Sparklefiftyseven Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 I finished my first W30 and it was great. Throughout that first one, I always had a snack if I felt hungry. Almost 7 years ago, I finally lost my excess weight by changing the role of food in my life. I was able to stop my emotional eating which was wonderful! One important strategy in stopping had to do with ensuring that if I was at a certain point of hunger (not a little, not a lot), I would eat. Also, that I would always stop eating when I felt full. I have a real aversion to feeling overfull and I wonder if that is why I get hungry several hours after breakfast and lunch. All of my snacks are compliant in terms of the food I am eating but not in terms of being a mini compliant meal I don't know if I should worry about this or not. I lost weight on the first W30 and have not gained it back. But I still snack. Hmmmmm.... Any suggestions? Should I take another look at my main meals to ensure they are balanced as per the meal map? Should I just leave it alone? Just curious about others' experience. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Tom Denham Posted May 12, 2014 Moderators Share Posted May 12, 2014 I ate 4, 5, and occasionally 6 meals per day when I started my Whole30 journey in 2010. The emphasis on 3 meals per day was not as strong back then. Over time, I got to where I did fine on just 3 meals, but it took me a while to get the hang of what to eat and how much to eat at each meal to keep me satisfied overnight. I found that I had to eat a substantial plate of food at every meal. I could not do a light meal and make up for it at the other two. You might want to set a goal of eating 4 meals per day as an interim step towards getting to 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparklefiftyseven Posted May 12, 2014 Author Share Posted May 12, 2014 Thank you, Tom! I do think that dealing with the hunger with a mini meal would help a lot. So hard to think of giving up my morning raisins and almonds or my afternoon Lara Bar, though. Onward and thank you again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoJo09 Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 If you're looking forward to them that much, it's probably a good sign you should be giving them up . Maybe have some tins of tuna in oil in your drawer at work, and use them as your first option for snacking - you know you're really hungry if you're willing to eat plain tuna from the tin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewer5 Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 So hard to think of giving up my morning raisins and almonds or my afternoon Lara Bar, though. 2 words: Sugar Dragon. If you're looking forward to them that much, it's probably a good sign you should be giving them up . Maybe have some tins of tuna in oil in your drawer at work, and use them as your first option for snacking - you know you're really hungry if you're willing to eat plain tuna from the tin! Right on. I do eat plain tuna, and there is not a shred of doubt as I am doing it that I am using it as fuel and nothing else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoJo09 Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 I'm the same - I actually don't mind tuna straight from the can, but it's not top of my favourite foods list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaLulu Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I ate compliant foods on my whole 30 but didn't fuss myself too much about going exactly by the template and mostly ate what I wanted when I was hungry because I wasn't doing it for weight loss and was trying to breastfeed as well and was mainly doing it to rule out food intolerances. I figured if I ever did a second whole 30 (which I've actually already committed to start with a friend on October 14!) I would refine it further by following template better next time around. One thing at a time... What I found is over the month I naturally started needing to eat/snack less often as my body got used to eating less refined starch and sugar and my blood sugar was evening out. I didn't really have to think about it. I don't really have much of a sugar dragon though so when I was eating nuts/dried fruit/fruit it was just because I was really hungry and needed to bridge the gap until I had time to cook a meal/get home/finish helping the kids and eat a proper meal, not for any emotional/habit forming reason. But that's just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparklefiftyseven Posted May 14, 2014 Author Share Posted May 14, 2014 Thank you for all the insights. I had to smack my head on the sugar dragon one. Of course! I am generally not a big sweets eater so maybe I gave myself a pass when I shouldn't have. I really appreciate the feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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