should a skinny guy like myself eat 3 times instead of 6

[SinRod]

my friend is a big guy, he has lifted a lot of wieghts and says that skinny fella like myself needs to eat 3 times in stead of 6 because my body burns calories really quicker than a regular guy. Is this true, should a skinny guy eat 3 times to slow down my mitabolesm

 

[navyseal2101]

Noooo, you should eat 6 so you can get maximum calories and protien and so your body is constantly breaking down food.

 

[SinRod]

yeah that is what i use to think but my friend is built, he lifts a lot of weight and he said that skinny guys like me burn food quick so eating 3 meals slows down my mitabolism. Like a slower mitablosm means my body don't burn calories quick, so now i will be able to gain weight quicker.

 

[Slone]

That is not true.
You should eat 6-8 times a day so you can take in more calories than your fast metabolism can burn. Don't stress out about your metabolism, your biggest concern should be eating a lot of food every day.

 

[spesmilitis]

You should never listen to your friend again, he broke his credibility with that crap advice.

 

[EFFORT]

thats the reason theres so much bad advice in this area....naturally built guys giving advice on things they have no clue about since there experience with weightlifting has been going to the gym, eating whatever and growing muscle, so they can't comprehend why that won't work for the rest of the population.

 

[Omen]

You should never listen to your friend again, he broke his credibility with that crap advice.

Yeah your friend just lost credibility. Have him come on here to explain. Is it true that eating more will burn more? Sure its going to burn some more, because think of TEF (Thermic Effect of Food)

BUT... And this is key. How do you expect to grow off of 3 meals? Unless your eating a 1500cal meal 3x a day then I dont think your friend has a clue what he is talking about.

He is only like 5% correct.

You need to be eating 6-8x a day. I'm like you prob, and if I only ate 3x a day, i'd be losing weight.

Now, you'll combat the above I mentioned at first if you EAT ENOUGH. And it wont be a huge amount either; as in more calories being burned cause you eat 6-8x a day.

Roughly the TEF is 5-15% of your caloric expenditure. And since MR is elevated, it may be 10-15%. Hence why your MR will be higher.

Its good though because it will allow you to EAT MORE. Protein also increases TEF.

There is a formula for figuring out TEF from RMR, but I dont think it is too necessary.

The main thing to remember is to EAT ALL DAY LONG. NOT 3 meals per day.

Now go tell your friend you will only listen to people who have GOOD advice and not him anymore. I dont even give him credit for being partially right because he prob didnt know what he was really talking about. If he did, he would have told you what I did. :kick:

So that's why I say he is only partially correct. Now my guess is he has no idea what TEF is, or why he said what he did except he heard it from someone.

 

[Quiksilver]

There are other health benefits to eating 6x per day instead of 3x.

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Look at it this way. Say your maintainance intake was 2400kcal... 3 meals per day = 800kcal per sitting.

You should eat that much, except 6x per day instead of 3. 800kcal x 6 = 4800kcal.

There's your magic number. Now go pig out