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Old Fri, Mar-03-17, 16:46
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Plan: nutritional ketosis
Stats: 206/202/135 Female 5'4"
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Location: Ohio, at present
Default 3 meals/day??

I'm not used to eating more than once or twice daily and am going to be starting on a low-carb, medium protein, high fat diet called "nutritional ketosis" and I was wondering if - as long as I maintain the grams of carbs/proteins/fat I'm supposed to - do I need to eat 3 meals a day???
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Old Sat, Mar-04-17, 04:15
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Plan: P:E/DDF
Stats: 225/150/169 Female 5' 9"
BF:45%/28%/25%
Progress: 134%
Location: NC
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Eat when you are hungry; stop when you are full. The diet works best on a “demand feeding” basis—that is, eat whenever you are hungry; try not to eat more than what will satisfy you. Learn to listen to your body. A low-carbohydrate diet has a natural appetite-reduction effect to ease you into the consumption of smaller and smaller quantities comfortably. Therefore, do not eat everything on your plate just because it’s there. On the other hand, don’t go hungry! You are not counting calories. Enjoy losing weight comfortably, without hunger or cravings.

One meal a day is fine and may have advantages correcting insulin resistance. http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=472377
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Old Sat, Mar-04-17, 04:37
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Plan: P:E=>1 (Q3-22)
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Experirment and like Janet referenced try to "eat when you are hungry - stop when you are full". For me, experimenting with different eating times and spaces between meals and sometimes even doing a 23.99 hour fast started to help me dial into what "feeling hungry" was. This didn't happen over night and I'm still exploring it almost a year and a half later.

One of my first learnings was how I would start to "feel hungry" according to the clock. I still do but have been able to learn to observe the feeling more closely, don't interfere with it by shoving food down my throat right away. Many times the feeling passed then awakened at the next "normal" feeding time - I extinguished it then.

What is "hunger"? I still don't really know. Some describe it as a pit in the stomach, others report a physical reaction of sick feeling, light headedness, shakey, etc.. I feel really none of these, never have. My hunger appears to be a mental loop I get in thinking about the thought of eating. When I recognize this I have a chance to break the loop and not eat, or, consider eating if I think it's the appropriate thing to do at the time.

Sorry for the ramble, I got up too early If you are only eating once or twice a day I'd continue that pattern, substituting the new foods on your plan. You many find your hunger increases or decreases to the point where you are not interested in eating for an entire day. Take advantage of that if it happens

You will do well.
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Old Sat, Mar-04-17, 06:23
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Plan: P:E/DDF
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And adding, since you mention maintaining grams of macros you are "supposed to". If your goal is to lose weight, keep carb grams under 20, eat moderate amounts of protein about 50-75grams (which is easier to do with only 1-2 meals, no snacks) and just enough fat so you are not hungry. There is no Keto calculator that can tell you how much fat is coming from your body. Good explanation here:
Do Not Force the Fat: https://lowcarbrn.wordpress.com/201...-force-the-fat/
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