srijeda, 9. veljače 2011.

Lose weight, do you really need 8 small meals

If you talked to some personal trainers or seen some footage on pro bodybuilders and that they eat 8 times a day, and you also think that you should eat 6-8 small meals throughout the whole day, well...

I can say at the start that you don't need that, all you ever going to need is total calories amount, if you eat less then you spend on activities during the day, you will lose weight and vice versa, if you eat more that your body needs you will gain weight.
So why do bodybuilders eat 6-8 meals, well they are pretty big you try to eat that much food in 2-3 meals during the day you would be gasping for air after your meal, in this way they insure that they are still able to do what they need.
There is also a theory that if you eat more small meals that you spend more calories on digestion, you can forget about that, there is not much logic in that, your digestion works 24 hour a day, if you eat large quantity you need more energy to digest that much food, if you just spread that quantity of food during the day you need just the same amount of energy do digest it, it is still same amount of energy.

What you should be more careful about when you eat, you should go more for healthier food, and that means more unprocessed food, fresh food, basic rules should be consume less carbs and more protein and fiber. By that I mean cut on potato, bakery products, chocolate, milk shakes, and eat more fish, fresh meat, eggs even soy would be better than sugar loaded products, also go for fresh vegetables and fruits.
One more tip, to ensure that fruits will digest well always consume them first so they would pass freely trough digestion.

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