Losing Fat with 3 meals a day

RE: Losing Fat with 3 meals a day (danmirage)

Sun, 11 Dec 2005 00:25:01 GMT

Typically simply walking around will not do you much good.

This is inaccurate. A myth.

Walking is a very effective fat burner. Because it remains below the lactic threshold, it relies primarily on fat for energy. Though the total calories burned is less than more intense training, the majority of it is from fat stores.

Weight training is also one of the most effective long term fat loss strategies. Gain muscle and you increase your overall caloric burn for the day.

To decrease the amount of fat your body will want to hold:
Dink 8-12 cups of water a day, remove high sugar foods from the diet, sleep 8 hours a night, laugh, quit stressing, eat balanced-fairly-lean-moderate-protein meals...move around more every day, get up and walk around, do not go hungry...have a snack so you are eating every 4 hours at least.

Bottom line is this:
You lose weight when you burn more calories than you consume.

Do not starve yourself:
If you consume too few calories, your body will burn muscle until your caloric burn for the day is low enough...to store all available calories af fat.

RE: Losing Fat with 3 meals a day (Vario)

Sat, 10 Dec 2005 19:44:56 GMT

Typically simply walking around will not do you much good. You will need to get your heart rate up through aerobic stuff like running and go into a caloric deficit. Also, continue lifting to preserve muscle.

RE: Losing Fat with 3 meals a day (Italianangel)

Sat, 10 Dec 2005 19:11:02 GMT

metabolism will slow if you do not eat every 2-3 hours so no matter how much you exercise your body will try to keep some of your nutrients and pack as fat to save for a rainy day since it thinks you are starving.
Sounds extreme but it does make the diff between burning fat or not.
Is there any way you can break your meals down to 6 per day?
Linda

Losing Fat with 3 meals a day (DA)

Thu, 08 Dec 2005 21:26:52 GMT

well, I would like to know, is it possible to lose fat with just 3 meals a day? I say this because it would most likely be impossible for me to do this. I am relatively poor, and am still in my teens. But, I do a good 45 minutes a day of brisk walking to school in back? Are there any other methods to lose fat, or am I pretty much screwed?