Recently, in an effort to save money, I’ve been limiting myself to eating a few large meals throughout the day. I’m the type of person who loves snacks and usually spends the day munching on smaller portions. Apparently, experts studying eating habits call this “grazing” and find that it’s not as bad as people have been led to think. Being a lifetime grazer, I certainly know that that is true, since I’ve always been extremely healthy, despite my so-called “bad” eating habits. Plus, it has played a role in my relatively steady weight by keeping my metabolism up.
I’ve found that I’m so used to eating small meals throughout the day that this change in eating patterns has really disrupted my body’s rhythm. Since there is so much time between meals now, I feel ravenous much of the time and even woke up on occasion to be so nauseatingly hungry that I grabbed the nearest snack to scarf down while still lying prone in my bed. I could barely open my eyes for how tired I was, but I could taste the bile creeping up and I knew I and to something so save my poor stomach. It was not a pleasant experience and I certainly don’t want to have to deal with it on a weekly basis.
So, I have decided that I really should adhere to my original philosophy of eating when I want, which is nearly constantly throughout the day. After all, I’m not at the point where I can’t afford to eat when my body says I should, so that attempt at saving money just wasn’t a good idea, considering how much my body had suffered for it. Therefore, I’m going out to the store in the next couple of days and stocking up on snacks again. I guess I just can’t live without my little munchies to sustain me every hour or so. Bah to all those who think that three meals a day is the way to go. At least for me, it’s just about the worst thing I can do for my health.
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December 19, 2009 7:52 pm
Haha, you are definitely a grazer! 🙂 I’m glad to hear that I am NOT alone when I feel like snacking all day. It was like this in college and high school too. Feels like you just took all the words out of my mouth! Glad you brought this up. Also, don’t ever starve yourself!!! I’d rather not wear nice clothes for a few weeks than to not be able to eat something decent/nice, especially for a food lover like you. I wonder if those goldfish snacks will come in handy. Also, apple juice can quell some stomach pain if you ever have that again in the morning. It’s very soothing, at least for me. I hope it’s one of those universal things – an apple day keeps the doctor away type of thing.
December 19, 2009 9:52 pm
Ah, apple juice… just thinking of it soothes my stomach. Funny though, I don’t normally like it that much. Does seem to be one of those things that’s good for us all. At least I’ve never known anyone to be allergic to one!
I do have a bad habit of eating lots of sour things, which probably makes my stomach more acidic than normal and causes problems. Cereal is a great filling snack too.
Thank goodness my parents are coming back so I can be full all the time again! Haha! 😛