No Snacking

[SpikySauce]

I'm thinking of doing The No S Diet, which is basically about just eating three meals a day during the week, no snacks, sweets or seconds, and then eating what you like at the weekend.

I'm no sure how I'll cope without snacks though as I think I need to eat regularly.

If you follow this way of eating, what are your eating times?

Because there will be a big gap for me between lunch at around 1pm and then dinner which I eat around 8:30pm. Even eating at 6pm would mean a 6 hour gap. And as I intend to start going to the gym in the evenings, I wouldn't get back to eat until 9pm anyway. I could eat before, but then I'd be eating very early with the children, around 5:30pm, leaving DH to eat on his own later. And then after the gym I'd probably be hungry again.

Or am I just overthinking?!

I'll join you- I want to lose 2lbs a week for the next 3 weeks.
I have become a snacker and although not really overweight I cannot get into my trousers - 2 new pairs unworn.

I eat at 7.30am- 7.45, then 1pm then 7.3opm- it's the aftenoons that kill me.

Thinking too much!! the more thinking I do the less action I take. Back to your question..I did no snacking a while back and exercised every other evening and lost 1 stone in 6 weeks...2 1/2 stone in total. I did eat when I was hungry in between, snacking on fruit and veg, cereal and toast...but not on a daily basis only when blood sugar plummeted....oh and I had a great big dirty bar of chocolate every Sunday after lunch. I regliously ate at 8.30am, 1pm, and 5pm and had hot chocolate in evening (highlights) HOWEVER 2 children later and 3 stone gained I intend to do the same again..might cut out the choc though as don't know when to stop at the mo . Not sure how my timings will work this time though with school runs and after school activities etc, so just intend to go with it and see if I fall into some kind of pattern. Let me know how you get on ...good luck..

I know it's a no snacking diet, but if you're eating late evening, could you not have an apple at 5ish, just to keep your bloody sugar up?

can you eat more at lunchtime? Or have a non-fattening snack at around 4pm?

I manage better if I have a bigger meal at lunchtime- but it doesn't really work family-wise as we eat together at around 7-8pm.

I am going to try to do that some days.

Well, I was thinking I may add a fourth meal - a small one - to my day at 4/5pmish. Which is against the rules of The No S Diet. But the afternoons kill me. Or I though I'd have my own rule and have snacks as long as they're fruit.

Maybe we should come up with our plan?

Bigger lunch- or low cal snack around 5pm?
List of acceptable snacks?

I think small mini-meal around 4:30pm may be the way to go for me.

I'm also going to allow myself fruit as a snack.

And drink more water.