6 meals vs 4

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mommachag
mommachag Posts: 318
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I was doing breakfast, lunch, snack , dinner but I'm finding i end up with too many calories at night and then need to eat later than I would like to. granted I go to be kind of late so it's not a huge issue.

for example tonight I still have close to 500 left.
so tomorrow I am going to try to make a point to make breakfast early and eat with the boys at 7:30ish

how do i do this as six meals i'm thinking every 2.5-3.5 hours? advice a clue... something? I am lost.

i have never eaten like this before

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  • mommachag
    mommachag Posts: 318
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    I was doing breakfast, lunch, snack , dinner but I'm finding i end up with too many calories at night and then need to eat later than I would like to. granted I go to be kind of late so it's not a huge issue.

    for example tonight I still have close to 500 left.
    so tomorrow I am going to try to make a point to make breakfast early and eat with the boys at 7:30ish

    how do i do this as six meals i'm thinking every 2.5-3.5 hours? advice a clue... something? I am lost.

    i have never eaten like this before
  • gnicolecan
    gnicolecan Posts: 293 Member
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    I do six! It was tough to adjust to, but now I love living this way.
  • mommachag
    mommachag Posts: 318
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    so how do you do it? what time / how often/ ?
  • mickey111881
    mickey111881 Posts: 3
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    I make my meals the day before. For breakfast I grab a fruit out the door and eat it as a drive (Orange, apple, etc) Then I have in a bag several little things to eat every 2 hours at my desk. Container of baby carros and tomatoes, another apple or orange, a 100 calorie snack pack, a piece of chicken and vegetables. Then I eat a plate full of veggies for dinner with a small piece of meat and I continue snacking every hour or so until 7 pm on things like carrots, tomatoes, anything really really low calorie or if I have a craving I just drink water to fill up my stomach. I am finding it is carving any hunger and I feel like I eat a ton. I put in all my calories a day ahead and plan to make sure I don't go over 1200. Researching online for low cal foods also helped me to find things I like to eat that are low calorie. Measureing out everything is really really important. I just started a week ago and I lost 3 pounds this week.
  • iftcheiaf
    iftcheiaf Posts: 960 Member
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    My schedule is a little odd, but I usually end up going every three hours. My day starts usually at 3 a.m. and I'm starving because I stop eating around 8 p.m. the night before. So I eat about 200 calories at 4, breakfast with kids (about 300 calories) at 7ish. Another 200 calorie snack around 10. Then I eat about 300-400 calories at lunch around 1 p.m., another 200 calorie snack when my kids get home at 4 if we're eating dinner later that night. If we are eating earlier, then I use up the majority of my calories at dinner and then do the 200 calorie snack later in the evening. I think I've trained my body because at three hours, my body starts feeling it. I even carry little snacks in the car in case I'm away from home when my three hours are up.

    You can change the title under food and settings to certain titles. I have mine at 3-6, 6-9, 9-12, etc.

    Happy eating!
  • amunet07
    amunet07 Posts: 1,245 Member
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    My calorie goal is 1200 a day:

    I have 100-120 cal breakfast @ 7:15 am
    Snack 100 cal about 10 am
    200-300 cal lunch 12 noon
    Snack 100 cal about 2 pm
    Dinner @ 5: 30 -6: 20 pm about 300 cal
    If I have any cals left I have a non-fat Chai latte or desert 7pm to 8 pm about 100-150 cals

    Hope this helps
  • AmyNVegas
    AmyNVegas Posts: 2,215 Member
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    I do six I just eat every three hours then a healthy snack after dinner. I can't get my 2340 calories in w/o the extra meals. I eat breakfast about 5:30am, meal/snack- 9:00ish, lunch 12:15, snack 3:15ish, dinner 6:00ish then a snack about 8 or so. I try not to go past 9 so I can digest everything before lying down at 10pm for bed. Once you get used to it your body craves the extra meals and you really eat your calories better this way. I usually try to plan ahead some so I am at the right amounts for everything by the end of the day. Now exercise calories are a different story. Have only gotten all of my regular calories in 2 days last week (I had 2400 regular calories) and I am starting to work on getting in at least some of my exercise calories since my body tends to plateau about 3 weeks into a diet I want to try to prevent this.
    Amy

