How Many Times a Day Do You Eat?

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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.
 
Normally I skip breakfast and eat lunch at noon and dinner when I come back from work. So it's intermittent fasting 18:6. Works very well for me. During work I also drink protein shakes.
 
Three meals Tuesday - Sunday and then fasting on Mondays. If not enough protein then taking protein shakes like You do 🙂 , but this happens pretty rarely. Haven't managed to find the one that tastes good and had a great rate of digestibility.
 
Just coffee for breakfast. I usually eat all my food in a six hour window. This consists of two meals and a protein snack (bar, beef jerky, etc). Then fast for 18 hours. Been doing this for 4 months and enjoy it.
 
Previously I would not eat until lunchtime maybe 11-1p, and also have ton of water beforehand. Then another meal like 7-8p.

Working on eating further away from sleep, but since I workout after work that means dinner at like 4p.

Now I might have one meal 1-4pm or two b/w 11-4pm a day.
 
i cant eat for an hour after i wake up since i take thyroid meds first thing in the morning and the glps slow down the absorption so i have to give it extra time. then an energy drink, lunch is normally a couple scoops of protein with some type of bar. energy bar, protein bar, fiber bar etc or combination of them. then i either hit the gym right after work then go home and eat or just go straight home and eat dinner then a smaller little snack a little later and call it a night.
ive been trying to avoid eating within a few hours of bed to help with sleep and gh pulses.

so all in all its like a mostly liquid lunch, a big dinner and a small snack and thats about it
 
I eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner. 1-2 snacks. I focus on protein for everything I eat. Meals are relatively small. I can't eat a lot of food at one sitting and I am intentional not to graze.

No eating after 7pm.

No coffee until I make a cup at the office or 2h after I wake up at home, to manage cortisol. Water all day and evening.
 
Rightly or wrongly, I eat once a day, around 5-6pm. I also have 2x protein shakes a day, with a total of about 80g of protein between them, so a total of around 180-200g of protein a day. I've always found eating makes me feel a bit lethargic, so try to not do it around the times I like to train, hence me me eating once per day in the evening.
 
3 meals a day plus 1-2 snacks. I front load my calories and start eating early and end early. My third “meal” around 3pm is more like a large snack. If I need something after that it would be a small snack around 5pm and then nothing.
 
I really tried to make OMAD work for years, just because it's so convenient, but could never make it work because I would just feel hungry the whole day and then super bloated and uncomfortable after dinner.

I think 2 low-carb meals strikes the right balance for me. Lunch and dinner. Never was a breakfast person.

Protein shakes are dangerous for me lol. I could easily drink 700 calories a day in just protein shakes if I don't stop myself. I try to get my protein through my meals.
 
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dailychemicals said:
Three meals Tuesday - Sunday and then fasting on Mondays. If not enough protein then taking protein shakes like You do 🙂 , but this happens pretty rarely. Haven't managed to find the one that tastes good and had a great rate of digestibility.
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If milky flavours aren't working for you, Clear Protein is a great alternative.

Instead of trying to find a better creamy shake, these offer a refreshing, cordial like texture.
Most are made from Clear Whey Isolate or Collagen, providing a high-protein hit without the dairy heavy taste.

I have these due to a intolerance to Lactose, i find the flavours are more inline with soda offerings, currently i have Pink Lemonade and Vanilla Cola.
 
I eat three meals and two snacks within a 7-hr window, 11 am to 6 pm. Easy in the morning because my pins require 3 hr post-fasting. Only black coffee.

Meal one - Protein shake (Oikos), Protein Bar MetRx 100.
Snack- Mixed nuts
Meal two- 2 Pears and a ground chicken burger.
Snack two- Blueberries and Greek Yogurt Oikos Zero
Meal three- Chili extra Kidney beans ground beef 93/7
I do Fart frequently, especially since I started Grey Tirz. The weird thing is, they are just air sirens and do not smell.
Usually end up around 1400-1600 calories.
 
Danger1212 said:
I was excited to find some Oreo muscle milk this week but it was gross!

I have been crushing the chocolate muscle milk and the vanilla premiere..So good when ice cold! 😃
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I remember protein powder back in the day didn't used to be as sweet tasting as it is today. I have to dilute whatever flavored whey I get with unflavored whey. It's all the sucralose.
 
I take two mozzarella sticks, a beef stick, and a packet of Gruns with me to work at 6am and then I eat my first and largest meal around 2pm when I'm done working. Light dinner around 6ish. But I'm not trying to 'get my calories in' anymore, it's more like try not to go over my calories. And if I eat a meal while I'm working I get really tired and fizzle out of productive mode.
 
