by Heather C.
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May 8, 2007

Do You Eat When You Are Hungry?

July 27, 2007 03:19 PM EDT
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As children most of us had three meals a day. Mealtime was a war for me as I didn't like to eat. There were few foods I liked and I got full very quickly. I was a small child and liked drinking water all the time.  I got used to having three meals a day. I got used to meat with most meals. The older I have gotten I have cut back on the times I eat meat and like a baked potato and veggie dinner.  I was so used to eating three meals at set times and I do drink alot of water in between I didn't feel hunger often. Now I don't eat three set meals and I wait until I am hungry.  That and lessing the starches I eat has resulted in me losing 15 pounds.

 

I was wondering if other people wait until they are hungry to eat. Do you eat when you are hungry or do you eat automatically because it's dinner time. 

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Comments: 69

Anna O. O. Jul 27, 2007, 3:24pm EDT
Hello Heather, I agree with you, most of us were raised to eat 3 meals a day and at set times. However, now, that we are grown up and have learned about nutrition and getting to know our bodies, it is easier to change eating habits and adopt healthy ones. Drinking water throughout the day is important instead of drinking 4 or 6 glasses in one sitting. I usually eat every 3 hours to keep my metabolism high and burn stored fat. Main meal is breakfast, then snacks, lunch, snack, dinner, snack. I have lost 80 pounds from 230 pounds and keeping the weight off for over 3 years. Congratulation for lsoing those 15 pounds! Great.
Sheila Deeth Jul 27, 2007, 3:33pm EDT
I tend to skip breakfast, which I've heard is not a good idea. Then I wake the boys up when I'm hungry (this will change at the end of summer) and we eat lunch. I do plan on two meals a day, and if I don't eat soon enough I get hungry and eat all the wrong things. (Also, if I don't go to bed soon enough - hopefully this will also change at the end of summer.)
Elsie Duggan Jul 27, 2007, 3:34pm EDT
I think the only time you should eat is when you are hungry, which is getting to be about now. I always eat breakfast, sets up my metabolism, and some where about four or five hours later I get hunger pains, like now, reminding me I should eat, so I do, I have something lite for lunch, and then I eat again a small salad and a dinner. I have to eat some carbs as I am diabetic, but I eat meat as a condiment, and eat high fibre and low fat diet. Lost so far 42 lbs and going down, feel a whole lot better and so is my health. Congratulations on your 15 lb. start, that is a good feeling isn't it? Every pound is an encouragement.
Heather C. Jul 27, 2007, 3:38pm EDT
Thanks Elsie! Good for you losing so much weight!

Thanks Sheila, my daughter and I have been doing similar things. I eat a salad, later I have dinner with my husband and if I get hungry again, it's another salad.
Bridget ♥ Jul 27, 2007, 3:39pm EDT
Congrats on your weight loss
michelle K. Jul 27, 2007, 3:48pm EDT
I do a little of both. If I'm hungry I'll eat although sometimes I'll be hungry and nothing sounds tgood so I wont eat. And there's other times where when I'm not hungry but dinner is being served anyway or some yummy snacks and I'll tend to grub until I'm stuffed!

Very good job on the weight loss so far! I'm proud of your 15 lbs!!!
Trish A. Jul 27, 2007, 4:38pm EDT
Heather you and I seem to have been on a similar eating "schedule" this summer. I lost 10 pounds. It was easier because my husband has been away on business much of the summer. He too has lost weight.

It seems if I eat a little when I'm hungry and stop I do just fine. I run into problems if I wait too long to eat.

