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As mentioned up thread, one big meal per day is generally a bad idea because of how it fucks with your body. But if you're going to insist on it being one meal a day, it should always be breakfast. Front-loading your calories is better than taking them all in at the end of your day, where you're just gonna sleep them off. Given, Lou doesn't do a lot that will burn calories in the first place, beyond exist, but you want to be burning those calories, not sleeping them.
Exactly this. As anyone who has taken basic biology in middle or high school can tell you, when you go to sleep all your bodily functions begin to slow down. Your brain activity goes down, your breathing slows, and your heart rate decreases. This also means your metabolism goes into sleep mode as well, which means you're not burning calories and your body is instead storing fat cells. Since your digestive system is likewise taking a snooze along with the rest of your body, this is why many people have weird dreams or even nightmares if they eat too close to bed time. So, yeah, if you're going to eat a big meal it's best to make it breakfast so that your body is fully awake and working at peak function so that your metabolism can do it's thing properly.