Studying Snacks?

[Trumpet Thief]

My whole life revolves around education at this point, and I'm sure that there are tons of grizzled veterans that pulled off 4.0 averages in University loungin' around here. I'm going through crunch time now, and I've got about a year to go before my bachelor's, and I have a very big problem.

I don't know what to eat.

Believe it or not, this is a very, very big deal for me. Maybe it's all in my head, but what I eat almost always affects my mood and my ability to pay attention. I would say that I'm in pretty good shape physically, but when final exam season starts up and I'm stick in my room for a week or two at a time (a bit of an exaggeration, but you get what I mean), I start to cave into a whole lot of junk food. I know that this is a problem, but I never pick the healthy alternative when I'm studying at 2am in the morning or finishing up that final essay.

Do you guys have any idea of what I could use as a healthy, but tasty, snack for my all-day textbook sessions? List as many suggestions as you want, please. I've had to learn the hard way that going through dozens of BBQ chips makes you feel like crap very, very quickly. :(

[Old Manus]

<s>UNBAN SNACKS</s>

Custard Creams

[Quindiana Jones]

Sandwiches. Lots of sandwiches. Meat, salad, mustard. Sandwiches.

[Pike]

I am a bad person to ask for this because I spent entire years of my college education eating nothing but Little Debbies. So, I will just let others answer for me.

[Slothy]

Eat a nice steak or grill up some hamburger patties. Fish loaded with butter or sour cream or something. The fattier the better.

I'm dead serious.

[Trumpet Thief]

I am a bad person to ask for this because I spent entire years of my college education eating nothing but Little Debbies. So, I will just let others answer for me.

I don't even think we have Little Debbies here in Canada... correct me if I'm wrong.

And Vivi22, I'll trust you. I'm taking summer classes so I'll save up some steak from the next barbeque and keep it safe for 'study time'. :)

[Jinx]

I don't study.

[Trumpet Thief]

That doesn't mean that you don't snack... :)

[Pike]

I don't even think we have Little Debbies here in Canada... correct me if I'm wrong.

They look like this:

http://www.selllittledebbie.com/Images/fundraising.jpg

Those Nutty Bars, especially. Those were my breakfast every morning for a whole semester once.

[I Took the Red Pill]

Apples, Sour Patch Kids, Adderrall. Perhaps the occsasional muffin. Washed it all down with coffee blacker than my soul

[Slothy]

I don't even think we have Little Debbies here in Canada... correct me if I'm wrong.

They look like this:

http://www.selllittledebbie.com/Images/fundraising.jpg

Those Nutty Bars, especially. Those were my breakfast every morning for a whole semester once.

I think we may have some variety of Little Debbie snacks at Wal-Marts here. Don't know about the rest of Canada. I seem to recall my wife buying some one time, but they might have been another brand.

Not that I'm advocating eating them for study food.

[Quindiana Jones]

Or ever. I mean, look at those things. Jesus Christ.

[Slothy]

Well, there's that too, but everyone indulges sometimes. And with names like cosmic brownies and star crunch, what self-respecting starship captain could resist?

[Shorty]

Baaabybel cheese! They aren't very manly, but it's a nice little burst of protein to help curb your appetite. Fruit and nuts are obvious, but it you want something a little sweeter, maybe try granola bars?

Also, these smurfing things are glorious.

36517

[Madame Adequate]

Fruit?

[Shorty]

Fruit, Huxley. Fruit.

[Jinx]

Fruit?

What's fruit, precious?

[Trumpet Thief]

Nevermind. We definitely have those.

Drat, these suggestions are going to send me down a dark, dirty road.

[Slothy]

Nevermind. We definitely have those.

Drat, these suggestions are going to send me down a dark, dirty road.

What sounds tastier though? Some store bought, mass produced, prepackaged snack cakes, or a freshly barbequed steak? I know which one I'd prefer.

[Jessweeee♪]

Grapes. They're bite sized, not messy or sticky, and best of all they are fruit. The only downside is lots of sugar.

