This question is probably more for the guys than the girls (due to the results I'm aiming for), but any kind of input is welcome!
I've started going to the gym to seriously rebuild my muscle mass, which has gone from pretty good to pathetic after sitting at a desk for so long. The problem is that my trainer tells me he wants me to eat six times a day.
I cannot do this.
I'm a one meal a day guy. Usually a huge meal, yes, but only one. Have been my whole life, even when I was doing physical labour all the time (grew up on a farm). I'm attempting three at the moment, and my body doesn't like it. I find myself literally forcing down some cereal in the morning (as in, staring at the spoon saying "you can do this"), managing OK at lunch but then still being quite hungry in the evening, even though I've probably already eaten as much as I normally would have. I'm not hungry at all except in the evenings, I'm just eating because I've been told to, and it's a real effort.
Any suggestions? I'm toying with the idea of doing the 'liquid meal' thing during the day, with those food powders you get at health stores. Do they actually do their job/give you what they're supposed to? In particular for any Aussies/Kiwis, have you used Mushashi's stuff, how do you find it and are there any particular products you'd recommend?
(Slightly off-topic, what is with all the exercises designed to work the chest? I mean, I can't think of many practical things that you use your pecs for, so is it just for the look? Thinking back to when I was doing a lot of heavy lifting, digging and other such activities, my shoulders and arms got pretty big, but there wasn't that much muscle on my chest. For that matter, that goes for the stomach as well. Is it a purely aesthetic thing, or is there some form of hard labour out there that uses them I haven't come across?)


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I have noticed a HUGE change in my body composition since I have changed my eating habits.

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