Skipping Meals makes you FAT!

I used to think that in order to lose weight…I just need to eat less. So, I would skip a meal now and then, so that I don’t put on weight and get FAT!

However, contrary to what we think, skipping meals have a negative effects on weight loss!

Yes! That’s right. If you want to be the Biggest LOSER, you need to eat regular meals!

In fact, since watching “The Biggest Loser” on TV, the kids have also been enlightened about eating Junk Food (Read about Nicole’s embarrassing “Biggest Loser” escapade here). In the light of this revelation, Daddy therefore decided to do more research on this topic 🙂

These are the findings that I have discovered via Google:

Eating Irregular meals will:

• Result in the promotion of muscle loss, slowing down of the metabolism as well as the activation of the starvation mode.

Therefore, when we don’t eat regular meals, we are messing up our bodies and activating the starvation mode in our bodies.

In short, skipping meals and breakfast, sends WRONG SIGNALS to our bodies!

When we eat our last meal at 8pm the night before, it results in an approximately 11 hours before our next meal (from dinner to breakfast)

Due to the long wait, your body might fall into a catabolic state if you don’t eat any breakfast and extend your fasting up to lunch time!

This gives the impression to our bodies that food is in short supply, and therefore activates the starvation response from our bodies!

This is something that we definitely want to AVOID!

Most Singaporeans reason out that they have no time for breakfast, as they have to rush to work.

What they don’t know is they’re missing out on one of the most effective fat loss strategies.

Skipping meals promotes a sluggish metabolism. This results to inefficient use of calories as fuel because skipping meals activates the starvation response which promotes fat storage.

There is also a chance that you make up for skipped meals in the succeeding meals. This conveys that there is a chance you will stuff yourself in just one sitting. If this cycle is repeated everyday, this might cause you to gain fats.

What can we do to help ourselves?

It’s true, the law of energy balance points out that we gain weight because we consume more than what we expend.  To lose weight, we must therefore:

1. Count your Calories

When you count your calories, you are making sure that you don’t overeat! To help yourself, download a calorie counter into your mobile device…the calorie tips about what you are eating, can really help you in your meal preparations!

2. Eat Frequent Meals

To lose fat, we have to find ways to create a calorie deficit with methods that optimize the body’s ability to use calories as fuel.

Eating Small frequent meals will optimize the body’s ability to use calories!

Small, frequent meals spread out through the day are the best way to stoke your metabolism. For men, 400 to 480 calories per meal for a total of 5 or 6 meals is enough.

In fact, I have realized that my weight loss has since continued, as I kept on eating regular meals! It seems to work! 🙂

For women, a 5 or 6 meal plan would average 300 to 350 calories per meal. Eating small, frequent meals speeds up metabolism and increase energy and muscle growth.

To lose fat, counting the calories that go in and out is important.

Extreme food restriction is dangerous to health and detrimental to fat loss. The earlier you develop the habit of eating breakfast and small, frequent meals, the earlier you’ll be able to lose fat.

Looks like we all have to start planning to eat breakfast! 🙂