Monday, February 27

Meal Times and Portions

A. NUMBER OF MEALS:



1.      In general it's better to have more small meals then fewer big ones.


2.      So if you’re having two or three big meals a day, it’s better to replace them with four or five smaller ones spread throughout your day. Yes, even if you are dieting, the above applies as I will explain.


3.      The reason for the above is, you will have more energy throughout the day, and you will be less likely to overeat or cheat the next meal. This is because your body is well nurtured and constantly and slowly being refueled, so you will start losing those cravings that we all experience daily.

B. SIZE OF MEALS:

1.      Besides for having more mid-sized meals spread throughout the day, you want your meals to get smaller from meal to meal.

2.      So if you’re having four meals a day for example, Breakfast will be your biggest meal, brunch and lunch will be smaller, and dinner your smallest. If you’re having five meals a day you can either make breakfast your biggest meal getting smaller and smaller until dinner, or you can do what I do, and have a big breakfast, have a mid-sized snack, have a medium lunch, then again have a mid-sized snack, and finally have a small dinner.*
* “Big, medium small and mid-sized snacks”, are relative to your weight and recommended calorie intake.

3.      Whichever way you go, you want to have a big breakfast and have smaller meals as you go along.

C. SKIPPING MEALS: 
1.      Never skip a meal, especially breakfast. Skipping breakfast will only slow down your metabolism, extending your fast, causing you to go into fat-storing mode.

2.      You won’t lose any weight fasting or skipping meals; in fact, you are likely to gain weight, because you will overeat during your next meal, while your body is still in fat-storing mode. A big breakfast will jump start your metabolism, making your body go into fat-burning mode for the rest of the day.


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Mendy



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