Eat More To Lose Weight

Eat More To Lose Weight
by John GilbertGrant

The notion of 'eat more to lose weight' seems wrong to most people. But here is what you risk if you try a starvation diet. You could damage all of your body's weight management systems so severely that you are fighting obesity for the rest of your life. It is easy to avoid this damage and have your body healthy into retirement.

Simply, to lose weight, you need to boost your metabolic rate. And to boost your metabolic rate, one of the ways you can do this is to eat more often. If you don't eat for three or more hours, your metabolic rate begins to slow down, and when your body doesn't receive what it needs to function, it enters "starvation" mode, which is somewhat like hibernation.

This is a mode where starvation trigger is activated. Starvation trigger is a survival instinct that slows down the metabolic rate to ensure that body will burn fat as slow as possible so it will maintain the minimum energy level to survive over a period of time under harsh conditions. Hence this is the mode where fat is preserved.

During starvation mode, too, insulin and other enzymes that store the food is fat are increased so that when the next meal is eaten, you store more fat than usual from those calories. Finally, when you don't eat for more than three hours, your appetite can increase. And because of that, you may overeat and feel overly full, just as you might after Christmas dinner. This condition actually discourages fat burning because it decreases your metabolic rate and helps ensure that more fat is stored in your body.

Eat more Frequently To Lose Weight

To lose weight, what you need to do is to eat smaller portions, more frequently. Eat every two hours or so, which is a great way to avoid overeating and keep your metabolic rate humming along. You can snack on fruits and vegetables or eat other healthy snacks between (small) meals, which will help keep you satisfied and from getting too hungry. This will also give you the energy you need so that your body is not encouraged to store fat.

To do this right, you have to plan a little. The next time you go shopping, buy some healthy snack supplies. For example, you could mash a boiled egg with some cottage or cream cheese and put it on a stick of celery or some carrots with fresh almonds. Get creative! Have some small snack available all the time so that you don't reach for junk food. Try to eat something small every two hours.

Smaller portions for a smaller gut

At home use a small plate or if in a restaurant, ask for child's size serving. Have a broth soup to start the meal. Try to get 80% off your food eaten before four o'clock. Have a glass of water 10 minutes before each meal or have a piece of dark chocolate. Both of these ideas will take the edge off your appetite.

When done this way, your body will use the food you eat, but it will store food if you don't use it. It's not so much how much you eat, but when and how often you eat that matters when it comes to losing weight. That is in fact why you have to eat more to lose weight. Have a large breakfast, keep snacking through lunch, snack in the afternoon, and then have a very small meal at night. In fact, if you haven't eaten in the last three hours, you could go get yourself something to eat now.

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