Secret eaters

Sappa · 21-08-2012 05:25PM #1

Are you a secret eater without knowing it.
I constantly graze on food around the house,in the office or when I drop into town.
I exercise a lot and keep active but if I didn't I would be fuked.
Do you stick to 3 meals a day for your grub or snack a lot,as a nation we seem to be getting fatter and it's most likely down to snacking or eating excess junk food.

brummytom · 21-08-2012 05:32PM

I was in Cavan over the past few days, staying in a house directly opposite a Supervalu. The house I was in didn't really have much in the way of snacks, so I was in that shops 4/5 times a day buying chocolate (my friends have now decided I'm a woman).

If you're on first name terms with a checkout woman after a day, you know you buy/eat too much rubbish.

the groutch · 21-08-2012 05:38PM

I'm a secret lemonade drinker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPHxkE9A_BU

RoyalMarine · 21-08-2012 05:39PM

I'm a fat bastard if thats what your implying OP.

Wacker The Attacker · 21-08-2012 05:43PM

Sappa wrote: »

Are you a secret eater without knowing it.
I constantly graze on food around the house,in the office or when I drop into town.
I exercise a lot and keep active but if I didn't I would be fuked.
Do you stick to 3 meals a day for your grub or snack a lot,as a nation we seem to be getting fatter and it's most likely down to snacking or eating excess junk food.

How is it possible to eat without knowing it?

Abi · 21-08-2012 05:47PM

Not really no, and I've thankfully never had a sweet tooth. I always hated at christmas time, or someones birthday in a job. There would be tins or boxes of chocolates going around, they always looked at me like there was something wrong with me for saying no. And this 'ah gwan, it's only a sweet ffs' mentality pissed me off. I'm not going to eat rubbish for the sake of it.

Sappa · 21-08-2012 05:48PM

Abi wrote: »

Not really no, and I've thankfully never had a sweet tooth. I always hated at christmas time, or someones birthday in a job. There would be tins or boxes of chocolates going around, they always looked at me like there was something wrong with me for saying no. And this 'ah gwan, it's only a sweet ffs' mentality pissed me off. I'm not going to eat rubbish for the sake of it.

That's a good attitude to have

21-08-2012 05:51PM

Generally I just eat 3 meals per day and do very little if any snacking especially during the week. Weekends I usually only eat two meals as breakfast would be eaten much later and would be a big fry for breakfast both saturday and sunday and then dinner in the evening, unless Im on the beer then there would be the inevitable 3am feed!! Might have an odd snack during the weekend but not often really.

I don't eat much chocolate or sweets at all, maybe 2 or 3 squares of chocolate after dinner and possibly a bit of cake on a friday after lunch as someone usually brings a cake to work friday.

later12 · 21-08-2012 05:55PM

I'm impressed by the lack of snacking culture in France. I remember doing an exchange there when I was a kid, and kids were just not allowed snack in a way that was far more dogmatically applied than in Ireland or the UK.

Here, many parents tend to give food as a reward or a silencer outside of meals time, which most French parents seem to regard with a little horror.

It's definitely something I will try to avoid with my kids. Snacking and giving food treats is just not a good habit to have them get into.

My name is URL · 21-08-2012 05:59PM

I only ever eat when I feel hungry. Don't really stick to a regimen. I could easily go for 2 days per month without eating anything at all.

Lapin · 21-08-2012 06:00PM

Sappa wrote: »

Are you a secret eater without knowing it.
I constantly graze on food around the house,in the office or when I drop into town.....

Do you live on your own, work on your own and go to town on your own ?

If not, you must be very good at keeping secrets !

later12 · 21-08-2012 06:02PM

My name is URL wrote: »

I only ever eat when I feel hungry. Don't really stick to a regimen. I could easily go for 2 days per month without eating anything at all.

:eek:

Not sure how advisable that is either; even just in terms of a dietary requirement for fibre to keep the digestive system going. Sorry for being a little gross but does that not cause serious constipation?:o

Sappa · 21-08-2012 06:06PM

Lapin wrote: »

Sappa wrote: »

Are you a secret eater without knowing it.
I constantly graze on food around the house,in the office or when I drop into town.....

