What do you eat for...the meal..the time...or your body?
_AshLynn
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What makes you guys eat?
Is it the time of day that you just go ahead and make lunch because you have work to do shortly after?
Is it that you are actually physically hungry?
Is it to meet calories?
Is it the time of day that you just go ahead and make lunch because you have work to do shortly after?
Is it that you are actually physically hungry?
Is it to meet calories?
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I eat when I'm hungry.0
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Because I'm hungry.0
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That is interesting to me. I typically do too, but tend to go through periods where I wouldn't feel hungry until maybe 3 or 4 p.m. and then it throws off my calories!0
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Pre logging might help you hit your targets too?2
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Mostly, when I’m hungry. I might have an avocado, or a spoon of peanut butter if it evening and I’m very low on calories for the day. I’ll also try to eat something if I’m heading to work bc there’s no outside food at my job.1
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My work schedule is crazy and unforgiving at times. On those days I eat when I get the chance or I get very hungry. When I'm not at work, I eat when I'm hungry, and occasionally when I'm bored, but much less frequently than what I used to.0
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Sunnybrooke99 wrote: »Mostly, when I’m hungry. I might have an avocado, or a spoon of peanut butter if it evening and I’m very low on calories for the day. I’ll also try to eat something if I’m heading to work bc there’s no outside food at my job.
That is a good point to make. On days I am super low calories I should do this to remain constant.0 -
That is interesting to me. I typically do too, but tend to go through periods where I wouldn't feel hungry until maybe 3 or 4 p.m. and then it throws off my calories!
Do you make it up on other days? I make an effort to get to 1000, but I don’t worry about the deficit after that bc I’ll usually make it up on weekends.0 -
No I am pretty consistent. My issue is my appetite goes away with stress...so I will have a few days of being negative by 500 ish (sometimes more or less). But on normal days I will be +/- 200 calories of 1600.
I think it just gets me thinking because I don't want to get in the habit of being in a huge deficit. Example Last week my grandmother passed (I'm ok ...all is ok, not saying this for attention) but I didn't eat much and I started getting in the BMI category "under weight" and I don't want to be there because its just not healthy for me in my mind.
So the peanut butter tip is probably a great suggestion and will be easy enough to fit in when I start to worry about eating when I'm not hungry.1 -
No I am pretty consistent. My issue is my appetite goes away with stress...so I will have a few days of being negative by 500 ish (sometimes more or less). But on normal days I will be +/- 200 calories of 1600.
I think it just gets me thinking because I don't want to get in the habit of being in a huge deficit. Example Last week my grandmother passed (I'm ok ...all is ok, not saying this for attention) but I didn't eat much and I started getting in the BMI category "under weight" and I don't want to be there because its just not healthy for me in my mind.
So the peanut butter tip is probably a great suggestion and will be easy enough to fit in when I start to worry about eating when I'm not hungry.
On your cookie thread, someone suggested peanut butter, oats, and maple syrup. I don’t like sweets, but I mashed up peanut butter and oats, and formed it into a party between plastic wrap, refrigerated, and cut it into little squares. My son and I will have a few on rushed mornings.0 -
Sunnybrooke99 wrote: »No I am pretty consistent. My issue is my appetite goes away with stress...so I will have a few days of being negative by 500 ish (sometimes more or less). But on normal days I will be +/- 200 calories of 1600.
I think it just gets me thinking because I don't want to get in the habit of being in a huge deficit. Example Last week my grandmother passed (I'm ok ...all is ok, not saying this for attention) but I didn't eat much and I started getting in the BMI category "under weight" and I don't want to be there because its just not healthy for me in my mind.
So the peanut butter tip is probably a great suggestion and will be easy enough to fit in when I start to worry about eating when I'm not hungry.
On your cookie thread, someone suggested peanut butter, oats, and maple syrup. I don’t like sweets, but I mashed up peanut butter and oats, and formed it into a party between plastic wrap, refrigerated, and cut it into little squares. My son and I will have a few on rushed mornings.
Yeah I thought those sounded good too! That's another great option!
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Sunnybrooke99 wrote: »No I am pretty consistent. My issue is my appetite goes away with stress...so I will have a few days of being negative by 500 ish (sometimes more or less). But on normal days I will be +/- 200 calories of 1600.
I think it just gets me thinking because I don't want to get in the habit of being in a huge deficit. Example Last week my grandmother passed (I'm ok ...all is ok, not saying this for attention) but I didn't eat much and I started getting in the BMI category "under weight" and I don't want to be there because its just not healthy for me in my mind.
So the peanut butter tip is probably a great suggestion and will be easy enough to fit in when I start to worry about eating when I'm not hungry.
On your cookie thread, someone suggested peanut butter, oats, and maple syrup. I don’t like sweets, but I mashed up peanut butter and oats, and formed it into a party between plastic wrap, refrigerated, and cut it into little squares. My son and I will have a few on rushed mornings.
Yeah I thought those sounded good too! That's another great option!
