JcMack
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To you guys who eat three meals a day: Do you have a wife that cooks all this stuff?
Poll... Your eating habits
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RobertJ.
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No. My wife is disabled, and I do all the cooking. But, I was a professional chef for about thirty years, and creating something to eat is something I can do without even thinking about it.
I do most all the cooking Rather cook than clean up. Wife goes to the store to buy stuff. We have a good system She likes it this way for many many years She can cook but I am better at it
For those that have a evening meal do you call it Dinner or Supper?
For those that have a evening meal do you call it Dinner or Supper?
Always call it supper. Dinner is at noon. One I get a kick out of sent to me by my brother.
CAJUNLAWYER
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Ahh.....coffee and cigarettes, the breakfast of champions. Got me through law school and young fatherhood. Been 20 years or so since my last tobacco use and to tell the truth I STILL miss it.
At this point in life I am the "eat when I'm hungry" school. Sometimes it's once a day, sometimes it's snacking, sometimes it's something else. Sometimes I go in the back yard and drink dinner. Since it's just me and the missus I am not a slave to others when it comes to eatin' times.
No topic for Me. I eat a good breakfast. Maybe a snack after noon and a small supper. I find I don't need as much in the evenings and have been cutting back.
I'm on two diets. I couldn't get enough to eat with just one.
I basically eat 2 meals.. and snacks as required nutritionally or emotionally.... I cook, so it can get out of hand sometimes...
smoothshooter
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For years while I was in my late 30's and 40's I only ate once a day ( supper ).
I could eat all I wanted of anything I wanted without gaining weight.
As I got older, I felt the need to eat something in morning before I went to work. It could be oatmeal, cold cereal, hotdogs, baloney sandwich, etc. Same for supper, but I usually grilled pork chops or hamburger meat, fried potatoes-a more normal meal. I have always been able to eat breakfast food for supper, and vice-versa. After getting married my supper habits became more conventional out of necessity, but I still like scrambled eggs and bacon for supper and a baloney sandwich for breakfast a lot.
A fried baloney and mayonnaise sandwich is good almost anytime, BTW.
I could eat all I wanted of anything I wanted without gaining weight.
As I got older, I felt the need to eat something in morning before I went to work. It could be oatmeal, cold cereal, hotdogs, baloney sandwich, etc. Same for supper, but I usually grilled pork chops or hamburger meat, fried potatoes-a more normal meal. I have always been able to eat breakfast food for supper, and vice-versa. After getting married my supper habits became more conventional out of necessity, but I still like scrambled eggs and bacon for supper and a baloney sandwich for breakfast a lot.
A fried baloney and mayonnaise sandwich is good almost anytime, BTW.
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My usual day
6am - Breakfast - Diced Apple, muesli, and chobani yoghurt
Morning tea - Yoghurt, muesli, and diced fruit.
12.30pm - Lunch - 1 x whole meal bread sandwich with rare roast beef, Swiss cheese, and tomato.
2pm - snack - Vlcd bar
6pm - Dinner - Meat and three vege.
Because I had a gastric sleeve operation in 2017, I still struggle to eat a full meal. So I need to have smaller meals throughout the day.
6am - Breakfast - Diced Apple, muesli, and chobani yoghurt
Morning tea - Yoghurt, muesli, and diced fruit.
12.30pm - Lunch - 1 x whole meal bread sandwich with rare roast beef, Swiss cheese, and tomato.
2pm - snack - Vlcd bar
6pm - Dinner - Meat and three vege.
Because I had a gastric sleeve operation in 2017, I still struggle to eat a full meal. So I need to have smaller meals throughout the day.
One good meal a day unless I'm going hiking then I'll eat a small breakfast too. I always cook a good dinner and usually browse during the day
Hmm.... I thought I was the odd one when I went to two meals a day. Breakfast and dinner (supper) for me. I grew up on three meals a day. It seems I'm not alone in doing something different than three squares. On three squares, I inflated to 260 lbs over the years. I fought with diets and never really succeeded. I'd lose and gain it back.
Three years ago, I did two things: I started using an app called Lose It. Going to two meals a day helped me to feel satisfied by eating substantial meals. The lunchtime hungries eventually went away. If I go out for lunch with pals, then I'm just not hungry at dinner. Using the app and a gram scale lets me control just exactly what I shove in my pie hole. I've learned that this is going to be the way forward for the rest of my life. My head just won't do it on its own.
I'm down to 183 lbs from the 260 lbs of three years ago. Blood sugar and blood pressure are now normal without meds. It's no surprise that weekly weight loss is slowing down as I get close to my goal. Another 15 lbs and I'll be at my college weight. At that point I will still have to keep using the app and gram scale to keep things under control. I think the key is that this hasn't felt like a diet. It's more a reshaping of my mindset with the help of an electronic overseer. As long as I keep up with the methodology, I'm sure I can keep the weight from coming back.
Two squares and electronics: Who'd a thunk it?
Three years ago, I did two things: I started using an app called Lose It. Going to two meals a day helped me to feel satisfied by eating substantial meals. The lunchtime hungries eventually went away. If I go out for lunch with pals, then I'm just not hungry at dinner. Using the app and a gram scale lets me control just exactly what I shove in my pie hole. I've learned that this is going to be the way forward for the rest of my life. My head just won't do it on its own.
I'm down to 183 lbs from the 260 lbs of three years ago. Blood sugar and blood pressure are now normal without meds. It's no surprise that weekly weight loss is slowing down as I get close to my goal. Another 15 lbs and I'll be at my college weight. At that point I will still have to keep using the app and gram scale to keep things under control. I think the key is that this hasn't felt like a diet. It's more a reshaping of my mindset with the help of an electronic overseer. As long as I keep up with the methodology, I'm sure I can keep the weight from coming back.
Two squares and electronics: Who'd a thunk it?
I had to vote for number 5 as a sense of humor thing, but I am well aware that for some of our citizens, especially some young parents with children, this is a very real thing. 
I have tried to maintain my weight & balance by two techniques. 1. I stopped eating anything I didn't want.
2. I have tried to steadily reduce portion sizes on everything I do choose to eat, by as much as half.
For now this is working. A day may come when more drastic measures will be necessary. I still eat three times a day, but different stuff than I used to eat, and not nearly as much.
I have tried to maintain my weight & balance by two techniques. 1. I stopped eating anything I didn't want.
2. I have tried to steadily reduce portion sizes on everything I do choose to eat, by as much as half.
For now this is working. A day may come when more drastic measures will be necessary. I still eat three times a day, but different stuff than I used to eat, and not nearly as much.
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I gotta loose 20 pounds. If I am busy, I usually am - I normally do not eat lunch. I will not eat anything at all after dinner. So far I have to loose 20 pounds - LOL!
The amount of weight I gain or lose is only of interest to me, Ruthie and my medicos. Besides, If I were to post my daily eating regimen the odds of someone commenting that I am doing it wrong are quite high.
Well, I'm all over the place. If I get up early and have work to do I eat 3 good meals and have junk food until bed time. If I sleep late I have 2 meals and eat junk food until bed time. If I have a bad night and sleep REALLY late I just eat junk food till I go to bed.
I see how bad all that looks but it works for me.
I see how bad all that looks but it works for me.
Mostly I graze
