One common topic that comes up in weight loss circles is meal timing. People want to know when they should eat and when they shouldn’t eat for maximum weight loss. Unless you are already very lean and in shape, the truth is, it doesn’t matter.

As long as you are eating at a deficit, you will lose weight. You could eat your daily caloric requirements all in one meal right before you go to sleep and still lose the weight. Believe it or not, this is called intermittent fasting, and some people actually use this approach successfully.

The six meals a day to boost your metabolism belief is just a myth. Your metabolism will not drop in such a short period of time per day – it can take a week of not eating food at all to see a drop in metabolism. Eating at intervals like this will keep you from getting h8ingry, but it has very few physiological benefits.

As long as you are eating less than your body requires to maintain its weight, you will lose fat, plain and simple. Now, if you already have very low body fat numbers and want to look like a bodybuilder, than you will need to follow a more strict meal plan, but for all intents and purposes, the above information should work for almost anyone who needs to lose weight. Don’t make it more complicated than it needs to be – losing weight is not that hard.