While eating regularly helps prevent feeling deprived and hungry, “[grazing] can easily supply a binge’s worth of calories, a little at a time,” says Ramirez. Plan four “eating episodes” each day spaced at regular intervals to avoid going long stretches without eating (which can also trigger binging). Eat breakfast, lunch and dinner, plus a 250-calorie midafternoon snack. At each, include a little protein for additional staying power.
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