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I eat before I get hungry too. I find that if I'm hungry (starving) I eat more. Eating regularly is something that takes effort to remember to do.
MAMAFISH13/29/2010 9:03:00 AM
I eat like this and it really wworks. I do breakfast, snac,lunch,snac,dinner,snac. and figure it all into 1600-1800 calories. I never seem to get hungry.
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