6 Meals a day?!?!?

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First off I don't want to do that...at all. However I hear it's great to lose fat. Second school poses a huge problem to that diet.

Is there anyway that I can stick with 3 meals/day and still lose fat?
 
Absolutely, but it's faster and easier if you split up your meals. You can squeeze in a snack between classes without a problem, on most occasions.
 
there is enough good evidence showing that smaller multiple meals over the course of the day aids digestion and body composition. but of course you can only do what you can do in your situation. i say 5-6 but even 4 is fine if thats the best you can do.

simplicity is the key, each meal does not have to be a gourmet occassion. if the best one can do is a can of tuna and a banana, they should do it. if they can only do a shake, do it.
 
its not so bad once you get used to it. start with adding another meal, then work your way up. just be sure you overall caloric intake remains under control.
 
Well this is my normal diet:

Morning: Peanut Butter and Jelly (wheat bread), Milk (Skim), Orange Juice and a Vitamin

Lunch: Sandwich (usually cold cut meats or turkey and wheat bread) with a few slices of cheese, water and maybe some fruit if there is any.

Dinner: Whatever is cooked, usually doesnt exceed 800 calories.

Desert: Usually not unless I am cheating every so often, but if so then a Bannana or something.
 
eat a much bigger breakfast and try to add more meals if you can. doesnt look like ur eating much either. u sure u need to lose weight?
 
I'm not sure about having to lose weight...currently I am 6' 3'' and 217, I can feel some tight abs underneath this little 1/2'' to 1'' layer of fat. That is why I have been doing HIIT alot more latley...I can easily grap alot of fat off of my stomach and that's what I am trying to get rid of.

Ah, yea and apparantly since last summer I have lost 37lbs but the only place I can see it is on my face...not my stomach :(

I also do mild muscle routines every day (crunches, reverse crunches, incline/decline pushups, tricep dips, squats, and some others for my legs...).
 
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i'd suggest stuff like oats, eggs, milk and fruit for example for breakfast

sandwiches and fruit for lunch are fine

if dinner is usually animal flesh with a good carb source, a-ok

when constructing meals think protein first. the body can store carbs and fats but not protein.
 
Also, some suggest (as I do) that it's better to get more calories earlier in the day than later in the day. An 800 calorie dinner, if all meals are equal, means you may be getting 2,400 calories throughout the day, which doesn't sound too great for weight loss. Stick to complex and fewer carbs later for dinner.

Also, abear, the body can and does store protein as fat, but only when the body gets so much its unable to absorb it all. Many nutritionists believe that the American diet consists of too much (bad) protein from sources like beef - which are difficult to break down. Vegetable and milk protein (like whey) are much easier to absorb and are a much better protein source - not to mention all the other vitamins that come with. Chicken is fantastic too - a big staple of my own diet.
 
i meant that you can store carbs as glycogen for later use and we all know how fat stores. the body can use these as energy sources later. we cant store protein for muscle building purposes to be used later. if the protein isnt available the body will breakdown existing muscle to get what it needs.
 
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