How often do you guys eat?

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  • FrancesAnnLFM
    FrancesAnnLFM Posts: 23
    i eat 4 -5 small meals a day i tossed out breakfast lunch and dinner labels as a diabetic i eat a lot of proteins, i save my cheese for late snack, i drink coffee or yogurt in early hours, i never eat unless i am hungry..so i am not grazing or mindless munching, i also sort my foods to only fruit, or only meat, or only salads..i never combine items, like in the past carbs n meats, or eggs and oatmeal at same time, or raw veggies with lots of meats , i just take each food group and see what my blood sugars do with each group, cut back on portions and eat more of low carb items..my body is getting used to this now..playing mind games with cravings and small portions never eat on large dinner plate only eat on a small salad plate,, i gone as much as 12 hours without eating ..then my liver dumps..so hardest thing for me is to eat past 6 pm...eating food late at night gags me..for now
  • Athos282
    Athos282 Posts: 405 Member
    Enough people have already posted how eating frequently doesn't boost the metabolism, so I'll leave that alone. I used to eat several times (5-6) a day, but was always hungry even immediately after eating. Now I'm back to just the 3 meals a day and feel like I'm eating enough to actually feel satisfied (not necessarily full, just enough to actually slake the hunger). I eat a decent breakfast, lunch, and dinner with a snack or two thrown in for good measure.
  • Danny_Boy13
    Danny_Boy13 Posts: 2,094 Member
    Eating IMO is all in personal preference. There are many studies on this. For me it depends on what is on the agenda that day. If I am going to be lifting I perform the same if I eat 3 or 6 times a day. If I am performing a HIIT session I perform better when I eat 5 times before I train, carbs being a large portion of my cals, and then a dinner to finish out my macros but mostly targeted in protein.
  • SergeantSausage
    SergeantSausage Posts: 1,673 Member
    edited January 2015
    kristen6350 wrote: »
    Breakfast, Second Breakfast, Lunch, Snack, Dinner, Bed Time snack. Not because it boosts metabolism, it makes it so I never get Hangry, which I tell you this, is a real thing.

    No Elevensies?

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  • dunnodunno
    dunnodunno Posts: 2,290 Member
    I usually eat breakfast, a morning snack, lunch, sometimes an afternoon snack (if I have calories), dinner, & a later snack (usually ice cream or gelato).
  • hdrenollet
    hdrenollet Posts: 147 Member
    Like others have said, eat when you're hungry and eating frequently doesn't boost metabolism (we've all been lied to about this). I eat something about every 3 hours throughout the day, but I'm only eating 100-150 calories at a time. I do eat a reasonable dinner with my family that comes in around 600 calories which helps give me an energy boost to get through my workout (I do my workouts at night about 4 hours after dinner). Then typically a post-workout protein supplement. This is just what works for me. It keeps me from overeating at one or two meals per day like I used to which is part of the reason why I need to lose some weight now. Just find what works for you.
  • AmazonMayan
    AmazonMayan Posts: 1,168 Member
    I eat when I'm hungry.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    edited January 2015
    7:30 am, 11:30 am, 2:30, 5:30, 6:30/7:00, 8:00/9:00. Something to that effect.
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    I eat twice day: when I get home from work and a snack before I go to bed.
    I lost 55 pounds since May 2014 eating this way.
  • queen_of_disaster
    queen_of_disaster Posts: 61 Member
    My schedule is never the same from day to day, so I eat whenever I feel hungry. I tend to eat like 4-5 meals per day because I don't eat that much at one time.
  • hanzibobs931
    hanzibobs931 Posts: 47 Member
    im always hungry this is not down to my cal target its more what I am like as a human.

    I try and make sure I am eating filling meals so lots of complex carb (brown rice and pasta ect) if I want a snack I eat 80g of grapes (about 50 cals I cant remember) or rice cakes (30 cals each plain) just listen to your body.

    are you hungry? will it fit in your allowance? if yes then eat but try and use common sense a mars bar will not satisfy you for a long time where heathier food will

    if it wont fit in your cal allowance can you fit in another work out? if no eat anyway but accept you will go over you cals for that day. its no big deal as long as its not massively over all the time

    if it happens all the time or you feel light headed or weak ect then up your cals and lower your weight loss target for the week

    its trail and error. if you go too low you wont be able to make it a permanent change. if it is not a permanent change then there really is no point.

  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Whenever I'm hungry.
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