When it comes to losing weight, one of the worse things you could do is meal skipping. Not only will you be depriving yourself form valuable nutrients, you’ll also slow down your metabolism levels (thus burn less calories per minute), and force your body to enter into starvation mode(meaning it holds on the fat in spite of you effort to burn it off).
The consequences are dire. If you opt for this approach, expect hitting weight loss plateaus (or even weight gain), extreme fatigue, discomfort, pain and eventually a painful burnout.
As result, make sure to eat your meals if even if you’re looking to shed the extra pounds. Aim for 4-5 small meals per day. Don’t go more than 4 hour without a healthy calorie intake.
Your diet should be comprised of all of the 3 main components of healthy and nutritious eating; Complex carbs for energy, lean protein for recovery and building muscles, and the good fats. Make sure to eat 2-3 prior to exercise and immediately afterwards to replenish your energy tanks and accelerate the recovery process.
The consequences are dire. If you opt for this approach, expect hitting weight loss plateaus (or even weight gain), extreme fatigue, discomfort, pain and eventually a painful burnout.
As result, make sure to eat your meals if even if you’re looking to shed the extra pounds. Aim for 4-5 small meals per day. Don’t go more than 4 hour without a healthy calorie intake.
Your diet should be comprised of all of the 3 main components of healthy and nutritious eating; Complex carbs for energy, lean protein for recovery and building muscles, and the good fats. Make sure to eat 2-3 prior to exercise and immediately afterwards to replenish your energy tanks and accelerate the recovery process.
This is so important. Thank you for the post! I just started working with a nutritionist, a well rounded healthy program as described in your blog, along with exercising. I immediately dropped a few pounds then in the following week thought now I'll eat even less than she accounted in the plan and have a quick weight loss but I was so wrong. My weight stayed exactly the same and I know it's as a result of the reasons you described above. So thanks again for the pist and wake-up call. :)
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