More often then not, when you mention frequent eating, the first response goes like, "There's no way I can eat 5-6 big meals a day!"Frankly, if you are not following these simple rules, it's not really shocking you aren't getting to where you want.



Nutrition Rule #1

Why is eating so frequently a must they ask?

• blood sugar levels will be controlled (you won't be as famished as your friends who binge on anything in sight as they are starving
• you will be feeding yourself protein throughout the entire day. This means you will be anabolic and supporting muscle growth (more muscle = leaner you). Your recovery will be better.
• body fat will not be stored but used as energy. By providing yourself with a steady flow of required calories thru the day, your body's need to store it as fat will be reduced. Compared this to when you eat infrequently and your body detects this as a famine situation. At this point, too much of the food you consume is stored as fat.

In planning each of your daily meals (or snacks), a caloric ratio of approximately 1 part fat, 2 parts protein, and 3 parts carbohydrate is a good place to begin. What you will see in Rule 3 below, is this is just an estimate for average people. You can adjust this to fit your needs.

This rule preaches consuming enough protein to support muscle growth and enough carbohydrates to ensure you have fuel for your workouts and you are able to recovery.

Nutrition Rule #3

Remember that low glycemic carbs are optimal for pre- workout consumption.

If you want to build muscle and lose fat at the same time? Pick a new goal.

Building muscle requires a calorie surplus.

As you can see, clearly the goals are in conflict. And while it's true that beginners can do both (their bodies are easily changed) the rest of you will find this an inefficient task.

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I'm not entirely sure I agree with this one but it does make realistic sense to the common person who has a job, maybe married with kids and can't be a full time cook or simply doesn't have the time to prepare foods.

Let's get real here (I fully expect fall-out from this statement)... I'm not preaching you HAVE to take supplements. In fact, many programs out there including my own do not require it any way shape or form. And if you can carefully select your foods, you will be just fine.

But it's crazy not to at least mention the arguments for this secret nutrition rule because as a bodybuilder myself with a life and who's occasionally time constrained, these next points happen to most of us.