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Originally Posted by davidt1
Do you eat 3 meals in the 6 hour window? I have been doing 18/6 too, but with 2 meals a day. I am thinking of eating 3 meals instead of 2 to reduce to serving size of each meal. I find that one large meal is a lot of food to eat and it makes my belly balloon up.
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Very often, hunger is a conditioned response and we just think we "should" eat at a certain time. On a few water fasts over the years, I found that mealtimes break up the day and are more habit than anything else. Once I got out of the habit of looking for a meal, the need for the meal dropped away. Folks often get involved with something so much that they forget to eat.
Why would you try and force yourself to eat more than you or your body wants. If your belly balloons up and you feel full, then obviously you are eating too much at one time. You know, it takes about 15 minutes for your stomach to tell your head that you have eaten enough, so you can eat a fair amount in that 15 minutes before you realise you have over eaten. Eat slowly and chew well will help. Maybe cut down on the window to 4 hours and only eat one meal, eat enough so that you are satisfied and then stop perhaps?
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