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December 22, 2006, 6:44 am PST
Diet
Quote From: ramairIn my opinion, unless you're hungry for the snacks, there's probably no harm in not eating them. Many nutritionists recommend eating five or six times a day, three small meals and two or three snacks, to keep blood sugar at a steady level and prevent hunger that could lead to cravings and binging. You do need at least 1200 calories a day to keep your body and brain functioing properly and your metabolism from slowing down, no matter how many times you eat. If you can get your 1200 calories from three regular meals, the snacks probably aren't necessary. Or, you could eat a little less for your meals so you'll be hungry for a snack or two. Just do whatever works best for you. I know you posted this message quite sometime ago but I just joined this site. Anyway I just went to see my doc yesterday about my weight gain. She is a dietician(sp) anyway she wants me to focus on only eating app 1200 calories a day. You know the whole routine snacks and small meals anyway I asked her about the snack thing, I wanted to not do the snacks if I was not hungry and just eat more at lunch etc. She said the reason the snacks are so important is for our metabolism. If we want to lose weight we have to keep that going. If we focus on small snacks (100 calories) then that will keep our metab up.
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