Many meals are still the only way for some people. I see no problem with that if it’s not annoying to the one in question (and even it is, it can be the best way as it is for me on those troublesome days where I get satiated with a few bites. thankfully it doesn’t seem to happen anymore and it only happened on carnivore. plant carbs make me too hungry so I only need 1-2 bigger meals).
Many tiny meals doesn’t mean the fasting window isn’t “big” as I wrote… Eating all day long does seem a bad idea but if someone is starving to death without it, it’s still the best. I can’t imagine being full for hours with 200-300 kcal but apparently, some people works like that… There are other special conditions where one needs to eat all the time. So if there are no better ways to feed, it still a valid one. If there are other ways, I don’t know, I would try to do whatever feels/seem best, people are too different, I can’t tell if what is good for them in general and I am sure no one can as there isn’t a thing. Eating all day due to eating the wrong, hunger-inducing food (something way too many people do nowadays) is surely wrong and unhealthy but beyond that? Timing is highly individual and the most important thing is getting the necessary nutrients.
Where did 6 come from? There is 5 in my country, that already sounds very weird to me except for little kids… Isn’t 3 is the norm for most people, since ages…? Well for the ones who are able to eat decent sized meals but looking at eateries here, Hungarians can eat, they rarely need 5 meals for sure… And often when I see examples for the 2 little meals, it’s so ridiculous… If it works for someone, fine but it’s in the official guidelines!!! Adults eating 5 more or less small meals. Why? Many adults can’t even eat so often due to their work and it’s not a problem… My SO has 3 meals (sometimes 2) as he needs much energy and bigger meals. Surely some people need 4-5-6 bigger meals a day, that’s a special case. But 3 main and 2 little ones for everyone in general…? Seems very odd, humans don’t need eating so often and they mostly didn’t do that during history as there wasn’t a need…
Many people are like this, I imagine many bodies have this “just woke up, natural fasting time” thing. I have too but mine lasts until 2-4pm, usually… It doesn’t matter when I wake up, I get hungry mostly according to the time of the day, apparently. My SO has an early breakfast but it still must be 1-2 hours after waking, not immediately. But some people wake up hungry. I can’t even imagine, I am always very well satiated after waking, I like this.
It’s quite individual, indeed and muscles make a huge difference, obviously. My SO is 5’9", he would be very fat at 180 (he never weighed nearly that much and he had weight problems since childhood, he gains fat very easily), he definitely starts skipping dinner above 152 as he can’t handle his fat belly (fat goes there first for him) and his ideal (still far from dry) is around 140 but that’s too much suffering… He was a fat kid at 167 but his musculature was minimal at that point, now he has muscled legs if nothing else…
I think some upper body muscles would do him good but it’s up to him, obviously. Sometimes he gets tempted when he sees me lifting. He may complain about the weights but he usually can lift what I can but that’s it. And I am weak so yeah, he is weak (it probably could change a lot with a fragment of the effort I put in but he isn’t interested). But he is healthy so there is that. (But it’s healthier to be stronger.)
Recommended weights are stupid. I can’t comprehend how ANYONE looks at a muscular, lean person and tells them they should lose weight. Let alone a doctor os something. I would lose all trust in such a person.