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You should be eating about 4-5 meals a day. It is better to eat smaller meals more often, instead of 3 big meals a day. This will help boost your metabolism.

As far as what you should be eating, check out this free article about the foods to eat to lose weight. These are all healthy foods that you should incorporate into your diet.

http://www.fatlossforidiotsplan.com/foods-to-eat-t...

I'd say 3 main meals. (Breakfast lunch and dinner!) along with 2-3 small snacks. Try following the food guide and weigh and measure your foods. I find it beneficial.

A good site I found that really helped.

http://www.getdietanswers.com/

It gave me some great diet tips and showed me what I was doing wrong before. Hope this helps.

Good luck to you!