Eating plans..

**Lory** · 3rd-July-2007, 02:11 PM

Up until recently, I've always been a breakfast, light lunch and proper evening meal girl. Even when on a diet I stuck to this but since receiving advice from a personal trainer, I've completely changed how I eat and it seems to suit me better!

The advise was to eat 6 times a day, the biggest meal being lunch and no carbs after 4pm..

What are your 'usual' eating times?

**under par** · 3rd-July-2007, 02:19 PM

I do shift work and do a different shift every 3 days

Without a regular work pattern its very difficult to organise meal patterns. I therefore eat when I'm hungry but I try not to eat lots before a period of sleep.

I do not always have proper cooked meals and probably eat 5 times a day with smaller meals/snacks.

**Yliander** · 3rd-July-2007, 02:29 PM

my weekday eating is maybe some breakfast - usually something very light like some juice, big lunch and tiny dinner if any - some avocado on bread or a handful of berries

weekends are about the same - although if I'm doing a lot of dancing/training I'm very concious of not eating junk and forcing myself to eat a little something for breakfast other wise I will start to feel a little low after a couple of hours of work - also tend to graze more (pretty much always fruit) when training than on a normal week day.

My basic premise is that I eat when i'm hungry - and if I'm not hungry I don't eat - when I'm training/doing a lot of dancing I will go against this and eat when I'm not really hungry as other wise food won't happen at all due to schedules and that can end very badly with me feeling wobbly realising that i've barely eaten in 2 and a bit days

Mezzosoprano · 3rd-July-2007, 02:32 PM

As is documented elsewhere, I have a curious if not slightly self-destructive relationship with food....

I try my best to eat well but often I don't, I eat when I'm not hungry sometimes and also sometimes don't eat when I am hungry...

I did follow a WW eating plan for a long time.... too much mental effort....

**David Bailey** · 3rd-July-2007, 02:39 PM

Seafood diet for me.

Sea food. Eat food.

**Wuzzle** · 3rd-July-2007, 02:43 PM

I have frosties or coco pops in the morning

My lunch and tea usually consist of a light meal and a main meal depends really on how hungry I am by then. I don't need to eat much to keep myself going.

Don't really eat that healthly either when i think about it.

I just eat what I think is nice at the time.

**Gav** · 3rd-July-2007, 03:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DavidJames

Seafood diet for me.

Sea food. Eat food.

The old ones are...

Still not very funny.

**Martin** · 3rd-July-2007, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lory

Up until recently, I've always been a breakfast, light lunch and proper evening meal girl. Even when on a diet I stuck to this but since receiving advice from a personal trainer, I've completely changed how I eat and it seems to suit me better!

The advise was to eat 6 times a day, the biggest meal being lunch and no carbs after 4pm..

What are your 'usual' eating times?

When I am hungry... normally

If trying to lose weight, 5 or 6 times a day, biggest being lunch, biggest fat content being breakfast, then trailing off. Smallest later in the day. Always meals at less than 5% fat.

**Martin** · 3rd-July-2007, 03:53 PM

Just looked at the poll, the nearest fit is, I eat when I remember... I am bad when not looking at diet... sometimes I forget to eat, then at maybe 6pm I realise I have not eaten all day, so I look for food...

**Caz** · 3rd-July-2007, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martin

Just looked at the poll, the nearest fit is, I eat when I remember... I am bad when not looking at diet... sometimes I forget to eat, then at maybe 6pm I realise I have not eaten all day, so I look for food...

have done that before!

sometimes i can eat non stop all day tho

**Martin** · 3rd-July-2007, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Caz

have done that before!

sometimes i can eat non stop all day tho

You have a far better memory than me.

**fletch** · 3rd-July-2007, 05:56 PM

where to start on this one

I like to think I follow the Slimming world plan 100% but like a lot of people that are at 'target' I eat more syns than is recommended and adjust it when I go to far.

'I weigh in every week' 1.5 lb over target this week which is fine

I haven known a diet that doesn't work, you have to be on it for it to work though,

and some are harder to stick to than others,

its about 'state of mind' and that's what I try and address with my members.

