You don't eat three meals a day because you have no money.
I don't eat three meals a day because I want to lose weight.
We're not the same.
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I do both, so kinda the same but not quite?
On any given day I can eat 1-4 meals.
It depends if Iβm hungry. Mostly itβs 2 meals and I stop when Iβm full.
I think it helps that I treat food like fuel rather than something I actively enjoy doing. On the days Iβm more active Iβm more hungry and so eat more.
There is no point to this comment other than to put out my odd relationship with food I guess.
That's okay, we all have our quirks.
When in really into the zone (whatever zone that might be) I tend to not have any appetite and "forget" to eat. But that doesn't happen all this often. Also, I just like good, or basically yummy food. Makes it kind of hard to change your habits and eat junk only about once weekly.
Thanks.
Yeah itβs those habits that are hard to break. Like I eat too much sugar for my liking.
IKR to being in the zone and forgetting things. Itβs that reason I have a very strong bladder lol
Its actually contra productive to skip one meal for that, just eat but less.
Why is it contra productive? If their daily calorie intake goes down than it is effective. Thatβs all that matters. Doesnβt matter if they achieve that trough intermittent fasting or calorie restriction.
Not the person you replied to but one reason not to eat all your calories in one or two meals a day would be that your blood sugar levels can spike higher that way, putting you at more risk of adverse health effects from that. Of course it also depends on what you eat and how much in general.
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I haven't eaten three times a day in almost 20 years. Nothing to do with money - I just like black coffee in the morning and nothing else.
Breakfast is against nature and I am ready to die on this hill.
Try telling this to my kids..
Okay once again very slowly for the people in the back:
"Kids' metabolism != adults' metabolism"
The actual statistic of the headline is that people surveyed reported that over the last two years they "sometimes" or "regularly" no longer ate three meals a day because of inflation and the fall in their purchasing power.
But, but... Neoliberalism is for your good and anything socialist is bad.
It's time to end neoliberalism.
Unless those meals are teeny tiny, 3 meals a day reliably means weight gain for me
Yep ditto. I have to stick to 2 a day most of the time and do regular cardio. Shit sucks
Did you count the calories on those meals? Because my meals are always pretty much exactly on 450kcals, so that's only 1350kcals. With a Banana, a proteine shake, milk coffees and a chocolate bar that would still be way below 2000kcals.
But remember: Communism is bad. Capitalism will make everyone well-off, any day now!
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and here I am trying to eat 4-5 times a day to get >3000 calories in so I can gain weight.
Whole milk brother. It's much easier to drink than eat calories
Yeah, that's probably something I need to look into as I don't really drink milk. Not sure if whole milk has 'too much' fat as I also don't want to gain weight in a bad way. I'm looking to build muscle and get lean but nothing crazy like under 15% body fat. I'd be happy with 220 lbs and 20-25% body fat.
Peanut butter sandwiches can get really calorie dense rather quickly.
My go-to "energy sandwich" that I will eat before a day of surfing has crunchy peanut butter on both slices of bread, and dried apricots, cherries, cranberries, raisins, or banana slices, with some granola and a drizzle of maple syrup.
They're delicious, and about 1000 calories per sandwich
That sounds like my kinda sandwich. I was thinking of drinking my calories via smoothie with oats, protein powder and almond butter with some frozen fruit like berries.
2-3 meals a day and gaining weight over here. Nuts are your best friend if you're bulking.
I guess it matters how heavy you already are but 3 meals a day isn't enough for me to hit 100KG. Nuts is something I do need to eat more often.
Just gotta up the calories per meal, other than the meal right before the gym in the morning, they're always 1000+kcal for me.
I tried meal prepping and eating less per meal, but more often, but it just takes too much time out of the day personally.
100kg is quite the bulk though, what's your starting point?
Nuts is something I do need to eat more often.
Unsalted cashew nuts is my personal go to.
I'm at 97KG right now and I started at 93KG but my starting weight was all fat (45%+) and zero muscle whereas now, I'm 4 months into a 5 day workout with weights so I'm reversing those numbers and trying to eat lean while getting to 100KG with half the amount of fat but I'm still around 35% but also 4KG heavier so I just need patience as I think what I'm doing is working.
Who eats three meals a day and why? I haven't eaten three meals a day in years now, and I surely have more than enough money to afford food.
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