I eat 3 meals a day - I've never been able to fast, I get hungry and mad and shaky. I have a bowl of protein yogurt with some granola for breakfast, some kind of meat and veg combo for lunch, very often a bag of premade salad with some chicken or beans tossed in. Dinner is usually around 530, a meat, veg, starch.
 
This week I decided to eat every 2-3 hours in hopes of keeping my energy levels off as I'm exhausted in Tirz. I started to wonder if my blood sugar is dropping too much.
 
I am usually "hungry" around 10am and 4pm. I usually have a bowl with rice, oatmeal, peas and corn or edamame drowned in sriracha. If I am not asleep by 9pm, sometimes I will have some sourdough with peanut butter to have something on my stomach so I can sleep. It's a weird feeling. I was used to finishing breakfast and immediately thinking about what I will have for lunch.
 
dk2001 said:
This week I decided to eat every 2-3 hours in hopes of keeping my energy levels off as I'm exhausted in Tirz. I started to wonder if my blood sugar is dropping too much.
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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.
 
Danger1212 said:
I was excited to find some Oreo muscle milk this week but it was gross!

I have been crushing the chocolate muscle milk and the vanilla premiere..So good when ice cold! 😃
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FYI, Costco sells Premier vanilla in an 18 pack which costs about the same as the 12 pack at Amazon.

I try to eat between noon and 7pm. I aim for about 60-80 grams of protein at lunch and dinner. In between meals I graze on protein, nuts, protein bars, shakes, yogurt... I front load water starting with a liter of carbonated water flavored with one of the Great Value caffeinated water enhancers. Then another liter flavored with the electrolytes enhanced flavors. Which is really just a few types of vitamin B added. Then I stop drinking fluids around 7-8 to prevent interruptions to my sleep.
 
~7am I make a 35g protein powder beverage mixed with Daily Dose mushroom coffee. Very low caffeine, and only caffeine I drink all day. I usually drink this over a 30-45min window and also take a handful of pretty basic supplements.

~10am 2 fiber pills and lots of water.

~12-1pm a small (all my meals are small) very high protein meal prep meal.

~3-4pm a protein snack- Protein Greek yogurt shake or wholesome low processed bar as well as a pack of Gruns and a couple more basic supplements.

~7pm another small, very high protein meal prep meal.

At least usually…

But I also eat any time my body tells me to. With the gnarly calorie deficit I’m in, I’ll never not eat when my stomach tells me to.
 
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  • Coffee at 8am.
  • Lift and run for 60-90 minutes.
  • Protein shake w banana, pb, blueberries and milk at 11.
  • Handful of nuts around 2.
  • Some light protein meal around 3:30 (Chicken/Burger) with a slice of toast, usually some kimchi, and an egg.
  • Light protein around 7pm (salmon/half a steak) another egg, some broccoli.

I've always been a huge breakfast eater (like cracker barrel white trash levels - easily 1500-2000 cals), even on light days I would have a bacon egg and cheese, and homefries. But on the Reta/Tesa/IPA/Klow stack, I force down that protein shake at 11 am (although It's always quite satisfying once I drink it), and I'm not all that hungry throughout the day.
 
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Grogu said:
3 meals a day plus 1-2 snacks. I front load my calories and start eating early and end early. My third “meal” around 3pm is more like a large snack. If I need something after that it would be a small snack around 5pm and then nothing.
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I've been following:
Breakfast like a Queen
Lunch like a Princess
Dinner like a Pauper
 
PAPoots said:
FYI, Costco sells Premier vanilla in an 18 pack which costs about the same as the 12 pack at Amazon.
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Haha! I ❤️Costco! Thats where I make all my Premier GBs! 😜

I am going to check out the caffeinated water and electrolytes you mentioned.

Great info!
 
Danger1212 said:
Haha! I ❤️Costco! Thats where I make all my Premier GBs! 😜

I am going to check out the caffeinated water and electrolytes you mentioned.

Great info!
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It seems like there are hundreds of little Mio like squirt bottles out there now made by everyone. I use them with my Sodastream because for some reason the carbonated water seems to taste better and to causes me to drink more.
 
Simple breakfast, protein toast, hard boiled e g g, and a homemade sausage patty. Protein shake for lunch and a protein like beef, steak, pork. chicken or fish. Steamed veggie, or cottage cheese and a sliced tomato. Once in a while sweet potato cut in half, or I cut them into fries for the air fryer.
 
I'm not hungry during the day, but I usually have a protein shake that I mix collagen and creatine into at 1:30ish on mt lunch break. Most of the time I eat at 6-6:30 after I get off work and sometimes around midnight. I don't get to bed unto 3:30am or after. It seems to be working for me.
 
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