Tuesday, 23 Dec 2008
Eating Right: Small and Often
It’s really hard to eat too much actually when you eat small meals frequently throughout the day. For the past 2 days I’ve eaten 8 meals a day. Each meal varies between being a light snack to 1/2 a typical lunch meal. For example:
9:30AM: Egg mcmuffin (300 cals)
11AM: Cereal with milk and banana (335 cals)
1PM: Protein shake (200 cals)
2PM: Nigiri sushi (300 cals)
3PM: 1 piece of orange (20 cals)
5PM: 1/2 salad (200 cals)
6PM: Ding Tai Fung (500 cals)
10PM: 1/2 salad, 1/2 Egg Mcmuffin, chips (550 cals)
Total: 2205 calories
Why this works: I’m simply not hungry. I can’t possibly be hungry. I’m eating sometimes at hourly intervals and it’s too frequent for my stomach to be empty (again). So without being actually hungry, the volume of my intake is diminished. I can’t possibly eat as much as I would normally if I only eat 3 meals a day.
The benefits are huge. Sustainable energy throughout the day without converting foods into fats.
posted at 4:48pm
