6 meals a day

Roll_Tide_Meg

The program that I am doing says do not eat longer than 3 hours apart and eat 6 meals a day. Can someone show me a day where you eat 6 meals a day and aren't going to sleep at midnight? Haha!

I usually start eating at 8:30.

Tme2change

well my day typically starts 3 hours before yours...
but here goes it
8:30-Breakfast
10:30-Small snack
12:30Lunch
3:30-smal snack
6:30 dinner
8:30-small snack

thisismeraw

Are you hungry every three hours? Do you need to eat that often in a day or are you fine with less? Eating more often won't cause more weight loss.

If you do want to eat that often, break up your meals or add in snacks to add more meals in a day like the above poster mentioned.

Tme2change

I might add that my Breakfast as you see is usually 200 cal or less. My bigger meals though can between 300-500 cal.

TheDirtyBulker

Eating 6 small meals a day compared to eating 1 large meal a day has no special effect on increased weight loss.

ilmb87

7:30 - Breakfast
11:00 - Snack 1
1:00 - Lunch
4:00 - Snack 2
6:00 (ish) - Dinner
8:00 - Dessert

This is only during the week, though. Weekend I typically only have 2-3 meals.

LeanButNotMean44

I eat 7 times per day, and it looks like this (my diary is open, if you want to see the macros):

4:30am: 1/2c old fashioned oats w/soy milk, ground flax seed, 1 scoop protein powder, 1/3c blueberries
6-6:15am: Protein shake (protein powder + soy milk)
8:30-ish: hard boiled egg, 1/4c almonds
10:30-11am: snack (usually 2 mini-babybel lite cheeses)
12n: lunch (salad w/baked chicken)
3pm-ish: snack (lately has been 1c frozen red seedless grapes)
6pm: Dinner (varies)

I try to be in bed by 8:30, but lately it's been closer to 9pm. :grumble:

Roll_Tide_Meg

I love how people all of the sudden become experts lol! So funny to me. THE PROGRAM that I am doing recommends that I eat 6 smaller meals a day as opposed to 3. They actually had science to back up the "no more than three hours apart" thing but I do not have it in front of me so I will update when I get home...but anyways....I think ya'll have given me an idea of what I need to do.

Roll_Tide_Meg

I eat 7 times per day, and it looks like this (my diary is open, if you want to see the macros):

4:30am: 1/2c old fashioned oats w/soy milk, ground flax seed, 1 scoop protein powder, 1/3c blueberries
6-6:15am: Protein shake (protein powder + soy milk)
8:30-ish: hard boiled egg, 1/4c almonds
10:30-11am: snack (usually 2 mini-babybel lite cheeses)
12n: lunch (salad w/baked chicken)
3pm-ish: snack (lately has been 1c frozen red seedless grapes)
6pm: Dinner (varies)

I try to be in bed by 8:30, but lately it's been closer to 9pm. :grumble:

Looks good! All your protein. And I LOVE mini babybel cheese!

arains89

This is how I do it
7:30 Breakfast (Special K cereal or a hardboiled egg, banana, and piece of whole wheat toast)
10:00 Snack (Small granny smith apple and 2 tbsp. of peanut butter)
12:30 Lunch (Tuna sandwich on wheat with light mayo and a low fat string cheese)
2:30 Snack (this one generally varies but example:100 cal low fat greek yogurt and 1 cup of green seedless grapes)
6:30 Dinner (varies example: 6oz boneless chicken breast with bbq sauce 1 cup steamed broccoli with 1 tbsp. grated parm cheese)
I work out about an hour after dinner for an hour and am running around getting my kids settled and take a shower
9-9:30ish Late snack (low fat popcorn or some sliced cheese. Sometimes even a glass of wine to finish my day)

Hope this helps!

bound4beauty

I love how people all of the sudden become experts lol! So funny to me. THE PROGRAM that I am doing recommends that I eat 6 smaller meals a day as opposed to 3. They actually had science to back up the "no more than three hours apart" thing but I do not have it in front of me so I will update when I get home...but anyways....I think ya'll have given me an idea of what I need to do.

Oh you'll find lots of "experts" on here. If eating six meals a day makes sense to you and you want to spread out your daily calorie allotment over six smaller meals than that's what you should do. I was eating 5 times a day but my trainer asked me to try and do six so that's what I started doing a couple of days ago. It can be challenging and certainly requires more focus and planning. You're welcome to look at my diary to get some ideas. I also stay away from as much processed crap as I can. Although the "experts" here will tell you that's completely unnecessary because 100 calories of fruit and 100 calories of cake is still 100 calories. That's true but I personally think I get more nutritional bang for my buck eating the fruit. To each his own though.

Obviously the theory behind it is to keep your metabolism stoked by consistently giving it fuel to burn. You can still give it too much fuel though so you do need to keep an eye on your calories and macros.

Good luck!

Alphastate

Are you hungry every three hours? Do you need to eat that often in a day or are you fine with less? Eating more often won't cause more weight loss.

If you do want to eat that often, break up your meals or add in snacks to add more meals in a day like the above poster mentioned.

