How many times a day do you eat?

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!!

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.

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.

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).

I usually eat six or seven times a day.

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.

Proof source?

Three meals, two snacks usually.

^ This is what I do for the most part... at least M-F the weekends I may just do 2-3 good sized meals as I am always on the go and do not pack lunch as I do for work...

When I worked in a restaurant -- with no breaks to eat for the entire shift -- I would sometimes tuck a juice or milk or something away at the beverage station and sip it when I could to maintain my blood sugar, but this might be a health code violation. Also, try luna bars. They are about 3 bites... take about 2 minutes to eat... and are just enough energy to keep you going. Stick one in your apron.

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.

Proof source?

Your body burns calories during digestion. Any time you burn calories you have a temporary boost in metabolism.

That is the Thermic Effect of Food or TEF as I refered to in my post. It's effect is in direct relation to what and how much you eat. How often you eat is a nonfactor assuming you eat the same amount with the same macronutrient composition. So, in effect, it is useless as a factor in weight loss.

8, around 6000-6500 calories.