Space between Meals.

[Jules1980]

Do you guys eat when hungry, or space meals out to a certain time?
Just a general question.

Jules

[2big4mysize]

Re: Space between Meals.

since we are supposed to feed hunger only I eat when hungry. this meant during induction breakfast was around 7 AM and lunch was around 4PM with a small snack at 1 PM, normal luch time. I guess you could call it lunch but it was just a few strips of peppers with an ounce of cheese. Dinner was later and some days I skipped dinner.

Since I did extended induction I used an ounce of almonds as my snack if dinner was not going to happen cause I was not hungry.

usually if missed a meal and had a snack instead then i was hungry when I did have the meal. very few days were 2 6 hr snacks.

since I have to wait an hour after I take my thyroid meds to eat I always worked out in the morning during that hour and was hungry at breakfast time so missing breakfast was never an issue for me.

[ShannonK]

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I eat when I am hungry also. I am always hungry at breakfast and I also have a late lunch. I am fairly active and usually have a snack when I get home from work. (I bike 7 miles each way) DH prepares dinner and it is usually late. Often, I am not hungry by then. Some days I am barely hungry and eat very little. Some days like today, I can't eat enough. So, today I am eating everything in sight, all legal of course.

[JulieB]

Re: Space between Meals.

I have sort-of figured out how much to eat so that I am hungry at the "right time" for meals on week-days. I have the same breakfast every day, which leaves me hungry for lunch around 11:30. I generally have dinner around 5:30/6, if I am really hungry before that, i'll have a snack to hold me until dinner. I also keep snacks at work in case I am extra hungry - I snack if I need to (if I am hungry).

Week-ends are a different story - I just eat when I am hungry.

[Jules1980]

Re: Space between Meals.

Yes,
I usually eat breakfast around 730am and by 11 I start to get hungry again. I will snack on veggies in the afternoon due to hunger, or some almonds. But for supper time I am usually not hungry at your normal 5-6pm, so I tend to have a meal closer to 8pm.
I know alot of ppl say not to eat after 6pm, so I just wondered how some of you do things.
Thanks for the input
Jules

[ShannonK]

Re: Space between Meals.

We eat around nine. I know many people say that it too late, but we live in Europe and there is not a country here that will eat before seven at the way earliest. It is a habit you get in if you want to ever eat out.

Europeans tend to be at a decent weight even with the late dining hour.

[not2late]

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During the weekday, I have a pretty fixed schedule. Breakfast at 7 AM, Lunch between 12 to 1 PM, Dinner at 6 PM. There are times, when I'm not as hungry so I might not eat my entire lunch at noon, but eat what I need then finish it later in the afternoon or bring it back home for dinner.

Weekends are a different story. About an hour and a half after I wake up, I eat breakfast. Then I make sure I eat lunch or eat something in 6 hours. Then dinner follows again, in that 6 hour frame. The amount I eat is variable. Sometimes I'm really hungry. Other times, like today, I'm not very hungry at all.

[Farley]

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I try to have at least 2 planned snacks, and three meals in a day. Eat when hungry, but waiting until you are too hungry is a recipe for overeating. I find that I eat past satisfied if I am very hungry. Do you use fitday.com?

[Elizellen]

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When I was fit and well I tended to eat at 'normal' meal times to fit in with my husband and our daily routines, but now he often goes out to lunch alone on the days I am not up to it, or we eat at home a lot, so I mainly eat to appetite.

Getting hard to keep up my food intake at the moment, but I am fairly expert in using fitday in advance to keep calories/carbs to the right area and some of my medications have to be taken 'with or after food' so that makes me eat 'a little something' at those times.

[JaxMama]

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I eat 80% of my calories between 8:30 am and 3:00pm. I eat 3-5 X while at work. Then will eat one final time at dinner. Dinner could be anywhere from 5pm-8pm. If it was just me and my kid I wouldn't even make dinner for myself.

[poobears1972]

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Since I'm at home it's easy to just eat when I am hungry. I don't have a set time. I may eat when I get up, I may eat an hour or two later. Just depends. Dinner is usually around 6-7. Dinner depends on when Dh gets home from work.

[Happy2BThin4Me]

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I eat when hungry also. Though I find if I haven't eaten enough early in the day, I get a bit too snacky at night so I try to eat most of my food early in the day. Sometimes its tougher to do than other times. When working, I eat breakfast about 9-10am, lunch around 1-2pm and have a snack when I get hungry around 4pm. Then I go home, do my run and have dinner an hour or two later when hungry again about 7pm. Then dessert around 9 or 10. I eat more when I run more...I suppose that make sense but I have always been a "eat every 2-3 hours" kind of gal...I feel better when I do but its not scheduled, I am just hungry that often! On the weekends my schedule is pretty much the same, eat every 2-3 hrs...my stomach is like clockwork!!! Lol. Especially if I workout a lot. Then again my portions are pretty small...

-Michelle