[GG]

Hi,
School starts so early all I want to do is eat all day. I need help. I am eating 1500 cals a day. When I am not in school I have no trouble because I do not eat or get up until 8. When I am teaching I get up at 6 and want to eat every two hours. Also our lunch time is 11 which is so early. Then I want dinner at 4. Help what do you all do. I need to lose 50 pounds. School and stress keep me from losing so much. I also take an AD so that doesn't help either. Help.

[Zeitgeist]

The opposite is true for me, actually. When I am in school, I have a schedule that keeps me focused and out of the refrigerator. Weekends and breaks are so hard for me.

However, why don't you use the 2 hour hunger pains to your advantage and eat small, 100 calorie meals, like cheese sticks or apple slices, at those times? I eat dinner at 4pm too, but usually have another 100 calories a few hours later.

Is there a reason you can not eat small, quick meals when you are hungry? I know some schools frown upon teachers eating in their classrooms. Luckily, I have no such restrictions.

[sh3l5]

i eat small meals regularly through the day....
its enuf to keep my appetite supressed....

il get up at 7 and have my flakes....
have a piece of fruit at 10....
another at 1....
at 4 i do my hour exercise for the day....
and at half 5 i eat my evening meal....

maybe it might be worth splitting your meals up a bit more....
not eating more, just the same but at different times of day....
i also find water helps as a hunger supresant....

[chickybird]

I teach early too. I find eating a good amount of protein for breakfast keep sne full a little longer.

[walking2lose]

I teach too, and my biggest problems come when other teachers bring food to share - doughnuts in the teacher center and that kind of thing. I pack my lunch and snacks most days, and I do eat frequently (but I eat many times throughout the day when I'm not at work too). Just make sure to pack healthy things and keep track of calories. By the way, 1500 calories a day is great! You don't want to go too much below that anyway (1200 at lowest) or you can stall your weight loss by messing with your metabolism.

Good luck!

[GG]

Hi,
Teachers love to eat and there is always bad food everywhere. I do not have to go far to get any bad food I want. I hate it.

[retiredone]

When I was teaching if I didn't eat a hearty breakfast I was hungry all day even after supper. I seldom snacked at school unless I had skipped breakfast or had a light breakfast. And, yes, there is always something to be found in the staff room-junk, junk, junk. If you can't eat a big breakfast or any breakfast early in the morning, can you take breakfast to school with you and eat before classes begin? Then you could have a healthy snack at break time and then it's lunch and then another snack after school and then dinner.