Does it matter if you eat 2000 calories in 1 sitting, or spread throughout the day?

[JEDI]

ie: 3 big mac meals at lunch or spread the calories between breakfast, lunch, and dinner

does it matter as long as you get 2000 calories?

 

[loic2003]

Spread it.
IIRC, if you don't eat throughout the day your body kinda thinks 'OMG!!1!!one I'm not getting much food!" so when you do consume something it stores it more as fat (eg your body thinks "ROXXOZ!! f00d! Best save some for laterz LOL!") in order to prepare for the times when it isn't given sufficient nutrition.

I hope this simplified analogy clarifies things.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: JEDI
ie: 3 big mac meals at lunch or spread the calories between breakfast, lunch, and dinner

does it matter as long as you get 2000 calories?

did you eat 3 big mac meals at lunch????????
is that including fries and drinks? holy $hit i think i would die. i know i couldn't even eat that much...

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: loic2003
Spread it.
IIRC, if you don't eat throughout the day your body kinda thinks 'OMG!!1!!one I'm not getting much food!" so when you do consume something it stores it more as fat (eg your body thinks "ROXXOZ!! f00d! Best save some for laterz LOL!") in order to prepare for the times when it isn't given sufficient nutrition.

I hope this simplified analogy clarifies things.

lol, love the analogies! funny how everything gets broken down like that

 

[torpid]

Originally posted by: JEDI
ie: 3 big mac meals at lunch or spread the calories between breakfast, lunch, and dinner

does it matter as long as you get 2000 calories?

Will it still be 3 big macs? Either way, spreading it out is superior.

 

[BillGates]

3 Big Mac meals = waay more than 2000 calories

 

[BurnItDwn]

Hmm .... one king size tripple whopper combo from BK has got to be pretty close to 2000 calories.
1200 for the burger
600 for the fries
The king size drink should be well over 200 calories.

I'd say it's VERY easy to eat 2000 calories in one sitting, since whenever I go to BK, I almost only get the triple whopper combo, king sized with a Coke. Also, That doesn't stop me from eating a dinner too, so I probably top 4000 calories in a day quite often.

 

[lozina]

Ask yourself this, do you want to take one big roundhouse kick from Chuck Norris, or several little bunny crane shots from the karate kid spread out over the day?

 

[NaOH]

Originally posted by: loic2003
Spread it.
IIRC, if you don't eat throughout the day your body kinda thinks 'OMG!!1!!one I'm not getting much food!" so when you do consume something it stores it more as fat (eg your body thinks "ROXXOZ!! f00d! Best save some for laterz LOL!") in order to prepare for the times when it isn't given sufficient nutrition.

I hope this simplified analogy clarifies things.

lol ... QFT

Originally posted by: lozina
Ask yourself this, do you want to take one big roundhouse kick from Chuck Norris, or several little bunny crane shots from the karate kid spread out over the day?

 

[DaShen]

yes, it does matter

 

[Cattlegod]

i don't think it would matter too much. the problem you would have is only eating 2000 cals in a day

if you eat 2000 cals for lunch, by dinner time you are hungry again (takes 2 hours to empty stomach). or if you eat 1000 cals for lunch, you can eat again at dinner when you are hungry.

 

[purbeast0]

yes it does matter. your metabolism will slow to a crawl and you will gain weight as oppose to eating 6 little meals of like 300-400 calories spread throughout the day, which will keep your metabolism up, constantly having new sources to burn.

 

[aidanjm]

wouldn't it give you a huge sugar spike? that isn't good for you, elevated blood glucose causes all sorts of health problems lie cardiovascular disease and aging.

 

[CPA]

Originally posted by: Cattlegod
i don't think it would matter too much. the problem you would have is only eating 2000 cals in a day

if you eat 2000 cals for lunch, by dinner time you are hungry again (takes 2 hours to empty stomach). or if you eat 1000 cals for lunch, you can eat again at dinner when you are hungry.

yes, it does matter, that is why most people who eat several small meals a day are thinner than those who eat one to two times a day. Ask most overweight people when they eat. Most would say they skip breakfast, then eat lunch around 12 and dinner at 6-7 with a snack before bed.

