Do you only eat when you are hungry?

I feel it doesn't really matter what your eating habits are as long as you are in control and are healthy. Thank you for your contribution.

We can shake hands on this then. Prevention is better than cure.

She usually eats small meals - for e.g. 2 pieces of toast with butter and jam, or a bowl of rice with just some simple side dish to go with it, or a bowl of soup with some bread, or even ice cream and bread, or cereal etc... she also snacks on nuts, chocolates, ice cream, juices and fruits. I think it could be that when she eats, she doesn't overdo it, usually her portions are small and she is usually very active even in the house. So, it must be a combination of all these factors plus the fact that she is very easy going and not the kind who stresses herself out.

well, i don't really put on weight even if i eat too much. but still, i am trying to minimize this habit of eating almost every hour since i am scared that it might back fire on me in later years.

Lol, sometimes I feel like that too but I try to control myself and maybe just drink some water especially at night. But it's good that you have the desire to curb your eating apart from meal times. Good luck.

Wow, you are one of the rare people who actually want to get fat!! Maybe when you really are chubby you may change your tune, lol. But whatever it is, let's all strive to be healthy. Best wishes to you.

You are right, that's why I find meal replacements so difficult to stick to. Help!

I assume you have no problem with your weight? Because I have proven to myself that if I snack at night too often, the weight just piles on!

Yes, I think I can attribute one important factor to my gastric problems - emotional upheavals. I tend to get stressed up and emotional easily so that I think affects my gastric juices and causes my gastric pains.

i think many women (maybe even most women?) eat their emotions. when things are balanced in my life, i eat regularly and healthily. when i am EXTREMELY upset, i don't eat at all. when i am a little upset, stressed, etc., i eat way, way too much. also, for me it's easy to get extremely busy and distracted from eating, and then suddenly, i am starving and in a don't-talk-to-me-i-bite kinda mood. but i like the idea of respecting what goes into your body, the material and efforts involved. when my sense of well-being is high, eating is a very contemplative thing for me. and i love trying food from various cultures. there's so much you can learn about a way of life from its substinence.

Well, aren't you lucky?

I am sure all of us would like to be healthy as a horse like my aunt at 84 but I think it has to do with her easy going personality as well. She doesn't eat according to her moods but then, she is rarely upset or angry, in fact, I seldom see her emotional. So let us all be calm...

I wish I eat like that too but then I love food too much.