We all struggle with our food intake to some extent. For those that need help I suggest you try the following diet. After trying different things I came up with a maintainable diet that is easy to keep and works great with a workout schedule:
The idea is simple 3 Meals with 3 snacks in between.
- 8am: Oatmeal, add eggs on alternating days.
- 10am: Snack
- 12pm: Salad
- 2:30pm: Snack
- 5pm: A dinner of your choice, but try to keep it healthy.
- 7pm: Snack
For snacks I have 1 or 2 servings of fruit, vegetable, yogurt, or nuts.
You may swap the salad with dinner on days where your workout is closer to lunch time.
Be sure to eat slowly and enjoy your food, that way you will stay full for longer periods of time. Any amount of coffee, tea, or water can be had during the day.
Other than that you should stick to the diet unless you begin to starve. In that case you should have another snack since starving is unhealthy and push the next meal forward by an hour or 2. But this should be rare. No sweets/junk food, except once a week.
The point of this diet is to be aware of what you eat and how often. Sometimes we just eat out of boredom, by sticking to a schedule this problem may be mitigated. I also try to eat only natural foods that haven’t been processed much.
There you have it, I hope that you can benefit from this diet just as I have. Please comment on your progress.