Thanks for clarifying all that Cycomiko!
My thought? First word that came up: Pavlov effect.
Remember the dog in the famous experiment? It secreted saliva as soon as a bell was rung as habitually this would mean that food was going to be served. Except that after a while they would not give the dog food but it would produce the saliva nonetheless.
Human beings aren't really all that much different.. like a dog, we're creatures of habit. No doubt about it that we also secrete saliva, insulin etc. at times we'd normally be eating. I'm sure our system gets upset from deviating from habitual meal times.
It's not just because of rather strict work schedules that people have meal times at the same time of day, it's also because of our nature. Many prefer to keep to that same schedule in the weekend.
Regularity sounds to me: eat at the same time every day and in effect that would mean eating the same amount of meals. At least most of the time.
I'm alternating my food patters EOD according to the workouts I do, viz. add another 'meal' (or rather carbs) during a WO.
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