Ended snacking between meals

[Ecstatic_Hamster]

High cortisol is one of the hugest symptoms of poor health.

I got a continuous glucose monitor and began to eat to lower cortisol.

I started eating every 90 minutes, then increased intervals until now I’m eating 4 meals a day.

But I do not snack. I eat protein and carbs for each meal, and then don’t eat anything.

My blood sugar is better and I am not raising insulin all the time.

The secret is to eat enough protein. That is satiating. And eat plenty of carbs.

I don’t eat much sugar anymore as it’s too “fast.”

My carbs are white rice, masa harina, potatoes, oatmeal, and some sourdough bread.

I am starting to reduce my calories just a bit. I am hoping to lose 30 pounds of body fat over the next year, but my primary reason for changing my eating habits is to reduce ongoing migraines.

Anyway, this is a complete 180 for me because for many years I’ve eaten very often including sometimes chips. Those are all in the past now.

Structured meals are my only meals. If I can’t eat in 4 to 6 hours I eat some protein to tide me over, never “naked carbs.”

When I go out, I have water, never Coke until I’ve eaten. At that point I can have a little Coke because it’s additional carbs with my structured meals, but never Coke by itself.

[LucH]

@Ecstatic_Hamster said in Ended snacking between meals:

I am starting to reduce my calories just a bit.

Ok if you manage to keep 80 % of your required calories. Or you try sth like 2 days (not continuous) with only 600 K/ cal. from a green soup and a white fish.
The type of diet you choose is going to postpose problems:
You need fiber (30 g) for transit and microbiota. If you lack polyphenols, mainly from vegetables and fruit, you are going to selection a type of phylum. Some species are going to take the lead ... And you won't like the way they act.