How many times a day do you eat?

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  • skinnyitaliannn
    skinnyitaliannn Posts: 187
    I aim for 4-6 meals a day; and depending on your job your 'meal' can be a snack such as a bit of dried fruit with a protein source of your choosing

    I thought of that, but unless I shove food down my throat on a bathroom break, there's not time to eat. I work in a restaurant.

    SAME exact situation!
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    All of them. It does not matter.

    Usually 3 with big snacks in between so that makes it 5, except when it is 6.
  • jangyxox
    jangyxox Posts: 24
    any between 3-6 but in all honesty I just seem to eat all day everyday
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    I normally eat 3 meals with 1 or 2 snacks, but sometimes on the weekends I only eat two meals.
  • amy1612
    amy1612 Posts: 1,356 Member
    Breakfast - oatmeal
    10 am - chobani
    12 - deli turkey and pineapple
    3 pm - apple
    6 pm - dinner (usually chicken and asparagus or broccoli)

    That is a seriously small amount of food.
  • AsaraFuriosa
    AsaraFuriosa Posts: 293 Member
    I honestly feel this is key to my weightloss. I eat 6-8 times a day. I make my own raw fruit smoothie in the morning, and I have a snack between every meal so I'm eating about every 2 1/2-3 hrs. Snacks are quick like low fat cereal bars or a piece of fruit. Altogether I've lost about 94lbs so my metabolism is learning. :-)
  • xXKatrinaXx
    xXKatrinaXx Posts: 234
    I do the 5-6 meals every 3 hours. around 200-400 calories
  • NewMnky1
    NewMnky1 Posts: 264
    I have breakfast at 8, a snack at 11 (usually and apple and cucumber), then my lunch at 2, then dinner at 5, it really seems to work to keep me from getting hungry in between meals and dinner usually fills me up so I don't snack much after that, but if needed I would snack around 7.
  • bowser625
    bowser625 Posts: 95 Member
    Three meals (2 which are under 250 calories usually) and three snacks (2 which are under 100 calories).
  • 323notDEB
    323notDEB Posts: 2 Member
    I eat every three hours, getting in five to six meals a day.
  • Christine1110
    Christine1110 Posts: 1,786 Member
    Breakfast, am snack, lunch, pm snack, dinner, evening snack....and I still stay around 1200 calories a day. I don't eat fast foods, processed/packaged foods. I get alot more food for my calories!!
  • tom_olech
    tom_olech Posts: 139 Member
    Im a student, so my schedule varies a bit, but on busy days i eat 3-4....on normal days i eat 6-7
  • LoraF83
    LoraF83 Posts: 15,694 Member
    I take 3 bites every 14 minutes. My metabolism is TURBO MODE because of this.


    Joking aside: I don't keep track, I just eat until I'm out of calories but typically it's two very big meals and I usually have 1.5 scoops of whey in my AM coffee, and ice cream or popcorn or some other treat at night.

    Lol.

    I pretty much don't keep track either. I just sort of eat constantly or whenever I'm hungry (I like to snack) until I'm out of calories. I also have a snack late at night.

    Eat whenever it works for you! :)
  • itgeekwoman
    itgeekwoman Posts: 804 Member
    While the number of calories are key here, by eating more often it keeps your metabolism going and actually helps you to burn more fat faster.

    Keep the metabolism going by keeping food in your digestive system. Let your body do the work!!!
  • ChancyW
    ChancyW Posts: 437 Member
    I eat 6 times a day and LOVE it! I never get too hungry and end up bingeing on foods. It works!
  • Sylvitryinghard
    Sylvitryinghard Posts: 549 Member
    breakfast,
    a fast lunch something like salad or bread with cheese or roasted chicken or a soup
    dinner like chicken with spinaci and tomatoes or fish
    2 snacks preferable soya dessert or yoghurt or fruits

    it works with my working time from 7-5.
  • birdinho
    birdinho Posts: 86 Member
    It varies from 4-12 depending on how many cals I have left and what im doing. Eating is one of my favourite hobbies, I literally graze at my desk all day.

    I also turn green and angry if I havent eaten for 3 hours!!! GRRRRRR
  • drmerc
    drmerc Posts: 2,603 Member
    just one meal but it lasts for like 14 hours
  • kenazfehu
    kenazfehu Posts: 1,188 Member
    On a typical day, 4 meals (8, 11, 2, after 5) and 1 bedtime snack. I can be flexible around events, though.
  • Angie_1991
    Angie_1991 Posts: 447 Member
    every 2 hours starting at 730 am and stopping at 830pm...3 meals.the rest are snacks.....to keep my met. going
  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    While the number of calories are key here, by eating more often it keeps your metabolism going and actually helps you to burn more fat faster.

    Keep the metabolism going by keeping food in your digestive system. Let your body do the work!!!

    This is just plan wrong and is total myth. Eating has no effect on your metabolism beyond the TEF of what you ate. If you eat the same amout in a day, TEF is the same whether you eat once or 22 times. This misinformation gets repeated so often it's ridiculous. Eatin has no effect on your metabolism!! Zip, zilch, nada, none, zero, uh uh, nein!!
  • deb3129
    deb3129 Posts: 1,294 Member
    I eat three actual meals. But I snack a lot!!
  • Cranktastic
    Cranktastic Posts: 1,517 Member
    While the number of calories are key here, by eating more often it keeps your metabolism going and actually helps you to burn more fat faster.

    Keep the metabolism going by keeping food in your digestive system. Let your body do the work!!!

    This is just plan wrong and is total myth. Eating has no effect on your metabolism beyond the TEF of what you ate. If you eat the same amout in a day, TEF is the same whether you eat once or 22 times. This misinformation gets repeated so often it's ridiculous. Eatin has no effect on your metabolism!! Zip, zilch, nada, none, zero, uh uh, nein!!

    EXACTLY
    do what works for you.
  • melindadunston
    melindadunston Posts: 157
    I eat 4-6 times per day. I find I do better with losing when I eat less more often:)
  • newcs
    newcs Posts: 717 Member
    I'm big on snacking (not because I believe it has any advantage, just because it seems to work for me). I eat about 200-300 calories for breakfast, around 300ish for lunch, 400ish for dinner and the rest is 50-100 calorie snacks so I eat pretty frequently.
  • ReverseEngineered
    ReverseEngineered Posts: 15
    For reference, many studies have been done on number of meals vs. weight loss and the results are weak at best. See here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9155494

    Personally, I try to spread my food out among 5 meals every 3 hours. Ever since I was a child I found myself hungry every 3-4 hours, even if I've just had a big meal. I also found that I would get dizzy, light-headed, shaky, and agitated if I didn't eat, though doctors assure me I am not hypoglycemic. Evenly-spacing out my meals and calories has solved this.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Usually I eat 3 times a day, though I often have caloric drinks (soy milk, almond milk, V8) as snacks which can push it up to 5-6 times a day.

    On days I don't work I may only eat once or twice, or I may eat all day long making it hard to count how many times (1 continuous feed, or 15 small snacks???)

    I'm a 'listen to your body' type person. I feed it when I'm hungry, I try to stop when I'm full, and I ignore it when it's making unreasonable requests (or make it earn it through extra exercise if really just won't shut up).
  • honeybee1036
    honeybee1036 Posts: 147 Member
    bump
  • conraj74
    conraj74 Posts: 182
    I usually eat six or seven times a day.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Eatin has no effect on your metabolism!! Zip, zilch, nada, none, zero, uh uh, nein!!

    Yes it does. Just not as much as most people seem to thing.

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