Yes, yes, and almost every day.

I usually skip either supper or lunch, I HAVE to have breakfast or I have zero energy for the day xD

or you have an overactive metabolism like me and eat 4-5 times a day

^ I'm in this boat as well.

Me too. Which sucks as a weightlifter trying to put on more mass

i gave up on such things a long time ago when i realizes i was never going to get anywhere with it

NEVER give up! I've put on 50# of muscle with another 45# to hit my goal of 235#. You can overcome your ectomophic metabolism if you work out and keep on eating!

meh im happy sitting at 185

Probably your ideal weight by most charts, so good for you

Ah, my metabolism's the opposite. Wanna trade?

I would be more than happy to do so! I've always wondered what it feels like to be really big (which is why I keep going to the gym )

*Sends metabolism by air mail*

*teleports my ravenous metabolism* Good luck with that. He eats a LOT and is always hungry!

Suits me fi- *Nomnomnom*

Yeah, commonly I'll miss a meal or eat a smaller meal. When not in school I usually snacked throughout the day more then having three large meals, also my college schedule makes meals a bit hard to have a lot of at times.

Yeah I've suffered from anorexia for a few years, but I'm much better now. It used to be much worse before I used to skip nearly every meal everyday and at one time, stopped eating for a week and walked 6 km twice in 2 days. It's not that I want to be skinny it's that I had low self esteem and I felt like I didn't deserve eating and I put it off. Also I stop eating when I'm stressed out. I have been to the point that I should have been hospitalized probably 2 or 3 times.
Imma go eat now cause I feel bad for it thanks :3
I haven't ate yet today except a doughnut on lunch, it's almost 6pm.

Yeah, that might be what I'm doing. Part of it's due to my class schedule and part of it's due to me being a lazy ass.

Turns out that I'm extremely thin, though I never really skip any meals if anything I eat quite a lot. I only really realised a couple of months ago while at the hospital for some other reason and they told me that I was severely under weight. In fact it was most likely because of my other medical problem that I was so thin in the first place, but since then I've put on quite a bit and will try to keep thin by eating healthily and exercising regularly.
As far as I can tell there's no real need for people to skip meals, just have smaller or more healthy meals.

Breakfast is not that important in Italy, it's not uncommon to skip it (like I do). Lunch is at 1pm, lunch at 8pm. The only thing that changed now that I have moved to Germany is that now I have lunch at noon instead of 1pm. Still skipping breakfast.

but then again.. I surely am NOT *thin*.....

I suppose I fall into this category as I don't eat much other than dinner each night and occasionally will eat breakfast (though do that every Sunday) and never eat any lunch. I also have a digestive disorder where unless I take enzymes in the form of pills I won't absorb anything I eat to begin with so for these reasons I am 5'5" and weigh 125 lbs. or have a rather nice BMI

High Metabolism here, sometimes I may eat almost nothing but a bowl of ramen and some crackers. ANother time I could eat a huge meal a few hours after I've eaten something else. Though I really need to put on like another 30 lbs myself for the age I am right now.

Skipping breakfast actually tends to make people fatter.

I don't skip meals but I don't eat a lot, especially not much recently since with my job I don't get any exercise. I eat one slice of bread for breakfast and one for lunch, when I did volunteer work at a zoo I ate three times as much. In the evening I always have a warm meal. I love candy and snacks but I just don't buy them myself. (I do eat whatever I get offered!) Also I'm not amazingly thin, but a healthy weight for my length (170cm, 57kg) so I can't complain.

I've always had a pretty awesome metabolism. But I almost always eat breakfast, usually eat lunch (mostly when I was in school during highschool and when I'm on campus here in college) and will eat dinner most of the time. Most of my forgetfulness to eat was from playing World of Warcraft >_>;;. I do get snack cravings now and again, though, which is probably a good thing for me.

I basically only eat two smallish meals a day with very rare snacking.

Three meals? Fuck, if I eat two in a day I knew I was hungry. I don't bother with more than about 1.5, and that's just cause that's what is natural. I will snack quite a b it during the day if given the opportunity, and in reality it's better for you to eat light and often.

Yep, pretty much every weekend I end up skipping breakfast.

My meals:

Breakfast: One cup of cereal.
Lunch: A sandwich or two.
Dinner: Fried eggs and bread.

My weight: 298lbs.
My height: 6'3"

yup every day... I usually skip breakfast, sometimes lunch... most usually I only eat 1 meal a day though I do snack on things off an on... but m'also manic depressant which oftentimes kills what little appetite I may have somedays so there are some occassions where I won't eat anything at all the entire day :P

Skipping meals is a great way to gain weight. If your body isn't getting nutrition at regular intervals, it goes into starvation mode and starts hoarding everything it can as fat. People who can skip meals and not gain weight have something else going on for them entirely (ie, metabolism) that us fatties simply cannot replicate.

It takes days of low calorie supply for that to kick in.

If you have less than a day of no calorie intake, and then normal calorie intake again, it doesn't happen. :P

It's much more an issue for calorie restriction diets, as I understand.

I was 300 lbs a few months ago. The last time I weighed myself, I was at 261, and I am smaller yet today.

I eat within an hour of waking up. It doesn't have to be much. A slice of toast, piece of cheese, or half a bagel will do. After that, I just eat what I want when I want. The big kicker here is that I don't want things that are particularly bad for me, which makes a huge difference. You have to will yourself into it, and I will honestly tell you it isn't easy. Eat until you're satisfied/satiated, not full. Eat half of what you want, give yourself 20 minutes or so, and stop if you no longer feel hungry, whether or not you feel full.

This is doing wonders for me and I'm spreading it as hopefully I can help someone else.

yes,yes,often out of laziness I won't EAT anything but I will drink A LOT mostly milk and some juice

I usually eat once per day.. o.o Or then when I'm hungry.
Usually that once /day is enough. ^^

I eat really only two meals,i skip lunch most of the time but i do pick at whatever is around throughout the day.Im also vegetarian and can't/don't eat things with wheat in em .

My brother does weird fasting, sometimes 1 week juice fasts that I find insane. I'm a firm believe in just eating when you're hungry. The discipline is ordering about half of what you think you want. You generally leave full.

There's also drinking liquor for weeks on end without food but you have to have years of idiot musician lifestyle under your belt to properly metabolize that. ;P

I have no regular 24 hour schedule for eating, sleeping, bathing etc, but I generally eat three times between times I sleep, though even before my schedule completely fell apart I generally would eat three meals a day, and generally large meals for dinner. However, sometimes if I have a day where I'm only working (ie. sitting and drawing/3Ding) I'll skip meals because I don't get hungry since I'm not burning any calories whatsoever. I weigh 105 pounds and can out-eat most anyone I know. I figure I just have a tapeworm or something. I do not eat dairy products (cheese, milk) however as I am lactose intolerant.

I'm at an average weight for my size. I do miss about a meal or two a day either because I'm too busy or I just forget about it

The most important factors are genetic. For example, the hormone adiponectin programs adult stem cells to become muscle cells rather than fat storage cells. Those with high adiponectin levels have very little fat and big muscles, even if sedentary.

Breakfast. I very, -very- rarely have breakfast.

Lunch and dinner are a must, but if I eat anything before about 11 AM I just feel sick to my stomach for an hour or two.

I model as a hobby. I'm very slender/ fit and eat about 4 meals perday plus 2 snacks.
5'9" female 135lbs.