FEEDING THE DRAGON

I got a dilemma: as part of my weight training I am bulking up during the winter months. This will allow me to put on mass and then cut it away the fat before summer (or at least that’s the plan –cardio is not my favourite type of exercise). But as I’ve written previously, bulking is hard for me. I simply miss my mealtimes without even noticing it. To put on any quality mass, I need to eat six small meals a day.

But even the best intentions in the world will not allow me to eat six meals if I only get hungry once, maybe twice a day. So I need a new strategy. I’ve been thinking about somehow getting automated alerts at set meal times to get me into pattern of eating my required calories each day.

I thought about using my cell-phone, but I cannot program 6 reoccurring alerts on my own Nokia. But I can't trust my computer either–I simply don’t spend enough time on it to ensure that I would notice any alerts.

Perhaps there is a cell-phone model that I can program to warn me six times a day, or there might be some ingenious beeper gadget I’ve not yet heard about. An added bonus would be if I the alert would also give me a message of what kind of meal I should eat: a protein-heavy post-workout meal, an energy-fuelled carbohydrate food, or a protein shake for a quick snack.

Can anyone think of any practical solutions?

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