Join Early Retirement Today
Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 03-23-2019, 03:56 PM   #61
Recycles dryer sheets
mistermike40's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 336
Quote:
Originally Posted by ponyboy View Post
I never eat lunch when I work. On weekends, I will typically eat lunch.

I never understood how people find it so difficult to not eat during the day. My wife makes the excuse that she may pass out if she doesnt eat. #firstworldproblems

The other thing I love to hear is when people say they get sleepy around 2pm or so. I always ask, "what did you eat?" Their responds is always some sort of carbs. Hmmm...I wonder why you're tired now. Sugar crash much?
That's because you probably don't have hypoglycemia... I do, and I don't consider it a "first world problem".

Fortunately for me it's just borderline, but I still have to semi-monitor what (and when) I eat.
__________________
“It's a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you're ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now. And you may as well do it now. Generally speaking, now is as good a time as any.” - Hugh Laurie
mistermike40 is offline   Reply With Quote
Join the #1 Early Retirement and Financial Independence Forum Today - It's Totally Free!

Are you planning to be financially independent as early as possible so you can live life on your own terms? Discuss successful investing strategies, asset allocation models, tax strategies and other related topics in our online forum community. Our members range from young folks just starting their journey to financial independence, military retirees and even multimillionaires. No matter where you fit in you'll find that Early-Retirement.org is a great community to join. Best of all it's totally FREE!

You are currently viewing our boards as a guest so you have limited access to our community. Please take the time to register and you will gain a lot of great new features including; the ability to participate in discussions, network with our members, see fewer ads, upload photographs, create a retirement blog, send private messages and so much, much more!

Old 03-23-2019, 04:04 PM   #62
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
street's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 9,417
When I worked I didn't and if I did I brought some carrots. Then I retired and had time to eat a lunch and I loved to eat lunch. So I eat a breakfast, lunch and dinner and I put on some weight so now I try not to eat but a small portion of something for lunch. We have our big meal about meal about 5 pm.
street is online now   Reply With Quote
Just like my wife & her family
Old 03-26-2019, 04:19 PM   #63
Confused about dryer sheets
 
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: San Diego
Posts: 1
Just like my wife & her family

Quote:
Originally Posted by ponyboy View Post
I never eat lunch when I work. On weekends, I will typically eat lunch.

I never understood how people find it so difficult to not eat during the day. My wife makes the excuse that she may pass out if she doesnt eat. #firstworldproblems

The other thing I love to hear is when people say they get sleepy around 2pm or so. I always ask, "what did you eat?" Their responds is always some sort of carbs. Hmmm...I wonder why you're tired now. Sugar crash much?
Just like my wife. I was sold when I learned about a concept behind intermittent fasting.
r2rwc is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-26-2019, 04:29 PM   #64
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Teacher Terry's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 7,002
If I go too long without eating I get a headache, feel shaky and eventually will throw up. By that point I am not pleasant any longer.
Teacher Terry is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 03-26-2019, 04:42 PM   #65
Moderator Emeritus
aja8888's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Conroe, Texas
Posts: 18,645
Today we did!

DW and I went for Chinese! Lemon Chicken special - $6.95 each!
__________________
*********Go Astros!*********
aja8888 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-26-2019, 05:22 PM   #66
Recycles dryer sheets
 
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: Madison/Knoxville
Posts: 190
I'm Type 2, so naturally I hate my diet. I also don't usually like to spend time so here's me:
Breakfast: 1/3 cup All Bran Buds w/ fresh blueberries (every friggin day)
Lunch: 1/2 ham/salami/Swiss sandwich (low carb bread, eat other half tomorrow), cole slaw, cottage cheese and some strawberries or melon
Dinner: Fish on the George Foreman, salad, sugar free pudding about three time a week. The rest of the week I'm either slow-cooking something awesome, or cheating with a burger and fries.

I never hit my A1C goal. Naturally.
Murph is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-26-2019, 06:49 PM   #67
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
 
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 1,234
For years I always ate a turkey sandwich with mustard on whole wheat, a diet soda and an apple.


Then I switched and for years always ate a salad everyday


Weekends I might have a tuna sandwich with chips and pickles or nachos and cheese with salsa.


I could just have cheese and crackers or something like that. Maybe some nuts. A banana. I don't know...



Every day I do have a cup of low fat Greek yogurt for a snack.


I even tried eliminating lunch but I was so hungry I found I had to get dinner made and eat by like 3:30/4pm. Then I was very hungry over night. Not because I had dinner early but because I skipped a meal- lunch.



No matter what I have tried I am still fat.
meleana is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-27-2019, 11:40 AM   #68
Full time employment: Posting here.
Urchina's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Central Coast, California
Posts: 923
I find that a whole-foods lunch keeps me fueled through the day. I usually have homemade soup and some sliced veggies/ fruit (in winter) or a salad with cooked beans or lean protein (seasoned tofu, chicken or salmon) in summer.

Each week I make a big pot of soup and roast a couple of baking sheets of vegetables. We eat the soup for dinner one night. Ditto with the veggies. Leftover soup / veggies get portioned into pint Mason jars with lids. We also wash & prep salad greens for the week. Everything goes into containers in the fridge so it's easy to assemble lunches every day.

