, go back to bed
5:00 am - actually wake up, ride/train (avg 1400-2000 kJ workout)
8:00 am - 500 calorie recovery meal
6:00 pm - 1500-2000 calorie dinner
9:00 pm - 500 calorie pre-bed snack
As you can see, most of my nutrition occurs within a ~8hr window before my training with little during the day when I'm sitting at my desk. Thoughts? Am I impacting my energy/recovery with this at all?
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Probably not. There's some evidence that what you're doing may have some health benefits, like improving your sensitivity to insulin. Look up "intermittent fasting."
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The interrupted sleep doesn't do you much good. I'd just combine the 9pm with the 2am (at 9pm) and get some decent sleep.
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Hi all,
For several reasons, over the last two years I have fallen into a rather unconventional eating pattern and I was wondering if there are any inherent cons to such a schedule for reasons that I'm not privy to at the moment. Just looking for some feedback from those with more expertise. Here's my schedule as is:
2:00 am - wake up, have 1000 calorie pre-breakfast, go back to bed
5:00 am - actually wake up, ride/train (avg 1400-2000 kJ workout)
8:00 am - 500 calorie recovery meal
6:00 pm - 1500-2000 calorie dinner
9:00 pm - 500 calorie pre-bed snack
As you can see, most of my nutrition occurs within a ~8hr window before my training with little during the day when I'm sitting at my desk. Thoughts? Am I impacting my energy/recovery with this at all?
For several reasons, over the last two years I have fallen into a rather unconventional eating pattern and I was wondering if there are any inherent cons to such a schedule for reasons that I'm not privy to at the moment. Just looking for some feedback from those with more expertise. Here's my schedule as is:
2:00 am - wake up, have 1000 calorie pre-breakfast, go back to bed
5:00 am - actually wake up, ride/train (avg 1400-2000 kJ workout)
8:00 am - 500 calorie recovery meal
6:00 pm - 1500-2000 calorie dinner
9:00 pm - 500 calorie pre-bed snack
As you can see, most of my nutrition occurs within a ~8hr window before my training with little during the day when I'm sitting at my desk. Thoughts? Am I impacting my energy/recovery with this at all?
And you've mixed units. What you're saying is that you consume 4000 calories a day, but you burn 350-500 cal in exercise, leaving 3500 cal left over. Most people's BMR's are quite a bit lower than that, like maybe 2000 tops if you're a big guy. So that's approx. 1500 cal/day over and above what you need. Using the 3500 cal = 1 lb thing, doing what you're doing, you should be gaining 3 lbs a week.
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No, he's burning 1400-2000 per workout so he comes out about even. Eating 3 hours before your workout is optimal if it works for you. I've often done that with event rides, but not as a daily practice. When I do that, my early breakfast is 400 cal. not 1000. That seems like a lot, but you need to get the calories sometime. You might try shifting some of those breakfast calories to your recovery meal. You have a long time after that when you're sitting, which is an excellent window for replacing glycogen.
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Hi all,
For several reasons, over the last two years I have fallen into a rather unconventional eating pattern and I was wondering if there are any inherent cons to such a schedule for reasons that I'm not privy to at the moment. Just looking for some feedback from those with more expertise. Here's my schedule as is:
2:00 am - wake up, have 1000 calorie pre-breakfast, go back to bed
5:00 am - actually wake up, ride/train (avg 1400-2000 kJ workout)
8:00 am - 500 calorie recovery meal
6:00 pm - 1500-2000 calorie dinner
9:00 pm - 500 calorie pre-bed snack
As you can see, most of my nutrition occurs within a ~8hr window before my training with little during the day when I'm sitting at my desk. Thoughts? Am I impacting my energy/recovery with this at all?
For several reasons, over the last two years I have fallen into a rather unconventional eating pattern and I was wondering if there are any inherent cons to such a schedule for reasons that I'm not privy to at the moment. Just looking for some feedback from those with more expertise. Here's my schedule as is:
2:00 am - wake up, have 1000 calorie pre-breakfast, go back to bed
5:00 am - actually wake up, ride/train (avg 1400-2000 kJ workout)
8:00 am - 500 calorie recovery meal
6:00 pm - 1500-2000 calorie dinner
9:00 pm - 500 calorie pre-bed snack
As you can see, most of my nutrition occurs within a ~8hr window before my training with little during the day when I'm sitting at my desk. Thoughts? Am I impacting my energy/recovery with this at all?
Other than that, if this schedule works for you I don't see an issue. As somebody else mentioned, this is basically a variation on intermittent fasting, which works well for a lot of people.
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Thanks for the replies all. That's super-useful info, I'll give it a conscious effort. Fwiw, I used to work a job where I had to get up at 2am and I got so used to it that it became part of my schedule even after I moved on haha.
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What you're saying is that you consume 4000 calories a day, but you burn 350-500 cal in exercise, leaving 3500 cal left over. Most people's BMR's are quite a bit lower than that, like maybe 2000 tops if you're a big guy. So that's approx. 1500 cal/day over and above what you need. Using the 3500 cal = 1 lb thing, doing what you're doing, you should be gaining 3 lbs a week.
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