Do you live on your own, work on your own and go to town on your own ?

If not, you must be very good at keeping secrets !

The term secret eater is someone who eats impulsively,walk into the kitchen grab a handful of almonds,out for a walk take a banana with you,in the car have a bag of nuts and raisins all this plus the 3 meals a day eating automatically when not even hungry.

Abi · 21-08-2012 06:07PM

later12 wrote: »

It's definitely something I will try to avoid with my kids. Snacking and giving food treats is just not a good habit to have them get into.

You've the right attitude. When I see an overweight child theres often an overweight parent or parents. Parents need to swap the processed rubbish for fruit, and send them out to play rather than spend the day on a play station. and need to be more active themselves as well as being realistic about what they're eating.

ScumLord · 21-08-2012 06:09PM

3 meals a day isn't really the best way to eat for keeping weight down. It's actually better to eat plenty of small meals rather than 3 large ones.

If you eat less your body stores more as fat when it gets the chance.

Mr. CooL ICE · 21-08-2012 06:10PM

I eat 5 times a day, no more, no less. Porridge at 8, toast at 11, main meal at 1:30-2, fruit&veg smoothie at 4:30 and crackers with tuna or peanut butter at 7.

I used to be awful for snacking and always had a sweet tooth, but by planning out my meals like above, I have no problem.

My name is URL · 21-08-2012 06:11PM

later12 wrote: »

:eek:

Not sure how advisable that is either; even just in terms of a dietary requirement for fibre to keep the digestive system going. Sorry for being a little gross but does that not cause serious constipation?:o

Not really tbh.. my bowels work like clockwork =p

I dunno, that's just the way I've been since college. I don't really see the merit in eating square meals and so on. Maybe it's just something to do with my own setup though.. I rarely crave food but when I eat I eat as healthily as possible.

As for the fasting bit, there's a growing body of evidence to suggest that it has many health benefits. There was actually a Horizon documentary about it a few weeks ago - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01lxyzc

Wanderer2010 · 21-08-2012 06:19PM

Im sadly sometimes guilty of this. I try to stick to 3 meals a day from Monday to Friday and a bit of a blowout on the weekends but often my emotions can get the better of me and I often use food to comfort myself, example after a hard day at work, I can down a huge pizza, coke and then chocolate! And this is after being so good all day. I will also graze on treats if my workmates bring them in. My biggest vice is chocolate, I use it to comfort myself. Even though I have got some help in the past before and I can see whats happening (using food as a coping mechanism) I still find it v hard to stop it at times.

Im getting better though :cool:

Butterface · 21-08-2012 06:37PM

I eat breakfast, lunch and dinner at set times and then I have many coffees between each meal and in the evening. The coffees are my snacks I guess, because I make them compulsively and wouldn't want to break the habit.

I think 3 meals a day works for me, and there's a lot to be said for routine. That's not to say that I don't look forward to a lovely big pastry or a heap of cheese and wine at the weekends but I don't make a secret of it!

Cee-Jay-Cee · 21-08-2012 06:38PM

I have my breakfast every morning about an hour after I get up. It consists of ready brek, 2 types of muesli, fruit granola and a yoghurt (all mixed in the one bowl). I have a cup if tea afterwards. I then don't eat until dinner time which is usually around 5:30 and that's it I don't eat anything after that and I can honestly say I'm never hungry. I eat very little rubbish (crisps, sweets, chocolate etc) but would have theoddcan of coke now and then, maybe one or two a week. Usually on Friday or Saturday evening we have a Chinese or Indian take away.

kfallon · 21-08-2012 06:43PM

Tend to eat only when hungry, never eat much before mid afternoon and I can't eat as much as I used to. I'm that much of a food lightweight that I've been ill after Xmas day the last 2 years

Never, ever eat any sweets, cake, biscuits brought into work and thankfully they all know me well enough now not to try insist i have some. They also don't usually push me to go on planned lunches with them cos they know it's not my thing.....either that or they think I'm a cunt and don't want me in their company :pac:

pragmatic1 · 21-08-2012 06:43PM

Snacking on healthy foods is good for you. It speeds up your metabolism.

