I agree.. To me three meals is best and maybe a shake before bed.. I've have rarely ever gotten 250 grams of protein a day my whole life.. I think meal timing is probably much more important than the amount of meals.. The " old school way" is take in a brutal workout and then take in a brutal meal...
My diet is crap.. Always has been .. Not gonna change.. Yesterday my meals were;
Breakfast ; 8 oz milk, 8 oz water, 1 heaping scoop milk egg whey blend, 1 scoop oats, 1 teaspoon natural peanut butter.. Blended
Mid morning ; 16 oz coffee with cream
Lunch ; subway wrap steak and cheese green peppers onion sauce, baked chips , diet coke..
Mid day ; bag of skittles lol
Before workout : metrx protein bar 12 oz water
Dinner ; homemade chicken and noodles, bowl of grapes, diet dr pepper multi vitamin extra c and d3..
Before bed ; 2 scoop milk egg whey blend and a granola bar..
That's a typical day .. I have the same breakfast essentially every day.. Lunch is wherever the whim takes me.. Many times it Qdoba where I have a naked burrito with black beans rice steak etc.. But three meals and a shake.. I don't abide by the " three hour" time frame .. Usually I eat lunch at 1 or 2 pm.. But I can't fathom trying to eat every three hours.. Mentally it would be a pain in the ass..
I did just ate some Haribo fizzy bears and it's 2am. I will be bulking soon and following a pretty straight diet. Nothing is set in stone for me but the core meals won't change. I will be starting at something like...
1- Oats with chocolate peanut butter whey and chopped banana mixed in.
2- Beef with basmati rice or potatoes.
3- Synthepure or Whey Isolate 97 shake made with 2 apples, 1 kiwi, selection of frozen berries, oats, spinach or kale and water.
4- Beef with basmati rice or potatoes.
5- Synthepure or Whey Isolate 97 shake made with 2 apples, 1 kiwi, selection of frozen berries, oats, spinach or kale and water.
6- 6 whole eggs and maybe some nut butter.
On training days I will add an intra shake of approx 100 carbs (HCBD), 30g EAA's and various other things.
When I add to that it will be a 3rd beef rice/potatoe meal. Then possibly another egg meal or smoothie shake. I may even add in a meal I enjoy that is easy which is tuna covered in paprika covered with rice and baked beans. All these meals are very easy for me and I can cook within 5 mins so I do them all fresh.
Treats (whenever I want) will be in the form of...
Greek Yoghurt on top of muesli/granola cereal, blueberries, dates and dried blackcurrants. This is about 150g carbs.
Chinese... something like shrimp/chicken with seasonal vegetables and steamed rice (so not bad at all).