[krissy]

we got that debbie stuff in the sobeys and other food stores around here

[Raistlin]

This is what I do when it's time for all-day studying/writing/research:

1) Drink something that's not water. Caffeine doesn't really affect me, but a strong taste and carbonation helps keep me from getting drowsy. Coke is my drink of preference.

2) Have food that you can munch on continuously. It's not about filling yourself up; again, it's about keeping awake and focused. Pretzels, for example, are perfect for something that you can just keep eating all day.

[Trumpet Thief]

This is what I do when it's time for all-day studying/writing/research:

1) Drink something that's not water. Caffeine doesn't really affect me, but a strong taste and carbonation helps keep me from getting drowsy. Coke is my drink of preference.

2) Have food that you can munch on continuously. It's not about filling yourself up; again, it's about keeping awake and focused. Pretzels, for example, are perfect for something that you can just keep eating all day.

That sounds like a great idea. Thanks for the advice.

And Vivi22, I'm actually going with the 'steak' advice as well. Sounds way too delicious to pass up. :)

Staying awake and energetic is usually the hardest part.

[Jinx]

This is what I do when it's time for all-day studying/writing/research:

1) Drink something that's not water. Caffeine doesn't really affect me, but a strong taste and carbonation helps keep me from getting drowsy. Coke is my drink of preference.

2) Have food that you can munch on continuously. It's not about filling yourself up; again, it's about keeping awake and focused. Pretzels, for example, are perfect for something that you can just keep eating all day.

That sounds like a great idea. Thanks for the advice.

And Vivi22, I'm actually going with the 'steak' advice as well. Sounds way too delicious to pass up. :)

Staying awake and energetic is usually the hardest part.

Medium rare, or nothing else, TT.

[Trumpet Thief]

This is what I do when it's time for all-day studying/writing/research:

1) Drink something that's not water. Caffeine doesn't really affect me, but a strong taste and carbonation helps keep me from getting drowsy. Coke is my drink of preference.

2) Have food that you can munch on continuously. It's not about filling yourself up; again, it's about keeping awake and focused. Pretzels, for example, are perfect for something that you can just keep eating all day.

That sounds like a great idea. Thanks for the advice.

And Vivi22, I'm actually going with the 'steak' advice as well. Sounds way too delicious to pass up. :)

Staying awake and energetic is usually the hardest part.

Medium rare, or nothing else, TT.

Duly noted. Time to go to class half asleep :(

[Slothy]

That stuff might work for Raistlin, but I'd be fighting to stay awake after a couple of hours if I were drinking any amount of Coke and eating pretzels personally.


Medium rare, or nothing else, TT.

I prefer blue rare. Actually, that's kind of a lie. I'd prefer raw, but it's so hard to raise and slaughter your own meat these days.

[Jinx]

That stuff might work for Raistlin, but I'd be fighting to stay awake after a couple of hours if I were drinking any amount of Coke and eating pretzels personally.


Medium rare, or nothing else, TT.

I prefer blue rare. Actually, that's kind of a lie. I'd prefer raw, but it's so hard to raise and slaughter your own meat these days.

I actually prefer plain ol' rare, but that's too much for most people. I've never had blue rare, but that's how my dad likes it. I imagine in the next 5 years, that's where I'll be.

[Slothy]

I actually prefer plain ol' rare, but that's too much for most people. I've never had blue rare, but that's how my dad likes it. I imagine in the next 5 years, that's where I'll be.

Asking for blue rare in a restaurant is a pain because most cooks either don't know how to cook it that way, or simply refuse and you end up with rare. I've run into a few steakhouses where they get it right before though. If they're so afraid of me getting sick I'll sign whatever waiver they put in front of me, just cook my damn steak properly. Usually I'd send it back if I weren't so damn hungry whenever I go out to eat.

[qwertysaur]

Asking for blue rare in a restaurant is a pain because most cooks either don't know how to cook it that way, or simply refuse and you end up with rare. I've run into a few steakhouses where they get it right before though. If they're so afraid of me getting sick I'll sign whatever waiver they put in front of me, just cook my damn steak properly. Usually I'd send it back if I weren't so damn hungry whenever I go out to eat.