Eating out takes too long, and I never feel as good as I do when I bring food from home.
Urchina is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-27-2019, 12:34 PM   #69
gone traveling
 
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Berkeley, Denver, CO, USA
Posts: 1,406
Leftovers (I sometimes mix two together (which my wife finds bizarre) to make a large enough meal) or a sandwich.
Every day.
davebarnes is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-28-2019, 02:34 PM   #70
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 5,861
Fruit and sometimes either a small piece of cheese or if we have it a slice of cold chicken.
brett is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 03-29-2019, 08:19 AM   #71
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
 
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 1,016
Occasionally skip breakfast, and occasionally make a big one, omelette etc, then light lunch. I have found however in 2+ years of FIRE that I have to "try" to make a good lunch else it becomes boring. I usually cook for DW and make good dinners so there are often leftovers. And usually, early in the week, I make my "big salad" with 12-15 ingredients, all kinds of veggies, cheese, egg, a bit of bacon, sometimes some fruit. Only eat it with flavored balsamic vinegar's and a teaspoon of oil.
doneat54 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-07-2019, 03:00 PM   #72
Recycles dryer sheets
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: St. Augustine
Posts: 51
I have a rotating menu:
Bowl of Campbells Chunky soup OR
Vienna Sausage w/mustard and some fritos OR
Roll up some lunch meat and a piece of cheese.
carty1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-07-2019, 04:22 PM   #73
gone traveling
 
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: NW Ohio
Posts: 1,156
Two eggs with Muster cheese on a tortilla for breakfast (9:00 am), and some crackers-N-cheese, with a few pcs of sushi around 3:00 pm, having meatloaf in a about an hour.
ckelly78z is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-08-2019, 08:17 PM   #74
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
 
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: the prairies
Posts: 5,027
The default is a light to medium lunch, depending on my schedule. I like to eat three times a day but can get by with twice if I plan ahead. I'm the person who wakes up and is eating 5 minutes later.
Music Lover is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-09-2019, 06:30 AM   #75
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
DrRoy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Michigan
Posts: 4,962
Every, single, day. I virtually never miss a meal or I get low blood sugar. A good lunch for me is dinner leftovers, but cheese and crackers with fruit will do.
__________________
"The mountains are calling, and I must go." John Muir
DrRoy is offline   Reply With Quote
Do you eat lunch?
Old 04-09-2019, 12:53 PM   #76
Full time employment: Posting here.
WestUniversity's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 717
Do you eat lunch?

Usually some sort of sandwich or maybe only something like carrot sticks and hummus. It really depends on the day and what is in my to do list...
__________________
Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought... - Bernard Baruch
WestUniversity is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-09-2019, 02:10 PM   #77
gone traveling
 
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Washington, DC
Posts: 575
Quote:
Originally Posted by Murph View Post
I'm Type 2, so naturally I hate my diet. I also don't usually like to spend time so here's me:
Breakfast: 1/3 cup All Bran Buds w/ fresh blueberries (every friggin day)
Lunch: 1/2 ham/salami/Swiss sandwich (low carb bread, eat other half tomorrow), cole slaw, cottage cheese and some strawberries or melon
Dinner: Fish on the George Foreman, salad, sugar free pudding about three time a week. The rest of the week I'm either slow-cooking something awesome, or cheating with a burger and fries.

I never hit my A1C goal. Naturally.
My AIC for 2 tests were 6.x and then 7.x. Doc said it was time for Metformin. I told him no more medicine, I was going to research and come back to him. a little over a year later, and 40 lbs less wwight (through LCHF diet/lifestyle), not only is my A1C below 5.5, but I am no longer on cholestrol meds. Will see if I can stick to it and what will be going on in another year, but so far so good.

Not for everyone, but maybe give it a try. Did 20 grams carbs/day or less for about 9 months, now holding weight at about 50 grams/day.
Tiger8693 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-24-2019, 09:04 AM   #78
Dryer sheet wannabe
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 24
Usually, no. I have a late breakfast (tea, either sesame tofu squares or yogurt & leftover pilaf, whatever looks to be tasty and around 200 cal). DH has cornflakes, maybe 2 eggs a couple times a week. No formal lunch but I keep cut up red bell peppers, cauliflower, cucumbers, etc. in the fridge, he snacks on an apple or grapes, around 3:00 he eats a few slices of sliced curry-roasted chicken. Our big meal (I know this goes against current wisdom) is around 6-7: lean meat, salad, steamed veggies, small serving of rice or potatoes, one slice of rustic bread. It's more carbs that I used to eat...if our weight or "bad" numbers go up, I'd cut back to either a starch OR slice of bread. So far so good, though.

We mostly look at mid-day eating as "if hungry, eat something small, if not, don't." Once in a blue moon I meet a friend for lunch and it feels like SO MUCH FOOD even if it's a salad. Nice socialization but that means dinner is probably a no-go for me.
kwblack is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-24-2019, 09:14 AM   #79
Moderator Emeritus
Ronstar's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Northern Illinois
Posts: 16,543
I eat lunch about half of the time. I always do when I skip breakfast.
Ronstar is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-24-2019, 09:26 AM   #80
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Car-Guy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Texas
Posts: 10,863
Anyone that knows me would not say I miss many meals. Not overweight (according to my doctor) at 6'1" and 225 but I'm not thin either.


For me, lunch is usually the biggest meal for the day unless I'm on the road, then it's usually dinner. Love the bigger lunch and then the hour or two nap that follows.
Car-Guy is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
What do you eat for lunch? bluecrab Life after FIRE 49 06-18-2009 06:15 AM
I didn't marry you for lunch johnbrady Life after FIRE 34 11-06-2006 06:02 PM
MOVED: I didn't marry you for lunch Martha Other topics 0 10-24-2006 09:08 AM
Oh That...That's Just My Lunch Danny Other topics 9 09-25-2006 09:52 AM
There is a Free Lunch! JPatrick FIRE and Money 0 02-17-2006 08:58 PM

» Quick Links

 
All times are GMT -6. The time now is 04:00 PM.
 
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8 Beta 1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.