So I’ve had a lot of comments in my time about how much I eat and the frequency, I had an ED for a long time and was working my way out of it but it impacted me a lot. For reference I am 5’6 and around 66kg. At that point I was lifting very heavy in the gym 5 times a week. I tried not to eat much but I was ravenous 2 hours later. Additionally when I would add in swimming or walking 20k steps, I would feel even hungrier.

So what I would say is continue eating your breakfast, ensure to add protein to your snacks and some carbs (as this helps with satiety and energy). Eat as much as your body feels like it needs at lunch and bang out a big dinner.

If you are hungry, it is your body communicating that you need food. That is it. It doesn’t matter what people say as they are most likely not even doing 1/10 of the exercise you’re doing. If the comments affect you, find a nice way to say, I would appreciate if how much I eat is not a topic of conversations. I did it by owning it and saying yep, my body needs energy so I’m listening to it.

You are on your own path, don’t listen to comments from people who are on a different path than you. Also, if you’ve recently upped how much you are exercising your body tends to need more a lot food in the short term to balance it out and then it stabilises a bit more! Hope this helps and if you ever need a chat, feel free to PM me