Comments on: 6 Meals a Day http://www.healthyreader.com/2006/05/26/6-meals-a-day/ A guide to a healthy lifestyle. Fri, 14 May 2010 17:50:00 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: YourSoDumb http://www.healthyreader.com/2006/05/26/6-meals-a-day/comment-page-1/#comment-14886 YourSoDumb Sat, 09 May 2009 11:28:57 +0000 http://www.healthyreader.com/index.php/2006/05/26/6-meals-a-day/#comment-14886 RT, that is the worst post ever. You obviously are not eating small enough portions those 6x a day if you are never hungry when you eat. When you set your diet up for 5-6 meals a day you should be getting hungry each time you eat. Also, exercise is the key to weight loss and maintaining health. If you have a low energy surplus from the small meals you consumed and you workout you will quickly begin to burn reserve energy supplies...AKA FAT. Another key to this type of diet is that you are eating HEALTHY 6 times per day. Getting fiber and protein and other nutrients to regulate your metabolism and supply energy to your body. Eating once a day is terrible for you. It grinds your metabolism to a halt. Your body goes into a survival mode of processing the food extremely slowly because it doesn't know when it will be fed again. Hunger pains do not mean you are losing weight, they mean your body is telling you that you are doing something unhealthy. Also, consuming that many calories and nutrients at once creates an enormous surplus of energy and these nutrients will be stored as fat unless you use that energy soon after. RT, that is the worst post ever. You obviously are not eating small enough portions those 6x a day if you are never hungry when you eat. When you set your diet up for 5-6 meals a day you should be getting hungry each time you eat. Also, exercise is the key to weight loss and maintaining health. If you have a low energy surplus from the small meals you consumed and you workout you will quickly begin to burn reserve energy supplies…AKA FAT. Another key to this type of diet is that you are eating HEALTHY 6 times per day. Getting fiber and protein and other nutrients to regulate your metabolism and supply energy to your body.

Eating once a day is terrible for you. It grinds your metabolism to a halt. Your body goes into a survival mode of processing the food extremely slowly because it doesn’t know when it will be fed again. Hunger pains do not mean you are losing weight, they mean your body is telling you that you are doing something unhealthy.

Also, consuming that many calories and nutrients at once creates an enormous surplus of energy and these nutrients will be stored as fat unless you use that energy soon after.

]]> By: RT http://www.healthyreader.com/2006/05/26/6-meals-a-day/comment-page-1/#comment-11468 RT Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:26:47 +0000 http://www.healthyreader.com/index.php/2006/05/26/6-meals-a-day/#comment-11468 I don't agree with the 5-6 meals a day. I have tried doing this and always packed on the pounds. If you constantly stuff your face all day long; yes even "small" snacks throughout the day, you never train your body to use it's reserves (i e fat). If I eat once a day,(dinner), I can feel hunger pains during the day and I know my body is burning fat. I can actually feel my body getting harder when I am hungry because it is burning its fat reserves. If I eat 5-6 times a day....I NEVER feel hungry and in fact I get fatter because my body is always being fed and is not using its reserves. Ever hear of "eat only when you are hungry?". How can you be hungry when when you are eating 6X/day? What's nice about eating once a day is that you really don't have to worry about eating too much in one sitting....most likely you will stay in your daily caloric intake range if only eating one meal. Sorry....I stay at a lean 136 pounds by eating once a day. I don’t agree with the 5-6 meals a day. I have tried doing this and always packed on the pounds. If you constantly stuff your face all day long; yes even “small” snacks throughout the day, you never train your body to use it’s reserves (i e fat). If I eat once a day,(dinner), I can feel hunger pains during the day and I know my body is burning fat. I can actually feel my body getting harder when I am hungry because it is burning its fat reserves. If I eat 5-6 times a day….I NEVER feel hungry and in fact I get fatter because my body is always being fed and is not using its reserves. Ever hear of “eat only when you are hungry?”. How can you be hungry when when you are eating 6X/day?
What’s nice about eating once a day is that you really don’t have to worry about eating too much in one sitting….most likely you will stay in your daily caloric intake range if only eating one meal. Sorry….I stay at a lean 136 pounds by eating once a day.

]]> By: LE http://www.healthyreader.com/2006/05/26/6-meals-a-day/comment-page-1/#comment-7944 LE Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:24:27 +0000 http://www.healthyreader.com/index.php/2006/05/26/6-meals-a-day/#comment-7944 Sounds familiar. My typical day is almost the same. Breakfast: Cereal(maybe some fruit or almonds too) Midmorning: Banana or Kashi TLC Lunch: Chicken or Fish with Veggies and roll Afternoon: TLC or Clif Builder(on workout days) Dinner: Chicken, Fish, Turkey and vegables(maybe some rice or plantains if my wife insists) MidEvening: Protein shake or low fat cottage cheese w/ low sugar strawberry jelly I also have a hard time on weekends. The best thing is to get out of the house. Sounds familiar. My typical day is almost the same.

Breakfast: Cereal(maybe some fruit or almonds too)
Midmorning: Banana or Kashi TLC
Lunch: Chicken or Fish with Veggies and roll
Afternoon: TLC or Clif Builder(on workout days)
Dinner: Chicken, Fish, Turkey and vegables(maybe some rice or plantains if my wife insists)
MidEvening: Protein shake or low fat cottage cheese w/ low sugar strawberry jelly

I also have a hard time on weekends. The best thing is to get out of the house.

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