Big Spaced Out Meals

[ExtraMile]

on weekends I always loose my appetite throughout the day, I think this is because I dont have set meal times when Im not at school so even if I just have a small meal Im not hungry for hours.

Last couple of days I have just had a big breakfast (~1000kcal) and 2 other big meals around 1000kcal then a snack before bed which was something like handful of nuts, glass of milk and some cottage cheese. So I still got in ~3000kcal which is my target at the moment.

Is there a downside to eating like this?

 

[gstacker]

its not the best but at least ur getting all ur calories....you new that already tho

 

[ExtraMile]

its not the best but at least ur getting all ur calories....you new that already tho

what are the disadvantages?

 

[gstacker]

Well Ima jus guess at it that if u eat three big meals u will be over eating each time, maybe causing a lil fat storage u may burn it off up untill the next meal and then do it again... Slowing down ur matabolisim, sound logical or am I talking out my ass lol

 

[rikishi]

It's bad for a lot of reasons.

1. Your metabolism slows down

2. There is more food for your body to process and burn all at once, so your body is more likely to not use all of it and will store more fat

3. Your body produces a lot more insulin all at once which will have negative impacts on fat storage

 

[joe d]

drink milk between

 

[*ebony*]

cals in/cals out=weight loss/weight gain

different meal splits have no effect on metabolic rate or fat metabolism.

 

[*ebony*]

the most important thing for muscle gain is your post workout meal.

there are studies to support my statement of course.


anyways dont worry about going catabolic cause it wont happen. i think it takes like 12 hours to digest a meal while slowly releasing amino acids into blood stream.

just eat when your hungry. eating smalls meals throughout the day to ‘stokes the metabolic fire’ is not necessarily true according to the studies iv read. or that it is the ideal way to eat in order to control cravings and blood sugars, ect. i think the 3 meals a day and 6-8 meals a day and most advice that centers around it comes from research concerning TEF (Thermic Effect of Food).

 

[joe d]

eating 3 huge meals vs splitting the food into 6 meals makes a huge difference in your results in fat and muscle loss and gain. its also much healthier. this is simple to understand.

 

[rikishi]

eating 3 huge meals vs splitting the food into 6 meals makes a huge difference in your results in fat and muscle loss and gain. its also much healthier. this is simple to understand.

Exactly.