the truth about our meals!!!!

blacktaboo · 07-23-2007, 03:58 PM

we all know it is said that one must eat 6-8 small meals a day to help with grow and to fuel our workouts!!!.....how many of us really get those meals in..and if not how many do u really get in....???..do u think it has affected ur gains??

**chrispghmuscle** · 07-23-2007, 04:59 PM

I bring 8 meals a day to work, I eat one at 04:00 am to start ,, but depending on how busy I am, I may eat 5 or 6 of them...sometimes less.. for me I have to accept it and move on..

does it affect my workout.. not for me personally.. I'm now 5'7" at 180, up 5 lbs and keeping my 32 waist line..

busy full time worker,, father of 2 kids and i work 12 hour shift with a 50 min. ride home.

Chris

Everyone in the Dungeon is my competition...

Masko AA · 07-23-2007, 05:16 PM

I always get at least 5 meals in.

ognickyk · 07-23-2007, 05:56 PM

always 5 atleast...i try for 6

**T.O** · 07-23-2007, 05:59 PM

Always get the apropriate meals in. The only time it gets a little waked is on the weekend because I am on my daughters schedual. Has not effected my gains. Lets just say I am not close to competiotion ready though. haha

**bbdude** · 07-23-2007, 06:01 PM

i always get 5-6 i try 7....

**GG1** · 07-23-2007, 06:51 PM

i try to get in 5-7 meals a day

even when at school...i will have tuna in a tupaware and eat it during class..i did that most of last year and teachers bitched nonstop..but oh well..getting meals in to me are very important.

i would also have a shaker or 2 ready with some whey protein in there incase i get hungry in other classes...and i always was loaded with granola bars lol.

so yes meals are very important to me =]

**QuinnBW** · 07-23-2007, 07:01 PM

every 2 and a half to 3 hours I eat again... most of the time just forcing food down

**bbdude** · 07-23-2007, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by QuinnBW

every 2 and a half to 3 hours I eat again... most of the time just forcing food down

me too.. im not hungry every 2-3 hours so... it is mostly forcing...

**lil_big_junior** · 07-23-2007, 07:44 PM

without fail, i get in about 8 meals atleast, plus 3 servings of whey. i try to make it 13 meals a day on a bulk, which is normally NOT a problem...on a cut i have 8 small, with NO carbs, very high protein meals, plus 3 servings of whey a day...

ibanezman06 · 07-23-2007, 11:37 PM

i usually have 4 or 5 meals a day plus the weight gainers which have 630 calories per shake. so if you guys count those as meals, i usually have 8-10 meals a day.

Beefcake · 07-24-2007, 12:07 AM

Wow, I'm the one who eats 3 meals a day. But I have A LOT of meat (don't even say it lol). I'm basically a strict carnivore.
Random Comment: Say someone's mom's (it works on an abundance of people: gf, sister, mom, or even grandma (if you're into that kind of thing)) a carnivore, because she only eats your meat.

**BBenthusiast** · 07-24-2007, 01:15 AM

i try my best. as of lately due to change in timetable i havnt been able to meet up, but i do my best to get those meals in, even stayiing up to eat sometimes. whether my portions are the correct size is a different story. when i was bulking, i could definately see a difference (cos i havnt been eating as much ive lost some weight and size) and i could definately feel the difference as well with that many meals.

monkeybiker · 07-24-2007, 02:34 AM

I might get anywere between 4 to 6 meals. Most the time it is 5. It depends what I am doing that day. As long as I am getting anough calories I am fine. It is just easier for me to get the calories if they are spread out in more meals.

aleksandar · 07-24-2007, 02:59 AM

i try as hard as i can to get that many meals in but somtimes if i want to get 5-7 they wont all be the best foods for bbing because my mum is in charge of food

**bbdude** · 07-24-2007, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by aleksandar

i try as hard as i can to get that many meals in but somtimes if i want to get 5-7 they wont all be the best foods for bbing because my mum is in charge of food

lol know the problem! try tuna and peanutbutter (fat reduced if u want, but the fat is mostly healthy and ive heard u dont add fat at all so...) it is the best mass gainer ever.. + random food and a lot of bread for complex carbs... thats how ive gained the last 6 months... + cheese at the evening to have casein at night...