The plan's easy but life isn't

**Icey** · 3rd-July-2007, 06:18 PM

I have never been able to understand this "forget to eat" business .. perhaps this is why my backside is the size it is

Mezzosoprano · 3rd-July-2007, 06:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Icey

I have never been able to understand this "forget to eat" business .. perhaps this is why my backside is the size it is

I'm with Icey on this one "forget to eat" - how do you forget to eat? I'd like to know 'cos then perhaps I wouldn't be the one looking at the holiday snaps asking who the fat woman is... only to discover, as my delightful daughter said yesterday... "that's you mamma, the big lady with the green top ....!" - She'll get out of time out at some point next week... maybe...

**Double Trouble** · 3rd-July-2007, 07:06 PM

I'm doing weight watchers points at the moment.

Eat whenever you like, whatever you like as long as you stick to your points.

You are advised to do the following

Eat 5 portions of fruit and veg per day
Cut down alcohol
Cut down on saturated fat
Increase your activity levels
Drink 2 litres of water per day

I've lost 3 pounds this week.

Only 25 to go

Astro · 3rd-July-2007, 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Double Trouble

Cut down alcohol

Apparently wine is extremely fattening. Is there nothing we can enjoy?

A woman (older than me) offered me her seat on the crowded tube on Friday.

I refused of course, as I'm not really pregnant.
I don't remember that ever happening to me before even when pregnant. It was a bit of a shock.

Quote:

I've lost 3 pounds this week.

Only 25 to go

Congratulations DT.

**Minnie M** · 3rd-July-2007, 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Icey

I have never been able to understand this "forget to eat" business .. perhaps this is why my backside is the size it is

me too

I eat when I'm stressed
and
I eat when I'm sad

Where are these options

**Icey** · 3rd-July-2007, 10:02 PM

Thank God there are people agreeing with me

I was wondering if people would be honest or if they would come out with the "Oh no, I eat really healthily blah blah blah ..."

View Poll Results: What are your 'usual' meal times?
1 meal a day	3	5.00%
2 meals a day	5	8.33%
3 meals a day	24	40.00%
4 meals a day	1	1.67%
5 meals a day	4	6.67%
6 meals a day	3	5.00%
more than 6	2	3.33%
I eat when I'm hungry	21	35.00%
I eat when I remember	11	18.33%
I eat when I get time	7	11.67%
I pick all day long	6	10.00%
No two days are ever the same	14	23.33%
I'm always on a diet	5	8.33%
I'm a yo-yo dieter	6	10.00%
I'm a health freak	8	13.33%
I'm a binge eater	4	6.67%
I don't know the first thing about healthy eating	5	8.33%
I try all the latest fads	1	1.67%
I'm on a special diet, prescribed by my doctor/dietician	2	3.33%
My diet is one to be ashamed of	9	15.00%
I'm gonna start my diet tomorrow.....	7	11.67%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 60. You may not vote on this poll \| Withdraw Vote

3rd-July-2007, 02:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
Lory Forum Bombshell - Our Queen! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: North London Posts: 7,012 Status: feeling tired today Blog Entries: 2 Rep Power: 6 Rep.: 3036	Eating plans.. Up until recently, I've always been a breakfast, light lunch and proper evening meal girl. Even when on a diet I stuck to this but since receiving advice from a personal trainer, I've completely changed how I eat and it seems to suit me better! The advise was to eat 6 times a day, the biggest meal being lunch and no carbs after 4pm.. What are your 'usual' eating times? __________________ "If you're going to do something tonight, that you know you'll be sorry for in the morning, plan a lie in." Lorraine

3rd-July-2007, 02:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
under par Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Worthing Posts: 5,958 Status: No Status Rep Power: 5 Rep.: 2418	Re: Eating plans.. I do shift work and do a different shift every 3 days Without a regular work pattern its very difficult to organise meal patterns. I therefore eat when I'm hungry but I try not to eat lots before a period of sleep. I do not always have proper cooked meals and probably eat 5 times a day with smaller meals/snacks. __________________ Everything has an end but a sausage has two.

3rd-July-2007, 02:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
Yliander Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: where ever I can get to Posts: 2,674 Status: No Status Rep Power: 3 Rep.: 637	Re: Eating plans.. my weekday eating is maybe some breakfast - usually something very light like some juice, big lunch and tiny dinner if any - some avocado on bread or a handful of berries weekends are about the same - although if I'm doing a lot of dancing/training I'm very concious of not eating junk and forcing myself to eat a little something for breakfast other wise I will start to feel a little low after a couple of hours of work - also tend to graze more (pretty much always fruit) when training than on a normal week day. My basic premise is that I eat when i'm hungry - and if I'm not hungry I don't eat - when I'm training/doing a lot of dancing I will go against this and eat when I'm not really hungry as other wise food won't happen at all due to schedules and that can end very badly with me feeling wobbly realising that i've barely eaten in 2 and a bit days __________________ "Dance is your pulse, you heartbeat, your breathing. It's the rhythm of your life. It's the expression in time and movement, in happiness, joy, sadness and envy." ~Jaques D'ambroise

