Dinner at 3, anyone?

healthy4self
healthy4self Posts: 198 Member
edited October 2024 in Motivation and Support
I'm always hungry in the afternoon. It seems like no snack even touches my hunger. Most days I cave and eat my dinner around 3. I don't really get hungry in the evening even until bed time, but this is totally socially unacceptable. I live by myself so it's not a problem now, but I'll be living with people come December. I'd really like to eat dinner at a regular hour (like 6). Any tips to keeping away the munchies in the afternoon?

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  • oneoddsock
    oneoddsock Posts: 321 Member
    What time do you eat breakfast and lunch? Could you eat lunch later?
  • catherine4211
    catherine4211 Posts: 944 Member
    I'd say try and eat breakfast and lunch later. I to am starving in the afternoon and like you said no snack will help. I have had too many afternoons with a cereal box. So I try and eat lunch later and keep myself busy in the afternoon when I get home from work. It's tough I know!
  • healthy4self
    healthy4self Posts: 198 Member
    I could try pushing my lunch a little later. I eat breakfast at 7 and lunch at 11:30.
  • norma67
    norma67 Posts: 255 Member
    Hi,

    I get the same hunger at that time, what I have done is have a salad with my favorite dressing to dim the cravings until it is time for dinner. Have to love that 3 o'clock hour.
  • deadstarsunburn
    deadstarsunburn Posts: 1,337 Member
    I'm the same lol. I eat breakfast at about 8 am lunch at 12 then I have a snack at 2 and that helps me put off dinner until about 5 or 6.
  • apeecaleb
    apeecaleb Posts: 58 Member
    I am breastfeeding so I feel like I am starving all the time, it helps if I eat a snack inbetween each of my three main meals so realistically I am eating about 5-6 small meals a day and it helps keep me feeling full. I have found that it also keeps my calories down so I am not over eating at meal time. Hope this helps!
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