Eat half, twice as often!

Eat half, twice as often!

I found that everything you need to do to lose weight and keep your new weight is to eat half as much as you would normally do, but twice as often.

While you may have heard of a similar concept (small, frequent meals), it may be new for most people to adapt the proportions with every meal.

Note that I say "every time you eat" instead of "meal". I think the word "meal" is associated too much with a whole lot of food! From now on, the food on your plate is referred to as "time to eat".

Instead of 3 meals a day, do it 6 times a day. Instead of breakfast, lunch and dinner, I say “First breakfast, second breakfast, first lunch, second lunch, etc.”

Back to the proportions! Okay, so we all learned from the American standard health courses and the nutritional pyramid that "meals" should basically consist of 1/3 strength, 1/3 vegetables/fruit and 1/3 protein. I see the Problem in the fact that both strength (bread, pasta, potatoes, rice) as well as vegetables/fruit contains carbohydrates (and very little protein/fat).

With so many carbohydrates in every "meal", three times a day, it is only a matter of time for the insulin to stop a person and open the gates for health problems such as diabetes, heart diseases, cancer, weight gain, etc.

I recommend moving the percentages to 50:50. That is 50 % protein -based foods (meat, poultry, fish, beans, nuts, eggs) that also contain healthy fats, and 50 % carbohydrate -based foods (vegetables/fruit and gluten -free grain).

Note that I have completely omitted dairy products and gluten, which I consider as the greatest individual causes of health problems.

"Eat half" means to eat half protein -based foods and half carbohydrate -based foods.

It also means "eat half of every session". Instead of eating everything on a large plate, pull a line in the middle and eat half. (Or use a smaller plate!) Use the other half 3-4 hours later if your body needs another filling with nutrients and calories.

Why 3-4 hours later? If you don't eat for more than 3-4 hours, your body goes into stress mode, also known as hunger. While we may want our body to burn the surplus around our middle or maybe a little from the back, this is simply impossible, unfortunately I have to say. Our body only knows how to use muscles as a fuel.

So they protect their muscles, for heaven's sake, and eat every 3-4 hours. At first it may appear like a babysitter job, but hey if you don't eat yourself, who then?

I suggest that you set an alarm on your cell phone all day every 3 hours. In the beginning you may have no idea what to eat, but soon you will understand the game and make sure that you have something with you so that you can go to the next 3-hour interval.

that's right! Eating something every 3-4 hours ensures that your blood sugar and your mood are balanced.

That means that they are more productive while they are eating and feel great!

eat half (half protein, half carbohydrates) and eat half as much, twice as often!

imagine it that you no longer eat. They only distribute it differently over the day, in a way that works for your body.