Congrats on losing weight.
Paula Love Jul 27, 2007, 4:40pm EDT
sometimes I just forget to eat.. I know that sounds stupid, but I just don't get hungry often. Especially if I am busy all day. When I sit down, I remember that i fixed something to eat for everybody else but then i didn't eat because I started another task. I know I need to eat more regularly but once a day is about all I get in. Funny thing is when I do get hungry... I feel like I cannot wait anylonger or I am going to fall over dead. Isn't that weird?
Kari L. Jul 27, 2007, 5:58pm EDT
I'm a little bit of everything and have horrible eating habits. I rarely if ever eat breakfast because it makes my stomach hurt. I've been on a regular lunch schedule Monday-Thursdays this summer, because a co-worker always asks me to lunch. Dinner at my house is eaten anywhere from 5-10pm. Fridays I normally eat lunch anywhere from 1 to 3. On weekends, I usually eat one or two meals a day but have snacks only if I'm hungry. I hate being forced to eat because then I make bad choices, otherwise I just eat when my body tells me I need to.
arlene (no shame in my game) w. Jul 27, 2007, 7:07pm EDT
When it's dinner time, my body thinks it is hungry even if it is not. So I feed it. I'm trying to break that habit.
Heather C. Jul 27, 2007, 7:54pm EDT
Thanks Bridget!
Thanks Michelle!
Thanks Trish!
Thanks Paula, sometimes when I am alone, I get so busy I don't want to stop to eat. With taking insulin, I do feel like I am going to drop...it's low blood sugar levels. I often feel sick but once I eat, I feel better!
Thanks Sandy!
Thanks Sheryl!
Thanks Elizabeth, I lost weight just eating yogurt once when I was by myself for a few weeks.
Thanks Kari, I don't like to eat for a few hours when I get up, I think it is my allergies.
Thanks Arlene! When you figure that out let me know! smile
Jeane K. Jul 27, 2007, 9:28pm EDT
Being diabetic I find I need to eat regulary with snacks between. If I go to long I get in trouble. It is better I eat smaller meals and healthy snacks. When I don't eat this way I quickly get into trouble. I'm trying to stay off insulin so am regulating with pills and diet. Have had a rather erratic summer so it has been hard to be consistent. Drinking lots of water and eating well are great while you are healthy. Too much water is a sign I am headed for trouble.
DesertDarlene L. Jul 27, 2007, 10:04pm EDT
I have some health problems, too, and it's hard for me to eat a lot of foods right now. I try to eat on a regular basis, but I do have to say that I don't eat a whole lot when I'm really hungry, especially between dinner and breakfast. Sometimes, too, I get involved with projects and I don't want to stop in order to eat.

But, I feel like I'm always hungry sometimes.
Heather C. Jul 27, 2007, 10:15pm EDT
Thanks Jeane! I wound up last year on insulin when I shattered my left tibia. When I got out of the nursing home I worked hard to get off the insulin. This year I had my shoulder operated on and my sugar skyrocketed so I am back on insulin.

Thanks Darlene! I like to be so busy I don't want to stop to eat. I love to cook but not just for one.
we should all be eating 5 small meals a day or every 3-4 hours. Not meals..snacks. It is proven that people who nibble have less weight problems.
I was rasied on large portions of bad food and was taught to "clean my plate"
hard habit to break after 36 years.

Now that my hyper-thyroid is calmed down my appetite dropped thank God! I only eat when hungry now which is every 5 hours or so. Last 10 years I was eating all the damn day, because of my thyroid... it told me I was starving all the time..it was a horrible sensation to eat eat and eat and never feel full. and of course gain 100 pounds in a decade! slowly it is coming off.
Kelly M. Jul 28, 2007, 2:35am EDT
Congrats on your weight loss!

I kind of do both. I eat regular meals and sometimes snack when I am hungry.
Heather C. Jul 28, 2007, 12:15pm EDT
Thanks Mandi! That is so hard! Part of my battle has been that I have been on steroids off and on. Right now I am supposed to use a steroid inhaler so I can breathe better, tests show I am not breathing right, but the steroid makes my blood sugar go up and I just won my battle over an infection. I would feel better if I could breathe better but it is like a catch-22. It is good that you can now get it off!

Thanks Kelly! I love your picture, so cute1
Janet Somewhere Up On The Mount Jul 28, 2007, 12:19pm EDT
I just heard something about a diet you can eat every three hours.
I will take any weight anyone wants to share with me. I have lost so much weight lately. I am trying to gain.
~~ Sarina ~~ Jul 28, 2007, 12:23pm EDT
I lose more weight when I snack (healthy) in between meals. I do not eliminate the carbs from my diet, but eat them moderately and choose lower calorie/carb content breads, etc. I also drink plenty of water.
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Heather C. Jul 28, 2007, 10:27pm EDT
Thanks Janet, Sarina, Arlene and Auntie Bea!
Marisa C. Jul 29, 2007, 12:45am EDT
Yea, i eat all day every day. i need to loose weight, i think im going to start to eat only when i am hungry. it makes more sense.
Heather C. Jul 29, 2007, 3:00am EDT
Thanks Marisa!
Kristen M. Sep 15, 2008, 9:54pm EDT
I actually try to eat every few hours; just eating small meals

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