To achieve maximum fat loss potential you should spread out your meals for optimum nutrient absorption.
Do you want to get fat? Make certain you have no time for breakfast, no time for lunch and have one big meal a day. This way your body goes into starvation mode and it stores fat in case the famine continues.
This is why eating all your food in one, two or three meals is not the way to burn fat and stay lean. Yes three meals is not the optimum way to get lean. Why?
Because eating large meals will cause large spikes in your blood sugar and insulin which leads to more fat storage. Our bodies function better on a more frequent feeding schedule so waiting 5-6 hours to eat is too long.
For optimum fat burning you should spread your daily food intake over 5-6 meals. Not 5 or 6 times what you are eating per meal. Instead, all you eat over a day split into 5 or 6 meals instead of three. The goal is to keep the body satisfied and less susceptible to cravings.
The benefits are:
You get a faster metabolism. Digesting your food burns calories and by eating more frequently, you’ll increase your resting metabolic rate.
You have a consistent energy level. Your blood sugar will be more stable so you avoid the highs and lows you get after eating large meals and the fat storage machine is turned off
You eat fewer calories. You just ate a meal or a snack so you are less likely to grabbing some high calorie food.
You have what you need for lean muscle growth. With the consistent and constant supply of nutrients you will get the maximum results from your strength training.
Eating schedule (21/2 to 3 hours between meals.)
Breakfast (most important meal of the day because we have not eaten since the night before)
Snack
Lunch
Snack
Supper
Snack
Finally, about 30 minutes following your workout you should have a snack or meal to replace the maximum amount of nutrients that you have lost. You should have fast acting protein like whey and fast acting simple carbs (sugars). These two will help the body assimilate the nutrients to help you recover faster from your workout. You should avoid fat because it will slow the nutrient absorption into the bloodstream.
