No, but it's insanely regimented, isn't it? I'm also an 'eat when i'm hungry' person, though I once went 21 days without anything more than a glass of grape juice. Wonder what the Chinese would make of that. The 'You eaten rice?' question is asked as much as a greeting as a genuine enquiry though. I think it's best to say you're going to or you have. Just saying "No" is kind of a downer. Not quite like answering the "How you doing Fred?" question with an "I'm going to kill myself" but more somewhere along the lines of an "I'm bored." Just a bit of a downer. Having said that though, it's entirely against my nature to answer what seems a direct question with anything but the simple truth, so when someone asks me if i've 'eaten rice yet' my natural reaction is to answer "No" if I haven't, or "No, but I did have a ham sandwich half an hour ago." Routine answers are not my piano forte.

No, I usually eat when the food is cooked.

It is striking when you go to restaurants how empty they are outside of the standardized eating times. It fuels my personal conspiracy theory that a lot of the behavioral training done in this country, is there to make it impossible for the people to revolt. Just as with everyone needing to nap at the same time, you cannot have a revolution if your start an angry mob that would need to stop all the time for napping and eating.  

I have tried to but cannot keep it as a habit. Before, i also used to eat when i was hungry. I finished everything in my plate regardless of whether i was full or not. What i do now is eat 5-6 small meals throughout the day. It kicks up your metabolism and doesn't let you feel hungry

I eat breakfast late, I'd probably eat my hand if I don't wait until I'm fully awake and I never wake up hungry just coffee, Lunch is maybe, maybe not and I eat dinner later, about 9 is good. If I'm night owling then I like street food at about 2am while I go shopping.

I notice that for the most part their schedules/ routines are based on the all important regimented eating times and that, in no way shape or form, cannot be messed with. 

In other news: if I tell my wife's mother that I won't have the 7pm or 6pm dinner as I had a sandwich or two at 5;30pm, she will look at me in total dismay and confusion. Sometimes I say it for kicks.

Off topic but what the heck: They don't understand why I would make plans to go to the gym or met friends after 7:30pm....after all, bedtime is looming and exercise before sleep must be bad. 

No. I don't eat so early or so regimented, I don't hawk and spit on the street, and I do not fear sitting on the ground. I do however occasionally flaunt this seemingly absurd behavior for kicks. Drink a cold water and eat a hot sandwich sitting on the side of the road waiting for a bus. People's heads will literally explode.

Seem like pretty normal times to me. (Although I'd prefer to eat lunch at 1 after the 12 o'clock rush)

It's healthier to eat before you're hungry so you don't overeat.

And these being early times is probably the reason.

If you want to eat healthy you should eat Breakfast, lunch and dinner. I sometimes skip breakfast because I have to get up early. My lunch hours usually stay the same and my dinner hours can vary!