Eating habbits have changed - bad thing?

It will slow your metabolism down and start catabolising muscle. You're not eating anywhere near enough.

I can't believe you're not hungry though!

that is true, if you work out heavily and dont eat, you may pass out. if dont feel to eat, try drinking protein shakes or smoothies instead of tea/cofffee

I used to eat the same as you, 1 weetabix with water for breakfast then nothing until 6 when I'd have a normal meal. But that was when I was getting over an eating disorder. Not that you have one obviously, but that's sort of the amount of food you're eating. I know you're not doing it deliberately but please try to eat something for lunch, because when I started eating lunch again I actually lost a bit of weight and I was eating more food. You must be hungry because I'm 5ft and I was still hungry! Take it from a biddy: you should eat your lunch, you're a growing lad! lol

It's OK to eat like this if your weight is normal but a more sensible food distribution would be lots at breakfast, a regular portion at lunch and not that much in the evening. That way, in my experience, the body seems able to function better cos it's during the day you need energy and at night you don't wanna be bloated or you won't be able to sleep that well.

It's no bad thing if you're cutting out chocolate and crisps, as these are full of salt, fat and sugar. However, try introducing fruit as a snack. The sugars are slow-releasing, allowing you to feel full.

Strange thing is I'm not feeling hungry though! Would you recommend a sandwich, or something lite, perhaps fruit? Also, I'm about 6ft, so no idea what the ideal weight is for someone that height.

Is there also any specific protein shakes and/or smoothies that would be recommended?

Maybe use BMI? Not that it is particularily good, but it at least indicates if you are under/over-weight.
mass (in kg) / length^2 (in m) a value of 20-25 for male means normal weight and for females 18-25...

Though BMI is really not that good as it doesn't take into account that some has 'heavier' bones and stuff, as well as the fact that muscles are heavier than fat and thus a really well trained muscular person may be classified as overweight using BMI...

Immediately following a workout, whey protein concentrate or whey protein isolate in water (or with water and squash, same thing).

Any other time, casein protein or whey protein in milk, for slower digestion.

As for smoothies, they're pretty easy. A scoop of protein, milk, some fruit (bananas are good, so are peaches, strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, pineapple, mangoes etc.) and some yoghurt will make gorgeous, thick smoothies. If you add in a couple of scoops of cottage cheese, then it will make it even creamier and thicker. I know it sounds gross, but when it's been in the blender it really isn't, it's lovely. The cottage cheese will really bulk the protein content up.

Hey,

Over the past month, I've noticed my eating habbits have changed quite a lot. I used to have the occasional chocolate bar, bag of crisps and what not, but it's totally different now.

On a daily basis, I'll have breakfast (2 Weetabix) when I have time to make it (which is pretty much every morning unless I'm running extremely late), and I'll have a cooked meal at night (about 6pm)... and that's about it. I'll have no snacks (or extremely rare if I do) inbetween.

Now I don't actually feel hungry, and sometimes I may not even be able to finish all my tea (take tonight for example), sometimes I just feel as if I can't eat anymore even though I may have not eaten all day.

Sooo... will this have any [bad] effects on me or whatnot? I've noticed nothing drastic thus far.

If it's any help, I goto the gym three times a week and play football quite regularly.

Cheers.