How many hrs have you been without food when you eat breakfast?

[IDreamOfElectricSheep]

I was listening to a podcast and heard that you should have gone 12 hrs at least ideally between eating the evening before and breakfast.
I know lots of people do intermittent fasting as well, so they might be going for longer.
I wanted breakfast this morning and realised I’d only gone 8 hrs (summer holiday mode)
Just nosey and interested in what others do.

Same.

About 13

Generally, around 15.

Probably more like 11 hours generally. We usually eat our evening meal at 8pm and have breakfast at 7 - 7.30 depending on the plans for the day. Sometimes a bit later at the weekend.

Can't imagine it is a major problem!

I think we eat quite late in the evening and quite early in the morning, so I imagine most people would have a gap of at least as long.

About 15 sometimes as much as16 if dinner is ready at six. Am just eatingy brekky banana now at work and dinner was around 6 30 last night.

About 14 usually.

If it was only 8 hours for you OP, did you eat dinner at midnight or eat breakfast at 5am?

17-18 hours

There are plenty of studies that link fasting with better health, quite apart from weight loss. It allows the body to get rid of old materials (autophagy), is linked to lowering inflammation, blood pressure, bad cholesterol, and regulates hormones like leptin. We have not evolved by eating continuously or even regularly for thousands of years so it makes sense that our bodies would benefit from prolonged periods without food.

Incidentally, even milk in coffee breaks a fast. I stick to water, black coffee and herbal tea until I decide to eat my first meal.

Though if a glass of wine counts as eating then it would be less sometimes. We almost never have anything to eat in the evening, but we do have either a herbal tea or a glass of wine depending on the mood.

17

I’m up at 5 or 6am on work days so have breakfast 5:30/6:30 ish. There are days I have my main meal by 4pm, other days 6:30pm so it varies, but max 14 hours, minimum 12 hours.

I have no idea, I have just heard it loads.

Usually about 18-20hrs, dinner at 8pm and i frequently wont eat until sometimes 2pm,3pm the next day though sometimes not until 6pm so can do 22hrs. Im never hungry for breakfast and find intermittent fasting helps control my hunger and weight

I've just started intermittent fasting and don't eat after 6.30pm or before 10.30am. I sleep much better for not snacking at night but am definitely ready to have breakfast at 10.30!!

I ignore the protein first thing idea that Stacey Sims suggested. It made me want to be sick when I exercised. And once I start eating I can't stop.

I am usually 12-14 hrs. But obvs on holiday this doesn't apply as DH likes eating late and I love breakfast as soon as I've exercised.

I eat my evening meal from 7.30pm-8.30pm depending on the day of the week and I usually have something to eat 10.30-11am next day. I'm up very early but our mornings are hectic, I don't feel hungry first thing, it isn't a conscious thing.

Today? 15 hours. When I'm working, it's about 13. It's also my lunch, so I'll eat again about 9-11 hours later. At the weekends, it's often more like 18-20 hours.

I'm not a breakfast/3 meals a day person and my ideal would be up at 5, food around 9.30am (lots of coffee both before and after that point) and then another meal around 5pm - with Sunday lunch around 2pm - but that doesn't match DP's timetable and whilst I found it hard to adapt to eating later, we do like eating together so I changed to eat a couple of hours later and he changed to eating a couple of hours earlier.

I drew the line at not eating until 10.30pm. He may have been able to go to bed and sleep, but I couldn't.

I don't think that being told what you 'should' do is as valuable as working with your natural preferences, which goes for what you eat as well as when,

15/16 hours

13. An early supper suits me better than a late breakfast.

13/14h occasionally 18h if miss breakfast.
im trying to get my blood sugar stable by following the Glucose Goddess hacks

We aim to eat 6-7 in the evening and if I'm home I'll have breakfast around 630am or in the office at 8am. I snack much less in the office so I should probably try to eat later at home too!

Around 9 or 10 hours. Asleep around 10pm. Up 6, but don't eat til 7am.

Does having milk in coffee count?

14 hours. I don't usually eat after 8pm and don't have breakfast until 10am. I tried to do 16:8 but I couldn't go that long. I felt dizzy and too lacking in energy. 14 hours works well for me and gives my body a good long break without eating. It isn't rigid though, it is just what I usually do. If I'm really hungry earlier in the morning then I will eat earlier.

Weekdays stop eating at 6pm eat at 10am (16 hours)
Weekend tend to go out eating and drinking so stop at midnight and eat at 8am unless do park run when it's 10am.