Changes to your meal heading, what do you think?

alanmonks

Hey all, ever since I have come on here I have had a healthy obsession with getting fit, eating well and generally gettuing healthier. I have read in a few places that you should eat every 2 to 3 hours, not big amounts so your body gets used to the constant food and speeds up ypur metabolism.

I have given this a go and changed the heading of my meal times to every 3 hours, starting with 0700 to 10.00 and so on throughout teh day. I have only been doing this a few days, however, what I have found is that it Iam not as hungry the end of teh day, and when i come home late from work and have a big bowl of cereal, its not a shock to my body. I wont see a result in weight loss or body comp until a few weeks, but so far, i dont feel hungry, but I dont feel that I cant eat.

Is anyone else doing anything like this? Lt me know your thoughts everyone.

aippolito1

Yes, I try to eat every 3 hours or so depending on when I get hungry. Today it looks like this: breakfast - 7:20, mini snack around 10, lunch at 12:30, snack around 3, dinner at 5:30, work out around 7 or 7:30, then post-workout shake around 9. Bed around 11.

randilea

I try do to the same thing. Unfortunately about half the time I actually do it. The other half I get wrapped up in what I am doing and forget to eat something small. I was wondering though what kind of things are you eating every 3 hrs? I have trouble sometimes picking food that is easy for me to eat for a snack at work. Usually I do a hand full of pretzles, peanuts, or raisins. Not sure if those are really the best choices.

sarahliftsUP

I recently changed mine as well. Breakfast, lunch and dinner, but with a snack heading after each main meal.

Randilea, I usually go for fruit for a snack. Apples, grapes, bananas, or sometimes greek yogurt with fruit. I find it helps so I'm not so ravenous at the actual meal time. And drinking water in between helps as well.

alanmonks

il have fruit, yogurt, but i will have a bar pof chocolate too. Its not always great fod, but it seems to be working. if im working i will always bring a main thing for lunch liek pasta or rice, but cereal bars seem to work for me too.

Mirabilis

I changed the food journal headings to

Breakfast
Morning Snack
Lunch
Afternoon Snack
Dinner
Evening Snack

It works out to around every 3 to 5 hours for the most part.

Mirii

WonderNoodle

I've changed mine to try to HIGHLIGHT my good and bad choices. My smart meal and snacks fall under the 1st four, if I decide to swing into McDonalds instead of Subway when eating on the road, I'm going to post that meal under JUNK Meal Choices to help me clearly see where I can improve. I have such a problem with compulsive eating. I have quarter pounder or chocolate shake pop in my head and I act on it without allowing myself to think until AFTER. Even when I may have been in route to Subway for a fit meal.

So I think it's great that you adapt your headings to suit YOU and your habits. I think MFP is great for allowing us the freedom to do so.

Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Snacks
JUNK Meal Choices
JUNK Snack Choices