3 comments
Mudvayne24
You never know really. I eat 6 meals a day, which in total include 1 1/2 cups of oats, 24 oz of chicken, 6 oz of beef, 2 tbsp of almond butter, whey, milk, 4-5 cups of rice/sweet potatoes, plus veggies. Granted, it is making me gain weight and size because this bulking diet is giving me 4000-4500 calories per day. For guys who weigh this much it is probably a smaller meal in between a larger meal. They seem to be getting in the 200g of protein range. With 6 full meals like mine I'm averaging 450g of carbs, 350g of protein, and roughly 110-120g of fat or so.
2013-02-26T19:17:30
E90335i
fishnbrah, you are right. People confuse the thermic effect on food with metabolism all the time. There was a recent article posted on here from a nutritionist that 4 meals a day is most effective because of protein synthesis and insulin sensitivity. So, people who eat more than that typically waste calories and their body does not absorb the nutrients. I would post the link, but it kicked out my comment for spam. It was posted 1 week ago if anyone wants to go back and look for recent articles.
2013-02-27T22:32:47
JoeC0
fishnbrah is correct. I do IF and I stopped using these outdated methods some time ago. Don't bother with cardio. It burns more muscle than fat. Plus doing cardio with weight training is guaranteed to make you exhausted. If you do both you probably notice you're tired a lot and need way too much sleep to function. It's called overtraining. Too much cardio and with legs days is a fast way to overtrain. Don't eat 6-7 meals a day. Doing so keep insulin levels high all day, which means you'll be more insulin resistant (more belly fat) and growth hormone will be less (growth hormone and insulin works antagonistically). This is full of debunked methods.
2015-05-05T20:05:39