Comments on: How many times a day should you be eating?

By: Scott Gleason

Scott Gleason — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:13:17 +0000

I usually take 4 meals per day. For breakfast, I will eat half boiled eggs and toast with a cup of coffee. For lunch, I will eat something heavy and something light for tea. For dinner, I usually only eat fruits and veggies.

By: jo

jo — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 10:51:39 +0000

i am sticking to 6 meals a day starting with yoghurt and skim milk or eggs for breakfast i make 2 salad and salmon or egg s/w for the day and have a quarter at 10am 12n 2pm and 4pm then my evening meal fish and veg or steak and veg at 6pm is this to much or will i lose weight doing this i have only just started and would hate to waste my time if it wont work especially just before xmas

By: Pavliga

Pavliga — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:46:35 +0000

I’m sold ) +1

By: Eating Disorder treatment

Eating Disorder treatment — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:08:52 +0000

I used to train in the evening at home and never eat breakfast those days, because I was to tired after exercising and I would get up at about 11AM – going straight to lunch. You can guess that this led to something – in my case – problems with my stomach. And the first lesson that I had to learn was that breakfast is mandatory – doesn’t even matter if you lift or not. Funny though the way you marked this in your post.

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:10:36 +0000

Amen to the breakfast thing! Couldn’t live without it. I generally just go for a banana and an apple though, and plenty of water to shake that night time dehydration.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:27:01 +0000

Thanks for the comment Catherine.

Six meals can be a bit much at times, like you said everyone is different.

I’ve found that 5-6 meals a day fits my routine and it has really helps keep the weight off.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 20:26:37 +0000

I think that it’s different for everyone. My stomach can’t handle six meals a day because if I do, I’m unable to eat dinner.

Thanks for sharing your daily routine.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 16:26:41 +0000

Kery,

3 meals has always been my minimum too. Since switching to 6 meals a day though I can’t make it through the day on only 3 meals.

I usually crash and burn if I just have fruit as a snack, it has the same effect as a chocolate bar. For me anyway.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 16:22:07 +0000

Lorelei,

I also know people who do the 1 meal a day thing. You can talk to them until you’re blue in the face and like you said they seem healthy enough so you can’t really tell them their way is unhealthy.

If it works for them that’s all that matters.

By: Kery

Kery — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:36:49 +0000

For me, it’s usually between 3 and 5 meals a day. I never skip any of the 3 main meals, but I’ll add morning and mid-afternoon snacks only if I’m hungry (I won’t eat a snack just ‘because it’s snack time’, that is). Said snacks mostly being fruits anyway. As long as I’ve already planned my meals, being hungry doesn’t cause me to make wrong choices anymore… and I must admit that I simply don’t like snacking, in fact. But 3 meals is definitely my minimum. I never go under that.