If you eat six meals per day and try to eat a meal about every three hours, how big should those meals be? I would assume very small, right? I need to loose body fat and read that it is important to eat very frequently like six time per day in order to achieve this.
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07-17-2009, 06:15 PM #1
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Need advice on portion size with 6 meals per day
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07-17-2009, 06:23 PM #2Founder of MMDELAD
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07-17-2009, 06:36 PM #3
on gym days you can get in a lil extra after training, so your post gym meal can be a bit bigger, more carbs keep protein pretty much the same each meal abut try and get in all your carbs with in your first 3-4 meals, just protein, fibre (green veg) and good fats in the last 2-3 meals.
i eat every 2 hours, if im hungry before the 2hours than the meal i had before was to small, and if im not hungry then the meal was to big.
to lose weight, its good to start by not eating carbs in the last few meals. always eat some carbs after gym.
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07-17-2009, 08:57 PM #4
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07-17-2009, 09:24 PM #5
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07-18-2009, 03:20 PM #6
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07-18-2009, 03:23 PM #7
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07-18-2009, 03:33 PM #8
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07-18-2009, 03:49 PM #9
carbs are energy food, that is all. complex and simple, they both are used for energy, if your body has no carbs or too low carbs it looks for energy else where, like protein, fat and muscle.
carbs that dont get used as energy store as fat, you dont want that. at night you do not need the energy as you are fueled by the meals you had earlier. also if you are looking to lose weight you want your body to burn fat, by cutting carbs at night you also encourage your body to use fat for the little energy it needs. you need protein to repair your body, fat and fibre help slow digestion. very good before bed even when dieting as you want protein slowly digesting thoughout you sleep.
i say night but some people may work nights so i just mean the last meals before bed whatever time that maybe.
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07-18-2009, 03:51 PM #10
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07-18-2009, 04:00 PM #11
if you are going bed you do not need the energy from carbs, so when you sleep the carbs can store as fat. if your calories are low then have a bit extra fat and protien just not too much. everybody works different but that is something i've found and read to be the case for must people durring dieting, if your trying to gain mass a small amount of complex carbs, 20-30g with protein, fat and fibre before bed is not as bad.
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07-18-2009, 04:34 PM #12
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Dude, if you can scientifically back up your claim (as in post a legitimate medical study), then more power to you. But you can't because its utter garbage. So accept the fact and move on. If your in a calorie deficiency state, which means that your daily output is more then your input (i.e. consumed food), then your body will metabolize something else to meet it's energy requirements, hopefully fat (not muscle). You said that carbohydrates are used for energy. Your body can also get energy from fats and protein. Do you see the flaw in your ointment?
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07-18-2009, 05:16 PM #13
read my 1st posts in this thread, i said your body will burn fat for energy and protien even muscle. i know that. if your calorie deficiency is too great you will go into starvation mode and burn muscle and store fat. but when you get the balence right with your calories and have a slight deficiency then your body will use fat for energy and not muscle.
all im trying to get across is to not eat carbs to close to the time you sleep. try to get them in thoughout the day. as the original question was meal size over 6 meals. for someone who wanted to lose fat.
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07-18-2009, 05:20 PM #14
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