Wednesday Journal

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Wednesday Journal
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Wed, 08-31-2005 - 7:09am

Last night was rough.

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Wed, 08-31-2005 - 10:45am
Thanks for your concern.
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Wed, 08-31-2005 - 11:20am
Though I'm not in the group you mentioned, I've been doing the same lately.





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Wed, 08-31-2005 - 11:24am
I agree that everyone should experiment and see what works best for them.





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Wed, 08-31-2005 - 11:27am

Jen, I do recall you talking about doing better w/ fewer, larger meals. (I'm the exact opposite. I'm a constant grazer. I can't even do the 2-3 hour thing - have to eat small portions every 1 - 1 1/2 hours.) Recently though (I don't recall exactly how long ago, I'm here so infrequently) I think you mentioned not eating after a certain time or foregoing supper. This is what I'm curious about. Knowledge is about experience as well as 'book learning', so I'm just interested in why you gals have chosen to go for such an extended period w/o food on a given day.

I whole-heartedly agree w/ you on your other points. I try to encourage clients to listen to their bodies when it comes to diet and exercise & ALWAYS point out that no one way of doing things is going to be right for every body. It helps to have anecdotal evidence, if not concrete scientific proof, to back this up. This is where people like you come in. Level headed people that make an effort to educate themselves and aren't afraid to tinker when it comes to diet & fitness can help others gain insight through their experience. There's only so much I can read & experience myself, so I have to ask these question of others. Right?

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Wed, 08-31-2005 - 11:31am
So, you don't feel out of whack as a result? I would have imagined that someone who is fairly regimented in their approach to diet, as you seem to be, would feel the effects of going for an extended period w/o eating.
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Wed, 08-31-2005 - 11:35am
Hmmm... yeah, I suppose I do. But this is the point where I allow my goals to supercede hunger that I might have. I use nutrition software to track what I eat every day and I do my best to stay within an allotted number of calories. If I eat more of those calories at lunch, then I need to make up for it for the rest of the day. Granted, I don't do this often, but it does happen every once in a while.
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Wed, 08-31-2005 - 11:40am

Here's a pat on the back for you. (((((pat-pat))))) Working moms of young children amaze me. Until the last couple years I was never so busy as when my son was baby & toddler, so it boggles my mind that so many women manage to do what you do. Good on ya! I'm sure you'll find a way to fit good eating in. I learned to inhale my food until my son was a little older & not as much of a going concern. Unfortunately, it resulted in me becoming the heaviest I've ever been (it occured over a number of years though). Unfortunately you've probably created a vicious cycle, not being able to eat optimally contributes to your fatigue & your fatigue prevents you from eating optimally. I confident you'll get it sorted out though.

Thanks for answering.

Good luck and take care.

Soleilune
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Wed, 08-31-2005 - 11:49am

Didn't mean to exclude anyone, Jean. ;-) You sound like me. I don't think about how many meals I should have or how often, I just find I can only eat a small amount at time and feel the need to do so frequently. On occasion when I eat a big meal I'm uncomfortably stuffed for so long that I have no desire to eat for the rest of the day. My blood sugar will still drop dramatically, but I'll have a peice of fruit, juice or soy milk to level out. I wonder if Kel notices the same thing?

Gee, the more I learn about you Jean the more alike I see we are. Go figure.

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Wed, 08-31-2005 - 12:21pm

For me, it's variable. If I have a large unhealthy (or imbalanced as my friend likes to say) meal, then I'm less likely to want to eat and I don't think I usually feel that blood sugar drop.

Other times though, if I have a large lunch of healthy things (as I'll probably have today), I will find myself hungry and the blood sugar crashing a few hours later.

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Wed, 08-31-2005 - 12:51pm

basically i discovered the same thing as jean and just moved the timing of the meals around. before i'd eat a light snack (like a luna bar) at like 10, then lunch at 2 pm, a small snack at like 5:30 or 6 pm b/c i didn't want to eat before the gym (even though i was really hungry) then dinner at like 9. so that was two bigger meals and two light snack/meals. now i have two basic patterns: 1) big breakfast, light lunch, big after work snack, light "dinner snack" or 2) light breakfast, big lunch, big after work snack, light "dinner snack" - it still comes out to 2 big "meals" and 2 small "meals" per day.


sometimes i go without that dinner snack completely just because i'm just not hungry (or not hungry enough to bother stop playing battlefront to go get something to eat). that happened the other day when i posted that i'd eat mac and chreese for dinner. i ended up eating a lot for my afterschool snack and i didn't get hungry again until like 10 and then it was time for bed and i didn't want to stay up later just to eat.


the original reason is a change in my activities: not wanting to bother to take the time to cook a meal at night,