Comments on: Lunch time

By: Sheila

Sheila — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:16:09 +0000

Nope! I’ve lost weight by just listening to what my stomache says! Within the guidlines of heathly foods… sometimes its hard to distiguish the difference between hunger growls and digestion! :)

By: Deborah

Deborah — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:05:39 +0000

I struggle with this too. In my case, I DO eat by the clock, but I find, especially in the evening, that I’m not hungry when it’s dinner time. Unfortunately, my husband is hungry and if I don’t eat when he eats it becomes a whole big thing. I need to learn to eat smaller portions at dinner and then if I’m hungry later, have a snack, but I’m not so good at it, hence the struggle. Congrats to those of you who’ve found a system that works for you!

By: Sweetie Pie

Sweetie Pie — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:55:47 +0000

I’ve totally been struggling with this. I say “struggling” because I figure if the clock, rather than my body, is telling me that it is time to eat, I’m not as tuned in to myself as I should be. It isn’t as much of a problem on the weekends, but, during the week, the clock effects me like one of Pavlov’s dogs.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:01:32 +0000

During my work/school days, I’m actually not able to eat three meals a day. It’s impossible, and I’d probably keel over. I have some hormone drama going on that leaves me very prone to hypoglycemia. Like a baby, I’m on a pretty regular 3 hour feeding habit, and when the stomach calls I pretty much have to oblige or I’ll get the shakes.

I never eat big meals though. I do a little breakfast, a mid morning snack, a lunch stretched out into two um, feedings, maybe a mid-evening snack, then dinner. That’s pretty horrifying to look at on paper, but it’s the only thing that keeps my energy up.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:41:07 +0000

I plan my meals and snacks on most days. I work at an elementary school so because of my job, I pretty much go by the clock when I am at work M thru F. The only chances I have to eat are my breaks when I am not working the kids.

By: Tina

Tina — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:16:24 +0000

I do a little of both. I eat meals by the clock, largely because those are the times my body is truly hungry. I plan 2-3 light snacks daily, but I only eat them if I’m hungry.

I’m definitely having the same Daylight Savings issues as you–I’m a clockwork noon luncher, and today I didn’t eat til a little after 1. Let’s not even talk about how this has messed up my sleeping routine and morning workouts!

By: Shelly

Shelly — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:29:15 +0000

@Lisa -

I’m with you! I live in South Bend and we never had that foolish time change to mess with. It is such a pain! Gotta love good old Mitch!

By: Shelly

Shelly — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:22:56 +0000

That explains so much about my hunger patterns the last couple of days! Thank you for pointing that out! Like you, I most often eat on a schedule-breakfast at 7am, lunch at 11am, and dinner by 6pm. After work, I have a cup of coffee with my fat-free half & half to hold me over until dinner or I starve by then and eat garbage I don’t need. But the last two days, I have drug out my breakfast and at 11am, I ate lunch, but I haven’t felt that hunger like normal. I never connected it with the time change, but that makes SO much sense. You are a genious!

By: Cin

Cin — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:53:24 +0000

If I don’t look at the clock, I’ll eat all the time. My clock is my permission to eat, I guess. But you’re right, I wasn’t hungry when I should have been today.

By: Angie

Angie — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:47:14 +0000

I totally used the clock method when I was starting on this path. I had to treat my mini-meals like appointments for 6 weeks to get my body on a schedule and get my stomach to shrink. Now I get hungry just like you’re describing, for the most part. My body knows it’s going to get food at 8am, 11am, etc. So when my tum is growling, I look at the clock and it’s usually right on the nose. DST is not fooling anyone, apparently. :)