Do you tend to eat meals when you are hungry or at certain times?

I tend very much to eat at certain times and not when I am hungry.

This is quite rigid and I do not really know why I do this but I DO!

Very occasionally I will think I am not yet hungry and not eat at the time that is in my head that I "should" eat, however this is not often!

by Finy

Finy....I too want to eat when not hungry.
It's because of the 'comfort'.
I'm looking at replacing that comfort, and it will take a great deal of hard work...well worth it.Like it has to happen for me. Soooon :/

I try to eat the standard three meals a day at certain times but had started the bad habit of snacking in etween times. Am trying to lose weight so am being pretty rigid now with NO eating between meals! 😩

by Sandy Ludinski

omg Sandy -am just fighting with that at this minute -had a meal, had ice cream, and now want to put more in my mouth! Cannot possibly be hungry !!

Ha ha Finy! Are you bored? That's when I hit the fridge or pantry! Or when things aren't going great!

I eat at breakfast, lunch and dinner and....try not to inbetween

by Fran

A bit of both - I tend yo get hungry around the same times. I think that's because my body is accustomed to eating at certain times

by AJ

Mainly set times (within a hour each way).
I think because we get hungry around those times, we tend to stick to it.

Our brains kick in, and say ''foooood''.

by jonaja

I try to eat with the family so meals are aimed for breakfast, lunch and dinner at normal times but its not rigid as sometimes we're out and it might be earlier or later than normal. The aim is 3 meals a day but if it works out a bit differently I just go with that.

by helenonthesofa

I have problems regulating my blood sugar levels, so have to eat at regular and fairly frequent intervals. Makes it difficult when we go somewhere and find the restaurant is closed, as happened to me yesterday lunchtime! The upside is that I am rarely hungry or snacking when I shouldn't be.

by VerityG

I eat breakfast and lunch around the same time every day, but I eat dinner when I get hungry.

by Vee

I tend to eat when I'm hungry, but would prefer to be more regulated. I'm very busy at the moment so, unfortunately, it's difficult to be perfectly punctual with meals, every day. Regardless who cooks the evening meal, though (hubby, my daughter or me), we always try to have that around 6pm, as we prefer not eating too late at night.

by Carolyn Hopping

I tend really to eat when i'm hungry whenever i'm home. However at work there are assigned eating times with no opportunity to eat at other times in between if I get hungry. So at work I have to eat at those assigned times.

by dwatk

I may seem boring,but I only tend to eat when I am hungry.I always eat things which I really enjoy,and I never get to the over-full bloated feeling which I still can remember from when I was much younger.I hated that awful uncomfortable feeling then.and cannot see the point of subjecting myself to it ever again!!!

by Jules

I eat at certain times. That has trained my hunger response and I do get hungry at that specific time. It's good for health this way. However the trouble is if I am out on a particular day and do not get to eat at that specific time, I end up with acidity and headache

by Smita

We have a regular routine, so I get hungry at meal times.

by Happy Mom

Nowadays, when I feel hungry. Sometimes that coincides with meal 'times', sometimes not.
The main thing is to get rid of the 'hunger pains'!

by donjo

As I now live alone there is no meal "regime" in my home. I only eat when I feel like it, usually round about 1.p.m. and then round about 6-7.p.m. When I have overnight guests, or friends to dinner, there is more of a "regime" with meals, more to suit them than myself.

by norma