I received this comment on my most recent "What We Ate" post:
To help you lose weight you should be eating more frequently throughout the day not just breakfast supper. That might help keep you on budget and also not hungry. Break your supper up and put it in smaller portions through out the day and if you're hungry between have a few almonds on hand (they help to make you feel full) Don't forget lots of water - sometimes we're dehydrated and actually not hungry.
Since I also received a question about "no lunch?" on my Facebook page after writing my post, I feel I need to address this concern.
My goals of healthy eating and good nutrition do require that we eat lunch, and that we have between meal snacks too.
We eat lunches and snacks but I don't include them in the meal plans noted in my blog.
Our snacks and lunches are made from leftovers culled from previous days' meals, from home canned soup, and from fresh produce. (My husband also has a fondness for peanut butter and jam sandwiches.)
Since we're using up food we've accounted for in planning for previous meals rather than preparing menus or shopping specifically for lunches and snacks, I don't write them down.
I do appreciate the almond suggestion but, while I do include them in foods I cook for my husband, I have diverticulitis and cannot eat nuts or seeds. I do try to boost the amount of protein included in my lunches and snacks by eating small amounts of low fat cheese, fat free homemade Greek style yogurt, and by including legumes (like hummus) in my diet.
I drink an average of eight 12-ounce glasses of water daily.
Just so you know.
Nobody's going hungry at our house, and no one is doing without nutritious food at any time of day.
Hope this clears things up.
