Originally Posted by ButterflyB
Ok first post for me, first time on here, but this question has drove me crazy for months now and I need to know what the majority truly does do. For me, years ago while following a crazy low fat diet, eating 5-6 "mini" meals ..basically tuna mixed with mustard or water and a sweet potatoe or rice, I was starving, waiting every minute on my next meal. I became infertile, lost most of my muscles that I was trying so hard to build, then later became hypothyroid and 100lbs over weight and miserable. I then sought out a natural doctor in my area, who put me basically on a paelo/neanderthin type diet, I became pregnant, lost weight and all...
His belief though is 3 meals a day, and if I get hungry in between to eat, but to remember if I'm hungry a few hours after eating,then I didn't eat enough the first meal..this to my body building friends at the gym is so tabooo. They're so stuck on the 5-6mini meals and say I shouldn't eat any more then 4oz of meat per meal...at the most! Honestly, I eat 8-12oz on some days, depending on the meat..chicken is easy to get 10-12oz for me in one sitting, again keep in mind that I eat just those 3 meals a day. I'm at a stage with myself that yes, I'm happy I'm no longer 225lbs, but I also want to look just that bit more hotter, and be more self confident in shorts..etc or in front of my hubby..so would splitting my meals into smaller portions be the route with my cardio and weights? I just find even with doing this, I feel hungry all the time and think about food so much, where now, I can feel full and love it, and go hours without thinking about food or when I have to eat again..does this make sense? What does everyone else do, and what's working for you? Please let me know, so far all the bodybuilding sites say 5-6meals..yet a few other's are touting cals in versus cals out at the end of the day, how ever you take them in..sorry this is so long. Thanks
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