Can't seem to lose weight? It may be your meal frequency.....
Dilvish
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I found this article very intriguing and am trying it out myself....
Just how important is meal frequency? Let's put it this way: Comparing
three “squares” to six meals a day is like comparing a 450 horsepower V-10, 8.0 liter
Dodge Viper to a four cylinder Honda Civic. There’s nothing wrong with a Honda Civic -
it will get you where you want to go – in the end - but if you wanted to get somewhere fast, which engine would you choose? With a top speed of 192 mph, I’d at least take the Viper, wouldn’t you?
The odds are good that you are looking for the fastest way to get the results you want, and achieve the goals you've set. There are of course limits to how fast you can safely lose body fat, but high meal frequency will allow you to do it as quickly as possible. You can choose the right foods and exercise daily, but if your metabolism is running slow, it compares to swimming upstream; very slow and time consuming.
Don't take this as a claim that you can’t get any results on three meals a day – of course you can.
A traditional and nutritional breakfast, lunch and dinner, carefully selected using the guidelines in this blog and mixed with aerobic and weight training, will definitely get you noticeable results. Unluckily, it will take more time. If you have ambitious goals, such as bodybuilding or fitness competition (or if you just want to look like one), then five or six meals per day is an absolute requirement.
Of all the nutrition strategies, the habit of eating small, frequent meals – one approximately every
three hours when awake - is by far the best way to speed up your metabolism. In fact it’s so
effective, that when you start to see the results, you may wonder why you’ve ever had
any difficulty losing body fat in the past!
After 3-4 months of strict pre-contest dieting on super-clean, high protein foods eaten 6-7 times a
day, competitive fitness models/bodybuilders often have their metabolism “spinning” so fast, that they
burn huge quantities of food, and yes, even junk food! (Still they're just getting fitter and fitter!). Their
bodies become like “human food incinerators,” producing massive amounts of heat and burning off
calories at an astounding rate.
When combining frequent eating and the right food choices, your body will turn into a "turbo-charged fat burning machine!" And further more, eating a healthily constructed meal every 3 hours is also the optimal
way to build and maintain muscle. The longer you practice the five to six meals per day habit, the more muscle you’ll develop. And the more muscle mass you gain, the faster your metabolism will become.
This a positive, self-reinforcing cycle!
"Meal frequency and meal frequency alone has the capability of having some miraculous effects on
human physiology!"
- TC Luoma, Bodybuilding writer and editor of Testosterone Magazine
"If you haven't figured it out yet, let me spell it out for you: depending on your goal, it is either five or
six meals a day or forget about reaching your potential!"
- Keith Klein, nutritionist expert and the writer of “Get Lean.”
Just how important is meal frequency? Let's put it this way: Comparing
three “squares” to six meals a day is like comparing a 450 horsepower V-10, 8.0 liter
Dodge Viper to a four cylinder Honda Civic. There’s nothing wrong with a Honda Civic -
it will get you where you want to go – in the end - but if you wanted to get somewhere fast, which engine would you choose? With a top speed of 192 mph, I’d at least take the Viper, wouldn’t you?
The odds are good that you are looking for the fastest way to get the results you want, and achieve the goals you've set. There are of course limits to how fast you can safely lose body fat, but high meal frequency will allow you to do it as quickly as possible. You can choose the right foods and exercise daily, but if your metabolism is running slow, it compares to swimming upstream; very slow and time consuming.
Don't take this as a claim that you can’t get any results on three meals a day – of course you can.
A traditional and nutritional breakfast, lunch and dinner, carefully selected using the guidelines in this blog and mixed with aerobic and weight training, will definitely get you noticeable results. Unluckily, it will take more time. If you have ambitious goals, such as bodybuilding or fitness competition (or if you just want to look like one), then five or six meals per day is an absolute requirement.
Of all the nutrition strategies, the habit of eating small, frequent meals – one approximately every
three hours when awake - is by far the best way to speed up your metabolism. In fact it’s so
effective, that when you start to see the results, you may wonder why you’ve ever had
any difficulty losing body fat in the past!
After 3-4 months of strict pre-contest dieting on super-clean, high protein foods eaten 6-7 times a
day, competitive fitness models/bodybuilders often have their metabolism “spinning” so fast, that they
burn huge quantities of food, and yes, even junk food! (Still they're just getting fitter and fitter!). Their
bodies become like “human food incinerators,” producing massive amounts of heat and burning off
calories at an astounding rate.
When combining frequent eating and the right food choices, your body will turn into a "turbo-charged fat burning machine!" And further more, eating a healthily constructed meal every 3 hours is also the optimal
way to build and maintain muscle. The longer you practice the five to six meals per day habit, the more muscle you’ll develop. And the more muscle mass you gain, the faster your metabolism will become.
This a positive, self-reinforcing cycle!
"Meal frequency and meal frequency alone has the capability of having some miraculous effects on
human physiology!"
- TC Luoma, Bodybuilding writer and editor of Testosterone Magazine
"If you haven't figured it out yet, let me spell it out for you: depending on your goal, it is either five or
six meals a day or forget about reaching your potential!"
- Keith Klein, nutritionist expert and the writer of “Get Lean.”
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:huh:18
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It's common courtesy to credit the author rather than just copy and pasting their words.
Where did this come from, and what research or study results caused the author to conclude this?33 -
TavistockToad wrote: »:huh:
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Sounds like just another desperate attempt to persuade fat people that they don't have to eat less to lose weight.
