Meal timing an nutrient partitioning

[coeur]

I know that it’s more important to make sure you get your daily macros/calories in than to time every meal to a T, but what about weekly averages? For example, I’ll often go over cals one day and either make it up or the next day or the one after that, depending on how I’m feeling and how hungry I am. Sometimes I’ll eat more on rest days and make it up on a lifting day. Ultimately, it all averages out... but is this kind of eating too inconsistent for effective nutrient partitioning? Not speaking about energy levels because I can just control that with the types of food I eat. I eat more than enough protein, carbs and fat each day regardless of the calorie timing.

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[SuffolkPunch]

No it doesn't matter due to the large fat and glycogen stores you have - these smooth out any inconsistency in intake. The only thing I would give thought to intraday is timing of protein consumption. It's better to spread it between ~4 widely spaced feedings rather than just 1 or 2 points.

[coeur]

No it doesn't matter due to the large fat and glycogen stores you have - these smooth out any inconsistency in intake. The only thing I would give thought to intraday is timing of protein consumption. It's better to spread it between ~4 widely spaced feedings rather than just 1 or 2 points.

Okay, that’s good to hear. I eat including some protein every few hours as is (grazer at heart), just with varying total calorie quantities.

[SuffolkPunch]

Note that each protein feeding needs to exceed 25g to fully initiate muscle gain/repair processes

[GunsNsteak]

@suffolkpunch do you have any links that state the 25g protein per feeding process?

[xsquid99]

@suffolkpunch do you have any links that state the 25g protein per feeding process?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29497353

[SuffolkPunch]

^ That, and also:

http://www.nutritiontactics.com/meas...ein-synthesis/