 

[Cattlegod]

Originally posted by: CPA

Originally posted by: Cattlegod
i don't think it would matter too much. the problem you would have is only eating 2000 cals in a day

if you eat 2000 cals for lunch, by dinner time you are hungry again (takes 2 hours to empty stomach). or if you eat 1000 cals for lunch, you can eat again at dinner when you are hungry.

yes, it does matter, that is why most people who eat several small meals a day are thinner than those who eat one to two times a day. Ask most overweight people when they eat. Most would say they skip breakfast, then eat lunch around 12 and dinner at 6-7 with a snack before bed.

i'm just going off of personal experience. i usually eat fast food 7-10 times a week and frozen dinners the rest. sometimes I only eat once a day and fill the rest with cookies and jelly beans.

i'm 6'1" 200lbs 24 years old and in very good shape.

edit: and my doctor checked my cholesterol about a month ago. he said "I'm not sure what you are doing with your diet, but it is working. Your cholesterol is great, keep it up" I didn't have the heart to tell him I eat mostly McDonalds and Taco Bell

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: Cattlegod

Originally posted by: CPA

Originally posted by: Cattlegod
i don't think it would matter too much. the problem you would have is only eating 2000 cals in a day

if you eat 2000 cals for lunch, by dinner time you are hungry again (takes 2 hours to empty stomach). or if you eat 1000 cals for lunch, you can eat again at dinner when you are hungry.

yes, it does matter, that is why most people who eat several small meals a day are thinner than those who eat one to two times a day. Ask most overweight people when they eat. Most would say they skip breakfast, then eat lunch around 12 and dinner at 6-7 with a snack before bed.

i'm just going off of personal experience. i usually eat fast food 7-10 times a week and frozen dinners the rest. sometimes I only eat once a day and fill the rest with cookies and jelly beans.

i'm 6'1" 200lbs 24 years old and in very good shape.

edit: and my doctor checked my cholesterol about a month ago. he said "I'm not sure what you are doing with your diet, but it is working. Your cholesterol is great, keep it up" I didn't have the heart to tell him I eat mostly McDonalds and Taco Bell

Just wait until you get to 40 and have a heart attack. That's a really, really bad diet.

 

[illusion88]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: loic2003
Spread it.
IIRC, if you don't eat throughout the day your body kinda thinks 'OMG!!1!!one I'm not getting much food!" so when you do consume something it stores it more as fat (eg your body thinks "ROXXOZ!! f00d! Best save some for laterz LOL!") in order to prepare for the times when it isn't given sufficient nutrition.

I hope this simplified analogy clarifies things.

lol, love the analogies! funny how everything gets broken down like that

No, it's sad that things have to be explained like that.

 

[xrax]

It's better to have your big meal in the middle of the day and a light dinner in the evening if you have 3 meals a day.

 

[GeneValgene]

Originally posted by: lozina
Ask yourself this, do you want to take one big roundhouse kick from Chuck Norris, or several little bunny crane shots from the karate kid spread out over the day?

LOL

 

[torpid]

Originally posted by: Cattlegod
i'm just going off of personal experience. i usually eat fast food 7-10 times a week and frozen dinners the rest. sometimes I only eat once a day and fill the rest with cookies and jelly beans.

i'm 6'1" 200lbs 24 years old and in very good shape.

edit: and my doctor checked my cholesterol about a month ago. he said "I'm not sure what you are doing with your diet, but it is working. Your cholesterol is great, keep it up" I didn't have the heart to tell him I eat mostly McDonalds and Taco Bell

I really hope you are not involved in any field relating to science, and possibly logic or math. Basing knowledge on things that happen to a single person is about the exact opposite of how I want to determine what is healthy or not.

 

[zanieladie]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
yes it does matter. your metabolism will slow to a crawl and you will gain weight as oppose to eating 6 little meals of like 300-400 calories spread throughout the day, which will keep your metabolism up, constantly having new sources to burn.

:thumbsup:

 

[SludgeFactory]

no it doesn't really matter as much as people think. Your metabolism isn't going into "starvation mode" based on 24 hours, nor is it being fooled into ramping up by eating 6 or 7 small meals a day. The big picture dominates -- how many calories you're taking in and expending.

The problem with this plan is dealing with hunger for long periods of time until your food orgy comes around. Most people wouldn't adhere to it when they're surrounded by food all day. Plus you feel like crap with low blood sugar for much of the day.