phillips-fit
01-13-2008, 12:43 PM
Hi All!
Quite a controversial subject but I would like your thoughts on this as I have come across conflicting theories as to whether eating small meals frequently throughout the day made any impact on increasing metabolism for improved fat loss.
So after removing the lid from the can of worms here goes... :eek:
It was at the Fitpro convention last year that Matt O'Neill shattered my belief that eating little and often was better than having all your daily calories in one meal (Just for the record I think Matt is an awesome guy and his lectures were fantastic! :)) His belief was that it didn't matter whether you ate your 1800kcal in batches of 300kcal every 3 hours or 1800kcal in one sitting, as far as fat loss goes, at the end of the day its the total amount of calories for that day that counts. His analogy was that its like depositing money in to a bank account; if you pay in £300 6 times in one day or pay in £1800 in one day, you'll still have the same amount in there at the end of the day therefore you'll lose weight.
My thoughts are that the approx 10% rise in metabolic rate directly after eating (D.I.T) done 6 times a day would have a net effect of raising BMR in theory 6 times more than if only one large meal was consumed. I did put this point across but was assured that it didn't make any difference! :confused:
It goes without saying that the "little and often" method not only keeps hunger at bay therefore you're less likely to over eat but also prevents the catabolic hormones from kicking in and decreasing lean mass and putting your body in a lipogenic state. Also, there's a good chance that if you had your DCR in one sitting, a lot of that excess energy would be stored as fat!
Where any of you guys at that lecture (Graeme)? Would be great to hear your thoughts on this...
Ryan :D
Quite a controversial subject but I would like your thoughts on this as I have come across conflicting theories as to whether eating small meals frequently throughout the day made any impact on increasing metabolism for improved fat loss.
So after removing the lid from the can of worms here goes... :eek:
It was at the Fitpro convention last year that Matt O'Neill shattered my belief that eating little and often was better than having all your daily calories in one meal (Just for the record I think Matt is an awesome guy and his lectures were fantastic! :)) His belief was that it didn't matter whether you ate your 1800kcal in batches of 300kcal every 3 hours or 1800kcal in one sitting, as far as fat loss goes, at the end of the day its the total amount of calories for that day that counts. His analogy was that its like depositing money in to a bank account; if you pay in £300 6 times in one day or pay in £1800 in one day, you'll still have the same amount in there at the end of the day therefore you'll lose weight.
My thoughts are that the approx 10% rise in metabolic rate directly after eating (D.I.T) done 6 times a day would have a net effect of raising BMR in theory 6 times more than if only one large meal was consumed. I did put this point across but was assured that it didn't make any difference! :confused:
It goes without saying that the "little and often" method not only keeps hunger at bay therefore you're less likely to over eat but also prevents the catabolic hormones from kicking in and decreasing lean mass and putting your body in a lipogenic state. Also, there's a good chance that if you had your DCR in one sitting, a lot of that excess energy would be stored as fat!
Where any of you guys at that lecture (Graeme)? Would be great to hear your thoughts on this...
Ryan :D