I used to skip lunch regularly – not through choice but because I just didn’t have time to get to the dining room whilst lunch was being served and had only ever taken a piece of fruit with me as a snack. I think this was what kept me at an acceptable weight.
Now I am retired I prefer to eat well at lunchtime and only have fruit during the evenings. One of the drawbacks of getting older is eating late keeps me awake during the night.

Having tried my first ever fast day of breakfast then dinner (usually I eat nothing until the evening on fast days), and seeing that I didn’t actually die of hunger at lunchtime, I’m starting to contemplate the possibility of doing without lunch on a more regular basis. Like symba7 says, 500 fewer calories a day must surely have a positive effect. And since my weight loss has been unbelievably slow, to the point of almost negligible, I’m thinking that going lunch-less could be a logical step, given that I still refuse to count calories on my non-fast days.

Diminished intake is still something I’m striving for, Rockyromero! The desire to eat is always there in my mind – 40 years of it! Maybe one day I’ll rid myself of it – how liberating that would be.

I also used to skip lunch and this made me snack more,So i now make home made soup and take it to work.All i need to do is warm it up in the microwave and thats it.very low cal and lots of veg scrumy.

Is Michael Mosley skipping lunch all the time now? He implied that in an interview. I thought he was on the maintenance schedule of 6:1 now. Does anyone know?