when do you choose to eat?

During the workweek I have a splash of milk in my coffee first thing and this does me until about 7:30pm then all bets are off and I eat right up until bedtime.

I function well like this, I feel sharper and don't get that hungry. I get around 5km walking in post work too, rain or shine.

Weekends I'm more balanced, probably because I am that much closer to my fridge.

I generally eat when my body tells me I am hungry, I will drink water first and see if it is not just thirst, but then I will wait 5 or 10 mins and if I am still hungry I will eat. Some days I eat 3 meals plus 2 or 3 snacks but other days I eat every 2 hrs, I don't let it worry me. I focus on how good my body feels from healthy eating and exercise. :happy:

I am definitely hungry when i get up but i have a cup of de-caf then get the kids ready for school and take them, so when I am back and ready for breakfast it has been about 1.5hrs since I had my warm drink so hungry then.

I eat when I'm hungry.

I have read that in order to best utilize your metabolism, you should not eat any later in a day than 4 pm. On weekends I can do this, with a late breakfast and lunch/dinner at 3-4 pm. Snacking has to be watched closely, high fiber would be best or yogurt. Hang in there and keep trying. Some say eat 5-6 small meals a day, small portions and lots of water.

I have read that in order to best utilize your metabolism, you should not eat any later in a day than 4 pm. On weekends I can do this, with a late breakfast and lunch/dinner at 3-4 pm. Snacking has to be watched closely, high fiber would be best or yogurt. Hang in there and keep trying. Some say eat 5-6 small meals a day, small portions and lots of water.

Gee, 4 pm thats a little rough. I sometimes take my protein shake only at 10pm. I dont know where you read that but it seems a bit out of the ordinary.

I eat all day.. lol

I tend to eat mostly before 2.. and then nothing until dinner.

I eat when I'm hungry, but I have one of those boring three-a-day hunger cycles, so I'm eating on a pretty traditional schedule. If I'm not hungry at mealtime (rare) I'll skip or reduce what I'd planned to eat and just have the rest when I am hungry.

I work 3AM-5PM though, so my "breakfast" comes midshift (about 7:30AM), lunch comes around 12 or 12:30, and dinner is at 6PM or so. I'm never hungry for the first few hours of my day and sometimes I'm too tired for dinner so I just have a snack or skip it in favor of a larger breakfast the next day.

I mostly eat when I'm hungry and don't worry too much about timing. HOWEVER, I do try not to snack after dinner (which is eaten any time between 530 and 900, depending on the day). Not because I think it will help me lose more weight (assuming overall calorie intakes are the same), but just because that tends to be a trigger time for me - if I have maybe 120 calories left, far too often that turns into eating 200-300 calories or more, so if I just tell myself "no eating at all" it really helps to eliminate overages. Also, I find I sleep better when I don't eat too late. That's 100% a personal experience thing, I'm sure that's not everyone, but I just find that even going to bed at the same time as usual it's far easier to get up in the morning when I haven't eaten too late.

I eat when I know I am truly hungry.

I think our family eats sort of on a schedule and sort of based on hunger. We generally have our meals at regular times, and if anyone or everyone's not as hungry then there's leftovers, if anyone's still hungry after their dinner portion, then they have a little dessert or snack later. (Leftovers make great snacks too!)

I'm a stay at home mom for the summer, and for me I like making sure I have things planned for the regular meals to keep us sitting down together to eat and to keep me from feeling really hungry at odd times and more likely to eat what might be convenient, but not always the best choice. Once school, swimming lessons and sports start up again the schedule is going to be a real lifesaver