3rd-July-2007, 02:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
Mezzosoprano Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: in a world of my own... where people are nice and there's lots of honey! Posts: 1,009 Status: No Status Rep Power: 1 Rep.: 192	Re: Eating plans.. As is documented elsewhere, I have a curious if not slightly self-destructive relationship with food.... I try my best to eat well but often I don't, I eat when I'm not hungry sometimes and also sometimes don't eat when I am hungry... I did follow a WW eating plan for a long time.... too much mental effort....

3rd-July-2007, 02:39 PM	#5 (permalink)
David Bailey Formerly known as DavidJames Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Norf Lundin Posts: 14,246 Status: Yes Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 8 Rep.: 3828	Re: Eating plans.. Seafood diet for me. Sea food. Eat food. __________________ Jivetango Godfather Inventor of the Masterclass Baboon-worrier extraordinaire

3rd-July-2007, 02:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
Wuzzle Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Aberdeen Posts: 277 Status: No Status Rep Power: 1 Rep.: 70	Re: Eating plans.. I have frosties or coco pops in the morning My lunch and tea usually consist of a light meal and a main meal depends really on how hungry I am by then. I don't need to eat much to keep myself going. Don't really eat that healthly either when i think about it. I just eat what I think is nice at the time.

3rd-July-2007, 03:53 PM	#9 (permalink)
Martin Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gold Coast, Australia Posts: 1,996 Status: No Status Rep Power: 3 Rep.: 385	Re: Eating plans.. Just looked at the poll, the nearest fit is, I eat when I remember... I am bad when not looking at diet... sometimes I forget to eat, then at maybe 6pm I realise I have not eaten all day, so I look for food...

3rd-July-2007, 05:56 PM	#12 (permalink)
fletch B.O.G.O.F. Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Brumie, in the spot light Posts: 8,165 Status: cutting the lawn Rep Power: 5 Rep.: 1902	Re: Eating plans.. where to start on this one I like to think I follow the Slimming world plan 100% but like a lot of people that are at 'target' I eat more syns than is recommended and adjust it when I go to far. 'I weigh in every week' 1.5 lb over target this week which is fine I haven known a diet that doesn't work, you have to be on it for it to work though, and some are harder to stick to than others, its about 'state of mind' and that's what I try and address with my members. The plan's easy but life isn't __________________ Life is about choices and hopefully the choices we make will make us better people,no one is perfect,just different embrace the difference,live and let live,hear's to second chances. T&S on me,mutton dressed as lamb,obsession with cloths,I must buy'fletcherett's

3rd-July-2007, 06:18 PM	#13 (permalink)
Icey Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Back from exam limbo Posts: 1,329 Status: No Status Rep Power: 2 Rep.: 655	Re: Eating plans.. I have never been able to understand this "forget to eat" business .. perhaps this is why my backside is the size it is __________________ I'm afraid so ... I'm an accountant. Just because it does up does not mean it fits!

3rd-July-2007, 07:06 PM	#15 (permalink)
Double Trouble Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Waltham Abbey Posts: 4,049 Status: No Status Rep Power: 3 Rep.: 960	Re: Eating plans.. I'm doing weight watchers points at the moment. Eat whenever you like, whatever you like as long as you stick to your points. You are advised to do the following Eat 5 portions of fruit and veg per day Cut down alcohol Cut down on saturated fat Increase your activity levels Drink 2 litres of water per day I've lost 3 pounds this week. Only 25 to go __________________ "I'm Jewish. I don't work out. If God had wanted us to bend over, He would have put diamonds on the floor."

3rd-July-2007, 10:02 PM	#18 (permalink)
Icey Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Back from exam limbo Posts: 1,329 Status: No Status Rep Power: 2 Rep.: 655	Re: Eating plans.. Thank God there are people agreeing with me I was wondering if people would be honest or if they would come out with the "Oh no, I eat really healthily blah blah blah ..." __________________ I'm afraid so ... I'm an accountant. Just because it does up does not mean it fits!

3rd-July-2007, 10:12 PM	#19 (permalink)
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