I just started my 6-7 meal every 3 hours a day diet. Last year my problem was that only ate 3 meals a day and only pulled in about 1800 calories. I worked hard, but didn’t eat big. Anyways, I notice that I am already getting hungrier every 2-3 hours after starting this diet.
10:00AM
This morning I had a huge breakfast. May not be to some, but at my size it was. It consisted of a large bowl of cereal, a piece of toast with peanut butter, an apple, and a glass of milk with one scoop of my protein powder mixed in.
1:00PM
Snack 1: I had an apple and 20 or so ritz crackers.
2:00PM
Rolls around and I am already hungry and ready for lunch. It has only been an hour since my last snack. Maybe I need to eat a larger snack.
I need to pull in 3600 calories a day to gain weight. Can anybody give me some percentages to which I should separate my calories between meals throughout the day? What do you do?
[quote]topzzz wrote:
I just started my 6-7 meal every 3 hours a day diet. I notice that I am already getting hungrier every 2-3 hours. This morning
10:00
I had a huge breakfast. May not be to some, but at my size it was. It consisted of a large bowl of cereal, a piece of toast with peanut butter, an apple, and a glass of milk with one scoop of my protein powder mixed in.
1:00
Snack 1: I had an apple and 20 or so ritz crackers.
2:00 Rolls around and I am already hungry and ready for lunch. It has only been an hour since my last snack. Maybe I need to eat a larger snack.
I need to pull in 3600 calories a day to gain weight. Can anybody give me some percentages to which I should separate my calories between meals throughout the day? What do you do?
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I suspect that the hunger has to do w/ having such a high percentage of carbs. If you shift your diet to more protein and less carbs you’ll feel satisfied longer.
[quote]marza wrote:
topzzz wrote:
I just started my 6-7 meal every 3 hours a day diet. I notice that I am already getting hungrier every 2-3 hours. This morning
10:00
I had a huge breakfast. May not be to some, but at my size it was. It consisted of a large bowl of cereal, a piece of toast with peanut butter, an apple, and a glass of milk with one scoop of my protein powder mixed in.
1:00
Snack 1: I had an apple and 20 or so ritz crackers.
2:00 Rolls around and I am already hungry and ready for lunch. It has only been an hour since my last snack. Maybe I need to eat a larger snack.
I need to pull in 3600 calories a day to gain weight. Can anybody give me some percentages to which I should separate my calories between meals throughout the day? What do you do?
I suspect that the hunger has to do w/ having such a high percentage of carbs. If you shift your diet to more protein and less carbs you’ll feel satisfied longer.
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I suspect that the hunger has to do w/ having such a high percentage of carbs. If you shift your diet to more protein and less carbs you’ll feel satisfied longer.
Good point bro.
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Marza’s point is well taken. The insulin yo yo will do that. However She’s a sis ;-]