Grazing

piddings1951
piddings1951 Posts: 27 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
When I started out tracking my calories and restricting my intake I didn’t know anything. I was hungry all the time. I didn’t know what to eat and what not to eat. I started buying all my food every day. I went to the grocery store and what a shock that was! Every thing has higher calories! After a while I got in a rhythm. What I found was if you buy lots of good quality food that be eaten in small portions you can eat all day. If I am not hungry this diet isn’t that hard. The good thing is that the calories don’t add up to much. My meals are smaller when I do have meals. I just have be creative finding food that can be portioned. Fruit is good. I cut bananas in half. I eat half salads. My drawer at work is filled with food. When i do eat a regular size meal it feels strange. My day is one big meal. This is what works for me. Just a suggestion if it is possible for you.

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  • pierinifitness
    pierinifitness Posts: 2,226 Member
    You ever notice that the people eating out who ask for a doggy bag are generally not overweight?

    Good for what you’re doing and thanks for sharing.
  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    edited April 2019
    I can't do it but I definitely recommend that people who are still struggling with their hunger to give it a try. This might work or a person might be more like me and eat a large volume mostly in one meal. It doesn't matter what the solution it only matters that finding what works is the key to sustainable weight loss.
  • texasredreb
    texasredreb Posts: 541 Member
    Grazing tends to be too mindless for me, but I realize that we are all different!
  • Panini911
    Panini911 Posts: 2,325 Member
    edited April 2019
    I don't graze but I DO eat 5-6x a day on weekdays. it's worked great for me. On weekends I am more easily able to skip snacks to have a treat (be it a beer, bigger dinner or better dessert - one of those not all three!)
  • Kathryn247
    Kathryn247 Posts: 570 Member
    I do this! I have small snacks all day, and small meals. I get really angry if I don't get to eat regularly! :D
    I weigh and log everything, and have lost 47 pounds and maintained just fine.

    Half peanut butter sandwiches are my latest favorite snack. If you use store-brand bread and PB they're like 7 cents each and 160 calories.
  • puffbrat
    puffbrat Posts: 2,806 Member
    Panini911 wrote: »
    I don't graze but I DO eat 5-6x a day on weekdays. it's worked great for me. On weekends I am more easily able to skip snacks to have a treat (be it a beer, bigger dinner or better dessert - one of those not all three!)

    Same. Grazing is dangerous for me but I do need to eat throughout the day at work or I get hangry.
  • pierinifitness
    pierinifitness Posts: 2,226 Member
    The problem with grazing and little meals often is that these little meals are often like government bureaucracies, they always seem to get bigger.
  • piddings1951
    piddings1951 Posts: 27 Member
    What does give me problems is waiting too long to eat. Sitting down hungry for a meal is never good. At night my wife cooks dinner too late and I’ve grazed my way into overeating.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    I can't make it work eating all day long, but I agree with you that it's a great idea to try different strategies and find what works for you.
  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 8,458 Member
    Kathryn247 wrote: »
    I do this! I have small snacks all day, and small meals. I get really angry if I don't get to eat regularly! :D
    I weigh and log everything, and have lost 47 pounds and maintained just fine.

    Half peanut butter sandwiches are my latest favorite snack. If you use store-brand bread and PB they're like 7 cents each and 160 calories.

    I feel like a halfwit. I never thought of making half a sandwich. That’s brilliant!!! I have you an “inspiring” for that, lol

    I try to leave 5-700 calories a day for snacks, starting with a piece of beef jerky and winding up with a banana cacao smoothie before bed. Even if I have a large dinner, I still feel antsy if I can’t have a snack before and a couple of snacks afterwards.

    Hangover from the mindless eating days when post-dinner was some serious snack time. (As opposed to eating nonstop at my desk time. )

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