"Cheryl" > wrote in message
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> On 6/25/2014 10:58 PM, Cheryl wrote:
>>
>> I have a completely open mind when it comes to this. I actually find it
>> hard to eat that much per day, even if the snacks are small. I am very
>> sedentary since my back surgery, leading to weight gain. I'm just now
>> realizing what this has done to my lifestyle and my metabolism, and this
>> change has been the best thing for me to try so far. I am walking every
>> day on a treadmill only because walking on normal terrain still hurts
>> too much. I'm up to 2 10-15 minute sessions of walking on the treadmill
>> per day, every day, except for this week where I missed 2 days because
>> something happened to the wiring on the damned thing. It was repaired
>> today so I'm back on track.
>
> I also have to wonder if the instructions about eating 5 meals a day were
> just for me. Being sedentary I really wasn't eating very much and it was
> typical for my first meal of the day to be around 2-3pm. I wasn't eating
> a very balanced diet with so few meals. The goal for me may have been to
> get my metabolism up to where it should be, because the nutritionist said
> after 2 years of eating the way I was, my body went into starvation mode
> and learned how to store fat. I think if I remember correctly what he was
> telling me was that I had to turn that around, and it might even take a
> month to change my metabolism.

That's when my first meal is too but then, I am typically up until 4-6:00
a.m.