Timing of Eating to Lose Weight

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The Best Time to Eat when Losing Weight

 

When losing weight there is an obvious need to reduce energy intake but once the diet is established it’s quite possible to go above the number of estimated calories needed to lose weight. To try to compensate for these occasional “off days” we could try eating meals at a time when the energy would be more likely used effectively to replace nutritional needs and less risk that excess energy will be placed on the hips as fat. So when would be the best time to eat foods?

 

 


 

Some experts say the best time to eat food is when we feel hungry as this is the natural way our body is telling us we require nutrients or energy. The problem is some people always feel hungry and nibbling on high-energy foods is partly the reason a few of us became overweight in the first place.

 

I believe the best time to consume energy is when the body is at its most active, a time when the metabolism is elevated or when there is a need for extra nutrition. Perhaps the first instance should be in the morning, starting with a good breakfast. Remember while asleep the body has had no nutritional supply for up to ten hours so cells are ready to effectively use up the energy from food. Also, the body needs it’s supply of essential nutrients in the morning, especially protein, because excess or circulating proteins have been used up to help recover muscles, hair, skin, nails or to create millions of antibodies to defend against bacteria which may have entered the body during sleep. This means extra energy will be used to help replace the protein lost.

 

There is more chance the body will use up all the energy for muscular nutrition if a good meal is eaten in the morning, as everyone wakes up at different times its impossible to determine an actual time when breakfast should be consumed, for this reason the guide should be within an hour of waking.

Another good time to eat is after exercise. I always have my biggest meal of the day about 30-45 minutes after a weight training session. During this time enzymes responsible for energy production are most active and energy-storing hormones within the blood are suppressed. This means there will be less chance energy will be stored as fat. Carbs will be immediately taken up to replenish the low glycogen stores caused through exercising, the protein will be needed to aid recovery and growth of new calorie-burning muscle tissue and most of the fat from the meal will be needed to fuel many of these reactions. After a good workout most meals are likely to be utilized completely for recovery.

 

 

* Always seek approval from your doctor before changing any part of your eating habits or diet. Please read our Terms!

 

 

ALL DIETS WORK!

 

Yes, if weight loss is all you desire, and you don't care where it comes off, then virtually any diet will work - in the beginning stages that is.

 

However, if you wish to Decrease Excess Body Fat Permanently and without Fast or Easy Regains,  then NO DIET WILL EVER WORK!

The problem is dieting actually slows the metabolism as the body needs to burn up muscles to make up for the very low calorie intakes.

 

As Tom Venuto states in his brilliant, New Book, the solution is to Burn the Fat Off, rather than attempting to starve it!

 

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