Does eating 2-3 hours make a difference?

[JeanneMarie]

Bottom line, it's how much you eat total, not how many times you eat. If eating every 2-3 hours helps, then make sure you're not adding extra calories by doing it.

I watch my portions more than anything else. I don't stress about when I'm eating, or even what I'm eating (to a degree). I just keep the amount to a level that suits me!

 

[kariev]

>for those that do 3 meals a day, can you post what a typical
>days of eating looks like for you. thanx

bump. i know there are more of you out there
;-)

 

[meredith]

I eat 3 meals but with 2 carefully planned snacks. One of the snacks is only a piece of fruit, not really a meal. I limit my total calories to 1500 a day (trying to lose 10 lbs that I gained while graduating and moving across country). I cannot imagine trying to eat every 2-3 hours, that would just be too much work to plan and eat more frequently. I already feel like I think too much about food by tracking my calories. Maybe it would be worth it if I had a lot of time and there were some scientific studies that said it would make the pounds fly off.

 

[delfin]

For me, personally, that is too much eating. I've slimmed down over the past couple months doing just breakfast, lunch, late after noon snack (sometimes), and dinner. When I was eating every 2-3 hours, the weight not only didn't go down, it went up. So now I'm very careful, and ask myself, am I really hungry, or do I just want to snack?