When do you eat?

Poll: When do you eat?

Total Members Polled: 87

When I'm hungry?: 64%
Set meal time with partner?: 33%
Always too busy to eat!?: 1%
When the take-away opens?: 1%
Author
Discussion

saleen836

Original Poster:

12,475 posts

237 months

Sunday 5th February 2012
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As title, this subject has started a few discussions between myself and Mrs Saleen because I tend to eat when I'm hungry where as swmbo would like us to eat together of an evening, I eat more during the day as my job is very active so tend to not be hungry when I get home when swmbo would like us to sort dinner and eat together.

I'm sure there are a few more options for the poll but have kept with the basics.

caziques

2,839 posts

196 months

Monday 6th February 2012
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Need a few more options.

I rarely eat in the day, usually just an evening meal.

Probably lucky in that I don't often feel hungry, but when I do eat I like a really good trough.

Breakfast possibly once a month. Lunch, maybe once once a week.

Not certain why I'm putting on weight, can't be anything to do with alcohol surely?

m3jappa

6,942 posts

246 months

Monday 6th February 2012
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I usually eat when i'm starving hungry, tend to drink tea or coffee or redbull to get me through the days, it could be anywhere between 10am or 2pm but usually much later, early eating is very rare for me tbh.

Evenings its usually around 8-9.30pm, depends what time the misses gets home and depends how hungry we are really.

Set times would do my brain in tbh.

ambuletz

11,726 posts

209 months

Monday 6th February 2012
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i have very bad eating habits which I know i really need to stop.
In the past 2years I tend to skip breakfast and avoid lunch till I can't bear being hungry any longer. Usually ends up with me eating some junk at around 3-4pm. I then end up eating little(or sometimes no) dinner.
I tend to keep putting off eating something until I'm REALLY starving.

It's bad, especially considering how I've put on about 3-4 stone. ALthough i feel this is also in part to the fact that I do not cycle everywhere I go (which I used to do during my university days)

Whitester

1,421 posts

184 months

Monday 6th February 2012
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Around 5-6 PM, then dinner at 7-8, then again at midnight. Never eat breakfast and rarely lunch as I have no appetite at them periods. I have some snacks though.

parapaul

2,828 posts

226 months

Monday 6th February 2012
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When I feel hungry. That usually equates to twice a day. Once mid morning, and again either mid afternoon or early evening depending what I'm doing.

I've lost a load of weight by not eating 3 meals a day for the sake of it.

21TonyK

13,232 posts

237 months

Monday 6th February 2012
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Twice, sometimes once a day depending on how busy I am. Usually about 9pm but sometimes around 2pm as well. Being busy again I too have lost about a stone in weight.

Roger645

1,794 posts

275 months

Monday 6th February 2012
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In the evening with the wife would have been the option for me if it was there, we normally eat somewhere between 7 & 8 depending on what we are doiang and how hungry we are.

Cotty

42,170 posts

312 months

Monday 6th February 2012
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saleen836 said:
SWMBO would like us to eat together of an evening, I eat more during the day
Errr why not just eat less during the day. Then you would be hungry in the evening.

Mobile Chicane

21,974 posts

240 months

Monday 6th February 2012
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I think a lot depends on your attitude to food: whether food is just 'fuel', or something you take pleasure in preparing for, and eating with, your partner.

I like to eat with my OH and will eat sparingly during the day in order to have an evening meal together. However I really enjoy cooking, and go out of my way to make all his favourites.

alfa pint

3,856 posts

239 months

Monday 6th February 2012
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I haven't voted because the options you've provided aren't suitable.

I eat with the missus about half an hour after she comes home from work, or at the weekends, when we're hungry. Being creatures of routine, this is inevitably about the same time of an evening.

If I get hungry between me finishing work and her arriving home, I'll have a snack to tide me over. You and the wife having totally separate mealtimes isn't very 'couply' is it?

Marf

22,907 posts

269 months

Monday 6th February 2012
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7:50AM
12PM
6PM

saleen836

Original Poster:

12,475 posts

237 months

Monday 6th February 2012
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Cotty said:
saleen836 said:
SWMBO would like us to eat together of an evening, I eat more during the day
Errr why not just eat less during the day. Then you would be hungry in the evening.
I have a very active job so eat during the day as i burn off a lot of energy.

saleen836

Original Poster:

12,475 posts

237 months

Monday 6th February 2012
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alfa pint said:
You and the wife having totally separate mealtimes isn't very 'couply' is it?
We do eat together quite a lot especially at weekends.

boobles

15,251 posts

243 months

Monday 6th February 2012
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Start at 7am & finish at 7pm! I do eat alot, but I am a finely tuned athlete! biggrin

Jw Vw

4,917 posts

191 months

Monday 6th February 2012
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boobles said:
Start at 7am & finish at 7pm! I do eat alot, but I am a finely tuned athlete! biggrin
rofl

boobles

15,251 posts

243 months

Monday 6th February 2012
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Jw Vw said:
rofl
No, really I am........

35yrs old 5'9 & weigh 165lbs. I can eat what I want, when I want! tongue out

toast boy

1,242 posts

254 months

Monday 6th February 2012
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When I'm hungry, which is frequently. I tend to eat or snack every couple of hours but am blessed with a metabolism that lets me get away with it. I always stop eating when I'm full though, whereas some of my mates will easily eat half as much again as what they are satisfied with. I also have a reasonably active job and do plenty of exercise which helps.