In most cases if you ask 10 different fitness experts the same question you’ll get 10 different answers. The reason being, there are very few aspects of health and fitness that are set in stone. Everyone is different and every person’s body reacts differently to one thing or another. There is also many different ways one can achieve their fitness goals, including but not limited to losing weight.
One thing that most fitness experts will agree on though, is the incredible weight loss benefits of eating 6 meals a day as opposed to eating 3. By breaking up your meals into 6 small meals you are speeding up your metabolism, which means the food you do eat is broken down more quickly.
Just as important, if not even more important, is the fact that you will very rarely be hungry since you are eating so frequently. This means you won’t get those incredible urges to eat until you’re stuffed, which slows down your metabolism even more than its normal 3 meal a day speed.
To add on to it, since large meals cause most people to be sluggish and sit/lay around, you may very well be more active, which obviously means even more calories burnt!
When it comes down to it you’re eating the same amount of food, you’re just eating smaller portions. It may seem hard to believe that you can lose weight by eating the same amount of food just spreading it out throughout the day, but it’s proven and very true!
Go ahead, give it a shot. Whether you’re just trying to shed a couple extra pounds or you have lots of fat to lose, 6 meals a day works!
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3 Responses to “Lose Weight with 6 Meals a Day”
A very interesting post – I have found a problem though in skinny people who want to try to bulk up skip these small meals as they are not used to eating so much, they also tend to struggle with protein shakes.
Any insight on this?
You are so right, the human body can not be put into a single rule book. There are so many varitables, but you hit the head on the nail by say several small meals are the way to go for weight loss and for weight gain.
You know, I think you nailed a core point, and one I forget to mention when people ask about my workouts or diet. I’ve been eating small meals throughout the day for so long now, it’s just second nature — definitely helps fight the problem of letting yourself get too hungry so you end up overeating with a big meal.