Quoting RADA

Betsy,

I have had a minor to medium-high level weight problem since I was 13 yrs old. EVERY singe time I've changed my eating habits to include 5-6 small (300-500 calories) meals, I ate less, had better tolerance to avoid junk food, got better results in the gym, DID NOT get tired after meals, and LOST A LOT OF WEIGHT!

Is it easy, no, its not. At 1st its really hard to eat this often. All I can say about your Dr. is look at them, are they in top physical shape? My Chiropractor(he's 48, and looks like he's 33) says Dr.s are trained to treat illnesses & problems, not keep people healthy.

Yes she is top physical shape. Her thing is that I should eat 2 square meals (1 carb, 1 protein, 1 fruit, 1 veggie, 1 dairy) a day and 1 (dinner) small meal. She is a bit on the older side (for these new fangled nutritional ideas) so maybe she just hasnt kept up on her education.

Quoting LawnMM

Failing that I would try moving your cardio from first thing in the morning. Its more efficient when you first wake up but going after you get home from work might work better for you. You might have more energy through the day and if you run after work you might come home after the cardio tired, eat, and sleep better through the night.

Ill try adding more meals for a few weeks. Until the beginning of August I was going after work to do my cardio but what I was finding was that I would get done with work between 3:30 and 4 start thinking about everything I needed to do when I get home, decide that I would rather eat first and then go to the gym, so by the time I got home, ate dinner, changed for the gym and did a few of the things around the house I needed to do it was like 6:30 and to go to the gym then was leaving me all hyped up for bed and it was harder for me to get up the next morning. So taking all that into account every night I generally just skipped going.

Now that Im going in the morning, I am sleeping better, craving more nutritious foods (did you know it was possible to actually crave salad?), and my allergies have significantly diminished. Not to mention that when my alarm wakes me up at 4:30 my choices are 1) go to the gym or 2) go to work early. So its harder to decide not to go. Its just the after lunch slump that Im still having trouble with