3 meals a day?

JaenaM

3 meals a day?
5-6 meals a day?
Eat when you're hungry?
Eat every 3-4 hours?
Don't eat after 8 pm?
Only eat fruit until noon?

With so many approaches, which one is truly correct? Does anyone know of evidence to support any of those "healthy eating" rules that supposedly boost your metabolism, enhance your workouts, and generally help you commune with the gods?! I'm so tired of reading about all these approaches; I don't know what will work best for me. What's worked for you???

krystonite

Nothing is "correct" and nothing is "wrong." Every person is different because every body is different. We each have different chemistry, we each react toward things being put into our body a different way. You find what works for you and you stick to it.

jlewis2896

What works for me is what works for me. What works for you will be what works for you.

It's different for everyone, the key is finding a plan you can live with.

Acg67

there is no one best way, it's what works for you. i follow an IF approach because i prefer larger meals and not hungry in the morning. i end up eating 80%ish of my cals from 6pm onward

krystonite

Personally, I eat when I'm hungry and my body knows what it wants. It knows if it needs fruit, if it wants protein, if it needs water. I have learned to listen to my body.

Broken_

I tried doing 3 meals a day and showed minimal results when blended with exercise to achieve weight loss.

When I bumped up to 5-6 meals a day the scale dropped much more rapidly.

I went back to 3 meals a day and started regaining weight (while sticking with the same caloric intake

surfrgrl1

What works for me personally is 3 meals and 3 snacks a day. Breakfast is super important to get your body fueled after you've slept all night. The snacks keep me from getting ravenous between meals. My last snack is something light before bed time. Its a long time until breakfast again. Just what works for me.

Zen_Master_B

I do 5 meals now, I like it a lot. If I ate a monster portion and felt stuffed that doesn't work for me, especially if I wanna exercise. I need to feel light and good, but satiated at the same time.

I have tried it all, I personally don't eat after like 12 hours of being up. I think breakfast is the most important meal of the day, if I stuff myself at night I am not Breaking-My-Fast which is what breakfast is.

I think in nutrtion and fitness it is all an experiement do what you like till that doesn't work then try something new.

JaenaM

thanks for all of your thoughts...keep em comin'!

Monica_has_a_goal

What works for me personally is 3 meals and 3 snacks a day. Breakfast is super important to get your body fueled after you've slept all night. The snacks keep me from getting ravenous between meals. My last snack is something light before bed time. Its a long time until breakfast again. Just what works for me.

I agree.. I stick to that plan too! :drinker:

it_be_asin

I eat very frequently, definitely every 2-4 hours when I am awake. But eating little things throughout the day seems to work best for my satiety, instead of stuffing and starving myself. And I always eat breakfast, but I can't do breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper. I really need 40% of my calories after 6pm (and I go to bed at 9!).