Wed, Jul-09-03, 06:40
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Stepford Malfunction
Posts: 25,926
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Plan: FatFlush inspired
Stats: 143.5/132/130
BF:37%/25.%/19%
Progress: 85%
Location: Ontario Canada
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Hi Cicely,
You are experiencing what I've been calling "The Swartzbein Phenomena" I eat a very small meal and often feel full before finishing it, then I am satisfied and with no thoughts of eating for about 3 hours -then suddenly am overcome by REAL hunger. I'm using the 3 meal and 2 snacks per day plan for IS BOAG. Believe me this hunger hits like clockwork. When I first started the plan I was eating more and had a few days where it was difficult to squeeze in the snacks, but now that I have made a few adjustments and hopefully am healing a little, I really need my 2 snacks - I keep them small, and my meals but when the hunger hits I feed it and am satisfied with very small quantities. Some people say the hunger means we are healing -
I don't really know what to say about eating before hunger or waiting till hungry, if you're following a 3 meal 2 snack plan you shouldn't have to be hungry for long because spread out over the day that would be eating about every 3.5 hours (if you sleep well). I haven't read your history so don't know how long you've been on the plan, but I believe quite a few other Beiners have experienced the same thing and it's like the appetite adjusts and expects to be fed at certain times. So if you eat breakfast at 7 and have planned to have a snack at 10, I would say wait till your planned snack time - eat a good snack and then wait till lunch. I often save my second snack for the evening because I tend to be hungrier then than in the afternoon. There is a soup recipe in cookbook which Dr. S recommends to eat at anytime if hungry - this would be a good choice if you find that for a while you need more than 2 snacks per day. If you don't have the cookbook, it's basically a vegetable soup made with chicken broth (non-starchy veggies in soup).
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