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What is a meal?

  • 16-08-2010 1:26pm
    #1
    Sparticus!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14 ✭


    Hey,

    So I have come here with a question I cannot figure out the answer to. I am hoping somebody can shed some light on it?

    So, what is a meal?

    It's stated continuly that a body needs regular meals to avoid going into what can be known as starvation mode, where the body trys to hold onto fat and instead burns muscle.

    However what defines a meal? Is it defined by a specific weight, volume, calorie count? What specifically?

    If I ate a cracker would that count as a meal? If not why not? There isn't enough food maybe? What's the treshold?

    I'm sure everybody will have some variances but is there a rough guide even?


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  • #2
    timetogetfit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,177 ✭✭✭timetogetfit


    A meal in with regards bodybuilding and fitness terms is having a serving of good quality protein, a serving of healthy carbohydrate and some veg for example

    salmon, brown rice, broccoli

    eggwhite omelete with 1 or 2 yolks thrown in, mixed veg and bowl of porridge

    chicken breast,sweet potato, cauliflour


  • #3
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,902 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    the body isn't going to go into stravation mod over a few hours.

    Daily calories divided by 6 = 6 meals
    Daily calories divided by 3 = 3 meals (twice as big, eaten half as often)

    A meal is meal ffs. The body doesn't process food instantly, when you eat dinner, it could well be still polishing off your lunch or the snack you had earlier.


  • #4
    timetogetfit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,177 ✭✭✭timetogetfit


    Mellor wrote: »
    the body isn't going to go into stravation mod over a few hours.

    Daily calories divided by 6 = 6 meals
    Daily calories divided by 3 = 3 meals (twice as big, eaten half as often)

    A meal is meal ffs. The body doesn't process food instantly, when you eat dinner, it could well be still polishing off your lunch or the snack you had earlier.

    well each to their own, I just do it that way because I dont like to eat big meals , eating small frequent meals makes feel good and its given me the results so far


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