Have set hours for eating a good idea for weight loss?

[Anonymous]

Hours like 7-6, 11-8, 8-8
Yadayada is it a good idea or no?

[sweatgirl]

no eat when you are hungry, but stop eating 3 hours before bed. if you are trying to loose weight eat about 1,500 calories a day otherwise your body will go into starvation mode. exercise along with a healthy diet is what needs to happen if you are trying to loose weight. keep a food and exercise journal and have a section where you can take notes on mood if you binged eat one day. I would stick to 30% of you calories coming from fat. read labels on anything you eat and stay away from booze. diet soda can actually increase your cravings for sugar. eat protein at breakfast to get rid of mid day cravings for sugar. if you eat fruit then eat protein with it so your insulin doesn't spike up. eat healthy carbs like brown rice, whole grain breads, and oatmeal when eating carbs. drink plenty of water throughout the day!

[hlab3]

Gotta eat 7 times a day (3 main meals and 4 in-between snacks).
Eating at set times is part of it. You also gotta exercise.
Having set times of eating would train you to eat at specific times, so you don't over it. It also sets up your metabolism.

[Anonymous]

It's not so much about the specific times, but just remaining consistent with your meals. Basically, your body will allow itself to use more sugar and fat stores for energy if it's accustomed to being fed regularly enough. When you starve yourself or eat less, essentially your body goes into "power saving mode" where it stores more nutrients away than it normally would, since it doesn't know when you will eat next.

So maintaining consistent meals while making sure that what you're eating is proper, this is the best way (plus exercise, obviously) to lose weight.

[Opinion Owner]

Forgot to mention: If eating at specific times helps YOU to keep up with your routine, then definitely do what you need to do to make things easier on yourself.

But overall, set times during the day aren't necessary. Just consistently eating smaller meals throughout the day is what changes your metabolism.

[Anonymous]

Sticking to a meal plan has helped me a lot with keeping my weight loss. Calories in and out is still important, but having lunch after 12 and dinner no earlier than 6 helps. I have breakfast as soon as I wake up and am ready, and snack between breakfast and lunch, and lunch and dinner, and sometimes after dinner. But having this schedule keeps me on track. Morning snack time tends to be between 9:30-10:00 and afternoon snack I don't like to any earlier than 2:30.

[Asker]

How much have you lost and in what time? Feel free to share staring weight and current you're anon (:

[Opinion Owner]

I lost 18 pounds in maybe 5-6 months and then an additional 15 pounds in another 4 months but really could use 10 pounds more. The schedule makes it hard to add in when I should. Also I work out most days, the workouts over the winter is what led to the additional weight loss, was just always cold at home so it was more to get moving! Everyone's needs are different though, I'd check with myfitnesspal.com for example for your caloric needs

[Asker]

Think I'm going to add insanity

[NoblesseOblige]

Worthless. You have to eat less.

[Asker]

K then

[NoblesseOblige]

Everything else is broscience. I'm on a bodybuilding forum.