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Instead of eating 3 meals a day, eat 100 calories an hour for 12 hours or so. By eating this way you keep your metabolism on "high" and you never go so long you eat too much. I have always been really thin and when the dietician asked me to keep a food diary it turned out that I ate like that naturally and she said that is exactly how all people should eat! I didn't eat this way to be thin, it just feels better to not eat full meals for me. I start out in the morning with coffee, no fat creamer and Splenda (for family heart reasons) and then a fat-free, sugar-free yogurt. About an hour later I have a banana or other piece of fruit. Then about an hour after that I have a protein shake, and every hour after I eat something like a can of tuna with relish or another yogurt, more fruit or veggies, then at dinner I have a cup of veggies and a fist sized piece of broiled chicken, an hour later I have some more fruit or a string cheese. See how this sounds like I eat all the time? I actually do and I never get hungry. Let me know if this works for you, with summer approaching the fresh fruits should be an easy way to replace sugared sodas and snacks with delicious healthy alternatives. You can freeze grapes for a frozen snack and make yogurt desserts with vanilla yogurt, raisins, blueberries, strawberries and melons. Some fat-free sugar-free Cool Whip and for a hundred calories or so you have a ymmy, healthy snack that tastes good. I will check back to see how you are doing. Also, on your veggies at night it is important to drizzle a little olive oil on them so you get "good fats" for heart health and fats for b___st milk if you are nursing.

Ladies I just have to point it out... SusanJ are you saying ' you don't have to look like a cow, just eat like one, GRAZE'? lol So funny. Yes I agree with the eating all day. My son's school is actually starting to let the kids eat healthy (not messy) snacks all day in cla__s.

Exactly Shauna! Eat like an animal that has an abundant food supply. Remembe we are essentially hunter/gatherers and in the first days, we ate what we came across: like berries, then roots or nuts, and only on rare days was a hunt successful and then they ate meat to excess. Also as a science major, the data clearly points to small, frequent meals resetting the metabolism to maintenance mode, whereas waiting hours to eat keeps it in the starvation mode where ALL calories are stored because the body thinks it has to store them. It is an amazing process actually, and if you don't let your body think food is coming, it will literally shut down your calorie burn and store anything you do eat. I could go on and on. In spite of all the weight loss ads and gimmicks, if you don't let your body decide to store or not, nothing else really works well. Good on your son's school for encouraging healthy eating patterns! To Ducky, you are a beautiful new mother, and while baby cows are cute, I am sure your baby is exceptional!

Thats a good point. I've been trying to keep my energy up and the only thing I can think to do is drink energy drinks and double shots. They have filled me up and I'm not eating as much but I know it's not healthy. I'll try eating less more often. I'll let you all know how it goes. Thanks ladies.