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Originally Posted by metalangel
Very interesting. Given the calories in beer, does it count as a 'meal'? 
edit: That's a serious question btw. Mrs Metal has resumed trying the Weigh****chers recipes which are often quite small, so if we try to add in this four hourly munching then the smaller dinners won't seem so bad.
edit edit: LOL at the autocensoring. |
Love that autocensoring...lol!
Regarding beer, no, it will not count as a meal as although it does have carbs in it, it is not food! Sowwy...just have it in moderation.
Regarding weight
watchers, what are the size/calorie counts of those meals? Plans like weight
watchers work because as far as I know, they do pretty much the same thing, they just miss a few of the extra things that this plan has. Same as a SlimFast plan, they all tell you to have meals, but to have snacks in between, so that you never go too long without food. I never even wanted to try them though as I prefer to cook for myself and homecooked food has no preservatives, compared to ready meals almost always containing them.
Just figure out what her daily calorie intake should be, choose a defecit level to suit what she needs/wants to lose and ensure that each meal is as equal as it can be in size and calorie count. If you have a meal the size of your clenched fist at 1:00pm and then at 3:45pm you have nothing more than a 99cal packet of healthy snacks, by the time you reach the minimum 2 hour period, you will already be hungry again and not only will this work against what you are trying to teach your brain, but it also makes you much more likely to have more in the next meal...which will now be stored as fat as much as it can due to the brain recieving the hunger signal after only having a 99cal snack.
Hope that makes sense. Will try and find a formula for you to work out her calorie needs.