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Do you only eat three meals a day?



Do you only eat 3 meals a day?  

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  1. 1. Do you only eat 3 meals a day?

    • Yes, I always eat only three
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    • I eat three meals, but have 1-2 snacks in between meals
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    • I eat 4-6 small meals a day
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    • other
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Do you only eat the three meals a day as recommended by a lot of doctors?

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I am 4 months out and only eat 3 meals a day - no snacking.

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I eat lunch and dinner and then break up Breakfast into 2 small Snacks because i'm so tight in the mornings.

Breakfast is usually a granola bar followed up by fruit a couple hours later. Or Carnation Instant Breakfast followed up by a granola bar or fruit a couple hours later.

lunch is usually half a lean cuisine and dinner is whatever i cook on the grill. Usually it's chicken and some kind of vegetable or a stir fry.

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There need to be more options. I snack but not every day. I usually eat 3 small meals.

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It's an unusual day when I eat 3 meals. Mornings, I usually have a drink and no meal. If work is busy, I'll be lucky to have lunch some days.

Not the healthiest option, I know.

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It's an unusual day when I eat 3 meals. Mornings, I usually have a drink and no meal. If work is busy, I'll be lucky to have lunch some days.

Not the healthiest option, I know.

I preach a lot. So, I won't even pretend I don't but if you are only going to have one meal a day, you should make it breakfast. Even if it is only a Protein shake.

It really is the most important meal of the day.

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I eat 3- 250 calorie meals and have 2- 150 calorie Snacks. If I only eat 3 meals I get too hungry and then overeat at meal time.

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Eight months out 3 (4 0z) meals with 1-2 Snacks between meals if I need them

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I eat two meals per day with 2 Snacks usually, plus an iced coffee :)

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I don't really eat "meals" so to speak anymore. I eat small amounts of food all through the day. I am not a fan of eating X amount of calories at X time of day. I think this is the mentality that starts the snowballing toward obesity in some children.

Many of us were raised to eat at 8:00, Noon, 6:00 and weren't allowed to leave the table until our plate was cleaned because there were kids starving to death in far away lands.... So we stretched our stomachs, overate calories, unnaturally spiked our insulin levels and the ball was rolling....

I have 2 young children... ages 2 and 7. They both eat small amounts and then want away from the table because they are no longer hungry. Two hours later they want to eat a small amount of food again. I believe it's because thats what is natural. Why do we go from feeding infants small amounts every few hours - to requiring a 7 yr old eat everything on their plate even if they are full? Probably because we selfishly don't want them coming back in two hours wanting fed again...

Just food for thought... (sorry, couldn't help that)

Brad

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Actually Brad, I think I subscribe to that too. I eat when I'm hungry. I'm not hungry in the morning. I'm hungriest in the evening. I eat slowly and after about 10 mins I'm not hungry anymore.

I snack. I do sometimes. Whether it's a coffee, or a piece of fruit. I eat when I'm hungry. I am not hungry often tho, and that's despite the fact that my band is qute loose. food doesn't interest me anymore unless my stomache is growling.

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I eat 2 meals a day just due to how busy my work is!

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I'm with you guys in that I eat small amounts of food throughout the day, but also keep in mind that when your body calls to you to eat, your body is already nutrient deprived, which means that your metabolism is already dropping. Having said that, I try to keep my meals spaced out to a mild schedule, but it's usually give or take 30min or so.

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