Oh, I did sprinkle them w a little salt, bc I do crave salty snacks.0 -
Sometimes all the reasons. Mostly right now though I eat every few hours to hit my calorie goals.0
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I eat to avoid later excessive hunger.5
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I generally eat according to a schedule, but I tend to be hungry based on whatever schedule I am in the habit of following. (I will not eat if I'm really just not hungry, but that's rare, I usually can eat!) I don't eat when I am not planning to just because I think I'm hungry unless there's something more to it (significantly more activity than usual or something), as it's never really that long until a meal (I eat 3 times a day normally) and I figure it's often in my head vs. real hunger.
Anyway, I don't really experience significant conflicts between my usual eating times and my body, not when I've been eating well and regularly.0 -
I eat because come meal time I'm hungry
I eat because I need to feed my body
I eat because I'm very active and I need calories and nutrients to replenish my body and to aid in recovery and fitness improvements.
I eat to be healthy.
I eat because food is noms.
I eat because if I didn't, I would die.2 -
When I was T2 I had to eat on schedule. I could not allow too much time between meals so I always packed snacks in case of emergencies. It kept me away from fast food and convenience store options.
I have a scheduled job so meals follow a schedule as well. Weekends are a free for all so that is when calories can sneak in.
I tend to stress eat.0 -
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Work days i eat because i know i need the calories and yummy, Honestly to hit anywhere near my calories (tend to still undereat pretty severely on work days even eating high calorie foods) on work days i have to eat donuts and icecream and stuff lol. Dont have to ask me twice. yummy.
non work days i tend to wanna run errands and clean so i eat alot of fruit in the "mornings" -few hours after i wake and putter around- which gives me 1.5-2 hours of quick energy i get so much done hah. Then i just go back to my normal meals around 5-7pm and if im hungry after that i eat bowls of veggies only. I found sugar after dinner just makes me snacky and go from not hungry to overly hungry in no time flat.
So i guess depend on the day and its plans. I know how to eat for whatever goals i have that day.
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I eat for all sorts of reasons including enjoyment of good food and good company - didn't eat confit duck in a good French restaurant yesterday with my wife due to hunger, meeting my macros or to fuel exercise!
There's times I will eat due to hunger, nutritional need or fuelling exercise but for the vast majority of time I also simply enjoy my food.
When I'm stressed my appetite increases rather than decreases.
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I eat just before I start getting physically hungry. I work and workout at home so I have a lot of flexibility when it comes to meal times.
I do pre-plan my meals ahead of time, but that's always subject to change. Some days I'm not as hungry so I eat less...but I make up for it. Or vice versa. Other days I'm really hungry so I eat more, then eat less the next day so it all balances out.3 -
I'm diabetic and trying hard to get my numbers under control, I've never been a "regular" eater, eating on schedule, instead when i'm hungry or can fit it in, but now with injections prior to eating and testing my blood sugar I have to be consistant. Wow is it difficult. So many things get in the way, then bam you MUST stop, check, find something healthy and eat. Very new to me.0
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Doesn't anybody eat based on family meal times anymore? Breakfast, lunch, and dinner? or Breakfast, Dinner, and Supper? Most of the responses above seem to be "I" responses and not "We".8
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I tend to be hungry the same times each day, so mealtimes are pretty routine. I am pretty consistent with my cal intake at each meal, and level of activity each day. This helps my routine, and hence meal planning.0
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Sunnybrooke99 wrote: »
Omg! I do the same thing...but my husband calls me out on it. He will ask me "did you make this because you wanted to eat it?" ..especially since I went vegan lmao.
I'm so glad I'm not the only one!1 -
Doesn't anybody eat based on family meal times anymore? Breakfast, lunch, and dinner? or Breakfast, Dinner, and Supper? Most of the responses above seem to be "I" responses and not "We".
Totally. Whether I'm eating,dinner with my family or not I sit down at the table though. That way I take care of the I and we. I think most people are responding just for their personal reasons they sit to a meal...because even if there is a we at the table we need to use the I's to say how only we feel about,food. But it's a good point. Keep dinners with family at the table a priority!0 -
I eat when I'm physically hungry sometimes, other times I eat when I feel like eating or when someone has already prepared food and set the table. I don't worry about meeting my calories because I'm more than capable of reaching them, I just need to be careful not to exceed them too often. I also sometimes do not eat despite being physically hungry or feeling like eating because I'm planning something calorie heavy for later. My eating or not eating is not driven by a single factor, it just works itself out organically and flexibly on its own depending on how the day is going and what I feel like doing.0
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I mainly eat when I'm hungry but that coincides pretty well with mealtimes. The only time I eat when I'm not hungry is sometimes lunch at work. I live close to my work so tend to eat a fairly substantial breakfast at around 8am. The people who have travelled further have often had a much earlier breakfast or none at all so they are really hungry by 11:30 and tend to eat lunch around 12. I would rather hold off until 1 or 1:30 but I eat at 12 to be social.1
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