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user112256479 · 2025-10-06T15:43:15+00:00

I've always been a grazer, most days the only real meal I eat is dinner. I'm not a big breakfast person, so am up by around 6:30 and mostly don't eat before noon. Not fasting, though, as I have a tea with a splash of milk first thing and then a coffee with a spoonful of creatine and some cream after I walk the dog. It seems to work ok for me, but almost no one seems to eat that way.

fishtank12345 · 09/10/2025 11:02

Meadowlands · 06/10/2025 22:15

Although I'm not really hungry at breakfast, I make myself eat some - usually a bowl of porridge with mixed seeds and banana.
I find that if I don't, I am so hungry by about 10 that I eat the contents of the kitchen !!

similar story here, so I made myself some simple granola and a simple blueberry compote (going to try strawberry then cherry next) to freeze and add Greek yog to a jar the night before, top with a cube of frozen compote so it defrosts and in the morning I mix it with flaxseeds add some granola and its a very fast breakfast. Breakfast was always a chore. I have it with water and tea. Lunch is always the issue unless I have left overs.

fishtank12345 · 09/10/2025 10:57

user112256479 · 06/10/2025 17:46

I've just tallied up what I've consumed today since noon. Each line is for a different foray.

1 Hard boiled egg, 1 organic rye cracker with butter
left over steamed tender stem broccoli dipped in yuzu mayo
1/2 mug of left over vegetable barley soup (homemade)
1 apple dipped in kefir yoghurt
a few roasted pumpkin and sunflower seeds
4 Haribo gummies
1/2 leftover chicken thigh (with skin) and a few forkfuls of kimchi
1/4 of a mango
1 cup matcha
1 cup tea with milk, organic rye cracker with nut butter and thin smear of raspberry jam

I honestly have no idea what the calorie count of this would be. Going to try to add it up later. It seems like a lot more food than most people on here eat in a day.

@AmusedMember Just about to go for my run now!

DH is making dinner. It's going to be roasted sea bass, creamed spinach, salad and mushroom risotto (apparently). I'm a small portion dinner eater.

That's not a lot of food. Just frequent eating mayb, try eating full meals should help you go 3 to 4 hours between eating.

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user112256479 · 09/10/2025 10:49

Mywindow · 09/10/2025 10:12

And have you told her as many times as you’ve mentioned on this thread how you quickly you get full up and can only handle small portions?

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Until university, she'd been living with me since birth, and she's not unobservant, so it's not like it's happening in secret. It's a bit of a family joke that someone else will always finish my meal in a restaurant, and sometimes they tell me (jokingly) to order something they like. But she's more of a meal eater than I am, so if you're hoping I've created an eating disorder in my DD I think you'll be disappointed.

Presumably you’re at home…. A lot

I work mostly from home, so tend to be home about 2 or 3 days a week, although that varies depending on what projects I'm doing, and in and out on weekends. I assume you're making some kind of unpleasant, unhelpful implication here, but it's going over my head. Would you like to spell it out?

And have you told her as many times as you’ve mentioned on this thread how you quickly you get full up and can only handle small portions?

This thread is literally about that. It's the point of it. I suppose everything that everyone posts about is assumed to be a constant topic of constant conversation irl?

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Sagaciously · 09/10/2025 10:27

I guess I’m a faster, although I don’t label it as such, it’s just the way I eat. I never, ever graze.

I don’t have breakfast and typically, won’t eat anything until 2pm at the earliest. Yesterday that comprised of two rice cakes with houmous. I then have dinner at about 8. I didn’t bother with dinner yesterday as my husband is away and he’s the cook. But normally it would be something like salmon with lentils or baked vegetables.

I’m thin, but I really have to watch what I eat as I put weight on very easily. So yesterday, I ate sod all, but most days I aim to stick to 1000 calories or fewer.

Mywindow · 09/10/2025 10:13

Presumably you’re at home…. A lot

Mywindow · 09/10/2025 10:12

user112256479 · 09/10/2025 09:45

Yes

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And have you told her as many times as you’ve mentioned on this thread how you quickly you get full up and can only handle small portions?

