How often do you eat?

[Southern Leo 0]

Is the 3 meal a day way gone now? How often do you eat now for one day, How many mini meals?

[isaviolinist 11]

Well I don't really have mini meals - I have lunch at noon which is a Protein Shake (I don't breakfast...I hate eating in the morning). And then I have little Snacks (like half an ounce of cheese, yogurt, some little sample of something at Whole Foods etc.) and then sometime between 6-8PM we have dinner. After dinner I usually have some kind of dessert (usually a weight watchers ice cream or a slim fast bar). I log all of my food (even the little sample I get at the market) and so I know what my budget is. And if I know I'm going to have a higher calorie dinner, I plan for it and budget my calories. This works best for me - I'm never tired, I have energy at my workouts, and I don't feel hungry generally (head hunger is a different story, however).

[reverie 49]

Every 3-4 hours. Usually something like..

Early morning snack: 4:45-5:00AM

Breakfast: 8:30-9:00AM

Lunch: 12:00-12:30PM

Snack: 3:30-4:00PM

Dinner: 7:00-7:30PM

[Jachut 487]

I try to eat only 3 times a day. Its what my doctor recommends, and its what works best for me.

Its such a simple rule, so easy to stick to because there's no margin for error - you either eat or you dont. I find with the five small meals kind of eating that my meals are too big, I eat too many calories. If I eat 3 solid meals a day I lose weight, end of story. And I just say NO to in between meal eating.

It certainly cuts out a lot of opportunity for eating the types of foods I shouldnt eat and have trouble with - Cookies, cakes, etc.

Not that I always stick to it, lol.

[JillianRN 0]

Is the 3 meal a day way gone now? How often do you eat now for one day, How many mini meals?

I eat 5 meal/s day at 2 oz each. It has helped me feel like I am in control. I continually feel like I have multiple choices for the day. I eat every 3 hours. I average between 80-100mg of protein/day. If for some reason I do not get all of my Protein in that I should then I have a Protein Shake to make up the difference.

[zuchinno 4]

I have half a Protein Shake mixed with coffee about half an hour after I wake up. I eat Breakfast at 11. I eat lunch 2-3. I eat dinner at 6:30-7. If I have indigestion, I might drink a little yogurt or some milk in the evening as it settles my stomach. That's it.

I'm not really hungry except for about the half hour before I eat, while I'm preparing the meal and smelling its nice smells. One thing is that I feel like I'm eating all day. It takes me half an hour to sip my coffee/shake, and then I drink about 1 cup of Water during the hour or two after that 'till 11 and then I wait an hour and have to drink water in-between lunch and dinner or I'll get dehydrated 'cause I can't drink while I eat. Between slowly eating and gulping water, I feel like I never get to have my mouth empty.

Edited November 19, 2010 by zuchinno
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[MaggieB 6]

I eat 3 meals a day & that works for me. Rarely do I "need" a snack between meals.

[Noturningback15 45]

Every 3 hours if I don't forget.

[bambam31 168]

I am a grazer... I eat small amounts all day long - it helps keep metabolism burning instead of smoldering and also helps avoid big spikes/valleys in body chemistry.

I only eat an organized full sit down meal once or twice a day. If we could only find a way to reverse the process so the band was it's loosest in the morning and tightest in the evening...

[Melissannde 41]

If we could only find a way to reverse the process so the band was it's loosest in the morning and tightest in the evening...

I discovered quite by accident that if I take a nap in the afternoon, I go back to being tight again. Might be hard to find time to nap.. but it might work if you have time.

[LarraineM 6]

Is the 3 meal a day way gone now? How often do you eat now for one day, How many mini meals?

I eat three meals a day, and if I absolutely feel like I need a cracker or a piece of fruit to get me to my planned meal I HAVE A snack . My doc or Nutritionist has never said no to reasonable snack only the mindless type.

[AlienBandit 10]

I usually have a very busy schedule and don't have many options of different times to eat. If I am not hungry when it is my eating time then I just eat my Protein minimum to make sure I don't starve and eat badly later. Usually I have 3 meals a day but breaky is always the one meal I sometimes skip ( as I am sometimes too tight to eat anything in the am)

[nomorejellybelly 77]

I have 3 meals a day (normally about 4 1/2 to 5 hours apart) and have a few bites of something if I feel like I need it. Sometimes I don't get to feeling hungry even at 5 hours. There are times recently though when I've felt hungry at only 3hours. What is up with that?