Eat 6 Small Meals A Day For Big Results In Weight Loss

There’s quite a bit of controversy over this subject, to be more precise: over the weight-loss-due-to-increased-metabolism that allegedly comes from breaking down the standard 3 meals a day into smaller 5-6 ones.

There are definite advantages to eating 5-6 small meals throughout the day.

In contrary to popular belief, it has been scientifically proven that eating more often does not increase your metabolism, nor does eating less often decrease.
What this means is that your body doesn’t burn more calories to sustain itself if you eat frequently throughout the day as opposed to having 3 meals.

BUT, this wasn’t the only advantage to this eating-strategy, there are a few other ones that, mainly, aid weight loss, in ways not having anything to do with metabolism:

Avoid overeating: by having to wait long periods of time for the next meal, in the standard 3-meals-a-day, you can get quite hungry and overeat as you finally get your hands on food, not realizing that you’ve actually eaten more than your body needed…
By eating small meals throughout the day, your body will use them as energy instead of storing them as fat if you overeat!
Remember: it takes about 20 minutes for the stomach to signal the brain that it is full and you don’t need to consume any more food for the body function well.
That’s enough time to ingest more food than needed, and gain weight.
To avoid overeating and aid weight loss, you should eat until you feel satisfied, NOT until your stomach feels full like a 1-second-away-from-exploding balloon.
Be energetic: 3 big meals can make you feel sluggish and sleepy, while 5-6 small ones will keep you energized & alert,
thanks to having consistent blood sugar levels, instead of 3 big spikes.
Less hunger: your stomach is of the size of your fist, but it gets bigger if you take on large meals, so by having small meals, your stomach will gradually shrink and allow you to feel satisfied & not hungry quicker.
Avoid monster-craving: we all know that when on a diet, or waiting for long periods of time for the next (supposedly) healthy meal, we often feel like we have to eat something, NOW, this can lead to unwanted fat finding way into your body and settling there for eternity.
Utilizing this many-small-meals regimen, you know that your next meal is just around the corner & will be able to refrain from indulging on some candy.

To sum it all up: while the metabolic-rate-increase aspect of this technique has been proven wrong; there are other benefits to it.

May be the case, that your lifestyle doesn’t allow you to eat 5-6 meals a day or every 3 hours, doesn’t mean your destiny is to gain weight,
it all boils down to eating the right foods, knowing when to eat & when to stop.

Remember, proper diet is only part of the equation — exercise completes it!

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