How many times a day should I eat??

formytwins

Thanks for all the input......I also was told that I am not suppose to get hungry?????

JenBrown0210

What works for me is I eat 3 meals a day around 300 calories. I drink water all day. I also usually have 2 to 3 sacks a day equaling the 300 calories. My daily goal is 1200. So far I've lost a total of 13 pounds since january. I hope that helps

vzepol

Bellisle F et. al. Meal frequency and energy balance. Br J Nutr. (1997) 77 (Suppl 1):S57-70

I tend to ignore studies that are more than 5 years old. So much has been learned in the last couple of years that it begs to look for more current citations.

I am learning how to eat every couple of hours to keep my blood even through the day. Not everyone needs to do this but it is beginning to work for me.

miatavixxen

You really have to figure out what works for YOU! For me, I can't seem to eat much at one meal so I eat about every 3 hours but not a full fledged meal each time.

pgalli

3 meals- breakfast,lunch,dinner. Snack every 2-3 hours for men 100-300 calorie snacks and women 100-200 calories. last snack should be 1 hr before bedtime(preferably with protein and very little fast carb. lunch and dinner should consist of protein(4-6oz-men, 4oz women), slow carbohydrate and fast carbohydrate. Drink 12 cups of water in a day. 7-8 hrs of sleep. Stay away from refined flours and certain sugars. Diet Free Life by Robert Ferguson and has a lifestyle eating program called Food Lovers. I have lost 8lbs in one month and lost 6.5" in total BMI body measurements. You can check out some blogs at chat.myfoodlovers.com.

spackham

I am seeing a nutritionist and a research hospital and she said, "Do what is most comfortable for you as long as you don't skip a meal." Just stay within your caloric needs for weight loss and make work on making life-style changes as much as you work out.

peteyTwang

Personally, I definitely prefer to eat smaller amounts of good healthy food more frequently and I don't need a study to tell me what actually feels better and easier on my digestion... to make it easier to track I actually split my MFP food diary into 4 hour segments instead of "meals" & "snacks"