Thanks Syd G for getting this pinned and the new thread.

Could you also place these links on your first posting as a reference

V1
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1056090

V2
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1518200

I dont think one could called it a myth, studies has shown its inconclusive. we should not be concluding anything just based on a one or two studies. A new study would show otherwise.

Regular (consistent) Split meals has its benefits in many ways.

This post has been edited by VeeJay: Apr 17 2012, 12:17 AM

somewhat I agreed with you but not as whole....when looking from a holistic view, it has more benefits to split the meals, hence that practice should not be discarded in a fly.

Eating 3 meals is fine, if you know what you are doing, and have planned your micros/marcos.

sorry, I'm unable to detail my thoughts further....short of time...hence copy and paste reading material below...

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Meal frequency was related to BMI and should be considered when developing guidelines to prevent childhood overweight.

http://www.nature.com/ijo/journal/v32/n1/abs/0803654a.html
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Eating meals regularly is inversely associated to the metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance and (high) serum concentrations of gamma-glutamyl transferase. These findings suggest that eating meals irregularly may be part of several potential environmental risk factors that are associated with the metabolic syndrome and may have future implications in giving dietary advice to prevent and/or treat the syndrome.

http://www.nature.com/oby/journal/v16/n6/f...by2008203a.html
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The prevalence of obesity decreased by number of daily meals: three or fewer meals, 4.2% [95% confidence interval (CI), 2.8 to 6.1]; four meals, 2.8% (95% CI, 2.1 to 3.7); and 5 or more meals, 1.7% (95% CI, 1.2 to 2.4). These effects could not be explained by confounding due to a wide range of constitutional, sociodemographic, and lifestyle factors. The adjusted odds ratios for obesity were 0.73 (95% CI, 0.44 to 1.21) for four meals and 0.51 (95% CI, 0.29 to 0.89) for five or more meals. Additional analyses pointed to a higher energy intake in nibblers compared with gorgers.

http://www.nature.com/oby/journal/v13/n11/...by2005238a.html
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Eating meals regularly is inversely associated to the metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance and (high) serum concentrations of gamma-glutamyl transferase. These findings suggest that eating meals irregularly may be part of several potential environmental risk factors that are associated with the metabolic syndrome and may have future implications in giving dietary advice to prevent and/or treat the syndrome.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1838890...act&holding=npg
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Results: Omitting a meal was followed by increases in fat mass (360 plusminus 115 grams, p < 0.05), late evening leptin concentration (20.7 plusminus 11.0% , p < 0.05), and respiratory quotient (3.7 plusminus 1.4% , p < 0.05). Increase in the percentage of dietary fat during the habituation period (+4.1 plusminus 2.0% , p < 0.05) was correlated with fat mass (r = 0.66, p < 0.05). Adding a meal had no effect, but, in both groups, the change in energy content at this fourth eating occasion was correlated with the change in adiposity.

Discussion: Our results suggest that adiposity may increase when young lean male subjects switch from a four- to a three-meal pattern by removing their usual afternoon meal. This effect could be partly mediated by a change in the macronutrient composition of the diet.

http://www.nature.com/oby/journal/v14/n2/f...oby200628a.html
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The irregular meal frequency appears to produce a degree of insulin resistance and higher fasting lipid profiles, which may indicate a deleterious effect on these cardiovascular risk factors.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15220950
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The data indicate that increased meal frequency may have a beneficial effect on a reduced BMI. Physical activity and breakfast skipping may be candidate targets for prevention programmes aimed at reducing overweight/obesity among adolescents

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18274921
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Clearly the above shows that there is a link of meal frequency and metabolism, muscle mass, obesity and fat loss, insulin resistance.

Hence we should not brush aside meal frequency and metabolism or the other body's characteristic changes to the affect.

And clearly I dont want to pick a fight, just matter of discussion, and hope others could throw some factual light as well.

Cheers.

This post has been edited by VeeJay: Apr 17 2012, 02:26 PM

gain or loss, it depends on your total calories intake

Good advise there Alien9! again, many fail to understand to have a constant lifestyle change in order to maintain. Weight loss is not a one time thingy, as in any statistic graph, gradual reduction is sustainable; whereas if the there is a positive a negative spike, its only gonna bounce again.

anyways, some are just stubborn/ignorant, we could only advise end of the day, its their body and let them go thru the phases, dont say you have not been warned. sigh.

Find a gym who have those scales.

just continue on what you are doing and just be patience. Its up to an individual body to pick and choose on which part of the body fat to be used as fuel.

this is how I view it,these scales are at best used as a benchmark setter. meaning you are starting on your exercise, hence using these machines, yu know what is the base (although it may not be accurate, but close), thats good enough to measure your weekly.monthly progress, aint it?

for that price, go and get it.

its all about how much one wants the change and be healthy and not just talk about it and give all kinda excuses.

If you start young its easier to keep it going as you age, trust me, been there, and done it as well.

Cant disagree there, on age and starting small.

Folks, just START your exercise regime, dont overthink, do it for 3-4 months, you and yur body would learn and you would be doing enough research on your curiosities and some failures, this is where you learn. once you get your basics right, then post your queries, many here would be more than happy to assist.

Most of you havent even start for a month (when I say a month you would have completed atleast 12-16 days of workouts. Again workout means exercise and not confined to weight lifting). Diet is normally used in wrong context by Msian.

Diet means your eating habit and not starving or depriving your food.

Be conscious on what you are eating (sugar, fried stuff, oily food, salt, soda) itself its a big step towards a healthy and slimmer lifestyle.

Cheers.

This post has been edited by VeeJay: Feb 21 2013, 10:35 PM

mate, I dont mind you providing recommendation, but please stop advertising about your product in every single post. This is not a sales thread.

Thx.

LOL, looks like most of the guys have has more medical theories (you name it, all the way from cold, soya, egg, sweat, etc) then what you had studied!

This post has been edited by VeeJay: Mar 19 2013, 07:15 PM

Yo GameFr3ak, I'm surprised you spent so much of your time, trying to explain, its just not worth it.

There is no facts backing his explanation, hence, its simply ineffective.

Unless he can back his statement with facts, stop the fallacy here. Thanks.

This post has been edited by VeeJay: Feb 24 2014, 08:24 PM

You can start by reading the stickies, being lazy and expecting to be spoon fed is not going to help you, if you are serious.

Post your question after reading them.

Man, its a dead horse...we had this (egg) discussed over and over

https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2602583/all

and

https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2689934/all

This post has been edited by VeeJay: Apr 22 2014, 11:54 AM

Man! read the stickies first, then formulate a plan and then ask for suggestion. else you are not going distance!

Calvin, you are repeatedly posting at wrong section. Please dont regress from the mentioned topic title.

As for memberships, there is a specific thread, here
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/817206/+2900