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6 Small Meals a day

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  1. driver driver is offline

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    Feb 20th, 2009 (2/20/2009 4:45pm)

    So I've been running, about 2 miles a day, lifting and generally trying to get in better shape. Everyone is telling me to try to eat 6 small meals a day to get my body to be a "calorie burning furnace"...makes sense to me. But I'm clearly not getting the "small" part in small meals as I just took a spike in weight (could be muscle, I know, but I think I'm overeating 6 times a day). Anyway, does anyone else do this small meals stuff and if so, what's your regiment look like...times, foods, etc. Any advice/help is appreciated.
  2. BAntares BAntares is offline

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    Feb 20th, 2009 (2/20/2009 4:48pm) in reply to driver

    you will gain initially..then the inches will start to come off

    eat every 2-3 hours..and shoot for about 2500-2700 calories..
  3. Brian06 Brian06 is offline

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    Feb 20th, 2009 (2/20/2009 4:49pm) in reply to driver

    I do...

    Breakfast

    Snack at about 10:30 at work during break

    Lunch

    Afternoon Snack during break

    Dinner

    Evening Snack

    Note: Snack does not mean junk food although sometimes it can include junk.

    Try to make a plate with a portion that looks acceptable and once you are done eating it that's it. No seconds.
  4. xxACES UPxx xxACES UPxx is offline

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    Feb 20th, 2009 (2/20/2009 4:54pm) in reply to driver

    Im dieting working out and doing the small meals several times a day thing. Here is what a typical day of eating is something like this.

    Breakfast-bowl of cheerios no milk

    snack 1-apple, peach or some other fruit and maybe some almonds

    lunch-tuna sandwich with no mayo added just mustard on toasted oatnut bread

    snack 2-another piece of fruit

    Dinner-Chicken breast sauteed in evoo with no salt added but a buch of other spices and brown rice

    desert-cup of the no sugar 60 calorie chocolate pudding cup. These are great satisfy both desert and chocolate urge.

    O yah and I havent had anything to drink besides water in over 3 weeks

    Seems about right sometimes I might skip a snack but eating several times a day smaller is the way to go. Someone from here linked me to the mens health belly off which is a great site with workout programs, diet, and message forum with a bunch of guys who have lost a shitload of weight with the program. Im wrapping up week 3 of an 8week program from there. Lost 7 lbs so far, feel good. Only thing is I dont think Im getting enough calories but we'll see. GL
    http://www.menshealth.com/bellyoff/
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    Feb 20th, 2009 (2/20/2009 4:55pm) in reply to driver

    The whole 6 small meals a day is good in theory but not practical for the average Joe and if you think it's causing you to over eat, well then it's worthless.

    There is no magic diet out there. It's all about caloric intake/outake. What kinds of food are you eating? Do you know how many calories you are taking in? How much do you weigh? These are all important questions in analyzing one's diet.
  6. gosalukis83 gosalukis83 is offline

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    Feb 20th, 2009 (2/20/2009 4:56pm) in reply to driver

    http://bodyforlife.com/

    learn it, live it, love it

    PM prostuntman for more info
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    Feb 20th, 2009 (2/20/2009 4:59pm) in reply to BAntares

     
    Originally Posted by BAntares View Post

    you will gain initially..then the inches will start to come off

    eat every 2-3 hours..and shoot for about 2500-2700 calories..

    so im assuming you know his height and weight? his workout regiment? his daily job? his body fat? Dont just say random calorie numbers because you heard that works for someone...OP, pm me if you want some solid info, ill need some facts from you and so on, gl
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    Feb 20th, 2009 (2/20/2009 5:02pm) in reply to H@BB@KUK

    http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm
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    Feb 20th, 2009 (2/20/2009 5:02pm) in reply to driver

    6 small meals really means 3 small meals and 3 smaller snacks...

    Breakfast should be your biggest meal (2 egg whites, a few slices of wheat toast with a tiny bit of jelly/jam on them, a granola bar, a piece of fruit, a glass of water, and a glass of milk)

    A small snack before lunch (a piece of fruit or another granola bar)

    Lunch (a salad with oil and vinegar or a small amount of light dressing, sandwich of some with romaine lettuce, tomato, pretty much any and all veggies you like, if you must use condiments use as little as possible, a glass of water, and a glass of a low sugar fruit juice)

    A small snack before dinner (protein bar, fruit, bowl of cottage cheese)

    Dinner (some lean meat, steam veggies, some brown/wild rice, glass of water, glass of low sugar juice)

    The 6th "meal" should be a snack after your workout (protein bar, wheat bread with peanut better on it)

    Drink water all day (about 3-4 liters depending on how hard your work out is)

    2 months later you wont be as fat... good luck chunko
  10. BAntares BAntares is offline

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    Feb 20th, 2009 (2/20/2009 5:03pm) in reply to H@BB@KUK

     
    Originally Posted by H@BB@KUK View Post

     
    Originally Posted by BAntares View Post

    you will gain initially..then the inches will start to come off

    eat every 2-3 hours..and shoot for about 2500-2700 calories..

    so im assuming you know his height and weight? his workout regiment? his daily job? his body fat? Dont just say random calorie numbers because you heard that works for someone...OP, pm me if you want some solid info, ill need some facts from you and so on, gl

    well being that i'm a personal trainer and have helped countless people lose weight and keep it off..and train athletes..umm you're right i have no clue what i'm talking about..
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    Feb 20th, 2009 (2/20/2009 5:17pm) in reply to driver

    OP, this calorie calculater will be a great tool in organizing and understanding the proper diet you need if you want to either maintain or lose weight.

    http://nutrition.about.com/library/b..._guide_men.htm

    I would recommend more daily protein than this suggests though. Active people should to aim for 1g per lb of bodyweight. With one or two daily protein shakes, this is easily attainable.

    Good Luck.
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    Feb 20th, 2009 (2/20/2009 5:19pm) in reply to driver

    6 small meals >>>>> eating nothing but fast food/microwave dinners at odd irregular intervals of the day
  13. driver driver is offline

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    Feb 20th, 2009 (2/20/2009 5:19pm) in reply to driver

    Thanks for all this info guys...very helpful! Much appreciated and I'll be checking it all out.
    Thread Starter
  14. HoldemJunkie HoldemJunkie is offline

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    Feb 20th, 2009 (2/20/2009 5:24pm) in reply to BirdWings

    Yeah I don't get why you would want to lose weight but be eating a bunch of meals. The best way to lift is to bulk up doing about 1 cardio workout a week and then cut weight. Eating the 6 meals a day helps with keeping your matabilism quick so your body always thinks it will be fed and not have to store extra fat.
    I'm full of info as I have wanted to learn a lot about fitness myself and I have a nutrition/health and welness class.

    Check this site out for real guys are ful of info. www.bodybuilding.com
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