What do you guys do when...

[Tom Treutlein]

You wake up late, past your first meals set time (mine was at 8 AM, I wokeup at noon ) ?

I see two options.

A) Stay up late and keep the typical 2-2.5 hour spacing between my meals and get them all down. Then just get less sleep tonight. Rather than going to bed at midnight and getting a solid 8 hours, going to bed at 2 and getting 6, let's say.

B) Cram down my food in a shorter time and get sick from it and possibly have some fat/carb meals overlap, but get to bed at a normal hour and get 8 hours of sleep.

Today's a training day for me, too. Bleh.

 

[WalkingBeast]

I dont have timed meals, so I either try to stay up until I finish or shove down all the food I can get in. I shoot for a minimum of 220 grams of protein now, and try to keep the carbs and calories high. I try not to go more then a few hours without food, but if I do, the large meals I eat make up for it.

 

[Tom Treutlein]

Yeah, it's tough to cram all this down. For 2 weeks now, though, I've gotten down 3400 calories a day, 120 grams of fat, 260 of carbs, and 300 of protein. The ratios may not work out perfectly, but that's a rough estimate when I rounded all my foods nutritional information off. Usually it's more than that too. I just make sure to hit that. I throw in a random protein scoop with some chicken or hard-boiled eggs throughout the day. Or I munch of almonds or oats (early in the day) for some extra calories. So far, I feel thicker, stronger, and have actually been able to see my abs more than before. Plus, my arms blew up a bit.

 

[BOOEY]

I need to stop reading these posts about bulking, lol. Cutting sux

 

[b fold the truth]

Do the best that you can. I take a meal to bed with me because I always wake up 3 hrs after I fall asleep and I'm starving.

B True

 

[WalkingBeast]

Yeah, it's tough to cram all this down. For 2 weeks now, though, I've gotten down 3400 calories a day, 120 grams of fat, 260 of carbs, and 300 of protein. The ratios may not work out perfectly, but that's a rough estimate when I rounded all my foods nutritional information off. Usually it's more than that too. I just make sure to hit that. I throw in a random protein scoop with some chicken or hard-boiled eggs throughout the day. Or I munch of almonds or oats (early in the day) for some extra calories. So far, I feel thicker, stronger, and have actually been able to see my abs more than before. Plus, my arms blew up a bit.

Nice. When I was on my old bulking diet I was taking in up to 6000 calories and 500-800 carbs per day along with 300+ grams of protein, even hit 455 one day. It wasnt clean foods, but I was eating constantly, lean meats,biscuits,pizza,everything. Thats what worked best for me. I would basically eat as much as possible at each sitting, and these sittings were over 3 hours long each. Due to my stomache condition I eat even slower and digest slower then normal. Aslong as your getting the food in thats all that matters IMO. I believe your body will use it throughout the day.

 

[casualbb]

B is a better option.

The "eat every 3 hours" is a piece of long-respected bodybuilding advice that has no scientific basis. Just split up the meals in a way that allows you to most easily put down the food; in the end, it all averages out.

 

[wnt2bBeast]

im with booey cutting sux..lol.. I wouldnt want to cut down on sleep or worry about missing a meal, but dont make it a habit..I would simply use pro shakes a little more maybe take 3 scoops or whatever you need to double up on your protein..They dont fill me up and im hungry after drinking one anyway..carbs are easy to stack up a bowl of oats with a small banana is an easy 75-80 grms of carbs..

 

[Tom Treutlein]

Yeah, I'll stay up just a bit later tonight, and maybe nap for an hour tomorrow. It's an off day anyway.

 

[Tom Treutlein]

Uhm, Casual, isn't it good to eat every 3 hours when it comes to protein? I mean, you need a constant flow of AA's in the bloodstream, correct?

 

[monkey arms]

How in the hell can you sleep until noon? Take some fina, you'll have no problems sleeping in.

 

[Tom Treutlein]

Was out until 4 AM at a party.

 

[casualbb]

It's actually been shown that the body responds better to larger protein spikes than consistent amino acid levels.

I don't think it makes a huge difference, but don't kill yourself trying to eat food every three hours on the dot. Your body doesn't really give a crap as long as the food gets down with some consistency.

 

[Tom Treutlein]

Well in that case, I'll make 3 of my meals (or 4) with more protein than the rest. This way I have a constant flow, but 3-4 of them are larger "spikes" of protein. Who knows, maybe it'll help. It surely won't hurt. Like you said, as long as I get it down in the end.

 

[TheOak84]

i eat when im hungry.. and it workS

 

[BOOEY]

I thought the whole point of eating every 2-3 hours was to keep your metabolism running faster than when eating 3 larger meals/day

 

[Tom Treutlein]

Yeah, that too. Forgot about that one. I put on weight at a pretty modest pace. I'm a meso, I guess. I like having a quicker metabolism.

 

[d3track]

It's actually been shown that the body responds better to larger protein spikes than consistent amino acid levels.

I don't think it makes a huge difference, but don't kill yourself trying to eat food every three hours on the dot. Your body doesn't really give a crap as long as the food gets down with some consistency.

this is how my body seems to be
not every 3 on the dot, but close
and i'm able to eat more after training then during the rest of the time