Comments on: Fitness Myth – Eating Once a Day To Lose Weight

By: annmarie

annmarie — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:14:18 +0000

let me know how u get on im gonna start today

By: Trice

Trice — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:39:35 +0000

Hi everyone.
I am starting today, I will keep you posted and let you know how I did the first week:) I was reading on the warrior and cavemen diet too and it seems like this is the way to live longer and be healthier.
Take care

By: Peter Roissing

Peter Roissing — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 15:43:58 +0000

I have been eating once a day since 1962, 19 years of age.
About 10 years ago I met and spoke at length with a top vascular surgeon who does the same thing. He stated that eating just before bed bed means that your digestion takes place at rest. When you eat you put your body under stress due to the fact that 1/2 your blood suppy is now delivering calories not oxygen to your body. Less stress, longer, healthier life + less medical costs. I am 69, take no prescription medications, ware no glasses, work full time, (physical work), and believe my good health is due to the one meal a day before I sleep. Because of the length of time I have done this I don’t miss additional meals, and NEVER snack. I eat salmon, lots of broccoli, spinich. pasta, olive oil, fruits and my favorite, peanut butter. During the day I drink ice water and coffee. I neither salt or add sugar to anything. I am 5’7″ and weigh 134 about the same as in High school.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:20:31 +0000

I have been eating one meal a day for a week. I have ballooned up to 190 and my normal weight range is 140-150. I did this by not working out and taking on poor eating habits. When i was in highschool I ate one meal a day freshman soph and junior year just becuase i didnt have time to eat breakfast in the a.m and school lunches discusted me. I was at my skinniest 120. Ill never forget it. That is my new goal and I know I can get there because about 2 months ago I started eating once a day and lost 10 pounds in 3 weeks. I dont count calories or restrict myself of any certain foods altough i stay away from hard junk. I stopped but now have started again and will keep posting my progress. I work out about 45-60 mins of cardio a day and plan on doing strength training when i loose the first 40 pounds.

By: amanda

amanda — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:35:49 +0000

hello donnie nov.28 is when you posted this has it been working out for you so far i have been eating once a day simply because i dont have enough time in the day to eat. i dont count the calories i eat which seems like a good idea but i just wanted to see how it has been working for you and how much you had lost since you posted this?

By: Donnie

Donnie — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:51:18 +0000

Hey, I’m 18yrs old and I was 237lbs Nov 3rd, 2011. I ate whatever I wanted but walked a mile everyday sometimes 2-3 times a day for a week and was 230lbs. I stopped once I got my PC, lol its one of those things where you get excited about a givt and get into it and forget about your exercising/dieting. Anyways, I’m getting too big for my size 38 shorts now, its depressing, this time last year I wore size 32 and I was only 150lbs. When I went on a diet last year I was 210lbs and ate once a day plus walked home from school (about 1mile), in a month or two I lost like 30-40lbs, it flew off. I need to start back to my old diet.

If you eat once a day, its not bad for you, just make sure if you eat, that you eat something healthy and low on calories, I stuck to my less then 1000cal a day diet and lost so much weight, I’m going to try and do it again. I lost 7lbs in 1 week and I ate about 2000 calories a day, imagine if you eat 1000 or even 500 calories a day and do a little exorcise like walking, you may loose 10lbs a week, 20-30lbs a month. It may not be healthy medicaly but as long as I live to be about 50yrs old then I’ll be happy, I want to enjoy my life now while I’m young (and that means not being fat).

By: Diego

Diego — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 01:55:05 +0000

There is a big difference between health and weight loss. While eating various small meals throughout the day and consistent exercise will give most people a leaner body, it says nothing about their actual health. BMI in general can provide a good means of health, but even that does not take body fat vs lean body mass into consideration, which is why very muscular people technically are overweight/obese. Caloric restriction and intermittent fasting both involve a decrease in caloric intake, which is favorable, and have a large number of health benefits including increased resistance to oxidative damage and is the only reproducible and scientifically available way to significantly increase life span by up to 40% in organisms ranging from yeast to Rhesus monkeys (basically our closest living species relative).

A lot of people already take a multivitamin as it is. Coupled with intermittent fasting or caloric restriction it can cause decreases in LDL, increases in HDL, decreases in triglyceride levels, lower body fat, and ultimately increased longevity. Longevity would seem to a very good indicator of health.

A great example of how a reduction in calories is the most important factor in weight loss can be found in this article: http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html

I wouldn’t recommend eating once a day to many people, mostly because it requires a lot of discipline. Also, it requires a deep understanding that you are technically decreasing your metabolic rate, which is where the increase in longevity comes from. Should someone ever want to do it in the short term, they will loose weight but have to be sure to understand that if they return to a regular 3 or “fad” 6+ meals a day they must make sure to control their caloric intake just as carefully or they will go back to the same weight. I’m a medical school student and I have been eating ABOUT once a day for over a year and a half. I mean about because sometimes I go out to dinner or have a bowl of cereal for breakfast, but 90% of the time I just eat a big, hearty lunch. I’m at a healthy weight range, I look and feel great and my doctor agrees.

By: Kenneth

Kenneth — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 20:18:01 +0000

I became interested in eating once a day after reading an article about General Petreus. He was the commander in chief of our forces in Afghanastan. He was a lean mean fighting machine who would go out and join in the firefights with his troops. He eats one meal a day! Not for weight loss, but just because he feels sliggish if he eats more.
Think about our evolution. The idea of eating three meals a day is relatively recent. North Koreans have been eating once a day for decades, and while they are very thin, they do seem to be healthy.
I have been on it for a while and am liking it.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:09:11 +0000

There is absolutely NO proof eating 3 or 6 10 times per day is better for us than eating once per day!! In fact, biologically we are identical to our pre historic or even historic ancestors and they could not possibly have been designed to eat 3 or 6 times per day as they didn’t have the food.
I eat a really decent lunch and thats it apart from tea and water, and I feel so much better!!

By: sue

sue — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:21:08 +0000

i am on day 2 of just one meal a day i had a large bowl of heinz winter vegetable soup for dinner last night and it fille me up. i am havig green tea and water any time i feel hungry i plan to do this 5 days have a a day break then start for another 5..i am 5 foot and weigh 68 kilos which is way too much for my height.am hoping to lose at least 10 kilos in 6 weeks….i am taking vitamins etc and walking for half an hour a day