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I'd rather eat 3 times a day than feeling stuffed from shoveling 2,000 kcal in my stomach once a day – and even if you sit around all day, you still burn up to

by WA 4y ago

I'd rather eat 3 times a day than feeling stuffed from shoveling 2,000 kcal in my stomach once a day – and even if you sit around all day, you still burn up to 2,000 kcal.

Gareth321 4y ago
See, I like feeling full when I eat, and three meals means I never feel full - if I want to keep my calories under a healthy amount. I've compromised on two meals in a four hour window. Still lots of health benefits but a bit more manageable than one huge meal (for me).
croon 4y ago
As someone who has done one meal/window a day for a decade, I assure you it's a self-correcting problem. You wont ever starve if your meal is 700kcal one day. You will want to eat more the next day, your head will tell you. Or maybe you want some ice cream after in the same window? On the other point, very few people who sit around all day need 2000kcal, unless they're relatively huge in any dimension. Either way you will find out if you count for a couple of weeks and if your weight is constant your average intake is your TDEE. If you're sedentary my bet is it's less than 2k.
- vidarh 4y ago
  I kept telling people this while powerlifting. I had several years worth of detailed records of what I ate, down to every sugar free chewing gum I chewed, and while going to the gym 5 times a week combined with a sedentary job, I burned at most around 2000kcal. My bulking diet was at 2400kcal. I was at near competitive level weights at that point. I feel so much obesity is down to people thinking 2k or even 2500kcal is right for them despite an activity level that means they might be closer to 1500kcal-1800kcal. Absolutely concur with your advice to count for a couple of weeks, and I'd back that bet...
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  - SamPatt 4y ago
    Can I ask your height and weight? I'm trying to bulk now and the online calculators I'm using are telling me to take in 3,100 calories, which feels like way too much. But I am 6'3", 195 lbs, and I'm hitting the gym 5-6 days a week, so maybe? After years of dieting and weight loss it's hard to eat that much.
    - vidarh 4y ago
      6'1, about 200lbs when at my leanest (15% or so body fat). 3100 sounds very high to me for your weight unless you're all muscle and very active, but very much in line with the kind of recommendations I'm used to seeing. But your experience will vary massively depending on how active you are, including how hard you hit the gym. It's not impossible it's right, but really just count for a few weeks and keep track of your weight, and then adjust up/down up to a few hundred kcal until your weight is changing the way you want it tp. Unless you're super-lean there's very little reason to add more than 300-400 kcal above maintenance at most (I do less these days) - big bulking cycles take a lot of discipline to break out of. I generally favour slow but steady these days as I'm back into lifting. Age also factors in - you can expect slower progress the older you get and accordingly you'll need fewer extra calories if you want to avoid adding fat. Conversely, if your testosterone levels and metabolism are at their peak, you might well burn more. Counting and tracking is really the only thing that will tell you the right numbers for you.
      - SamPatt 4y ago
        Thank you for the information!
mehphp 4y ago
I usually go right in the middle with 2 meals a day for the reason you mentioned.
sph 4y ago
Eat more calorie dense food then. Nobody would enjoy the digestive experience of 2,000 kcal worth of broccoli (about 6.5 kg).
- checkyoursudo 4y ago
  Not sure anyone could perform the digestive experience of 2000 kcal of broccoli in a day?

by WA 4y ago

I'd rather eat 3 times a day than feeling stuffed from shoveling 2,000 kcal in my stomach once a day – and even if you sit around all day, you still burn up to 2,000 kcal.

Gareth321 4y ago

See, I like feeling full when I eat, and three meals means I never feel full - if I want to keep my calories under a healthy amount. I've compromised on two meals in a four hour window. Still lots of health benefits but a bit more manageable than one huge meal (for me).

croon 4y ago

As someone who has done one meal/window a day for a decade, I assure you it's a self-correcting problem. You wont ever starve if your meal is 700kcal one day. You will want to eat more the next day, your head will tell you. Or maybe you want some ice cream after in the same window? On the other point, very few people who sit around all day need 2000kcal, unless they're relatively huge in any dimension. Either way you will find out if you count for a couple of weeks and if your weight is constant your average intake is your TDEE. If you're sedentary my bet is it's less than 2k.

vidarh 4y ago
I kept telling people this while powerlifting. I had several years worth of detailed records of what I ate, down to every sugar free chewing gum I chewed, and while going to the gym 5 times a week combined with a sedentary job, I burned at most around 2000kcal. My bulking diet was at 2400kcal. I was at near competitive level weights at that point. I feel so much obesity is down to people thinking 2k or even 2500kcal is right for them despite an activity level that means they might be closer to 1500kcal-1800kcal. Absolutely concur with your advice to count for a couple of weeks, and I'd back that bet...
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- SamPatt 4y ago
  Can I ask your height and weight? I'm trying to bulk now and the online calculators I'm using are telling me to take in 3,100 calories, which feels like way too much. But I am 6'3", 195 lbs, and I'm hitting the gym 5-6 days a week, so maybe? After years of dieting and weight loss it's hard to eat that much.
  - vidarh 4y ago
    6'1, about 200lbs when at my leanest (15% or so body fat). 3100 sounds very high to me for your weight unless you're all muscle and very active, but very much in line with the kind of recommendations I'm used to seeing. But your experience will vary massively depending on how active you are, including how hard you hit the gym. It's not impossible it's right, but really just count for a few weeks and keep track of your weight, and then adjust up/down up to a few hundred kcal until your weight is changing the way you want it tp. Unless you're super-lean there's very little reason to add more than 300-400 kcal above maintenance at most (I do less these days) - big bulking cycles take a lot of discipline to break out of. I generally favour slow but steady these days as I'm back into lifting. Age also factors in - you can expect slower progress the older you get and accordingly you'll need fewer extra calories if you want to avoid adding fat. Conversely, if your testosterone levels and metabolism are at their peak, you might well burn more. Counting and tracking is really the only thing that will tell you the right numbers for you.
    - SamPatt 4y ago
      Thank you for the information!

mehphp 4y ago

I usually go right in the middle with 2 meals a day for the reason you mentioned.

sph 4y ago

Eat more calorie dense food then. Nobody would enjoy the digestive experience of 2,000 kcal worth of broccoli (about 6.5 kg).

checkyoursudo 4y ago
Not sure anyone could perform the digestive experience of 2000 kcal of broccoli in a day?