STARVATION

Skipping Meals: Not really a good weight-loss plan....

If you want to loose weight you need to cut down on calories, in order to cut down calories we must skip meals correct? Crash dieting is the best way to loose weight. Eat once a day and loose 10 pounds (5kgs) in a week……

These are misconceptions! Do not starve yourself to loose weight. You will gain the weight you lost and maybe double the number....

In order to loose 2 pounds (1kg) per week you need to eliminate 3,500 kcals, which is a deficit of 500 kcals per day.  Most of us only eat between 1,500 and 2,500 calories per day. However, by skipping meals, we are usually so hungry by the time dinner rolls around that we tend eat everything we can get their hands on! This not only prevents weight loss, but can in fact leads to weight gain. People are so starved that they mindlessly eat whatever is placed in front of them, and end up eating more calories by the end of the day than if they had not skipped one of the meals to begin with.

Skipping meal is not good as it defeats the purpose of loosing weight, because you will eventually end up over-eating at a single meal and eating more calories in the day.

What does this do to your body long term? When your body digests food and uses it for energy, the speed at which it is utilized for energy is called metabolism. Now when the food is digested your metabolism goes into ‘sleep mode’. So it is slowing down basically. So the longer you wait between meals, the more slower your metabolism gets and the more panicked your body gets. So the next meal you feed your body it will hold to every last calorie because it does not know when the next meal is going to come.  Eventually, if you chronically skip meals, your body will get used to being inactive, and it will slow to a crawl, resulting in significant weight gain. Small and frequent meals keep that metabolism active and fast.

Bottom Line:

• Skipping meals for weight-loss is a MYTH
• Skipping meals is not only ineffective, it also over the period of time causes it you to gain weight
• Skipping meals for weight-loss is to be avoided.
• Not only does it make you gain weight, it damages your metabolism beyond repair.
• Skipping meals makes you over-eat at a single meal defeating your purpose of weight-loss
• 3 healthy meals and 2 small snacks is the best way for weight-loss.....