Do you eat bc it is "time" to eat or bc you're hungry?

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  • vienna_h
    vienna_h Posts: 428 Member
    I eat when I'm hungry, which is generally the same time each day, but some times I'm hungrier so I eat more, other times I'm not as hungry so I eat less.

    I eat when hungry, and eat as much as it takes to appease my hunger. I would never be able to "force" myself to eat if not hungry, nor would I ever be able to deny myself food if hungry.

    I ALWAYS listen to my body.
  • cynthiaj777
    cynthiaj777 Posts: 787 Member
    Both. Usually, though, I eat when I'm hungry rather than by schedule. Lunch tends to happen at lunchtime at work, regardless of hunger. If I'm not hungry, I will wait a bit sometimes, or perhaps eat less.

    I do wait to eat, however, until a certain time even though I am hungry if it is not yet time to have something.


    You answered my new question. You wait to eat until it is time even WHEN hungry. You don't satisfy your hunger with extra food.
  • terlyn20
    terlyn20 Posts: 142 Member
    i eat when i'm hungry or when i want too, but i never eat by the clock. Fortunatly, for me i can take a lunch break whenever i need to, so some days i eat at 10 and others it 2.
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,601 Member
    I am always hungry and I am often STARVING! That said, I eat at regular intervals or I would be eating ALL DAY LONG. So, breakfast 7-8, lunch 12.30 - 1, snack 3.30 - 4, dinner 6.30 - 7 and dessert 8.30- 9. Alcohol 6pm. That does it with 1700 cals. I am never not hungry. Sometimes I can hardly talk through hunger. Then I have something like shiritaki noodles with chilli sauce, which adds hardly any cals. Or crunchy things. Or diet coke. That said I have lost 47.5 lbs and feel fabulous.
  • cynthiaj777
    cynthiaj777 Posts: 787 Member
    I am always hungry and I am often STARVING! That said, I eat at regular intervals or I would be eating ALL DAY LONG. So, breakfast 7-8, lunch 12.30 - 1, snack 3.30 - 4, dinner 6.30 - 7 and dessert 8.30- 9. Alcohol 6pm. That does it with 1700 cals. I am never not hungry. Sometimes I can hardly talk through hunger. Then I have something like shiritaki noodles with chilli sauce, which adds hardly any cals. Or crunchy things. Or diet coke. That said I have lost 47.5 lbs and feel fabulous.

    GO YOU!!! Congrats!

    I think people need to do what works for them, but I am just curious what others do. We only know ourselves.
  • JDHINAZ
    JDHINAZ Posts: 641 Member
    I eat when it's time. I used to eat when I was "hungry", then I gained 70 some odd pounds because, as I found out, my hunger pangs weren't necessarily hunger. So, since I don't necessarily trust my hunger instincts, I eat on time, and within a certain calorie amount, three times a day. Occasionally, I'll have a nighttime snack, more rarely an afternoon snack, but I always make sure these don't throw me off of how many calories I want to eat during my meals.
  • alisonlynn1976
    alisonlynn1976 Posts: 929 Member
    When I have a day that needs to run on a tight schedule, I eat because it's time. When I don't, I eat when I'm hungry.
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,601 Member
    I am always hungry and I am often STARVING! That said, I eat at regular intervals or I would be eating ALL DAY LONG. So, breakfast 7-8, lunch 12.30 - 1, snack 3.30 - 4, dinner 6.30 - 7 and dessert 8.30- 9. Alcohol 6pm. That does it with 1700 cals. I am never not hungry. Sometimes I can hardly talk through hunger. Then I have something like shiritaki noodles with chilli sauce, which adds hardly any cals. Or crunchy things. Or diet coke. That said I have lost 47.5 lbs and feel fabulous.

    GO YOU!!! Congrats!

    I think people need to do what works for them, but I am just curious what others do. We only know ourselves.

    Thanks. Each meal has a certain calorie limit so I know what I'm eating. I am someone who could just keep eating until I burst so counting is absolutely essential. I rarely cheat. Cauliflower rice is another almost zero calorie binge food. Luckily I am addicted to chilli sauce so get a great high out of these seemingly bland foods. Left to myself I could eat my way through a cheeseboard. For me a schedule and calorie limit are essential, but I have found ways of filling myself up.
  • CollieFit
    CollieFit Posts: 1,683 Member
    A little of both, although I am changing that & running an IF trial for about a month or so. Generally I try to eat only when hungry, but I would always make myself eat what I brought for breakfast & my morning snack even if I wasnt hungy. Now my plan is to not eat anything until lunch. And by then so far I am most certainly hungry. But only 2 days in and its really not that bad at all. Long ways to go yet.

    IF is a great way to re-educate ourselves of our bodies signals, and that being hungry is not actually such a big deal. :smile:
  • GingerLolita
    GingerLolita Posts: 738 Member
    I've been eating every 2-5 hours for the past few months, which has raised my metabolism, so I get hungry pretty often.

    The only time I'll eat before I'm hungry is to work my eating schedule around any plans. For example, I knew I had to eat my morning snack around 11 because I wanted to eat lunch before a 1:30 meeting.

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