How Do You Lose Weight When You Have To Eat During The Day A Lot?

[Guest praisedbeherhooves]

I am not overweigh, thankfully, but I'm heavy enough to have curves. >.< At 5'4" and 135 lbs I have feminine hips and small, but unfortunately still existent, breasts. At 5'3" 105 lbs I had a totally male, albeit rather thin, looking body with the exception of the genital area. So, I am trying to get to that again, but this time I'll go for 110 lbs. Well, the issue is that Ihave some sort of sleep disorder. It looks like narcolepsy but it hasn't been confirmed. I have to eat a snack a small snack about two hours. I have no medication for the sleep issue, though I might get eventually, so that is my method of not falling asleep. I try to stay awake with other methods though like for example when I get home I try to switch between reading something exciting then going online then reading something difficult but interesting and then writing a poem and basically just doing everything I can to not fall asleep before 6:00. I have started exercising a bit by taking walks and am going to lift weights once I can find my weights (my room is a disaster zone but I'm cleaning it this weekend). Any advice?

[Guest Alex Blitzen]

if you are eating healthy foods and the right portions, then eating every two hours shouldn't really hurt you too much. Exercising can help keep your metabolism up. Try to stay away from empty calories and eat foods high in vitamins. Certain amounts of carbohydrates are needed to keep your energy up, but try to keep them whole grains, fiber is good.

[Guest Skylar]

Also high protein snack bars might help too, but Alex had some pretty good suggestions.

[Guest JeanVier]

Raw fruit and vegetables make a great snack, and I have found that they can 'wake me up' when I am feeling sleepy. Baby carrots or a crunchy apple can definitely keep me awake during a long study session! In Eastern thought, citrus promotes wakefulness. Also, like Alex said, staying away from empty calories and incorporating fiber into the snacks can help with weight loss/stabilisation, and raw fruit and vegetables have low calories and high fiber.

Regarding exercise, weight training will help shift body mass from fat to muscle-- plus, muscles are a great thing to build when working on being read as male/androgynous. I have heard that three ten minute walks are just as effective as one thirty minute walk-- perhaps you could incorporate short walks throughout the day?

Good luck!

-JV

[Guest Miss_Construe]

What you are doing sounds really good. I think you should do well, especially with weight training. Both increasing muscle mass and frequent eating till you are no longer hungry (instead of full) are great ways of increasing you metabolism. I would hold off on push-ups for the moment as they can increase bust size (both by adding bulk under the breasts and by increasing blood flow and hormone delivery to mammary tissue, thus stimulating growth). I personally think that pull-ups would be a great way to broaden your back, thus giving a more masculine look. My genetic female wife is able to do 10 pull-up without stopping. Start by doing 'negatives', or using a chair to gain the position you should be in at the top of a pull up, then lower yourself as slowly as you can. Once you can do this without the chain and it takes you more than 10sec. you may be ready for pull-ups.