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DO YOU 3MEALS A DAY OR 3MEALS WITH 2-3 SNACKS



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Obviously everybody is very different, but I went to the doctor today and I thought I'd share what she told me. Basically she told me that they tell people (granted this is solely at my dr's office) to try to only eat three meals a day in order to prevent people from over eating. In reality she told me that she could care less how often I eat as long as I don't go over 1200 calories. She told me that if I can eat all day and manage to not go over that amount, then that is perfectly fine.

But overall I just maintain that you should eat when you're hungry. Don't let yourself starve because then you'll overeat at the next meal and you could stretch out your stomach and you don't want that to happen.

Good luck :)

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On a normal day I eat more than 3 times a day. It's normal for me to eat 4-6 times. In my mind, none of them are "meals". The word "meal" drives me crazy. I have not had a meal in over 2 years! I can only eat such a small amount at a time I can not wrap my mind around the word "meal". If I only ate 3 times a day I would get under the weight I want to be. I already have so much loose skin I think I would just look older if I dropped too much more weight. It's a personal choice for me. I have never counted calories since the band was placed.

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You're right, I think the word "meals" is a misnomer. I mean I just said I dont snack if I can help it but I just did because all I ate at lunchtime today was sliced cucumber and red capsicum - no Protein, nothing of any substance so when school finished, I was genuinely hungry. So I had an apple, and two little babybell cheeses with a cup of coffee. That's as much as I would eat at a meal anyhow. Its Protein and carbs/fruit, so its quite balanced. Now that I'm not starving, and wont devour the packet, I'll have that cookie I was thinking of to dunk in my coffee. I thought of it as a "meal" because I'm going out tonight and dinner wont be till 8.30 and its only 3.30, now had I thought of it as a snack, I would have gone straight for the Cookies (because that's snack food, right) and eaten ten becuase I was starving.

Always listen to your stomach. You know when you REALLY need food and when its just head hunger.

And when I have a snack craving like the Cookies, I make a deal with myself. I eat properly first, if I'm really hungry I do what I did - if I'm not really hungry but know I'm still going to cave in, I make myself eat a raw carrot (or two) first, with some Water. That blocks me up, it sometimes backfires but usually makes me so full and a tad uncomfortable that then I can have a small piece of something or the cookie or whatever without going wild on it.

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