And editor of "Testosterone Magazine" sounds like a reeeeally credible source. :noway:34 -
What's funny is I usually increase my meal frequency when I'm trying to gain in order to help me get more calories in.
I would really start to question where you are getting your information from.13 -
Eat more meals, eat less meals, eat one meal...
It just isn't that difficult. Eat the way that helps you eat proper portions of mostly foods that provide proper nutrition.20 -
Can't seem to lose weight?
Maybe stop reading clickbait online articles that promise magic tricks, figure out how it really works (from people who've personally done it, maybe?), then put in the work?
The irony is that, for most sensible people, it isn't really even all that hard, if you stick with it through the bumpy first weeks where you're finding your personal behavioral sweet spot.
SMH.44 -
And in 2018 is was all about IF...
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When was the last time this was the newest diet advice? Around when Bobby Ewing showed up in the shower? Or was it later than that?
OP, it's really not that hard. It doesn't matter how many meals, and nutrient timing might only enhance performance for contest-level and elite athletes.
Calories are king, and compliance trumps everything else. Frankly, I'd rather have a few large, satisfying meals than a couple of smallish snack like offerings that always leave me wanting. I couldn't stick to such a plan. Not being able to stick to such a plan would eliminate any slimly theoretical benefit eating in such a manner could possibly offer me.20 -
Yeah.... NO. Basically says that I and everyone posting has had absolutely zero results choosing their meal planning/frequency.
'will allow you to do it as quickly as possible' and "absolute requirement' and 'turbo-charged fat burning machine'.. I cannot unsee those statements. Aritcle would like for you think all these things that's for sure. :grumble:6 -
Let's assume this concept has any value (it doesn't), what about the anecdotal evidence is that the "got there fast" people don't often manage to stay there?7
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Wait, there's a Testosterone Magazine? That's one of the more amusing things I've heard all week.
Ways in which to lose all credibility: citing Testosterone Magazine after having used information from it to try to explain how accurate it is.15 -
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Hmm, I wonder what fitness models/body builders might be doing pre-competition to increase their metabolisms. It couldn’t be lots of exercise, could it?3
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Fatty_Nuff wrote: »
Haha, every magazine at the checkout counter in January has nothing but articles on "busting" belly fat! It's like a cornucopia of "choose your own woo sources"
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So if frequent eating speeds up metabolism then what happens to all those other metabolic functions, like breathing in those doing intermittent fasting? Do the kidneys slow down? What about all those other chemical reactions?
I mean, I would feel rather dead if I only ate 3 meals per day, but I wasn't aware that I would in fact be less alive then. 7 -
TavistockToad wrote: »:huh:
QFT1 -
Ugh that's a mess. A very sad and unhealthy mess. Ways in which one can exogenously up their testosterone levels (there are a few populations where prescribing T is valid - I'm pretty sure they aren't the target market for this magazine) vs how to reduce belly fat.Fatty_Nuff wrote: »
I clearly haven't been looking hard enough, though the grocery stores I typically shop at probably don't carry those.1 -
Why is it that people will literally try everything under the sun before simply eating less?
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When there is actually scientific information that supersedes overall calorie intake... wake me... until then... yawn..8
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what a bunch of bullhonkey15
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Teabythesea_ wrote: »Why is it that people will literally try everything under the sun before simply eating less?
Agreed. And even in this pyramid, the bottom three are the ones that have direct relevance to nutrition/health/weight. Meal frequency and timing is more about adherence. Supplementation isn't required or necessary for most people as long as the bottom three are taken care of and there is diversity in your food.
ETA: I feel like the tip off for this being bad advice is that while it says that you can get results with fewer meals, more frequent eating is the best way. And while it is implied, it is saying it is the best way for everyone. Anything that has absolutist statements like that are already suspect. Combine that with, as mentioned already, the lack of credible sources or studies leads me to believe it's snake oil for the desperate.4 -
I just want to mention that OP is dropping this kind of woo in a number of threads - one post with no follow-up. My opinion is they are deliberately provoking heated responses so they can sit back and enjoy the show as newbies are sucked into the train wreck.23
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I've given TO a hug, but it looked like they really needed one
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The problem with 5-6 small meals for mist people is that small meals are like government bureaucracies, they have a propensity to and always get bigger. Unless you’re tracking calories, 5-6 small meals equals, eventually, too many calories.7
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I just want to mention that OP is dropping this kind of woo in a number of threads - one post with no follow-up. My opinion is they are deliberately provoking heated responses so they can sit back and enjoy the show as newbies are sucked into the train wreck.
IF that's true, I can't even imagine how unpleasant it would be to live within such a small-minded, bitter, sad, narrow, resentful personality.
Takes all kinds, I guess. Sometimes ya gotta wonder why, though. :drinker:16 -
Teabythesea_ wrote: »Why is it that people will literally try everything under the sun before simply eating less?
Because they desperately want to believe "it's not my fault I'm fat" or "I don't really eat that much."12 -
Teabythesea_ wrote: »Why is it that people will literally try everything under the sun before simply eating less?
Because they desperately want to believe "it's not my fault I'm fat" or "I don't really eat that much."
QFT0 -
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wow...a lot of negative comments. I just found it interesting but next time I'll just keep to myself. no point in posting opinions if everyone's goal is to tear you a new one.
As my Mom always used to say "if you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all".
You want ensure you got your daily dose of effYou? Rip the author, not me...
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