I worked at a restaurant where we couldn't cook a burger under medium. I mean, chop meat and steak are different, though. But still. Stupid legal issues.

Also, most places I go and ask for medium rare, I get medium.
Then try asking for rare next time you go there and it will be cooked medium rare :bigsmile:

If you are studying for Math, then I recommend pie. If that math tomic is Trig, then pie is essential.

Whatever helps you focus is what you should eat. I like smoothies personally when I'm studying. :quina:

[Jiro]

Twisties, cheetos. Paper.

[Madame Adequate]

Nevermind. We definitely have those.

Drat, these suggestions are going to send me down a dark, dirty road.

What sounds tastier though? Some store bought, mass produced, prepackaged snack cakes, or a freshly barbequed steak? I know which one I'd prefer.

Hmmm yes BBQing some steaks sounds like a very quick and not-time-consuming thing to do while searching for food in the middle of a study session :greenie:

[Agent Proto]

Twisties, cheetos. Paper.

Avoid cheetos if you're writing a paper, though.

[Slothy]

Hmmm yes BBQing some steaks sounds like a very quick and not-time-consuming thing to do while searching for food in the middle of a study session :greenie:

If you're not taking breaks occasionally then you're not studying effectively. And if you're taking too long to cook a steak the you're really just overcooking the steak and don't deserve to eat it anyway.

But if you are taking a break, and you're not ruining a good steak, it'll be great fuel to keep the hamster alive a few hours longer without needing to snack much.

[Jinx]

wtf

people

you don't BBQ a steak

you grill it

fuck me

[Shiny]

I have smoothies too and if they were around, peaches. Definitely need gum as well, minty chewing gum.

[Shorty]

You people are ridiculous. A steak is a fucking meal. The request was for a healthy snack.

[Jinx]

You people are ridiculous. A steak is a smurfing meal. The request was for a healthy snack.

Sometimes I eat four, five steaks in one sitting.

Who's a snack now? :smug:

[Trumpet Thief]

I love you guys.

[Shorty]

You people are ridiculous. A steak is a smurfing meal. The request was for a healthy snack.

Sometimes I eat four, five steaks in one sitting.

Who's a snack now? :smug:

I don't even... you are? Are they itty bitty steaks? Because steaks are still A FUCKING MEAL.

[Jinx]

Sarah, I'll say it again.

You're a puss.

[Shorty]

You're backward as shit.

[NorthernChaosGod]

You people are ridiculous. A steak is a smurfing meal. The request was for a healthy snack.

Sometimes I eat four, five steaks in one sitting.

Who's a snack now? :smug:
You're a snack.

[Jinx]

You people are ridiculous. A steak is a smurfing meal. The request was for a healthy snack.

Sometimes I eat four, five steaks in one sitting.

Who's a snack now? :smug:
You're a snack.

Hey Jules, what a nibble?

[Miss Lady Shelly]

Gushers fruit snacks, Little Debbie brownies, and those snack packs that came with either crackers, bread sticks, or pretzels and cheese.

[Yar]

I love pita and hummus :love:

craisins too :D

almonds, cashews, peanuts, walnuts, they're great when I want something crunchy

When I have time I like to make some fried tofu yummm

And you can never go wrong with fruits and veggies!! I love going to the produce section and buying fruits or veggies I've never eaten before. I ate a mango for the first time the other day, and I liked it!

[Trumpet Thief]

My routine grocery stop with my roommate has ended with me purchasing (for studying):

1) Carbonated Water (inspired by Raistlin)
2) Homemade Sandwich supplies (Flambard)
3) Granola Bars (Shorty)

Fruits and vegetables are a given.

Keep the suggestions coming, and steak will definitely be a possibility in the near future. :)

[NorthernChaosGod]

You people are ridiculous. A steak is a smurfing meal. The request was for a healthy snack.

Sometimes I eat four, five steaks in one sitting.

Who's a snack now? :smug:
You're a snack.

Hey Jules, what a nibble?

I'm assuming this is 'want' instead of 'what', so yes.

