Ask the Expert - Skipping Meals to lose Weight


Is skipping meals a good way to lose weight?

Many people try to control their weight by skipping meals, however, this can harm your health because of missed nutrients. If you eat nothing at breakfast, you can become ravenous and overeat the rest of the day. Having several mini-meals will increase your energy, add variety in your diet and help maintain your weight. Eating breakfast is one of the most efficient ways to get the body off to a good start.

Instead of skipping a meal, try simple changes such as cutting out high sugar soft drinks and quitting a simple donut-a-day habit. This can lead to an decrease of over ten pounds in a year.

Also, the time of day you eat calories won’t affect your weight. As long as you eat the same number of calories and maintain the same activity level over a 24-hour period, it doesn’t matter what time it says on the clock.

Blessings on the road to health!

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2 comments:

Monica Perk said...

I am guilty of skipping meals on occasion. Which is not a good thing, since when I am famished and then pig out I have to take the typical Thanksgiving Day nap - which wastes time, making me lethargic! I am not trying lose weight - if anything trying to gain, just some times too busy making sure everyone else is taken care of first and end up running out the door on an empty stomach!

Kimberley Payne said...

Yes, Monica you're right that it's not a good thing to skip meals. In the end, nobody really benefits!