skipped meal

Aquapixie · Post by **Aquapixie** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 2:03 am

Do you ever have a skipped meal later in the day? Today we had breakfast at 11am and then didn't eat again until 7pm. If I eat a sandwich or something is it a snack?

Thanks for your help.

MysteryLover · Post by **MysteryLover** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 2:40 am

There's no rule that says what time of the day you have to eat your meals. I'd go ahead and consider it your 3rd meal. If your other meals were only one plateful, you may end up too hungry by tomorrow and set yourself up for unwanted snacking.

Aquapixie · Post by **Aquapixie** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 2:43 am

Thanks Gina

I appreciate your response and I think you're probably right about being very hungry tomorrow.

Thanks again.

wosnes · Post by **wosnes** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 2:24 pm

Do what seems right for you. I don't think I've ever found that skipping a meal one day makes me hungrier the next. In fact, I often eat only two meals daily.

Elspeth · Post by **Elspeth** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 2:36 pm

I second wosnes. Also, YMMV, but since starting No S I have come to prefer not eating anything within three hours of going to bed. For me that's usually 10 o'clock, so I try to finish dinner before 7. I find I sleep better and feel better the next day if I don't eat anything too close to bedtime.

Just my two cents.

MysteryLover · Post by **MysteryLover** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:19 pm

Guess I'm out voted! My mother thinks I'm crazy for needing three meals per day. She only eats at 11 am and 6 pm. Personally, I'd be ready to eat my own arm - LOL.

NoelFigart · Post by **NoelFigart** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:41 pm

MysteryLover wrote:Guess I'm out voted! My mother thinks I'm crazy for needing three meals per day. She only eats at 11 am and 6 pm. Personally, I'd be ready to eat my own arm - LOL.

If it works for her, it does. You need to find what works for you.

I'm with you in wanting breakfast.

wosnes · Post by **wosnes** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 10:15 pm

MysteryLover wrote:Guess I'm out voted! My mother thinks I'm crazy for needing three meals per day. She only eats at 11 am and 6 pm. Personally, I'd be ready to eat my own arm - LOL.

90% of the time, that's about what I do.

Aquapixie · Post by **Aquapixie** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:47 pm

Thanks for sharing your opinions. In the end, I didn't eat another meal, though I had mentally prepared for one.

I'm in the same situation again today. At breakfast at 11:30am and will have supper at 6 or 6:30. Will play it by ear again and if I'm hungry eat.

Aleria · Post by **Aleria** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 1:21 am

Today I ate breakfast at 1:30, lunch at 4:50 and won't be eating dinner until 9:30. Adjust your meals to fit your schedule, not the other way around

StrawberryRoan · Post by **StrawberryRoan** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:52 am

I actually do better with just two meals, breakfast only makes me one to eat and eat and eat.

Lunch and dinner serve me better.

wosnes · Post by **wosnes** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 12:06 pm

StrawberryRoan wrote:I actually do better with just two meals, breakfast only makes me one to eat and eat and eat.

Lunch and dinner serve me better.

I've found the same thing. Eating breakfast most often makes me a food disposal system. I don't understand it, don't even want to try and understand it, but that's the way it is. If I do decide to have breakfast, it's almost an appetizer for lunch (that is, very late in the morning).