[Tigmafuzz]

You people are ridiculous. A steak is a smurfing meal. The request was for a healthy snack.

Sometimes I eat four, five steaks in one sitting.

Who's a snack now? :smug:
You're a snack.

Hey Jules, what a nibble?

I'm assuming this is 'want' instead of 'what', so yes.

Cannibal.

[NorthernChaosGod]

Like you don't want to eat her.

[Tigmafuzz]

Like you don't want to eat her.

Not devour her, no.

[Quindiana Jones]

Well, there's that too, but everyone indulges sometimes. And with names like cosmic brownies and star crunch, what self-respecting starship captain could resist?

It's the oatmeal creme pies that concern me.

[Slothy]

You people are ridiculous. A steak is a smurfing meal. The request was for a healthy snack.

Eat a good healthy meal like a steak and you won't have to snack. You also won't get the foggyness that comes with snacking on half the tit everyone's recommending.

[Shorty]

Sure, a steak will fill you up, but most people aren't having steak for three meals a day. It's recommended that you have five portions of something throughout the day - three meals and a snack between breakfast/lunch and one between lunch/dinner. Then you won't be raiding cupboards at 11pm because what you ate throughout the day has kept you full.

Also, those fucking oatmeal pies have like 310 calories a piece. No thanks.

[Jinx]

Sure, a steak will fill you up, but most people aren't having steak for three meals a day. It's recommended that you have five portions of something throughout the day - three meals and a snack between breakfast/lunch and one between lunch/dinner.

Then you won't be raiding cupboards at 11pm because what you ate throughout the day has kept you full.

Why not five small portions of steak a day?

[Shorty]

Try it and tell me how that works out for you :greenie:

[Slothy]

Sure, a steak will fill you up, but most people aren't having steak for three meals a day. It's recommended that you have five portions of something throughout the day - three meals and a snack between breakfast/lunch and one between lunch/dinner. Then you won't be raiding cupboards at 11pm because what you ate throughout the day has kept you full.

Everyone is different, all food is not created equal, and one size fits all recommendations of eating 5-6 times a day don't hold for everyone because of that.

Honestly, I eat maybe 3 times a day. More like 2.5 times a day sometimes if yesterday was any indication. I started the day with a breakfast of a reasonably sized steak, almonds, and a glass of whole milk mixed with a bit of 35% whipping cream because I'm experimenting with upping my fat intake while keeping carbs really low, and lowering my protein intake a bit. Had that at around 7am and I didn't eat again until 2:30. Wasn't hungry, wasn't having any cravings even when I got hungry, or any huge drops in energy. I just kept going along fine, had a light meal at 2:30, then ate again around 5 or 6 with my wife. Wasn't hungry again until I woke up this morning.

And you'll be happy to hear that pretty much every meal I eat everyday includes, if not steak, some form of beef Miss Boobs. Keeps me feeling nice and full all day long with plenty of energy.

[Shorty]

That's a great recommendation for upping your fat content, but I don't think that steak is what most people are looking for when asking for healthy snack recommendations.

[Quindiana Jones]

Steak and cheese sandwiches, job done. Now you people can stop having this ridiculous conversation. :roll2:

[Slothy]

No, but they should be. And who's going to say no when someone says go eat a steak? Dirty vegetarians is who. Who wants to be one of them?

[Jinx]

Steak isn't that bad for you. Sure, it's red meat. But it's just protein.

[Quindiana Jones]

Also, if you want to ensure plenty of elbow room in a library, take a few hard boiled eggs.

[NorthernChaosGod]

Sure, a steak will fill you up, but most people aren't having steak for three meals a day. It's recommended that you have five portions of something throughout the day - three meals and a snack between breakfast/lunch and one between lunch/dinner. Then you won't be raiding cupboards at 11pm because what you ate throughout the day has kept you full.

Or they could just eat better meals so you don't feel like snacking. And 5-6 meals a day is ridiculous.

[Jiro]

Nah I could eat 5-6 meals a day. Yesterday I had a couple pieces of toast at 7:30am for breakfast and I was hungry again by half 8.