Mygeeto · 07-24-2007, 05:36 AM

i eat as many times during the day and night as i can

aleksandar · 07-24-2007, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by bbdude

lol know the problem! try tuna and peanutbutter (fat reduced if u want, but the fat is mostly healthy and ive heard u dont add fat at all so...) it is the best mass gainer ever.. + random food and a lot of bread for complex carbs... thats how ive gained the last 6 months... + cheese at the evening to have casein at night...

you mean eat tuna and peanut butter together? or just heaps of both at different times of the day, i usually eat a can of ither tuna/salmon/sardins a day and iv heard bout the peanut before you go to bed but havnt tried it

but hey if you have gained off them im ganna give it a good go and eat more of each everday

**bbdude** · 07-24-2007, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by aleksandar

you mean eat tuna and peanut butter together? or just heaps of both at different times of the day, i usually eat a can of ither tuna/salmon/sardins a day and iv heard bout the peanut before you go to bed but havnt tried it

but hey if you have gained off them im ganna give it a good go and eat more of each everday

i dont mean together.. i mean like eat a LOT of peanut butter and 1-2 cans of tuna (for ur size) + a LOT of bread for complex carbs.. maybe 300g of bread for 150g of carbs.. depends on which bread u eat...
along with 100g of cheese on bread at the evening.. ive gained over 17kgs on this the last 6 months so it works... and next to no fat... i can still see my abs just as well as i did in february ^^
i eat enourmous amounts of fat just as u know it, try to keep it healthy fats.. and try to make ur mom make something with meat or fish for dinner every day...^^

If there is a will, there is a way! keep that in mind...^^

ognickyk · 07-24-2007, 08:42 AM

i think its crazy how some people go no carbs at all in there diets...ive done that and it made me feel very ****ty

aleksandar · 07-24-2007, 09:31 AM

^^ iv never gone on one of those diet and dont think i will, i cant understand why someone would go on it

bbdude, thanks for the advice mate ill try the best i can with it all

**chrispghmuscle** · 07-24-2007, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by lil_big_junior

without fail, i get in about 8 meals atleast, plus 3 servings of whey. i try to make it 13 meals a day on a bulk, which is normally NOT a problem...on a cut i have 8 small, with NO carbs, very high protein meals, plus 3 servings of whey a day...

lbj,, how you do maintain any energy for the day. how many carbs are in your whey?

**bbdude** · 07-24-2007, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by aleksandar

^^ iv never gone on one of those diet and dont think i will, i cant understand why someone would go on it

bbdude, thanks for the advice mate ill try the best i can with it all

im here to help young fellas ^^ ppl who are in the same boat as me... im eating 2 slices of bread with peanut butter + one slice with cheese + a whey isolate shake as we speak^^

**bbdude** · 07-24-2007, 11:24 AM

and one more thing... it often helps to listen to motivational music while u eat, just to remind u why u eat so much u almost gotta puke afterwards and feel like ****..

i always listen to To Be loved by Papa Roach...
it might sound pathetic, but it works... u even eat faster ^^

**lil_big_junior** · 07-24-2007, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Beefcake

Wow, I'm the one who eats 3 meals a day. But I have A LOT of meat (don't even say it lol). I'm basically a strict carnivore.
Random Comment: Say someone's mom's (it works on an abundance of people: gf, sister, mom, or even grandma (if you're into that kind of thing)) a carnivore, because she only eats your meat.

if you sqeeze all those nutrients in 3 meals bro, the only thing that will be growing is your ass. split your meals down into 5 atleast bro

**Thomas_Rivera** · 07-24-2007, 02:44 PM

I get in at least five meals a day. I started eating carbs again recently because going low carb just didn't agree with my body.

But i'm going to start over soon.

andy rimmer · 07-25-2007, 11:04 AM

about 5/6 meals fairly big meals every 2/3 hours and two mass gainers, one bout 30 mins before training and one straight after

Masko AA · 07-25-2007, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by lil_big_junior

if you sqeeze all those nutrients in 3 meals bro, the only thing that will be growing is your ass. split your meals down into 5 atleast bro

Exactly the body can only use around 40 grams of protein max per meal anyways so the most he's getting is 120 grams and there rest is turning into fat.

**EastCoast Highlander** · 07-25-2007, 12:14 PM

i eat when i want to

Chris deloma · 07-25-2007, 12:24 PM

safe to say im pretty consistent with 4-5 meals a day. anyone wanna share what they constitute as a meal? I personally try to have some sort of meat or fish with rice.