Buddhist Monks - Food at 6am and noon - then nothing

What if you run first thing in the morning. I get about 8 hours of sleep, but I get up at 6 and run. Wouldn't it benefit my morning run to eat dinner???

I'd like to see some EVIDENCE of all these claims.

that sounds to me like any female runners diet plan

Many of the far east countries are majority Buddhists. The odds are that the the goods you last bought at Walmart, K-Mart, the electronics store, the auto dealer, and so on, was manufactured by Buddhists.

No Way!

Nolan Shaheed.......

He is the man.

2nd time around...again wrote:

why not? you're only using enough fuel for you basal metabolic rate, unless you sleepwalk. If people think you need extra fuel during sleep it's no wonder the nation is full of porkers.

Actually, you use very significant amts of sugar during REM sleep (to brain activity). Some scientists suggest that feeling sluggish or tired from sleeping too much is a direct result of this (and increased REM sleep as sleeping time increases).

-Run slowly, run daily, drink moderately and don't eat like a pig.

The monks are usually up by about 3am to wash and spend a couple of hours in meditation before breakfast.

They go to bed early.

The vast majority of these guys appear to be slim and fit.

They're slim because they don't overeat. They're not very active, but their flexibility is pretty good -- they can sit cross legged for a long time without much discomfort. Most of them don't do a whole lot of running or any other heavy physical training. Meditation is a sort of workout for the mind, not the body. They are pretty fit mentally.

Some of you people are freaking hilariously stupid.

That crap about food after 9 sitting in your stomach and turning to fat sounds like some horror story from Prevention magazine designed to scare the 98% of women in this country who obsess about weight.

If you normally eat dinner at 6, then one day eat it instead at 9, you've consumed exactly the same number of calories. Your body does not shut down the metabolism after a certain time of day. During those 3 hours where you had not eaten dinner, your body was still burning calories. When you ate at 9, you replaced the burned calories as normal. There is no difference. Advice to stay away from food before bed is targeted towards people who tend to overeat and keep eating after their dinner.

If you're going to come on here and post something, consider checking it with actual facts so you don't expose yourself as a complete moron.

[quote]ocho...spanish for ate wrote:

I have trouble believing (in other words, I doubt) that the food we eat past, say 9PM is just sitting in our stomachs, turning into fat as we sleep just because we didn't run it off.

I agree. Here's a little concept that fat Americans can't seem to grasp: calories in > calories burned = you're a fatty. Here's the way I see it: say you eat a single 3000 calorie meal a day at any time, that's it. If you burn 3000 calories that day doing whatever, you break even and don't gain or lose anything. Its that simple.

green51 wrote:

I agree. Here's a little concept that fat Americans can't seem to grasp: calories in > calories burned = you're a fatty. Here's the way I see it: say you eat a single 3000 calorie meal a day at any time, that's it. If you burn 3000 calories that day doing whatever, you break even and don't gain or lose anything. Its that simple.

Unless you want to grow. Young people and those trying to build up their bodies want a caloric excess.

Hey ghost, where did you get your info? You're making shit up. I heard the goofy little bastards shit in their fist and whack each other off. They also eat their own boogers.

You are telling me this dude is 5.9 inches tall? That's crazy man.

That crap about food after 9 sitting in your stomach and turning to fat sounds like some horror story from Prevention magazine designed to scare the 98% of women in this country who obsess about weight.

Excuse me, but I didn't say, and have never said anything of the sort, so I don't know why you are making this argument in response to my post.

If you're going to come on here and post something, consider checking it with actual facts so you don't expose yourself as a complete moron.

If you're going to followup with a nasty and condescending post, at least post something that is relevant to the parent post. Or, if you wrote that in response to some other post, perhaps you should followup to the post that you are responding to.

I eat two times a day, mainly rice/beans/water, it's not too difficult, although I wonder if eating more times a day smaller meals may help my training, but my training is going well, as you get older you usually sleep less, but some need more sleep

The diet part about the monks (not eating after noon) seems to something people can do, once they have accustomed their bodies to that type of regime.

The problem I have is with regard to sleep (or the lack thereof). If the monks go to bed between 10pm-midnight and get up every day no later than 4am, this means that they (the monks) are only getting about 4-6 hours sleep per night, which seems unreasonble and unhealthy for the repair of body and soul.

Even sedentary people, who do not walk around like the monks do, in the morning, need at least 6-7 hours sleep per night, so the sleep routine seems rather weird.

It would be interesting to do a follow survey of the monks to look at whether they do in fact live longer than your average citizens in the countries they inhabit.

Another point with regard to eating late.

In Southern Europe the people of Crete (Greece) are said to enjoy the best health in Europe. Their mealtimes include a meal taken at night, usually around 8-9pm. They have some of the oldest people in the world, with many between 85-96 years. Their diet is composed mostly of fresh fruits, bread, vegetables, fish, rice, legumes, and small quantities of meat, and an absence of sweets and sugar. Wine (red) is also a part of the diet from a relatively young age.

Paradoxically, though, quite a few of the old timers do not refrain from smoking a few cigarettes a day. Japan also tops the world in longevity, and many Japanese smoke.

elflord wrote:

That crap about food after 9 sitting in your stomach and turning to fat sounds like some horror story from Prevention magazine designed to scare the 98% of women in this country who obsess about weight.

Excuse me, but I didn\'t say, and have never said anything of the sort, so I don\'t know why you are making this argument in response to my post.

If you\'re going to come on here and post something, consider checking it with actual facts so you don\'t expose yourself as a complete moron.

If you\'re going to followup with a nasty and condescending post, at least post something that is relevant to the parent post. Or, if you wrote that in response to some other post, perhaps you should followup to the post that you are responding to.

He obviously just clicked the last post, but wasn\'t responding to you specifically. It was pretty clear if you read both of your posts. Sometimes, when you finish reading a thread, and you want to give a general response, you just respond to the last post.

I read about the Japanese and their logevity and one of the factors to which it was attributed was the low rate of lung disease in Japan, whichwas mind boggling ebcause the Japanese are. as a group, pretty heavy smokers. I asked a friend who grew up there about this and he said that he thought the longevity might be due to the fact that most japanese take public transport to their jobs and have a bit of a walk to the bus or train station.

Also, I believe the Austailians were second on the longevity list which may be an endorsement for eating grilled, red meat.