I find that progress improves fat loss wise when consuming multiple small meals shakes with a single higher calorie whole food “meal” per day. I think this may be primarily due to adherence through simplicity, ease of tracking, flexibility, better focus/energy in the morning etc. etc. I just find it generally easier to hit my calorie+protein targets and keep my average bodyweight moving down for whatever reason.
Usually my days go something like this:
Wake
1- whey in water (sometimes with a banana, oatmeal, carb source but not always. I train with focus on powerlifting and don’t seem to notice a performance or strength difference either way)
TRAIN
2 - whey in water (again, usually a carb source but not always)
3 - calorically larger whole food meal. Usually something like steak/chicken, rice, veggies. etc. I find this larger meal allows room for a little less accuracy if eating out etc. with family etc.
I don’t religiously follower this or think it’s anything magic and will deviate with eggs, tuna, etc. at times but during a busy work week I find I am able to just go through the motions a bit better.
I’m sure you could argue this is not optimal for a variety of reasons but my question is there anything DETRIMENTAL about doing this?