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> allows me to fast from Noon to breakfast the next day with minimal hunger.

Do you eat your breakfast at 4 AM?

You can train hunger response. I used to fast for a full 24 hours, water only. It was difficult at the beginning, but a few months in and I wouldn't even feel all that hungry. The bouts of hunger that would come only lasted an hour or so, then I would be fine. This benefit has continued, even though I haven't purposefully fasted for years. Not eating just generally doesn't bother me anymore. If I'm in a rush to get to lunch, it's usually because I want to get out of the office for a bit...

I am one of those people who never get hungry. I don't fast, but don't eat breakfast, skip lunches once in a while. Usually have a large dinner. I am not skinny but slightly overweight, according to BMI (25.1).

But when I purposefully eat as much as possible on vacations (trying out all of the famous places, you know), then for next week or two I get hungry all the time. It takes a lot of time before I could get back to my normal eating schedule. I really don't care one way or other but my busy schedule just get in the way of regular lunches.

Also I have been going to same doctor for last decade and he says my health is as great as of someone 15 years younger than me.

> Do you eat your breakfast at 4 AM?

No, I eat when I sit down at my desk at work at 9 AM. It's part of my routine. I'm just busy in the morning so while I'm aware of being hungry I just do my stuff and my commute until I can sit down and enjoy my breakfast sandwich and black coffee.

I get a box of the frozen turkey sausage, egg, and cheese sandwiches at Costco and just grab one as I leave the house each morning.

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