Is it bad to...?

Lift_hard_eat_big

I have to ask - if you are only interested in debunking everyone's opinion that disagrees with you, then why post the thread?

Because perhaps she is more educated than most of these bandwagon posters.
All those people saying "It's bad" please show me a peer reviewed published article that proves your claims.

Why do *I*have to post articles to prove something? If it works for you - do it. If it doesn't work for you - don't. People get so bogged down with articles. You can honestly find an article that will show support or be against everything on the internet.

For me, real life experience that people have speak volumes from the "articles" that are out there.

If you found something that works for you, then by all means, fee free to continue doing so. Where did I say to show me "any article off the internet" I specifically asked for a "peer reviewed published articles" that prove that eating all your meals in a 6 hour window is bad. Those making claims that it is bad for you better have something to back it up, if not, keep quite and stop spreading misinformation. Why do you think the internet if full of so many bs articles, because any Joe Blow can write some "he said, she said" article and post it on the internet. Show me a scientifically peer reviewed journal article, I'd much rather take that articles conclusion into consideration when deciding how to plan my diet, vs, "Random Joe Blow's article"

_Ben

Ill be honest, due to my schedule, I mainly eat one large meal everyday, and two very small ones at other points. I know it may be because I have that 20 year old metabolism, but its working great for me. I realize this is probably atypical results

rileysowner

There is a ton of research on meal timing. All of it shows that when you eat your calories makes no difference at all. NONE! As long as you don't eat too many calories, whether you eat them all in one meal or eat them in nine meals or anything in between it makes no difference in terms of weight loss or metabolism. The only difference meal timing can make is in your mental perceptions. Thus for some eating many small meals is more satisfying than say 3 large meals. They would be hungry between meals with the 3 meal a day approach. For others, like me, eating constantly with 5-6 small meals a day just makes me more hungry. I want to eat all the time and never ever feel full and satisfied with a meal. I, however, don't have that when I eat 3 solid meals a day. I am full, happy and satisfied and doing that (other than when I first started eating 6 meals and day and always being hungry) for the vast majority of time I ate 3 meals a day with maybe a late night snack if I had the calories left.

tigersword

I have to ask - if you are only interested in debunking everyone's opinion that disagrees with you, then why post the thread?

Because perhaps she is more educated than most of these bandwagon posters.
All those people saying "It's bad" please show me a peer reviewed published article that proves your claims.

Why do *I*have to post articles to prove something? If it works for you - do it. If it doesn't work for you - don't. People get so bogged down with articles. You can honestly find an article that will show support or be against everything on the internet.

For me, real life experience that people have speak volumes from the "articles" that are out there.

I agree CG.

And I also have to point out that supporters of long-standing, widely accepted methods of eating, such as eating small meals throughout the entirety of the day and the importance of eating breakfast are not "band wagoners". It stands to reason that those on the other side of the debate are the ones jumping on a band wagon, as it seems to be a new trend - but I honestly don't know enough about it to say to speak to it's age or possibly being a fad.

However, I made no implication of taking either side of the debate, I simply posed a question. It seemed as though the original poster was seeking advice, though it later became obvious that she had formed a very strong opinion which she wished to debate with people who simply wanted to be helpful.

Either way, I hope whatever you choose to do works for you. Again, agreeing with CG, I know what works for me and I'm going to stick with it.

Actually the eating several small meals approach is not a "long-standing, widely accepted" method of eating. It was a fad diet technique about 10 years ago that people in the fitness industry latched on to. The most widely accepted eating schedule throughout history was basically one or two large meals a day, because they didn't have time or cooking fuel to cook more than that until relatively recently.

Lift_hard_eat_big

There is a ton of research on meal timing. All of it shows that when you eat your calories makes no difference at all. NONE! As long as you don't eat too many calories, whether you eat them all in one meal or eat them in nine meals or anything in between it makes no difference in terms of weight loss or metabolism. The only difference meal timing can make is in your mental perceptions. Thus for some eating many small meals is more satisfying than say 3 large meals. They would be hungry between meals with the 3 meal a day approach. For others, like me, eating constantly with 5-6 small meals a day just makes me more hungry. I want to eat all the time and never ever feel full and satisfied with a meal. I, however, don't have that when I eat 3 solid meals a day. I am full, happy and satisfied and doing that (other than when I first started eating 6 meals and day and always being hungry) for the vast majority of time I ate 3 meals a day with maybe a late night snack if I had the calories left.

Thank you! Finally someone who's actually done some research rather than just making claims because "I know what works for me so it must be bad to eat all your food in a 6 hour window"
I've only been on this site for a few weeks and the amount of misinformation spread is ridiculous! I wish there was a point system where we could give people negative feedback for posting bogus info.