Do you Really need to Eat 6x Day to Increase Metabolism?

[Jersey732D]

I've started basically eating 2 Solid Filling Meals Breakfast and Lunch in the afternoon and fill any of the spaces with a Myoplex Shake sometime before lunch and something post workout which after a nice lift session my appetite is pretty much curbed from the quality fuel intake during the day and I take Pre Boost and Post Recovery & Glutamine.

Every other day I'll have a 20oz Coffee FF milk and sugar substitute
Almost every day I'll take a couple caffeine burners from MT or Stacker

When I first did the new diet a month ago I was going a little crazy trying to fit apples and potatos as fillers in between and after a couple weeks just couldn't keep up with the program its just too annoying even though I'll eat a couple apples a day when I have them I really have grown to love them. After 3 dozen potatos I just stopped baking them they just don't taste great unless they are fresh I was eating them up to 3 days out.

So anyways I went to the plan originally described above I think its at 2400 cals Probably around 170-200g Protein which I know I could use more.

Currently trying to manuever this 20+% BF down gradually I have gotten really powerful sessions in since I started again with the program 7 weeks ago.

Any expert advice on eating all these multiple smaller portions would be the more necessary evil. I'd rather have a rather filling 2 meals per day and only eat when I feel like it. Not really concerned about the weight anymore its gone up and down so I'm really using the mirror to guage every day.

Seems unbelievable the guys in the 170-190is are consuming over 4000 cals per day and never having any issue with gaining weight. Then again much food out there has condensed calories and I'm eating more clean so I have to consume more product which is very filling at a lower number so I have to be careful and make sure I get enough protein in there.

Been eating about 14oz skinless boneless chicken breast grilled No Seasoning, no nothing and 7 oz Tuna just in my salad alone. This is consumed about 5 hours before my lifting routine I switched from early AM at the gym to Late night hour or 2 before closing I have so much energy by then. Never any problems with sleeping.

And I'm 41 years old so that could very well explain the slow metabolism.

Sorry about the rambling, any advice appreciated. 1st Time post Hope this is the correct forum

[2canman]

didn't read post but no, increasing the amount of meals you eat won't increase your metabolism.

[snrygo]

inb4****storm

[joebrosef]

no you dont. Meal timing does not matter. Stickies...read them

[KoolAidManlet]

Bro save yourself a lot of stress and wasted time on a 6-meal a day diet and check out the stickies on the top of this forum. Specifically the IIFYM sticky and Alan Aragon's sticky on meal frequency.

[l2ambo]

inb4****storm

I came in to post this. ^^^

[NaLLa8705]

No eating more meals won't boost your metabolism.

Google Lyle McDonald and Body Recomposition

[Jersey732D]

Checking Stickies. Thanks for heads up

[3Ni]

the guys here have shown me this article which is very informative:


http://weightology.net/weightologyweekly/?page_id=319

[Ajones10]

Checking Stickies. Thanks for heads up

[LiftHeavy85]

dont listen to these uneducated people, Yes, you do need to need 6-8 times a day to keep the metabolic fire burning and also take a multi to help you lift heavy

[jcolson]

No eating more meals won't boost your metabolism.

Google Lyle McDonald and Body Recomposition

Word!

dont listen to these uneducated people, Yes, you do need to need 6-8 times a day to keep the metabolic fire burning and also take a multi to help you lift heavy

OP, I hope you know this dude is just having fun...

Meal timing should be what works for you. As stated above, read Lyle's stuff.

Here's a little quote from one of his articles: http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/res...ch-review.html

"In any case, let me sum up the results of this review: Meal frequency per se has essentially no impact on the magnitude of weight or fat loss except for its effects on food intake. If a high meal frequency makes people eat more, they will gain weight. Because they are eating more. And if a high meal frequency makes people eat less, they will lose weight. Because they are eating less. But it’s got nothing to do with stoking the metabolic fire or affecting metabolic rate on a day to day basis." (McDonald)

[jcolson]

Also this: http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/mus...ass-gains.html

This one has more to do with meal frequency related to BUILDING MUSCLE. Here is another quote from Lyle:

"Mentioned above, considering the relatively slow rate of protein and other nutrient digestion, it appears that even a moderate sized meal maintains an anabolic state for at least five to six hours (8). Individual whole food meals are still releasing nutrients into the bloodstream at the 5-hour mark (7). Very slowly digesting proteins such as casein may still be releasing AAs into the bloodstream seven to eight hours after ingestion (22). Considering this research, we might set a conservative limit of five hours as the absolute longest time that should pass between eating some source of dietary protein during waking hours." (MsDonald)

So... 2-3 hours... Not needed, unless you just like it better.

[peanut-butter]

No, it's a myth.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...494&query_hl=4
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19943985
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9155494
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11319656

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=119024341

[AlwaysTryin]

Bro save yourself a lot of stress and wasted time on a 6-meal a day diet and check out the stickies on the top of this forum. Specifically the IIFYM sticky and Alan Aragon's sticky on meal frequency.

You read the rules around avi's?

[Jersey732D]

dont listen to these uneducated people, Yes, you do need to need 6-8 times a day to keep the metabolic fire burning and also take a multi to help you lift heavy

No doubt. Its pretty amazing most of the bad advice was the same back then

[n0useforaname]

To answer another thing you memtioned, most guys eating 3000-4000 cals have more muscle mass which burns more calories, and the more active you are the more calories you require. And if someone is bulking, caloric intake will seem high. With my body comp. my cut is at 2600 cals a day.. If i was bulking id be around 3200-3300.

[snrygo]

strong bump

[Jax05]

It's more of a mental thing, rather than a necesary thing to keep your metabolism up. From my experience, it keeps me from over-eating.