Everyday Systems

And I do follow the no snacks no sweets no second principles daily

I eat 4 small meals everyday. I tried and tried eating 3 meals but had a really hard time. I started this after reading about a woman who ate 4 small/half meals a day and lost over 40 pounds. I have lost 20 pounds doing this. But I eat like this everyday even on weekends. And I eat exactly what I wa...

Have you considered 4 small meals a day instead of 3 regular ones. That helps me.

I too am interested in the health benefits of intermittent fasting and have tried to do 16/8 but found it difficult to maintain. Martin Berkhan of Leangains.com now recommends a 14 hour fasted phase for his female clients. He calls it the "sweet spot" for women. This is something I can easily do, so...

I hate that you had to put out the money for the kinobody program, but I am glad to hear about it. I too, have seen this guy on youtube talking about this program. He is an young arrogant fitness guru, 90% of the time parading around without a shirt. I used subscribe to his channel, but stopped beca...

Very interesting site. Thanks!

I would say, if you are full then the meal is over. No saving to eat within an hour. This has happened to me many times. in fact it happened last night. I made a regular bowl of tortilla soup (it was a hearty soup) and I couldn't eat it all. So, that was it. I didn't save it to finish it off 30 minu...

And, in Reinhard's book he says "The basic case for strictness is that it builds habit faster. If you are strict, your appetites learn quickly that it's not worth test the boundaries all the time." and "...strictness makes it easier. It's being lenient that's hard" and "the most important time for s...

Your post was encouraging to me. This has always been a problem for me. Strict one day. Lenient the next day or two. Strict the next. In the book "Then Just Stay Fat" the author says "If you are one of the many who lost weight and gained it back, or never reached your weight goals, you also know how...

I like the 16:8 fast. It took my body a little while to get used to it. I would go from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 pm. Intermittent fasting has many health benefits.

I used to think that I could never go 5-6 hours between meals. But I started doing Eat Stop Eat a while back (not doing it currently), and I would go 24 hours without eating 2 times a week. I could go 24 hours but not 6 hours? I now know that I can easily manage the hunger between meals. The greater...

Does everyone have set times for eating? Does anyone ever eat just 3 meals a day but not necessarily breakfast, lunch, dinner. Maybe brunch and then two other meals later on. Maybe you sleep in, have a meal and then the other two later on. I guess what I am asking does anyone go by plates a day inst...

I have tried this in the past and I was incredibly organized and efficient. I even taught my daughter to do it. Glad you brought this back up because I am going to start over again. Haven't used this method in over a year and you can tell in my personal life and work life.

I'm bringing this thread back to the top; reading recent questions about staving off hunger and about various beverages made me realize it hasn't been addressed lately and we have so many new members, it might be helpful to many of you. You may have to go up to the top of the thread and read throug...

Counting bites is easier than calories, and I have thought less and obsessed less with counting bites, than I did when I would wait until hungry to eat. Its just so easy to stop on bite number "such and such" instead of reading the sides of labels, calculating and calculating. A bite is a bite is a...

I am definitely one who does better eating Breakfast at 10, lunch at 2 and dinner at 6. I am never hungry before 10, and if I do start eating early, I am hungry all day long. No S is so much easier with a little intermittent fasting thrown in. I also do Shangri La style oil shots between meals (my ...

El Fug wrote:

krawford13 wrote:Well in this case, I am thinking no snacks, no sweets, no seconds, period.

Except on S days, right? Those S days are critical to the No-S philosophy.

Nope.

Well in this case, I am thinking no snacks, no sweets, no seconds, period.

I am going to be a mother of the groom in one year and the first thing I thought of was Nos!!

I can understand why having days when one can have desserts. But I wonder, if we are breaking snacking and seconds habits whether we are better off maintaining a firm comittiment to no eating between meals and no seconds. Desserts on weekends and at special events is a sound exception. Curious what...

Or close to Lunch, say 11:00 a.m. Then have their second meal at mid afternoon and then their last meal sometime in the evening? If so, just wondering how this worked out for you. I am considering doing this because I am just not hungry in the morning, never have been. I do have one cup of coffee wi...

I had this problem as well. No matter what, I could not make it through to the 3rd meal without crashing. Now I eat 3 small meals a day (protein always included) and a sugar free protein shake at around 3:30 p.m. The shake helps me make it until the 3rd meal. I eat breakfast around 8:30, lunch at 12...

You have a precious family Reinhard.

What has helped me is something Noel said: "I have an agreement with my body. I will eat my 3 meals a day and I will make sure that food is tasty and nourishing. But after that I am taking no shit from my hormones or my appetite. ...........I can tolerate 3 meals a day and am delighted to be so rich...

I am sure that this topic has been discussed somewhere in this forum, but I was wondering if anyone eats 4 small meals a day instead of 3 meals on a regular basis?

I go hungry. It's rough. And sometimes, I rebound on the weekends. I dare not fiddle with the rules, though, as that would be the first step on the slippery slope for me. This. I have an agreement with my body. I WILL eat my three meals a day, and I will make sure that food is tasty and nourishing....

The thing that has been most surprising is that eating this way is almost a relief. I don't have to decide if I should have a snack or not, have dessert or not...the decision is already made and there's no need to argue with myself. When it's time to eat, it's time to eat. I eat my one plate of foo...

Why don't you try 4 small meals a day with some protein at every meal. I have found that if I eat enough protein at breakfast, 20-30 grams, I do much better the rest of the day.

Oh I have tried eating only when hungry time and time again. I was told this the natural way to eat and the way God wants you to eat. I only ended up stressed because my stomach rarely growled and was never hungry at family meals and that would make me really mad. I couldn't plan lunch with my girlf...

It is Sunday night and tomorrow is the day. You know I always have to start on Monday. But I am ready. I have been going back and forth with starting No S or starting eating only when hungry. Even wrote down pros and cons of each. I read recently read that when you go on a diet, it should be the sam...

Hi, I am new to this program and boards and am having a really hard time making it between lunch and dinner. I walk 45 minutes to an hour every morning (well 5 days a week) and I really don't want to stuff myself at each meal just to make it to the next. Does my body get used to 3 meals a day. Did y...