EnJae wrote:1) niki advocates not eating for several hours before bed.
2) I eat whenever I am hungry. I don't like 'rules'.
OK NOW, 2 things.....i don't like rules either and i HATE being HUNGRY....so you have to know i would never tell ANYONE to do anything that left them HUNGRY...
you're ALWAYS supposed to follow let's do lunch by eating until full....this NEVER changes....as you continue eating the allowable foods, you just find that you're hungry less often and you eat less AND less often....i never advocate intentionally cutting down on your portions....THAT is the beauty of let's do lunch....NOT having to do that.....
i actually don't think i've ever brought up the subject of eating at night.....i only brought it up in margo's case because she goes to bed so early....no matter that it IS better for your WHOLE body to rest at night, including your digestive tract, i wouldn't care how healthy it was if i was hungry...if i'm hungry, I WANT TO EAT...AGAIN, the beauty of let's do lunch.........that IF you're hungry, you CAN eat....
i had just suggested a time to margo to see if she COULD eat at an earlier time.....if it's hard to do that, i would suggest doing it gradually.......a half an hour earlier every so often,until you're hungrier earlier and earlier every day......sure, if you ate not long before going to bed, you're not going to be hungry when you wake up...it wasn't that long ago that your digestive tract went to sleep...but, if you try eating a little earlier every day,before you know it, you WILL be eating most of your food during the day and NOT hungry at night......so you're not going to deprive yourself....you just won't be hungry.......
i thought just what veronica thought when she read what you ate....you didn't eat enough fruit if you're ravenous not long after....i can see the texture thing...i love having popcorn after eating my fruit...i try if i can to space it a couple of hours because your body digests the fruit a little differently when it's on an empty stomach...but, if you want popcorn right after, go ahead....let's do lunch is NOT about deprivation....it's about abundance......don't consciously cut down on the food you eat...and don't think you're going to lose or break a plateau by purposely eating less......so everyone, eat all the fruit you want to eat...make it a meal...and this brings us to another subject......
if you're hungry and you want to graze(i LOVE to graze)make a meal out of it....i remember someone on these boards saying she snacked on fruit at work all day....if you eat too often, if you snack TOO much, your blood sugars will not stabilize as well and you won't lose the cravings quite as well.....
of course, if you're hungry, BEANS are a great choice and one you CAN'T go wrong with...did ANYONE expect me to say ANYTHING different than that?..............the bean queen