Why do I need to eat so many meals each day to lose weight? It doesn’t make sense to me!!
Nutritionists point out again and again that this is a better, healthier way to eat. In general, it is considered healthier to eat five meals a day than three. In fact, if you watch any makeover or weight loss reality TV shows, they are always eating about 5 to 8 meals a day (with small portions and healthy choices at each meal, of course). This is because it keeps your body in the digesting-food mode. In scientific terms, it keeps your metabolism up. Think about it: Your body is made to process fuel effectively. If you don’t feed it, it slows down to reserve your fuel. This means your metabolism slows, and you process and use less of the stored fuel (calories). If you allow yourself to become too hungry by eating hardly anything during the day, your metabolism will be slowed way down; then when you finally do eat, your metabolism will be so slow that your body won’t be using it and digesting it efficiently.
