Mon, Dec-08-03, 18:55
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Plan: SPII IS/BOAG
Stats: 186/136/140
BF:A lot/18%/20%
Progress: 109%
Location: Jackson, MS
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Originally Posted by serrelind
I definitely see the difference in hunger and cravings too. For once I feel normal again in terms of being hungry after a certain number of hours, depending on how many calories I just consumed. For an example, if I just ate 500 cals, I can expect to be hungry again in 4-5 hours. If I just consumed 800 calories, I can expect to go without hunger or cravings for 8 hours. I feel like a normal human being now!
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Yes, I know exactly what you mean about not thinking about food. 200-300 calories will only last me about an hour or two, so if I'm eating every three hours, that means I'm hungry on average for three hours out of six. If I eat a good lunch at noon, I don't start to get hungry until close to dinnertime, so I only spend one hour out of six thinking about food instead. Sometimes we all want to eat for eating's sake, and the more frequently we eat, the more opportunities we give ourselves to go overboard -- it's a lot harder to stop yourself from eating too much than it is just not to eat at all. Couple that with being quasi-hungry all the time for a couple days, and you've got a recipe for a pigout.
I would like to hear more about the science behind mini-meals vs. three-squares, though, especially relating to insulin. I don't personally have the kind of trouble with volatile blood sugar levels between meals that LadyBelle describes below. I get *hungry* if I haven't eaten a solid meal in a while, but it takes a long time (8+ hours) to get to the headache stage, much less the nausea stage. I also don't get the typical post-meal sleepiness associated with a blood sugar spike. I do tend to be headachy, weak, and shaky on mini-meals, though -- I just don't ever feel like I've physically gotten enough to eat, much less emotionally. The logic of mini-meals makes a lot of sense to me, but it doesn't seem to be the way my body works best.
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