Eating by hunger vs the clock

When/if hungry for breakfast and lunch, but by the clock for dinner since I cook for others too.

No I don't eat if not hungry.

Good question.

I eat meals at regular times to the extent I can. But if I don't I know I will soon be starving. I think it's a really personal thing.

I tend to eat when I'm hungry. I eat breakfast regularly now on WW even if it's just a fruit or yogurt. But if I have a big lunch and really don't want supper I won't force myself. Or same with lunch.

My DH feels he MUST eat 3 meals a day. We can have a huge lunch around 2:00 and he will be asking around 6:00 what's for dinner. I can normally hold him off to about 7 but he must eat a dinner. I will even ask "are you hungry". and Sometimes he'll say no, but we only had lunch.

I try to go by how I feel. Sometimes this does lead to snacking, but that's when I try to have something healthy, or figure out if it's emotions or hunger
Not foolproof, but I try.

Definitely a grazer; I don't like to feel too full anymore, so a small snack when I am hungry works for me. It is definitely tricky when you need to eat with someone else, but DH and I don't eat our meals together on a daily basis. I spent my life *by the clock* and didn't have a clue if I was hungry or not. And because my meals are *mini*, I need them more often.

I'm not sure if my hunger button is broken but I have been trying this week to wait for hunger signals before eating. For reference, I read through the "Intermittent Fasting" thread of a few days ago (started by Kitty) I am eating during the day but I'm starting much later in the morning. I don't find it hard to wait before eating but I also don't go all day  because I know that doesn't work for me. So much of my eating habits were developed by the clock and I often eat when I'm not hungry. I'll let you know how this works out.

It depends. I've been doing a little intermittent fasting lately (5 days regular eating, 2 days lower calorie eating) and so I am paying more attention to the clock and wanting to stretch times between eating more so. I used to eat at the first faint feeling of hunger. Lately, I've been not eating just because I feel hungry. I assess the situation. Have I recently eaten? Sometimes I find that if I eat it actually makes me more hungry. So, if I ate an hour ago my hunger may be very transient. If I wait 10 minutes, it goes away. On the other hand, if it has been several hours since I ate then it is reasonable to eat.

I will put it this way. I don't usually eat if I'm not hungry at all (the exception might be if I was in a situation where I either could eat then or it would be hours before I could eat again). If I am hungry, I will usually eat if I'm truly hungry and the hunger has persisted and isn't just transient. If I don't really need food at that time, I may wait to see if the hungry is transient and passes.

Recently I'm hungry a lot. Mostly because of a medication I take that increases my hunger. It's a drag, but luckily I will likely have that medication lowered shortly. I do eat when I'm hungry, but I try to keep the "snacks" light. Like Danon Light & Fit fat free low sugar yogurt, or a non fat cafe latte with Splenda, or similar things. Otherwise I do end up eating 3 meals per day too. Breakfast and dinner are sit down specially prepared meals (because my hubby joins me for them), but lunch is sort of odds and ends.

When I had a full-time job I would sometimes get so into my job that I forgot to eat. And in the mornings I'd run so late that I didn't eat breakfast, but just bought a coffee or cappuccino on my way to work. I'd bring a banana to work and then not eat it. My husband would call it the "traveling banana". Overall I think that did me harm.