[Slothy]

Not surprised if you only had toast.

[Jinx]

Next time have peanut butter toast.

[Iceglow]

smoked bacon. just roll it up and munch tastes fantastic. If you keep it refrigerated it'll be fine and you won't get food poisoning if it's fresh enough because it's been smoked (which does cook it enough to prevent food poisoning, what do you think smoked salmon is?) Once you've gotten a taste for smoked bacon as is, it can be hard keeping bacon long enough to cook.

Polish sausages such as Kielbasa or Hunters Sausage tend to do well as snacks too.

Fruits, Nuts are an obvious one, the cheese snacks works well too.

Also if you need a sweet tooth get a big multipack bag of stuff like M&Ms simply put them in a huge bowl (I suggest a mixing bowl) and every few minutes allow yourself one or two the instant sugar hit and everything should help.

Drinks wise, redbull can work in regards to limited bursts of studying, you'll find after the initial hit your body will crash all the harder for having it, best used only towards the end of the day so you can go to sleep once the crash kicks in. Redbull is too destructive for your liver and kidneys to put in all day unless you sip it slowly which no man has ever managed to do before. Coke does work too as will apple juice generally (though be prepared to piss a lot)



Sure, a steak will fill you up, but most people aren't having steak for three meals a day. It's recommended that you have five portions of something throughout the day - three meals and a snack between breakfast/lunch and one between lunch/dinner. Then you won't be raiding cupboards at 11pm because what you ate throughout the day has kept you full.

Or they could just eat better meals so you don't feel like snacking. And 5-6 meals a day is ridiculous.

Well what isn't mentioned there is the size those 5 - 6 meals a day ought to be. Clench both hands as fists, put them side by side. No meal bigger than that should ever pass your lips at any given time. When looking at it like that, it's quite easy to eat 5 - 6 meals a day. Especially when training hard in the gym.

[NorthernChaosGod]

Sure, a steak will fill you up, but most people aren't having steak for three meals a day. It's recommended that you have five portions of something throughout the day - three meals and a snack between breakfast/lunch and one between lunch/dinner. Then you won't be raiding cupboards at 11pm because what you ate throughout the day has kept you full.

Or they could just eat better meals so you don't feel like snacking. And 5-6 meals a day is ridiculous.

Well what isn't mentioned there is the size those 5 - 6 meals a day ought to be. Clench both hands as fists, put them side by side. No meal bigger than that should ever pass your lips at any given time. When looking at it like that, it's quite easy to eat 5 - 6 meals a day. Especially when training hard in the gym.
I know that they're supposed to be smaller meals, but there's no real benefit for eating 5-6 meals a day versus eating 3 meals a day. In fact, I get by on 2 meals a day quite often.

[Raistlin]

Well what isn't mentioned there is the size those 5 - 6 meals a day ought to be. Clench both hands as fists, put them side by side. No meal bigger than that should ever pass your lips at any given time.

smurf, so that's why I stopped getting head from the ladies. I knew it wasn't because of the stalking! Er... nevermind. :shifty:

While it is true that many nutritionists do argue that eating more, smaller (as in, lower calories) meals is healthier, the physical size of the food does not factor into that calculation.

[Jiro]

Not surprised if you only had toast.

Yeah but four pieces of it should generally get you further in the day. But then, I'm hungry an hour after any meal.

[Slothy]

Yeah but four pieces of it should generally get you further in the day. But then, I'm hungry an hour after any meal.

You'd think so. But you'd be surprised how often you'd be wrong. Try skipping the bread and having some eggs instead. Even the eggs alone would have you feeling full longer than that.

[Quindiana Jones]

While it is true that many nutritionists do argue that eating more, smaller (as in, lower calories) meals is healthier, the physical size of the food does not factor into that calculation.

The hand thing is a general measure of the size of one's unstretched stomach. The principle behind it being that you don't need more food than exactly enough to top you up. The problem with rule of thumb being that everyone has different thumbs.

