How Many Times a Day Do You Eat?

[ochoseis]

I work 2nd shift so my eating habits don't seem to align with the rest of the population lol. I work a labor heavy job and eating before work has never been something I could do in 15 years.

Get up at 9-10AM, drink a black coffee, maybe.

Eat at 7-8PM depending on when I take my break.

Get off work at 11PM, if I'm hungry I'll eat again around 12AM. Bed at 3AM.

Days off I'll still only eat once, usually, unless someone wants to go out for food at a weird to me time.

So, OMAD/16:8 depending on the day, just my times are different lol. I make sure I'm getting what I need at lunch because I usually don't want anything when I get home.

 

[miameow]

I usually have two proper “meals” and two snacks, which is usually a banana and a protein shake. Meals are pretty simple. Rice veg protein. Rinse and repeat.

 

[professorpeppy]

OMAD is the way for me...

*Edit - healthy meal. Apple at lunch at work if i feels it. easier for me to not eat at all or it can trigger a binge

 

[DragonOfTheSea]

I can totally relate; Once I find something that works, I’ll run it on repeat without thinking twice… I can totally eat the same thing every day and my wife hates it 😄

I meal prep for the wife and I.. even if I make 3 separate preps for variety, making 12-16 meals of each kind is still way too much on repeat for her.

I could literally also eat the same meal (that I enjoy) on repeat forever, no matter how simple.. my wife hates it as well😅

 

[brettbierjunkie]

Breakfast, midday snack, dinner. Goes with how busy I tend to be and I'm slammed with errands and stuff to do midday that I don't have time to eat. Sometimes breakfast becomes lunch if busy earlier but always 2 proper meals.

 

[leeann82]

I usually eat dinner, a protein shake and some chicken at work, and some prunes before bed...I have zero appetite on tirz

 

[lastresort]

whenever I feel like it, so about 3-4 times?
But these days I replace a good chunk of my food intakes with high protein milk like fairlife.

 

[birdwhacker]

I'm on team "a protein shake won't kill you." Seriously. You aren't going to get some kind of vitamin deficiency just because you do two meals a day and a lot of shakes. Get your fiber, get your vitamins, get some chicken and beef on occasion, but what's important hear is losing the weight. You can iron out the details after you lose it.

Just my two cents.

 

[Danger1212]

Breakfast, midday snack, dinner. Goes with how busy I tend to be and I'm slammed with errands and stuff to do midday that I don't have time to eat. Sometimes breakfast becomes lunch if busy earlier but always 2 proper meals.

That actually makes a lot of sense; just keeping it simple and working around your schedule. Two solid meals is way better than forcing in rushed food during a hectic day.

Sounds like you’ve got a system that fits your lifestyle, and that’s what really sticks long term. Honestly, I can eat the same thing every day and be fine…

 

[wildweasel]

How many times a day do you eat to meet your daily calorie intake?

While on Reta I’ve been doing breakfast + dinner and using protein shakes to fill the gaps. Works, but not sure it’s the best long term.

Thinking about shifting to smaller, more frequent real meals.

Curious what’s actually working for people here.

About 6 times. im on a 3k calorie intake diet and end up needing to eat many small meals.

If you are interested I can share the eating habits as a screenshot, i track it all in an app

 

[Danger1212]

About 6 times. im on a 3k calorie intake diet and end up needing to eat many small meals.

If you are interested I can share the eating habits as a screenshot, i track it all in an app

That makes sense; Once calories get that high, smaller meals are almost a requirement just to get it all in without feeling miserable.

When I used to body build I would split mine up like that to load protein, same for you?💪💪

And yeah, I’d actually be interested. Go ahead and share the screenshot. Always curious how people structure 3k+ days in real life vs what’s “ideal” on paper. 👍

 

[wildweasel]

That makes sense; Once calories get that high, smaller meals are almost a requirement just to get it all in without feeling miserable.

When I used to body build I would split mine up like that to load protein, same for you?💪💪

And yeah, I’d actually be interested. Go ahead and share the screenshot. Always curious how people structure 3k+ days in real life vs what’s “ideal” on paper. 👍

Yeah pretty much. I find that if I eat large meals its easy to overshoot my calores. I just got done running a -300 cal recomp and got down to 11% and now im going for clean bulking and im aiming for +300 cal daily... i find if i eat too many large meals its real easy to overshoot calories, so i eat a lot of little stuff and pace myself throughout the day

Heres quite literally everything i ate yesterday

 

[Neptide]

I was having some pretty major fatigue on Tirz. I added in NMNH(NAD+) capsules and after about a week I was back to my normal energy levels. I just got the cheapest one I could find. I ordered the injectable version of NAD+ too but haven't needed to try it yet.

NAD+ helps. Plenty of water as well 👍

 

[msyntakz]

I have been eating two meals. I really enjoy OMAD, but since starting GLP-1 I can't... it's just too much. So, my largest and first meal is lunch, and then a smaller early dinner, so I can hopefully have an empty stomach for sleep.

 

[Danger1212]

I have been eating two meals. I really enjoy OMAD, but since starting GLP-1 I can't... it's just too much. So, my largest and first meal is lunch, and then a smaller early dinner, so I can hopefully have an empty stomach for sleep.

That’s a smart adjustment.

Some folks say that GLP-1s make OMAD feel too heavy, so two meals. Bigger lunch, lighter early dinner just works better for some. Easier digestion, better sleep, and more sustainable overall 👍

 

[soesfairview]

I eat once a day either chicken or fish or both. I only drink water or black coffee. I mix collagen peptides in my coffee.

 

[spanky2026]

Twice for me, I'm a VERY early riser, so I eat an early breakfast and a late lunch. Done.

 

[DoctaDave]

I usually eat once a day around dinner time. Don’t eat breakfast. Sometimes if I’m working hard I’ll need a lunch for calories. Usually just dinner around 7 and then workout 90 minutes around 10pm.