How many meals per day do you have?

[BigJim]

This seems to be something a lot of people disagree on.

I have always been told eating every 2.5-3 hours is best and this would mean you are eating around 7 meals per day.

Others say that is silly and only to eat 3 main meals per day.

So what does everyone do?

 

[March83]

on a normal day, 3.

if i ride to work (50km/1:30 each way), 5 - 2x extra carb based meals or i don't make it home without "bonking". i could probably skip lunch on riding days and survive on 4, but it wouldn't really fit in with my work schedule and i'd probably be feeling pretty flat on the bike on the way home.

 

[Bazza20]

One of the best things I did was go from 7-8 meals a day back to 2 or 3.

 

[Azz]

Yeah I eat around every 2.5-3 hours. About 6 meals a day on average.

 

[jzpowahz]

3. In 8hr "window".

 

[Rambodian]

I just eat 3 main meals, sometimes 4 if I'm really hungry. Mostly I eat the same cals every day roughly anyway. I am used to eating big meals so I feel to hungry eating small meals more often, and eating mainly 3 times a day has not affected my fat loss any. Although I have stopped loosing for now as I want to concentrate on mass until mid next year and than I will concentrate on more fat loss again. I eat around 3500 cals a day, when i try to loose fat I cut it down to around 2800 a day, but I eat the same foods, just less.

 

[Figjam Brah]

About 5, just depends on when breaks are. What else am I gonna do in those breaks, be social?

Light breakfast, morning tea, Lunch, Don't always eat afternoon break, Tea/Dinner, Pre bed..

 

[Skalatharx]

3 large food meals, and 3 shakes.

 

[kairazy]

Eat whenever Im hungry or bored, so ends up being 6-7 meals a day

 

[CaT_SPeW]

3. In 8hr "window".

Same here but mines more like 2 meals and and an afternoon snack

 

[MaxBrenner]

2 solids/whole food and 1 liquid/mouse consumed between 12pm and 8pm.

And this is all I have to say on meal frequency -

http://ausbb.com/nutrition-diet/153...ng-post-workout-anabolic-window-gi-myths.html

http://thebodyevolutionreport.blogspot.com/2011/09/personal-preference-what-suits-you-and.html

http://thebodyevolutionreport.blogspot.com/2011_08_01_archive.html

 

[KungFooGoo]

l eat 3 big meals (big for me) and maybe 1 smaller one when i get home from work.

 

[Gunner]

2 meals between 12pm and 7pm

 

[Rugby88]

4,000-5,000 meals a day depending on the day and if im in space or not

 

[jzpowahz]

LOL nice Joel

 

[Big Mick]

Generally I only eat 2 meals a day, lunch and dinner, never hungry in the mornings.

Will have a shake 35-45 gram WPI after I get up, then have coffee about mid morning, then lunch and dinner, another shake before bed.