The 5-6 meals a day thing is about improving one's metabolism. It's generally accepted that that sort of system will provide an efficient metabolism across the board. However, this only really comes into play for professional sports types, because the whole point of being a professional sportsman is that you are running at maximum capacity in every regard. The typical pleb who just does less than a dozen hours exercise a week and is other fairly sedentary doesn't need to worry about this.

Anyways, if you wanna stay fuller for longer, eat more fat. As Vivi said, chuck in some eggs or something with your toast.

[NorthernChaosGod]

The 5-6 meals a day thing is about improving one's metabolism. It's generally accepted that that sort of system will provide an efficient metabolism across the board. However, this only really comes into play for professional sports types, because the whole point of being a professional sportsman is that you are running at maximum capacity in every regard. The typical pleb who just does less than a dozen hours exercise a week and is other fairly sedentary doesn't need to worry about this.

That's not even true though. >:[

Your metabolism increases when you eat based on the content of what you eat, not how often you eat. The same macronutrients spread out over 3 meals versus spread out over 6 meals will have the same effect on your metabolism overall.

[Quindiana Jones]

That's my point, Julian, though I didn't phrase it particularly well. Eating more often only really matters to athletes, because they need the energy.

[Psychotic]

why isn't this thread about 24/7 steak?

[Quindiana Jones]

Isn't there already a steak appreciation thread?

[NorthernChaosGod]

That's my point, Julian, though I didn't phrase it particularly well. Eating more often only really matters to athletes, because they need the energy.

Well considering even Michael Phelps sticks to 3 meals a day, I'm pretty sure everyone can do 3 meals a day with no negative effects.

[Pike]

Eyes on Finding Food

[Psychotic]

Isn't there already a steak appreciation thread?I feel like every thread should be a steak appreciation thread.

[Trumpet Thief]

Microwaveable bacon is just about the best thing ever. :colbert:

[Madame Adequate]

I've commented on this before but I'm endlessly amused by the fact that the one topic that can get members all across EoFF to unite in the most serious debate and discussion is not the Israel-Palestine situation, nor the economic crises of the last 4 years, nor the erosion of civil liberties in much of the world in the name of "anti-terrorism", but it is in fact healthy eating.

[Trumpet Thief]

To be fair, conversations about politics can turn into turd-flinging contests much faster than conversations about healthy eating.

[Slothy]

I've commented on this before but I'm endlessly amused by the fact that the one topic that can get members all across EoFF to unite in the most serious debate and discussion is not the Israel-Palestine situation, nor the economic crises of the last 4 years, nor the erosion of civil liberties in much of the world in the name of "anti-terrorism", but it is in fact healthy eating.

Is it that surprising? Your average person doesn't know diddly about economics, could care less about what goes on in foreign countries (or hell, their neighbors homes if it doesn't affect them), and few people even understand why many of the liberty's being eroded are important anyway. But eating? We all do it, and you can bet everyone has ideas and opinions on how they prefer to go about it.

Besides, diet basically lies at the heart of problems like growing obesity, diabetes, heart disease, etc. and all of the medical problems which that brings and our present health care systems are entirely unprepared for. So it actually is kind of important.


To be fair, conversations about politics can turn into turd-flinging contests much faster than conversations about healthy eating.

You'd be surprised.

[Trumpet Thief]

I probably rushed to judgement there. I haven't read some of the more politically-oriented threads here. They're probably full of civil (if limited, as I'm my own Milf stated) discussion.

[Quindiana Jones]

I've commented on this before but I'm endlessly amused by the fact that the one topic that can get members all across EoFF to unite in the most serious debate and discussion is not the Israel-Palestine situation, nor the economic crises of the last 4 years, nor the erosion of civil liberties in much of the world in the name of "anti-terrorism", but it is in fact healthy eating.

The honour of steak is in jeopardy, MILF. Is there any greater cause for confrontation?!

[Slothy]

I probably rushed to judgement there. I haven't read some of the more politically-oriented threads here. They're probably full of civil (if limited, as I'm my own Milf stated) discussion.

Actually I was referring to the fact that discussion of diet and nutrition can sometimes get so heated you'd swear people thought you were killing kittens when you disagree with them. It's not as bad as politics usually, but some people can get really upset if you say something that disagrees with what they've been taught or come to believe in their lives, just like pretty much anything else.

