Is it necessary to eat every 2 or 3 hours?

For some with sugar absorption issues or a need to control blood sugar levels may find eating at 2 to 3 hour intervals helpful but if you are like the majority on here, fit and healthy, there is no definite benefit. I would consider the production of gas to be down to inadequate digestion, the stomach not emptying fully between meals, in some of us insufficient digestive microbes to breakdown foods, slow transit could also encourage gas in some subjects too, this can lead to reduced digestive enzymes, this would be much less common cause.

Need2exercise raises a good point, some of us will benefit from a daily fast. Generally our bodies do benefit from our taking breaks from eating particularly if one has a grazing habit, so the elimination of the by-products of life can happen easily giving the liver and other organs the opportunity to recover between days. Most of us will easily manage 10 possibly 12 hours fast a day having breakfast and supper, our start and end to the day well spaced. Many will consider this idea woo.

It is often said our lives are very different to those of our ancestors. I raise this here because with the advent of electricity we are able to rise earlier on our dark winter days and stay up much later too providing more opportunity for us to eat. We as a species are so very far removed from our and the worlds natural cycles. The study of tribal cultures who have maintained their historic dietary patters is showing none of our modern readily accepted health issues.

poonamsonii21 wrote: »

Orphia wrote: »

I've lost 80 lbs and kept it off 17 months and counting, and I eat 70% of my calories in a meal an hour before bed.

Eat whenever it makes you happy, so long as you stick to your calorie limit.

Wat workout u did to loose 80lbs?pls tell

This may be from your own knowledge, or perhaps someone with some equally bad qualifications as your nutritionist....

Exercise is NOT for weight loss, it is for heart health and body transformation.
Reread that several times if needed. Weight gain is usually it's side effect.

Diet is for weight loss - done right hopefully just fat loss, done wrong you can include some muscle loss in there - and that will suck sooner and later.

The sooner you get that right, the sooner you won't make bad decisions based on a wrong premise.

And your 1200 diet goal, probably is for average sedentary woman.
You sedentary with exercise? - then eat more.
You want to be average? - then eat more.
Have better workouts - transform the body more.

MegaMooseEsq wrote: »

This is the kind of thing that makes me a little embarrassed to tell people that I eat every 2-3 hours. It has nothing to do with optimizing digestion or extra calorie burn or whatever, it's just what keeps me full and under calories for the day. The human digestive system is actually pretty awesome - sure, it can get thrown off by all sorts of things, but it can also adapt to all sorts of things.

Don't be embarrassed - it's what works for you.

Now - you come out spouting advice that it's required for weight loss, with no comment or background as to why it actually works for you better - then prepared to be slammed by many.

poonamsonii21 wrote: »

Is it necessary to eat every 2 or 3 hours for weighg loss..my nuyritionist say if u dont eat every 2 or 3 hours...body forms gas and bloating...is it true

How do YOU feel if you eat fewer times a day? That's all that counts. Everyone needs to find their sweet spot for how often they eat and what their diet consists of. Beware of anyone telling you universal truths about what or when to eat - there are no universal truths.