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user112256479 · 09/10/2025 09:48

Stormyday34 · 08/10/2025 21:23

I mean, each to their own if this is what suits you then crack on. Personally, it will drive me a bit mad all this nibbling here and picking at something there and never properly sitting down to eat anything (I know you said you have dinner, but you get my point).

I like to eat and then forget about it until the next meal. I would find it really impractical to have to constantly have snacks on me in case I need to nibble something.

But it doesn’t really matter what would suit me. If you’re happy like eating like this, then I don’t see that there’s anything much wrong with it.

I don't actually bring snacks out with me. I'm perfectly capable of going without, but then still fill up quickly at meals.

It's my preferred way to eat, but I can cope on the frequent occasions life doesn't lend itself to that.

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user112256479 · 09/10/2025 09:45

Mywindow · 09/10/2025 09:33

do you have a daughter?

Yes

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Mywindow · 09/10/2025 09:33

do you have a daughter?

Mywindow · 09/10/2025 09:30

The only days I have like this are when I have a bit of a “nothing day” and I’m bored, thankfully very rarely!

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user112256479 · 09/10/2025 09:29

EllaPaella · 09/10/2025 07:18

I don’t eat breakfast and never have since I left school. In the beginning it was because I worked shifts and started work at 7.15am so couldn’t face getting up early enough to have breakfast and now it’s because I take medication that has to be taken an hour before food so again I can’t be bothered to get up an hour earlier to take it just so I can have breakfast before I leave the house.
i couldn’t snack like this during the day though - I think it I’d end up over eating by grazing constantly but also never feeling full.
Clearly it’s fine for you OP as you are a healthy weight for your height. We’re all different.

Yes, I think it's partially everyone seeming to monitor their blood sugar and talking about the benefits of fasting that's got me thinking about this.

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user112256479 · 09/10/2025 09:27

TheeNotoriousPIG · 08/10/2025 19:19

I do, in addition to normal mealtimes, and it seems to be a genetic thing with the women in my family! It is with great surprise that we are all of normal weights and in good health.

Fortunately, for me, I have a very physical job that means I have more trouble keeping weight on! Thus, I never have to worry about my waistline... just potential diabetes or some other health problem linked to diet!

Yes, I do think there's a genetic component to it as my Mum is similar and one of my DC is too, and we're all of normal weight and healthy too.

just potential diabetes or some other health problem linked to diet!

Do you mean because of the food choices or from frequency?

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user112256479 · 09/10/2025 09:24

Penguincushion · 08/10/2025 19:16

You can be perfectly normal healthy weight and still have an eating disorder

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Yes, I realise that, but I don't have one.

Is this what they call “food noise”?

I don't know. I think that's usually associated with overeating, but it might be a version of this.

Isn’t it fairly obvious why you only
like small portions for dinner?
You’ve not given yourself the opportunity to actually get hungry

As I've said several times on this thread, I get full very quickly regardless of whether I've been grazing or had nothing to eat all day.

Do you graze @Penguincushion? Or are you a three (or two or one) meal a day person? Or are you just here to diagnose me?

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EllaPaella · 09/10/2025 07:18

I don’t eat breakfast and never have since I left school. In the beginning it was because I worked shifts and started work at 7.15am so couldn’t face getting up early enough to have breakfast and now it’s because I take medication that has to be taken an hour before food so again I can’t be bothered to get up an hour earlier to take it just so I can have breakfast before I leave the house.
i couldn’t snack like this during the day though - I think it I’d end up over eating by grazing constantly but also never feeling full.
Clearly it’s fine for you OP as you are a healthy weight for your height. We’re all different.

MooseAndSquirrelLoveFlannel · 09/10/2025 07:04

I can only eat if I'm hungry, otherwise I feel a bit sick. So do tend to have 2-3 meals a day.

I hate cooking though so meals I make myself are always really simple. Crackers with poached egg and avocado, microwaveable rice or pasta with sliced ham, egg on toast etc.

DH is the cook, so is more likely to cook a proper meal for us both to eat.

Penguincushion · 09/10/2025 06:39

Is this what they call “food noise”?

Stormyday34 · 08/10/2025 21:23

I mean, each to their own if this is what suits you then crack on. Personally, it will drive me a bit mad all this nibbling here and picking at something there and never properly sitting down to eat anything (I know you said you have dinner, but you get my point).

