Hi, y’all.
I would like to say it again, really appreciate your taking the time to respond to my questions and concerns! It is great to be able to come to this forum to *chat* with you all. (expat’s wife, feeling isolated in switzerland...pooh, wooh...feel my self-pity?)
elegantportions (like your name),
“6-noon-7 works for me†--- wow, what discipline. Your suggestions on varying eat. schedules confirms some of my thoughts. Thanks a lot! Sticking to my eating times IS important for habit building.
One of my concerns – besides eating schedules in general - is: what is y’alls experience about eating (apprx.) 11:00-15:00-19:30; are you really hungry before your afternoon and evening meals?! I figure you need to adjust your meals accordingly to experience hunger.
To my later question about “endangered adrenalines†--- didn’t mean to confuse the issue, sorry. Many times I don’t sleep in and get up at 6:30. If I then eat at 11:00, would that somewhere hurt my body if I, say, do that every day...
Byron Richards, CCN, (“Mastering Leptin†and “The Leptin Dietâ€), and also some others coming from the intermittent fasting corner are warning people about going too long stretches of time without eating, if done daily, that is. They also say that women in particular can bring their hormones into disarray when not eating (fasting) too long; and that people need to look at the sum of all their stressors in their lives before deciding about fasting. Basically, they just warn about overdoing it and so getting out of balance, physically. Just sayin’. The clincher really is, what feels right for you and what makes you feel good physically, as agreed with all posters here.
For those interested in meal frequency and IF, here’s a most interesting (IMHO) discussion with Elizabeth Walling:
http://180degreehealth.com/meal-frequen ... g-q-and-a/
wosnes and noni,
you have, for the most part, the same arising and eating schedules; what discipline, bowing my head
r.jean, brightangel, marianna, eschano, ironchef, thanks again for sharing!
At this point, I've decided to eat 11:00-15:00-19:00 when sleeping in, keeping the afternoon meal light to be hungry for dinner.
When getting up early my plan is 10:00-14:00-19:00, at this point.
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