Wibbs · 21-08-2012 06:58PM

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

How is it possible to eat without knowing it?

I read a paper that looked at fat, skinny and average sized people under lab conditions, monitoring their input over a few weeks, while the subjects wrote down their food intake. What they found as a pretty consistent thing was fat people eat more than they think, skinny people eat less and average people have a good handle on what the consume. Having lived with heavy and scrawny people I'd go along with that too. Another factor is the skinny person who eats one big meal in the evening. A mate of mine is like that and her flatmate would always be saying "oh she eats like a horse, an even bigger meal than me". What she didn't notice was she rarely ate a breakfast had a snack for lunch and never grazed.

later12 wrote: »

:eek:

Not sure how advisable that is either; even just in terms of a dietary requirement for fibre to keep the digestive system going. Sorry for being a little gross but does that not cause serious constipation?:o

Naw. I'd fast regularly enough. Couple of times a month anyway. Never had much of an appetite. No constipation problems at all from doing so and my fibre intake would be low enough anyway(rarely eat grains for example). This idea of regular meals is quite the new thing for our species. Your caveman types are variable. Some days they graze, some days they stuff themselves until fit to burst and others they don't much of anything. It's a provable way to better regulate insulin levels. Personally speaking I'd go so far as to say if you get dizzy without food for a day there's something wrong.

Galwayguy35 · 21-08-2012 07:03PM

I eat 3 times a day and fruit in between as snacks.
I never eat choclate or cakes etc.
I excerise a few times a week and always stay the same weight.
Was fat as a kid and have no intention of going down that road again.

GAAman · 21-08-2012 07:07PM

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

How is it possible to eat without knowing it?

If I am training heavily I wont eat any bad stuff. If I deprive myself of anything nice I end up eating some in my sleep. Will be totally unaware I have eaten them (Chocolate, sweets, cake etc) until I notice stuff is gone or am told I was stood in the kitchen munchin!

newbee22 · 21-08-2012 08:22PM

I have my 3 meals with fruit/veg as snacks if I'm hungry in between which is rarely! I eat very little rubbish, as someone above mentioned I was fat as a kid and like them have no intention of going back there either! Spend too much time at the gym to undo it eating rubbish!

21-08-2012 08:25PM

ScumLord wrote: »

3 meals a day isn't really the best way to eat for keeping weight down. It's actually better to eat plenty of small meals rather than 3 large ones.

If you eat less your body stores more as fat when it gets the chance.

That's not true

personally i'm giving intermittent fasting a go out of curiosity
all that insulin decrease longer life stuff, interesting to try out

barry711 · 21-08-2012 08:29PM

I don't, which would explain why I'm almost 6ft and only 58kg :rolleyes:

marshbaboon · 21-08-2012 08:30PM

ScumLord wrote: »

If you eat less your body stores more as fat when it gets the chance.

Complete myth. Zero scientific evidence exists to support that idea. Same goes for the time you eat at, it doesn't make a difference - we just tend to associate evening time with higher consumption. The only danger with eating too little is not getting proper nutrition, & allowing your glucose levels to run low as your liver only stores enough for 24 hours.

Keeping an online food journal is definitely a great idea if you want to lose weight. It's not that you don't know how much you eat, it's just impossible to weigh up the calories & nutritional values without having something to log the information.

Gummy Panda · 21-08-2012 08:46PM

I thought this was going to be about Secret bars. I is disappoint

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6nJ8E9SM-U

marshbaboon · 21-08-2012 08:57PM

Gummy Panda wrote: »

I thought this was going to be about Secret bars. I is disappoint

She won't be laughing when she realises he was smuggling heroin in that chocolate bar...

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