3 meals or 6?

joyfulhappyheart

I TRY to eat 3 meals, plus two snacks. Some days I do really well, some day's I don't.

My snacks are usually my 80 calorie greek yogurt/ with an apple, and a Victory protein bar.

If my meals are too low in calories, or I did a huge workout, I will add in a protein drink too.

I try not to beat myself up over it if I miss a few breakfasts.

TemikaThompson

I read something on here a few days ago... They stated that when you do eat 6 meals a day, your body tends to be hungry most of the time after a while. Where as if you only eat 3, your body will get use to that, and you wont feel so hungry all the time. Ive tried both, and I think I have to agree. I personally am sticking to the 3x a day with healthy snacks in between like fruits , veggies, or nuts if I start feeling really hungry or just need something.

This is so true. Before starting mfp 2 months ago, I felt that i had to eat every 3 hrs but when I put away all the bad snacks and replaced them for healthy and then only ate 3-4 times a day (not on purpose) because I got really busy, I found that I really wasn't that hungry like I was before. Iused to stay hungry. At times I will eat some of my lunch until I'm satified and the rest for dinner just because. But I still eat my total number of recommended cals for the day or week.

crandos

Eat 6 meals to stoke the metabolic fire

ritchiedrama

I eat 1 or 2 meals a day, pretty much 2 though.

Ang108

Hi, I've been told different things about how many meals to eat a day. What's better, six small meals or 3 big meals? I was told to split my total calories/fat/protein/carbs by 6 but it's way too hard to plan meals with such specific macros.

Any advice?? I'm trying to plan my meals but getting stuck with macros.....

I eat neither. I work three days a week from home and start at 6:00-6:15 am with just a couple of cups of coffee. By the time lunch break rolls around ( which here is at 2pm the earliest) I am off work and can leisurely cook and afterwards eat two meals. On the two days I go to the office I do 5:2 and eat my 500 calories in one meal at night. This works for me very well and I would say that you need to try and figure out what works for you.

Alpina483

I tried eating 5-6 times a day, worked for me for about a week, then it felt like too much hassle. Sounds simple, just basically eating every normal meal in two parts, but it was not - dragging all these food containers along, etc.
Try and see for yourself what works for you.

rummyqueen

Just make sure you eat a healthy breakfast,that one is more important then snacks.light lunch and dinner,it depends on how hungrey you are and make sure you have portions.

ritchiedrama

Just make sure you eat a healthy breakfast,that one is more important then snacks.light lunch and dinner,it depends on how hungrey you are and make sure you have portions.

Disregard this post, it has no substance and makes no sense.

trisH_7183

I seldom eat breakfast,but with lunch,dinner & evening snack,I can come close to my calorie goal.I keep high protein bars
In case I need to eat a bit more.

TemikaThompson

Just make sure you eat a healthy breakfast,that one is more important then snacks.light lunch and dinner,it depends on how hungrey you are and make sure you have portions.

Disregard this post, it has no substance and makes no sense.

Agree. There is no "most important" meal. That's just a myth. When I went by that, I found that I was hungry faster when I ate breakfast when I wasn't hungry. Just eat your 1st meal when you are hungry or right before work and eat when your job gives you a lunch break and dinner and in between if you are hungry. Eat when you feel you "need" to eat.