Fitness Myth - Eating Once a Day To Lose Weight

what u are saying may be true for you and other people…but not for me. i am i the military and, and in order to stay in the military you have to maintain a certain body fat percentage. we work out 5 days a week for and hour and 3 times a week in the afternoon…on the surface it looks like we sjould be healthy right? So not true….when i had to weigh in i was still overweight and was 8 percent over my body fat. To top that i am on depo provera….which is known to make you gain weight. I was sent to a military nutrition specialist who informed me to eat 4-6 small portions a day. they consisted of the healthy stuff. So i tried that for about 3 months..and to my dissapointment i lost only 4 pounds. So then i went to Civilian Japanese nutrtionist, and he told me that i should eat one meal a day between the hours of 4pm-6pm. most of the time it s very bland because i have been recently deployed to iraq, so we have to eat form the chow halls. i eat like a salad and a protein. also i do not eat beaf or pork at all. Just fish chicken and turkey. Well i have been doing this for 2 months and i have lost 35 pounds. i have loss mostly body mass, and i am very energetic and i still eat little snacks during the day like fruits, seeds and things like that. And yes…water water water.

I am a diabetic type 2 with severe insulin resistance. Eating several mini meals a day was recommended, to keep blood sugars stable. Unfortunately, people with my condition over-produce inuslin as a response to eating, especially high-carbohydrate foods. I did not lose weight until I reduced/eliminated all starchy carbs from my diet, and restricted my food intake to one large, healthy meal in the middle of the day. I maybe eat a turkey sausage link in the morning, or a few almonds in the evening, but the bulk of my food is consumed in one hours’ time, somewhere between 3 and 6 pm. I cut off eating at least 4 hours before bedtime. This works for me. I am healthy. My labs show that I am healthy, and i have more energy doing this than I EVER had when I was CONSTANTLY eating every 2 hours. Metabolically, this just did NOT work for an insulin-resistant person like me.

ever since about a month ago i have been eating one, semi large to medium meal a day consisting only of healthy foods, it has been so easy for me to lose weight, get in shape, and just feel much much better. i really recommend it for anyone looking to be healthier and/or looking to loose weight in a healthy way. eating several small meals daily isn’t good for your colon anyway. but i definitely support the one meal a day with light snacking, even. well good luck to whom ever needs advice.

I tried everything to lose weight and nothing helped. I started eating one meal a day and lost 50 pounds in 6 months. The amazing thing is, I eventually went back to my regular diet eating 3 times a day with unhealthy snacks like cookies, candy, chips, pizza, burgers, but I kept the weight off for over 3 years. Can anyone explain that?

So I tried the whole eat three meals a day thing…I am very active..and I ate pretty healthy for the most part and gained 4 pounds by the end of the month?? so My friend told me to only eat one meal once a day n try not to snack n if you do keep it healthy like watermelon,bananas, ya know? so ive been doing that for 2 weeks n have lost 11 lbs! im so glad she told me about that because the other way wasnt working n i need to loose 26 lbs. to join the army n now i know i can do it…!