Eating more often will aid in weight loss. If you are only eating two to three meals a day, your body thinks "Oh, I'm not going to get more food for another 6 hours, I better store this food for energy." Food get stored as fat. If you are eating every 2-3 hours, your body thinks, "I know I'll be getting more fuel in a couple hours, I can go ahead and use this food for energy now". This increases your metabolism, which in turns helps burn fat.

arains89

Are you hungry every three hours? Do you need to eat that often in a day or are you fine with less? Eating more often won't cause more weight loss.

If you do want to eat that often, break up your meals or add in snacks to add more meals in a day like the above poster mentioned.

Eating more often will aid in weight loss. If you are only eating two to three meals a day, your body thinks "Oh, I'm not going to get more food for another 6 hours, I better store this food for energy." Food get stored as fat. If you are eating every 2-3 hours, your body thinks, "I know I'll be getting more fuel in a couple hours, I can go ahead and use this food for energy now". This increases your metabolism, which in turns helps burn fat.

^^ This!

cwolfman13

I love how people all of the sudden become experts lol! So funny to me. THE PROGRAM that I am doing recommends that I eat 6 smaller meals a day as opposed to 3. They actually had science to back up the "no more than three hours apart" thing but I do not have it in front of me so I will update when I get home...but anyways....I think ya'll have given me an idea of what I need to do.

That's not science...that's "bro-science" Meal timing is irrelevant as evidenced by the fact that you have all kinds of people losing weight doing IF...all kinds of people losing weight eating 3 squares...all kinds of people losing weight who only eat one huge meal per day, etc.

That said, I do eat 5-6 meals per day...'cuz otherwise I'm hungry...but the idea that it somehow stokes the metabolic fire is not backed up by actual science.

cwolfman13

Are you hungry every three hours? Do you need to eat that often in a day or are you fine with less? Eating more often won't cause more weight loss.

If you do want to eat that often, break up your meals or add in snacks to add more meals in a day like the above poster mentioned.

Eating more often will aid in weight loss. If you are only eating two to three meals a day, your body thinks "Oh, I'm not going to get more food for another 6 hours, I better store this food for energy." Food get stored as fat. If you are eating every 2-3 hours, your body thinks, "I know I'll be getting more fuel in a couple hours, I can go ahead and use this food for energy now". This increases your metabolism, which in turns helps burn fat.

Probably why this guy is so fat...

http://www.leangains.com/

I don't practice this and I actually do eat 5-6 times per day, but the whole speeding up your metabolism thing is just a bunch of bro-science.

phyllisgehrke

I eat 6 meals a day smaller meals as I am retired and don't get a lot of exercise.
My Breakfast is always about 200 Calories
My Snack under 200 Calories
Lunch 300-400 Cal
Dinner 300-400 Calories
My Evening snack is usually Greek Yogurt

Breakfast 8:30 Am

Snack 10:30 Am

Lunch 11:30 Am

Snack 3:00 pm

Dinner 5:00 pm

Snack 7:00 Pm, something very light.

Carnivor0us

I couldn't imagine scheduling enough time to eat all those meals! :laugh: But if it works for you, that's wonderful!

dbmata

The program that I am doing says do not eat longer than 3 hours apart and eat 6 meals a day. Can someone show me a day where you eat 6 meals a day and aren't going to sleep at midnight? Haha!

I usually start eating at 8:30.

Dear lord, that sounds exhausting. I eat twice a day.

The 6 times a day is a bunch of voodoo broscience.

dbmata

Are you hungry every three hours? Do you need to eat that often in a day or are you fine with less? Eating more often won't cause more weight loss.

If you do want to eat that often, break up your meals or add in snacks to add more meals in a day like the above poster mentioned.

Eating more often will aid in weight loss. If you are only eating two to three meals a day, your body thinks "Oh, I'm not going to get more food for another 6 hours, I better store this food for energy." Food get stored as fat. If you are eating every 2-3 hours, your body thinks, "I know I'll be getting more fuel in a couple hours, I can go ahead and use this food for energy now". This increases your metabolism, which in turns helps burn fat.

and you're a trainer?!

Alphastate

Are you hungry every three hours? Do you need to eat that often in a day or are you fine with less? Eating more often won't cause more weight loss.

If you do want to eat that often, break up your meals or add in snacks to add more meals in a day like the above poster mentioned.

Eating more often will aid in weight loss. If you are only eating two to three meals a day, your body thinks "Oh, I'm not going to get more food for another 6 hours, I better store this food for energy." Food get stored as fat. If you are eating every 2-3 hours, your body thinks, "I know I'll be getting more fuel in a couple hours, I can go ahead and use this food for energy now". This increases your metabolism, which in turns helps burn fat.

Probably why this guy is so fat...

http://www.leangains.com/

I don't practice this and I actually do eat 5-6 times per day, but the whole speeding up your metabolism thing is just a bunch of bro-science.

Um, you obviously have no idea what you are talking about. First, I'm 6'0" and 180 lbs, so, not so fat. Second, I'm a certified personal trainer, so it's not "bro-science", its real science. Maybe you should do your research before you try to insult people on a weight loss help website.