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The logic in basically removing my evening meal was that I dont want to spend my life eating salads so I would sooner eat one meal a day I like, than two I dont like, and then I just have a fruit smoothy instead of the other meal so that my metabolic rate doesnt drop from too long a period without food intake, likewise the snacking on apples, i'll have 3 a day typically which are spread out, so my body doesnt go into "starvation" mode even though ive dropped my intake so much, also if I do feel a bit hungry and distracted I would sooner that happens of an evening than while im in work
Basically its not dissimilar to what you would do with say a "slim fast diet" but instead of a slimfast I have a smoothie