Eating every 2-3hr: the BEST advice I have gotten..

I have 5 daily health goals that I try to reach every day..  I also want the people that I coach to shoot for these goals each day as well.  One of these goals are to eat every 2-3 hrs!  One of the statements that I hear is, "What?? If I eat every 2-3 hours I am going to gain weight."  This is a very common "belief system" that many people have.  Let me try explain and see if I can get you to change that "belief system".
I want to start off by stating that not all calories are created equal.  SO, if you are eating "crap" every 2-3 hrs, you will gain weight and you will not move forward in your weight goals.  BUT, if you are eating healthy, low gylcemic, natural (non-processed) meals and snacks you WILL see your waste line shrink.  Think of it this way; your body is like a fireplace..  (just go with me here!)  What do we need to do to our fire to keep it burning? (Our metabolism is our "fire")  We need to add wood to it every 2-3 hrs, or it will go out.  Now, we do not want to add wet, icky wood!  We want to stoke it with DRY, HEALTHY wood.  By doing this, you will have a warm, cozy, roaring fire!!  THAT is what you are doing to your body by adding "wood" (healthy food) to it every 2-3 hrs.
When do we need to start our fire?  FIRST thing in the morning.  EAT BREAKFAST PEOPLE!!!  I suggest that you eat within an hour of waking OR within an hour after your workout (if you are working out first thing in the morning!)  Back to our fireplace.  If you don't put wood in it all night, what happens to it?  It goes out!  That is what happens to our bodies as we sleep.  So in order to get that fire (our metabolism) burning, we need to fuel it, start if up with some nice dry (healthy, low gylcemic) wood!!  I personally start off every morning with my SHAKEOLOGY.  It is packed with over 70 amazingly healthy ingredients and it is LOW glycemic, so it is not going to spike my blood sugar level first thing in the morning!  It gets my "fire" roaring..  So many people do not eat breakfast.  What this does is it doesn't start your fire 1st thing, then what people tend to do, is eat several hours later and the dump a whole bunch of "wet" wood (Junk food) and it just smolders..  Start that fire FIRST thing in the morning and you will be setting yourself up for success for the rest of the day.
Another great thing about eating every 2-3 hrs, is you are never in the extreme!  You are never starving and you are never stuffed!  You can sit down and enjoy"small" meal or snack because you aren't starving.  AND you can eat a "normal" portion because you know that you are going to get to each again in a few hours.  How cool is that? 
So, what do you eat?!!?  Make sure that you have "healthy" carbs, proteins and "healthy" fats at each meal or snack.  It is great to find a good nutritional bar to have as one of your snacks.  Keep food with you at all times.  Be prepared, that way you will not miss a meal or snack or be forced to pull into that drive thru.
Give it a shot..  Eat every 2-3 hrs, remember HEALTHY, Low glycemic, natural (non-processed) foods and see if your waistline begins to disappear.  I think you will be surprised!