More Meals = Weight Loss?

Those individuals out there who are seeking to loose some weight might be quick to jump on the "more meals a day" plan thinking that it will speed up their metabolism. While this trick may help certain individuals achieve weight loss it is not because of a metabolism boost. Your metabolism spike after eating is directly related to the amount of calories you consume during that meal.  Which means if you eat more you are going to burn more and vise versa. What's important to realize if your calories are the same when you eat 6 meals a day as when you only eat 3 meals a day your metabolism is not going to have a drastic change resulting in weight loss. The key to weight control all comes in calorie control. If you are at a caloric deficit compared to your average calorie intake on a daily basis you are going to loose weight. Of course theres more to weight loss than calorie control but that is the main component.