I haven't read all the replies yet but I just have to tell you something.
The thinnest I've ever been in my life (and for the longest stretch of time) was when I skipped breakfast, and went a decent amount of time between lunch and dinner.
Yes, I have read all the "evidence" of "metabolism boosting" by eating frequently. I have tried ALL the frequent-eating diets. For 20 years. Yup, 20 years. That's about how long ago I stopped my "unhealthy" no-breakfast lifestyle. And gained. And gained. And gained and gained and gained and gained and gained.
20 years ago I weighed 105 (appropriate for my height).
Today I weigh between 160 and 175 (when not pregnant).
You do the math...
I know what the studies say. And they seem to make sense. I know what the low-fat, frequent-eating, etc. gurus say. And they're thin. Really thin.
That's great. But *all the evidence in the world is not going to magically change the way a carb addict's body works.* It just won't.
What's more important? What a lot of books say, or how your body actually reacts?
I have felt like A FAILURE on ALL of the diet and exercise programs I've tried since the 1980s. I have felt it was MY fault b/c "all of the evidence" said I "should" be losing. But not only didn't I lose...I gained. And was starving, STARVING every minute of every day. As I look back on the past two decades, the majority of that time has been spent hungry, really hungry, sometimes sobbing from hunger, *even if I'd just eaten* my "very healthy" two slices of toast without butter.
Except on CAD.
And that's my story.