Eating 5x Day Weirdness
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avygyaru
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This is more of a poll than a search for advice.
I have been more of a coffee all day, real food after work type. I have to really make myself eat breakfast and lunch (food). I think all the coffee just killed me appetite until I felt a hunger pain.
So now that I've seen a dietician and have to eat 5 small meals per day, I feel like I'm starving between "meals."
So my question: Is anyone else out there going through this? Not really caring about food until being told to eat X amount of times.
I'm not sure if it's mental or if my small meals are too small or what. I feel like it's mental. Like now that I HAVE to eat it's constantly on my mind.
I have been more of a coffee all day, real food after work type. I have to really make myself eat breakfast and lunch (food). I think all the coffee just killed me appetite until I felt a hunger pain.
So now that I've seen a dietician and have to eat 5 small meals per day, I feel like I'm starving between "meals."
So my question: Is anyone else out there going through this? Not really caring about food until being told to eat X amount of times.
I'm not sure if it's mental or if my small meals are too small or what. I feel like it's mental. Like now that I HAVE to eat it's constantly on my mind.
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Eating 5 smaller meals a day doesn't work for me. I think I tried six smaller meals a day (this was years ago I can't remember if it was five or six) And was starving.
Oddly enough I just eat three times a day now and don't have that problem. Very rarely do I want / need a snack.2 -
Is there a specific reason why your dietician recommended that you eat five times a day?
I have never had good results with eating more frequently -- it just makes me more hungry.3 -
Eating smaller meals is building up your metabolism which is why you feel hungry a lot faster in between meals!1
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Being told as adult what and when to eat, is a very bad thing.7
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That's exactly why I do not eat multiple mini meals. I would be thinking about food all of the time. Better for me to have 3 main meals and one snack before bed.0
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It could be that you are thirsty and not actually hungry. Try drinking more water throughout the day. When I get like this I drink a glass of water and wait 30 minutes and if I'm still hungry at this point I'll have a snack that includes some type of protein.2
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Chef_barbell If it is not then please provide correct info.? Along with why it's not true.2
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I can't handle 5 small meals, as was recommended to me by my doctor a few years ago. I was always hungry and waiting until it was time to eat again. I gained more weight.
I now eat two larger meals within my calorie range (no breakfast - I'm not hungry then). Rarely ever have snacks. This won't work for everyone just like eating every two hours doesn't, but it is optimal for me.3 -
Eating smaller meals is building up your metabolism which is why you feel hungry a lot faster in between meals!
This is baloney. ^^
And yes, for many people, small meals like this are an appetizer.
Read about Intermittent Fasting, which is what you have been doing.
https://intensivedietarymanagement.com/fasting-a-history-part-i/
IF is a great way to save your calories for dinner...
There is a group here:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/49-intermittent-fasting2 -
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I eat three meals and a couple of snacks per day...I like doing that.3
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Chef_barbell If it is not then please provide correct info.? Along with why it's not true.
Your metabolism doesn't get 'sped up'. The idea behind eating 5 meals a day is based on a misguided belief that digesting the food burns calories (true). However, if you eat 1500 calories in one sitting or spread them throughout the day, you burn the same amount of calories.
i.e. your metabolism is based on total number of calories, not meal timing.5 -
I personally do intermittent fasting. I eat one meal a day (dinner) and the rest of the day only have coffee or water. I do not find it hard to do. I don't feel hungry at all during the day so I don't eat. There are also people who do a shorter fasting period like 16:8 or 18:6 and only eat lunch and dinner or a snack and dinner. And I'm sure there's people out there that only eat breakfast and lunch or whatever else.
If you are meeting your calorie and macro goals and only eating once a day and don't feel deprived go for it. I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything and therefore this work for me. I like to feel full and eating one meal a day (and often a small treat for dessert) works for me and I meet my goals.3 -
janejellyroll wrote: »Is there a specific reason why your dietician recommended that you eat five times a day?
I have never had good results with eating more frequently -- it just makes me more hungry.
Because I literally have coffee in place of food all day. "That cup could have been your hummus & veggies. That cup could have been an orange..." With the way I exercise, I should be losing weight so she wants me to work on my metabolism naturally since I have no known disorders.0 -
kommodevaran wrote: »Being told as adult what and when to eat, is a very bad thing.
I disagree since what I've been doing on my own as an adult hasn't been working. Seems like this comment is just about being snarky instead of really contributing to the discussion, but maybe that's just me.6
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