Calorie requirements

[juggernaut]

agreed

 

[msummers26]

No not losing or gaining, pretty much maintaining. I have been eating this way for about 3 weeks. I was eating larger portions so I have been trying to be really mindful of how much I am eating,especially at night.
even with the amount of time I do spend working out is this too much food maybe? It definitely doesn't feel like too much.

Hmm.. If you're not losing, maybe you've hit a plateau? Consider putting a shock on your diet.

-Mike

 

[Marat]

Hmm.. If you're not losing, maybe you've hit a plateau? Consider putting a shock on your diet.

-Mike

Her answer was in response to a request to track her diet. She wasn't losing because she was eating a maintenance level of calories.

 

[juggernaut]

Tried it. The only cottage cheese brand that tastes good and doesn't make me gag is Friendship. Tastes kind of like string cheese.

oh that and ricotta in macaroni or cheesecake....cheesecake...sweet wonderful, ricotta cheesecake...

 

[TrojanMan60563]

What is the difference in eating 1800 calories in 2-3 vs 4-6 meals? When you over consume in 1 sitting I can only assume what is not used gets turned to fat, or you get rid of it. My concern with less, larger meals is not feeding muscles on a regular basis. So if you get say 350g protein in a day wouldn't your body use more of it by breaking down into smaller meals? Is it false that your body can only absorb or utilize a given grams in a given period of time?

I get 1800 calories a day is 1800 calories a day when it comes to weight loss, but does less fequent larger meals reduce the amount of useable nutrients?

 

[Built]

There does not appear to be any research to support any nutritional advantage from increased feeding frequency.

That being said, on a bulk, it's a lot easier to spread the food out over the day than it is to pack it all in all at once.

 

[nkira]

I Agree, I tried two large meals thing, even though I felt stuffed I was unable to hit the total cals....its just hard to eat those 600 or 800 cal meals. It's a LOT better if you spread it through out the day.

That being said, on a bulk, it's a lot easier to spread the food out over the day than it is to pack it all in all at once.