Importance of eating many small meals instead of fewer larger ones?

[Marshallj]

This thread pertains to weightlifting and eating habits.

I'm not specifically asking WHAT to eat, I'm just asking the importance of eating many small meals instead of fewer larger meals.

A while back I lost a bunch of weight by going low carb. This worked great for losing weight, but it's a PITA to gain muscle while you're losing weight. Now I want to pack on some muscle without gaining a lot of fat. I've been eating more for the last couple months or so and I am gaining muscle, but there is definitely fat that come along with that. I'm one of those people who gains a lot of strength from lifting but doesn't gain a lot of mass easily. Right now I'm about 175-180 lbs, and I'm about 5'10.

I try to eat healthy but I tend to eat 1 or 2 big meals per day instead of 6 small meals like some fitness magazines say you should. What is the importance of that, and how important is it? I want to eat more to gain muscle but I want my fat gain to be minimal.

Thanks.

 

[Spoooon]

Eating fewer but larger meals can slow your metabolism down. A while back, I used to eat 6 meals a day. I'd eat smaller sized breakfast, lunch, and dinner. In between meals, I ate stuff like baby carrots and celery. I dropped a lot of weight on that diet plus exercise.

 

[Marshallj]

Originally posted by: Spoooon
Eating fewer but larger meals can slow your metabolism down.

Hmm, interesting...

I have noticed that lately I feel cold all the time, I wonder if my metabolism has slowed down due to my eating habits?

 

[MrDudeMan]

or, do what i do. exercise like a MOFO for about 3 weeks and lose 15+ pounds and eat whatever you want