3 Meals vs 6 Meals... what does everyone do?
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Black Beard
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The consensus is...FUCK IT, eat whenever you want and whatever makes it easier to reach to reach your goals!
Does that mean you like to shit when you are hungry? Does that in turn mean that you eat while taking a shit? Do I dare to ask if that means you are "recycling nutrients"?
Black Beard
@ X450 Gravity
If you are shitting a lot you are eating too much.
A shit is the food you ate yesterday that the body didnt need.
Mind. Blown.
308power
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The "and shit" is an inside joke from right around the time that you joined. You may have missed out.
I have taken a shit sitting on the toilet backwards, while having a plate of food on the bowl.
Did you wipe your arse first or your mouth?
cootermcgraw
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A meta-analysis conducted on eating frequency[1]*notes that "studies using whole-body calorimetry and doubly-labelled water to assess total 24 h energy expenditure find no difference between nibbling and gorging. Finally, with the exception of a single study, there is no evidence that weight loss on hypoenergetic regimens is altered by meal frequency. We conclude that any effects of meal pattern on the regulation of body weight are likely to be mediated through effects on the food intake side of the energy balance equation".[1]*A review article conducted assessing 179 abstracts (of which 10 studies were deemed relevant to assess meal frequency and weight loss interactions) found no significant relation between meal frequency and weight loss, albeit calling for more long-term evidence.[2]*These results are found in other review articles on the subject matter.[3][4]
Ive always thought six meals was a little overboard. I have four meals including a post workout cereal meal.
Ive always thought six meals was a little overboard. I have four meals including a post workout cereal meal.
cootermcgraw
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Higher frequency of meal consumption may be beneficial for preserving muscle tissue. When comparing 3 meals against 14 meals per day (an extreme case), it was found that despite the same amount of calories and no difference in metabolic rate that the low-frequency group had a higher protein oxidation rate (106.9±7.1 vs. 90.6±4.3 g/d) or 17% higher protein oxidation rates compared to 14 meals a day.[9]However, an intervention in obese individuals noted that when there were four meals eaten daily that there are no differences in weight loss when consuming 80% of your casein at one meal relative to 'pulsing' whey in four meals at 25%, with the casein group outperforming the whey group in the final length of the trial on nitrogen retention.[33]*This latter study noted higher protein oxidation and synthesis rates with*whey, but a trend towards nitrogen retention (muscle mass retention) with*casein.
bigkit34
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yolo
Black Beard
@ X450 Gravity
Good work cooter. I think the effect that higher meal frequency would have on muscle retention is negligible though, but everyone is different. Some people are naturally more catabolic than others( ectomorphs) On my cut, i work out fasted and only ate twice a day. I got all my macros in perfect and my meals were extremely satisfying. I actually gained tons of strength on my cut and all my lifts went up. I've tried 6 times a day and that shit makes you neurotic, as much as you don't want to admit it. Any little thing can throw your plans off. Try it, do it right, you won't regret it, hell you might even like it
Good work cooter. I think the effect that higher meal frequency would have on muscle retention is negligible though, but everyone is different. Some people are naturally more catabolic than others( ectomorphs) On my cut, i work out fasted and only ate twice a day. I got all my macros in perfect and my meals were extremely satisfying. I actually gained tons of strength on my cut and all my lifts went up. I've tried 6 times a day and that shit makes you neurotic, as much as you don't want to admit it. Any little thing can throw your plans off. Try it, do it right, you won't regret it, hell you might even like it
what were your macros and the calories for those two meals... also the timing as it related to working out?
Black Beard
@ X450 Gravity
1000k+, 100+g protein. You gotta be a beast to chomp through that food. I also got extra time to make the food extra tasty(i like to cook). Instead of eating microwave chicken breast with brown rice 6 times a day. Fuck that.
When I don't have the time that's what my meals look like. I usually prefer 3 or 4 meals though personally.
cootermcgraw
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Same here. Im a big eater.
