How many times a day do you eat?

[Rainmaker]

so the broscience is that you should eat 6 times a day. I usually eat 5 times (3 main meals, 2 snacks, with a 3rd snack on workout days).

How many times a day do you typically eat?

[d3lf]

Usually around 6-7 excluding whey shakes

[El Gilbro]

4 or 5

[MCrow]

I normally eat between 3-6 meals.

Normally breakfast, lunch, Post workout shake, dinner and a snack. So five is the sweet spot but I sometimes might eat more or less.

[frank112]

Apparently im the only one that eats only 3 meals a day.

[Gusthebus]

Apparently im the only one that eats only 3 meals a day.

It's kool brah I eat 2 meals a day

[JeffyDOS]

7-8
Oatmeal + protein
PWO Shake
oatmeal + protein
chicken
pb sandwich
pb sandwich
pb sandwich
Casein shake

that's just an average day... depending on what I eat, it can be more or less.

[spicyprice]

You dont have less than three as an option......... I am loving my 1500 cals divided into two deliciously huge meals. Full belly ftw.

[Crush086]

4 mostly, sometimes 5.

Breakfast
Snack
Lunch
Dinner

Occasionally there's a snack inbetween lunch and dinner.

[AJBurns]

Meal 1 Pre-workout Bananna/protein drink
Meal 2 Post-workout protein drink
Meal 3 Big Meal
Meal 4 Snack
Meal 5 Average
Meal 6 Average
Meal 7 Snack
Meal 8 Cottage Cheese
Meal 9 Casein protein drink

Wish I made less dishes

Big Meal about 1000 calories, Average around 500-600 and snacks around 300-400.

[davidkap]

anywhere from 2 to 8

[Gusthebus]

You dont have less than three as an option......... I am loving my 1500 cals divided into two deliciously huge meals. Full belly ftw.

I like where ur heads at! Two full meals 800 cals a peice yummy yummy in my tummy.

[codordoa]

Apparently im the only one that eats only 3 meals a day.

Nah. 3 meals here as well brah, currently doing IF. Works for me.

[PBateman2]

4 or 5 meals.

[Taurean508]

been doing one to two.

[csb5731]

If I am "cutting", generally 2-4. If not, anywhere from three to double-digits, depending on activity level.

Climbing Mt. Rainier tomorrow/Friday - plan to eat ~1000 kcals every 2 hours minimum while moving. I figure every oz. of muscle that I've put on my reluctant frame over the past two years has cost me more than the equivalent weight of just about any rare earth element, so I ain't giving it up without a fight.

[KQguy]

workout day's-2
non workout day's-1

[BIGrob84]

2 Meals
1 Shake

[Daniepwils]

7-9

4AM Preworkout breakfast
6AM Protein
8AM Breakfast
10AM Morning Snack
12PM Lunch
2PM Afternoon Snack 1
4PM Afternoon Snack 2
6PM Dinner
8-9PM Evening Snack

[defixon]

Typically 3 here, rarely 2 and sometimes 4 with a small late night snack. Doing IF as well and am completely loving it. Cannot wait until my cut is over so I can slowly add lean mass...ahh it'll be wonderful.

[Eggsnham]

3 times daily.

There's folks that say you should eat 6-8 times a day; then there are people who say that you should eat only once a day. Then there are people who realize that it doesn't really matter how many times you eat as long as it works for you.

3x a day works for me, so I'm sticking with it. Besides, eating more than 3 times a day is too tedious for me.

[Lovetodream]

3-4 times excluding protein shakes

[rampage87]

2 meals a day, lunch and dinner

[ejthomp]

I eat whenever I am hungry. Usually many small snacks per day plus breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Directly from the "Losing Fat for Noobs" sticky:

1.3 Unessential Factors

Since many questions revolve around further details of cutting diets, here is a list of factors that I believe to be of insignificant effect for body composition:

- Cardio and fat burners,
- Meal timing and meal frequency,
- Protein / Carb / Fat distribution throughout the day,
- carb / fat ratio,

[KoolDrew]

4-5, but it varies.

[spicyprice]

Climbing Mt. Rainier tomorrow/Friday - plan to eat ~1000 kcals every 2 hours minimum while moving. I figure every oz. of muscle that I've put on my reluctant frame over the past two years has cost me more than the equivalent weight of just about any rare earth element, so I ain't giving it up without a fight.

Thats awesome, GLM!!!!

[js09]

4 or 5

8:30 breakfast
11:30 lunch
3:00 pre-workout snack
8:30 big dinner

sometimes i'll break my dinner into 2 meals.. one right when i get home from work or the gym, and one just before i go to bed

[HYDRAE]

three meals while cutting

five when bulking

[Iam918]

4 mostly, sometimes 5.

Breakfast
Snack
Lunch
Dinner

Occasionally there's a snack inbetween lunch and dinner.

^^ This here for me as well.

[Wendal]

Two.

I'm on a 2000 cal a day (average)diet. Every other day I only eat a thousand cals (100 for lunch, 900 for dinner), then on day two I get to eat 3000 cals (1500 for lunch, 1500 for dinner). Also doing IF. So far this works really well for me because I get eat almost anything I like every other day and I still get to eat a nice big 900 cal meal on my low cal days.