GunnmeTaLCURA04

I started to eat better, and I read and heard that its good to have a small snack in between to keep your metabolism going. But my questions is..

If I am drinking LOTS of water, I dont feel hungy enough to eat those snacks. Should I still eat them, I am just full of water?

Whiskers

Don't eat if you are not hungry. Figure out how many calories per day you want and divide it by 4-5.

Doc.Booty

GunnmeTaLCURA04

Well right now I am doing this Cereal diet thing.. you know, substitute 2 meals for bowl of cereal.

so what i do is, eat breakfast cereal, lunch normal food meal, normally meat with salad, then dinner cereal again. So I am guessing its around 1300 calories a day. Cereal only has about 250 calories..

GIBSON6594

Abreece, you put any validity into the eat before you get hungry theory?

Doc.Booty

For weight loss? It might do something, but what matters is still what you take in over a long period of time. Worry about getting your basic calorie and macronutrient intake nailed down, then you can tweak when you eat if you so desire.

When I cut weight I become pretty mechanical about when I eat. That helps me ignore hunger. If I'm not hungry I sure as hell won't eat, i/ll save the calories until i want some.

When I'm bulking, If i'm hungry I'm doing something wrong, so I stuff my face

Don't guess. Measure out the cereal you eat and figure it out.

GIBSON6594

I see

i had once read that hunger and thirst are your bodies final method of telling you to eat or drink and you should not let your body get to that point. It said you should eat on schedules that have you eating before you actually get hungry. I forget the source, but I always wonder how true it was.

Doc.Booty

You can try it if you want but i seriously doubt it would make any noticable difference for you. That sounds like another diet myth perpetuated by "fitness magazines."

dallison

many smaller meals does work for me. but i have an extremely high metabolism.

i typically will eat 2 bowls of cereal in the morn. one when i wake up and then one about 2 hours later. then i have a snack, then lunch, prob an afternoon snack, dinner and then a bowl of ice cream at the end of the night. i will typically eat 6-7 times a day. i really don't know how many calories i take in

GIBSON6594

I don't think i will be trying it, I enjoy being hungry...it makes eating that much better

Hobo

im just starting a cut and am trying to eat 6 meals a day with a very specific macronutrient breakdown and ive found myself eating more than normal but with less calories, im almost never very hungry with meals every 3 hours and my workouts have been great.

im also drinking a ton of water, over a gallon a day, in addition to what water is in my shakes.

maintaining a positive nitrogen balance is imperitive to muscle gain and fat loss from what i have read, dont starve yourself, eat good foods and do some cardio and you will see results, if not you can decrease calories from there

RMATIC09

Im a fan of eating 5-6 times, but i try not to view eating based on hunger, but based on pre-post workout, and by time, and nutrients above all else.

My metabolism is super fast, but its accredited to not only the eating, but also to me being extremely active, and my age.

t_in_maine

My Dr. recommended this to me years ago because in between my 3 squares a day, I was getting weak and tired and rundown and shaky due to low sugar. My sugar problem wasn't enough to require treatment, but by eating smaller, more frequent meals, I avoided the whole problem. From a diet standpoint, if you wait until you're hungry to eat, you have a tendency to overeat. If you eat the same caloric/fat/sugar/carb intake as you would over a course of a day, except separate it out into 5 meals rather than 3, what's the harm?

RyeCL

isnt it better to eat 5 or 6 smaller meals then 3 larger meals. i thought by eating more frequently you keep your metabolism higher because when you feel hungry your body slows down your metabolism because it thinks you aren't going to provide food so it uses what you have stored....

Doc.Booty

The effects of when you eat are totally overblown. Your metabolism is going to drop in cases of extreme starvation, that will take a lot longer than a few days to happen.

Get your food in whatever way works best for you.