[Shorty]

That's my point, Julian, though I didn't phrase it particularly well. Eating more often only really matters to athletes, because they need the energy.

Well considering even Michael Phelps sticks to 3 meals a day, I'm pretty sure everyone can do 3 meals a day with no negative effects.

Shut the smurf up, Julian. (http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/08/13/the-michael-phelps-diet-dont-try-it-at-home/)

Eating small meals 5-6 times a day works for me to keep me full.

[Pike]

To be fair, conversations about politics can turn into turd-flinging contests much faster than conversations about healthy eating.

I dunno, I've seen some food threads get pretty hairy

[Trumpet Thief]

To be fair, conversations about politics can turn into turd-flinging contests much faster than conversations about healthy eating.

I dunno, I've seen some food threads get pretty hairy

I'll take your word on that one. :p

[NorthernChaosGod]

That's my point, Julian, though I didn't phrase it particularly well. Eating more often only really matters to athletes, because they need the energy.

Well considering even Michael Phelps sticks to 3 meals a day, I'm pretty sure everyone can do 3 meals a day with no negative effects.

Shut the smurf up, Julian. (http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/08/13/the-michael-phelps-diet-dont-try-it-at-home/)

Eating small meals 5-6 times a day works for me to keep me full.
That's the exact page I first saw to make sure he did eat like that, so I don't know what you're getting at.

Eating 2-3 would work just the same.

[Shorty]

What I'm getting at is that comparing any eating habits of Michael Phelps to any normal person is absurd because he clearly has a Zeus-sized stomach and works out eighteen hours a day to burn all those calories.

[Tigmafuzz]

And all that cannabis probably doesn't make him any less hungry.

[NorthernChaosGod]

What I'm getting at is that comparing any eating habits of Michael Phelps to any normal person is absurd because he clearly has a Zeus-sized stomach and works out eighteen hours a day to burn all those calories.

My point was that Quin said something to the effect of only athletes benefit or should eat 5-6 meals a day, when clearly one of the best athletes alive makes due on 3 meals a day. There is absolutely zero reason to eat more than 3 meals a day other than personal preference.

[Quindiana Jones]

Eat more, get more energy. That was my ultimate claim, Julian. You helpfully corrected my assumption about the metabolism nonsense, but the principle was the same. Phelps is unusual in pretty much every regard, so he just lumps all his food into three meals, but it's common practice to eat the same amount over 5 or 6 meals. This is what the typical athlete does, hence my claim that eating more often can benefit athletes.

[Jiro]

Not everyone has the luxury of being a full time athlete.

[NorthernChaosGod]

I wish I could be a full-time athlete.


Eat more, get more energy. That was my ultimate claim, Julian. You helpfully corrected my assumption about the metabolism nonsense, but the principle was the same. Phelps is unusual in pretty much every regard, so he just lumps all his food into three meals, but it's common practice to eat the same amount over 5 or 6 meals. This is what the typical athlete does, hence my claim that eating more often can benefit athletes.

Well then, alright.

[Jowy]

Two pieces of wheat toast with Nutella spread if I have a sweet tooth. Mini-pepperoni wrapped in a leaf of lettuce if I want something salty. Always satisfies. I will have a Choco Taco if I feel like being indulgent.

[ReloadPsi]

Because I don't feel like sifting through seven pages to check if someone already said this, I will say it now:

Don't have study snacks. They'll distract you. Just have decent meals at the usual times.

[Jinx]

Obviously the superior thing to do in this situation is to eat one massive meal at dinner time, and not eat again for 24 hours.

[Slothy]

Obviously the superior thing to do in this situation is to eat one massive meal at dinner time, and not eat again for 24 hours.

If Michael Phelps weren't such a pansy he'd probably do that, but not everyone can be a bad enough dude to eat one meal a day and save the president.

[Quindiana Jones]

I eat my entire month's worth of food in one meal, and I fight bears daily. All of you are weak and inferior. Kiss my feet, you ponces.