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Old 02-18-09, 09:56 AM
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The BF search engine appears to be down, so I can't find the reference, but on another thread someone posted about "The Drip" method. The idea is to maintain a steady calorie intake across the day instead of eating 3 relatively large meals.

I've heard of this before in other contexts, but finally I decided to try it. My basal metabolic requirement is about 1800 kCal/day, so when I'm dieting, I shoot for a net 1300/day (total intake - calories burned) to lose 1 lb./week. Thus on "the drip", my approach is to eat about 200-250 kCal every 2 hours, plus whatever I need when I work out. I've been doing it now for about a week.

It is a marvelous thing! I hardly ever feel hungry, just "peckish" maybe once or twice a day. Mentally it's a lot easier than 3 meals/day, because I'm always within 1 hour of a meal: either I just ate or I'm about to eat. And as others have claimed, I don't get that sleepy feeling an hour or so after a meal: I'm probably not ramping my blood sugar up and down so much.

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