Eating A Lot vs. Eating Often

A lot of time when people see me throughout the day, I get asked "why are you not the size of whale?" I give them a puzzled look and ask "why do you ask that?" The response is "Because you eat soooooo much!!!"

Well, that's not necessarily true. I eat OFTEN, not a lot.

When you eat 6-7 meals a day, yes, it may seem to the outsider that you're eating "a lot" because you've got something in your mouth every 3-4 hours. But look at the amount you're consuming during that "meal." It's really not that much.

But, take a look at someone who eats unhealthy. The may not eat breakfast. And then at lunch, they go out and get some kind of fast food. Just looking at the fast food though still might not look like the person is eating "a lot." But, take a look at the number of calories in that fast food, the person's first meal of the day. Now take a look at what I would have eaten up to that point of the day (3 meals) and i guarantee that the number of calories that i consumed in those 3 meals, is STILL less than what that unhealthy eater had in one meal.

So don't always think that eating often is eating "a lot." As long as you pick the correct foods to eat (whole grains, fruits, vegetables, dairy, lean meats, etc) and stay away from the crap (fast food, and 75% of the stuff you find in a grocery store), then you just can't go wrong on your path to better health and fitness.

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