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I am terrible at dieting, the only way I am successful is if I have set meal plans, so I know what I am eating every day, for every meal. My worst meal is lunch, I am super hungry and I need something filling!

I also reverse my meals, I do a bigger breakfast, big lunch and a small dinner. In this next attempt, I am planning on doing a smoothie for dinner.

I eat a lot of fish when I need to lose weight and I cut out as many simple carbs as possible. I am super strict the first two weeks, then I slowly add things back in.

When I was really hardcore and eating lots of "small meals" a day, it looked like this:

Pre workout: Homemade protien bar
Post workout: Protein shake and whole grain crackers
Meal 1: 1 whole egg, 3 egg whites, 1 slice brown toast
Meal 2: 2 homemade turkey "meatloaf muffins"
Meal 3: Homemade turkey Chilli
Meal 4: 2 homemade turkey "meatloaf muffins"
Meal 5: Chicken/Fish/Top sirloin steak, vegetables and brown rice
Meal 6: Greek Yogurt and a tbsp of natural peanut butter before bed.

This was when I was in the best shape of my life, as I was also going to the gym and lifting heavy 5 days a week. I found all the small meals just really hard to do though and I eventually burned myself out...

I've read a lot recently that eating small meals doesn't actually do much for your metabolism as previously believed. It does help you not ever be hungry, but it's just so much work to eat that much lol!

Now I basically eat the same stuff, just bigger portions less times a day.

Pretty much the same things I eat when not on a diet, just in smaller portions. I like to add in more salads, whole wheat items, and veggies, but in general, I just watch calories.

@T.H.O.U.: me too! I start on Saturday, after my first meeting!

I don't try to, but I end up eating a lot of eggs, hummus, and apples. Lean protein and veggies too, but those seem to be my go-to snacks/small meals.

I try so hard but do terribly when I try to cut out foods from my diet. I find I self-regulate better if I restrict the times I eat rather than what I eat--I eat three meals a day, on one plate, absolutely no snacks, and no going back for seconds. I also save the sweets for the weekends.

I also find the quality of my food is much better when I only use 3 plates a day. When I eat badly it tends to be all these little treats that add up, but they're terribly hard to justify when all staring at me from one plate.