why you need to eat three meals a day to lose weight?

Answer 1

Because if you stop eating, your body goes into starvation mode as a survival tactic and you gain every single calorie and carb out of anything you eat. You know those late night commercials asking to help starving kids in Ethiopia and their stomaches are all bulged out like their fat but they're really starving to death? Yea, that's what happens. Not that extreme or course because I'm sure you'd still eat SOMETHING.

Basically, if you eat a normal, healthy diet, it helps your metabolism because your body will know that there's always more food coming. That's why people that only eat like, once a day tend to have a little bit of a gut while people of the same average size that eat 3 or 4 meals look average.

Sounds a little weird, I know, but you basically need to eat between 3 and 6 small meals a day to keep your metabolism in good shape. And also to stop you from binge-eating every time you get a craving. I know I fall victim every time I try to diet. I eat a couple small meals, but as soon as I see a candy bar or something, I just can't resist. But maybe that's just the chocolate-craving woman side of me lol!

Answer 2

For a lot of reasons but the main reason for younger people is that:

*When you skip a meal..say lunch..your BP and sugar level is really low and what will happen is that you will get extremely weak and most people end up overeating the next time they eat. Therefore, they will gain more weight. The best way is eat 3 meals or even more (small portions) get 30 mins a day of working out and 5-8 serving of fruits and veg...gauranteed to lose weight and to you can keep that weight off. Be healthy!!

Answer 3

The diet pills are not very healthy instead try to lose weight the healthy way, u should eat small meals every four hours a day and the try to do cardio or maybe got to the gym. I started this way and now I lost some weight and got little skinnier and I am going to continue till I lose a lot of weight I do cardio at least one hour a day during my free time and I don't eat junk food and just healthy food like whole wheat cereal In a mironing and then maybe a healthy sandwich on whole wheat bread for dinner a big plate of healthy salad and maybe some chicken and not the breaded one. And in between eat lots of Frits and vegetables.

Answer 4

By eating three meals (protein, carbs and veggies - not junk), your body's metabolism will start. Metabolism is the ability to convert fat and calories into energy. If you eat balanced, portioned meals throughout the day, you are giving your body fuel and energy to burn excess calories and fat, thus resulting in weight loss. If you don't eat (or don't eat healthy foods) you body will go into starvation mode and your metabolism will stop or drastically slow down. Then when you DO eat - your body will hold onto every single calorie it can because it thinks that it won't have foods again for a long time - this will cause you to hold all calories and gain weight.

Answer 5

If you eat three healthy, well-balanced meals a day, you are less likely to get hungry and binge between meals on unhealthy snacks.

Answer 6

because if you don't eat regular meals each day, then your Thyroid Gland will not work right, and eating less meals per day will actually have you gaining weight, rather then losing it.

Answer 7

Eating keeps your metabolism going. If you don't eat you body slows down to preserve energy.

Answer 8

so your metabolism doesnt slow down

Answer 9

is this really homework?