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  • fiddlechic
    fiddlechic Posts: 196
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    well I only get 1340 calories so I'll have breakfast at 8, snack at 1030, lunch at 130, snack at 430 and dinner at 7. I dont consider my "snacks" meals since they are around 150 calories and my meals are between 300-350. just experiment and do whatever works best and leaves you satisfied.
  • johnblake
    johnblake Posts: 661
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    6-8 or 10 sometimes I try to eat every 3 hours sometimes it's just a few pieces of fruit, sometimes all protien. good luck
  • mommachag
    mommachag Posts: 318
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    thanks guys!
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  • astridfeline
    astridfeline Posts: 1,200 Member
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    so how do you do it? what time / how often/ ?

    I typically do five small meals. I have a 1600 cal base + 200-400 for exercise. I labeled my meal times: 7-10am/10am-12pm/12pm-3pm/3pm-6pm/6pm-8pm/after 8pm.

    This is what I did today:
    January 13, 2009
    FOODS Calories Carbs Fat Protein Cholest Sodium Sugars Fiber
    7-10am
    Amy & Brian - Coconut Juice, 16 fl oz 152 38g 0g 0g 0mg 84mg 20g 0g
    1 % Milk 0.5 cup (8 fl oz) 50 6g 1g 4g 5mg 60mg 6g 0g
    Smart Bran - Cereal, 0.3335 cup 45 12g 1g 2g 0mg 65mg 3g 4g
    Kashi - Golean Cereal, 0.5 cup 70 15g 1g 7g 0mg 43mg 3g 5g
    10am-12pm
    Pear sauce (ND), 1/6 recipe 91 24g 0g 0g 0mg 1mg 18g 3g
    Ak-Mak - Cracker, 4 piece(s) 92 16g 2g 4g 0mg 176mg 0g 3g
    Mild Cheddar Cheese, Sliced, 2 slice 120 0g 10g 8g 30mg 200mg 0g 0g
    12pm-3pm
    Brown rice & lentils (ND), 1/6 recipe 256 45g 4g 11g 0mg 332mg 2g 11g
    Tilapia Fillets - Fish, 4 oz 110 0g 2g 21g 55mg 40mg 0g 0g
    3pm-6pm
    Tangerines 53 13g 0g 1g 0mg 2mg 11g 2g
    9- Grain Bread, 1 slice 110 24g 1g 4g 0mg 160mg 3g 4g
    Peanut Butter, 1 tbsp 100 4g 8g 5g 0mg 23mg 1g 1g
    Apricot Low Sugar,Preserves, 1 tbsp 25 6g 0g 0g 0mg 0mg 5g 0g
    6pm-8pm
    Mixed Baby Greens, 35 grams 4 1g 0g 1g 0mg 25mg 0g 1g
    balsalmic dressing, 0.5 meal 63 0g 7g 0g 0mg 25mg 0g 0g
    Avocados - Raw, 103 g 165 9g 15g 2g 0mg 7mg 1g 7g
    Tomatoes 10 cherry 36 8g 1g 1g 0mg 15mg 0g 2g
    Broccolini, 6 stalks 35 6g 0g 2g 0mg 25mg 2g 1g
    Blue Cheese Crumbles, 16 g (1 oz) 57 1g 5g 3g 11mg 217mg 0g 0g
    Bananas - Raw, 36 g 32 8g 0g 0g 0mg 0mg 4g 1g
    Milk 1%, 0.5 cup (240ml) 60 7g 1g 6g 8mg 80mg 7g 0g
    Turbinado Sugar, 4 g 15 4g 0g 0g 0mg 0mg 4g 0g
    TOTALS: 1,741 247g 59g 82g 109mg 1,580mg 90g 45g


    EXERCISES
    Cardiovascular
    Walking, 3.5 mph, brisk pace 215 calories 40 mins

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