I like to eat and then forget about it until the next meal. I would find it really impractical to have to constantly have snacks on me in case I need to nibble something.

But it doesn’t really matter what would suit me. If you’re happy like eating like this, then I don’t see that there’s anything much wrong with it.

TheeNotoriousPIG · 08/10/2025 19:19

I do, in addition to normal mealtimes, and it seems to be a genetic thing with the women in my family! It is with great surprise that we are all of normal weights and in good health.

Fortunately, for me, I have a very physical job that means I have more trouble keeping weight on! Thus, I never have to worry about my waistline... just potential diabetes or some other health problem linked to diet!

Penguincushion · 08/10/2025 19:16

user112256479 · 08/10/2025 17:26

@DiscoBob True re the spinach! And, yes, I generally feel pretty good.

@Bloobelly Armchair diagnosing me on the internet doesn't make it true, I'm afraid. I'm sorry if you've struggled in the past and hope it's behind you. I can assure you, I don't have an eating disorder (I've posted my height and weight on this thread, which should make that pretty clear) and you seem determined to misunderstand my motives, so I'll leave you to it.

You can be perfectly normal healthy weight and still have an eating disorder

Penguincushion · 08/10/2025 18:47

Isn’t it fairly obvious why you only
like small portions for dinner?

You’ve not given yourself the opportunity to actually get hungry

Hellohelga · 08/10/2025 17:51

I’m similar. I usually have breakfast - overnight oats - and lunch - salad - plus several snacks such as cheese and cracker, fruit, plain biscuit, lots of tea. Then a small evening meal.

RampantIvy · 08/10/2025 17:39

I like my food and prefer to eat 3 meals a day rather than graze.

Breakfast was some granola and yoghurt
Lunch was half a snap pot of baked beans, some roasted vegetables left over fom last night, some cheese and a slice of bread and butter.
Tea will be mince and dumplings and green beans

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user112256479 · 08/10/2025 17:26

@DiscoBob True re the spinach! And, yes, I generally feel pretty good.

@Bloobelly Armchair diagnosing me on the internet doesn't make it true, I'm afraid. I'm sorry if you've struggled in the past and hope it's behind you. I can assure you, I don't have an eating disorder (I've posted my height and weight on this thread, which should make that pretty clear) and you seem determined to misunderstand my motives, so I'll leave you to it.

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DiscoBob · 08/10/2025 09:28

user112256479 · 07/10/2025 17:49

On the back of this thread, I weighed myself this morning. I'm 5'4" and was 54 kilos, which is pretty much my set point, so I'd say a fairly healthy weight.

I also had some nut butter and barley, both of which had protein. And then fish and spinach and a cup of whole milk in hot chocolate later, so I'd think that's a decent amount of protein in the course of a day?

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You'd need several bags of spinach to get any significant protein off it. But if you're feeling happy and energised then that's all that matters.

Bloobelly · 08/10/2025 09:18

user112256479 · 06/10/2025 17:46

I've just tallied up what I've consumed today since noon. Each line is for a different foray.

1 Hard boiled egg, 1 organic rye cracker with butter
left over steamed tender stem broccoli dipped in yuzu mayo
1/2 mug of left over vegetable barley soup (homemade)
1 apple dipped in kefir yoghurt
a few roasted pumpkin and sunflower seeds
4 Haribo gummies
1/2 leftover chicken thigh (with skin) and a few forkfuls of kimchi
1/4 of a mango
1 cup matcha
1 cup tea with milk, organic rye cracker with nut butter and thin smear of raspberry jam

I honestly have no idea what the calorie count of this would be. Going to try to add it up later. It seems like a lot more food than most people on here eat in a day.

@AmusedMember Just about to go for my run now!

DH is making dinner. It's going to be roasted sea bass, creamed spinach, salad and mushroom risotto (apparently). I'm a small portion dinner eater.

But you listed it out here
and clearly you say It seems like a lot more food than most people on here eat in a day.

but now Then when I actually listed it out it didn't seem like as much as I though

at 59 you will know op, and from one anorexic to another - what you’re doing is not only silly but also just encouraging people to say to you 😮 you don’t eat much op! Which is not in your interest and wasting posters time thinking you’re actually asking a genuine question