The basic idea for eating every couple of hours is since your body doesnt really store protiens very well you should be eating it every couple of hours. like carbs are stored as glycogen in the muscles and extra kcals aare stored as fat but proteins ehh not so much sure our blood has proteins in it but even that keeps using it very fast for repair + it works best for me i feel better eating every couple of hours my metabolic rate so i should burn more kcals ive tryed IMF hated it my metabolism crashed could barely eat at all so this is what works for me