My point is that he stated that he didn't know how many grams of what he's eating let alone the number of calories. Calories do matter. Worrying about stuff that one can't really measure like "lipolysis vs lipogensis" and "protein synthesis vs protein breakdown" (at least without sophisticated equipment) is really kind of silly if one doesn't have a handle on the fundamentals of one's diet.
I beg to differ about the whole eating every 3-hours thing, but hey to each his own...
once you know your own body, and you know how your body reacts to certain foods in certain amounts, you can definiteloy know excactly whats going on in your body at any given moment, when im dieting, i KNOW when my body is burning fat,. because i know how my metabolism reacts and runs off certain foods, and i know how certain food effect me hormonally. when my body is building muscle tissue, i KNOW it, becausee i know that ive eaten foods that when combined will = protein synthesis. i know how long each different kind of food takes t digest, and how long it will take my body to burn through or use up that food.
you have got to figure out your own metabollism.
i eat meal to meal based on what i want to achieve, and what my activity level is going to be/and has been.
calories DO NOT matter, niether do daily totals... that is IF, AND ONLY IF, you know your metabolism, know some nutritional basics such as digestion rates and how foods effect hormones, and you know how to properly set up meals and what not.
one day i might lose body fat and eat 3500 calories and 250 grams of carbs.
while another day i might gain some body fat and grow some muscle, but i only ate 2500 calories and 100 grams carbs.
it depends on activity level, meal timing, and macro pairing (pro/carb, pro/fat)
eating every three hours keeps amino acids present in the blood stream at all times of the day, as well as allowing you to constantly feed your body without contributing to adipose. you can only eat so much food at one time and have your body utilize it. the smaller the portions the less likely fat storeage is and the more likely you are to utilize all that food.
