Is the "heavy-lunch-no-dinner" diet a good diet to lose weight?

Question

I'm only a teen but I have a big tummy. I'm getting a bit conscious about it since I love to wear bikinis and tanktops but I don't really have the right body for those. I tried situps, regular jogs, etc. but none seem to work. I tried eating heavy lunches but I don't eat dinner afterwards. Is this a good thing to work with?

Answer 1

To answer your question simply, no. Instead you should eat smaller portions but 5-6 times per day. This keeps your metabolism at maximum and allows you to burn calories easier. Here's some further facts that may help you:

Let's start by clarifying a couple of things:
1. weight is not the best indicator of your health (because muscle weighs more than fat, two people of the same height can weigh the same and be drastically different in terms of health).
2. Body fat percentage is a true indicator.
3. Fat is burned by reducing overall caloric value.
4. If you burn more than you consume, you will lose fat (lower body fat percentage)
5. If you exercise and strength train, you can burn more calories and replace fat with muscle which will allow you to burn calories even when you rest.

If you are trying to lower your body fat percentage there are literally hundreds of ideas out there. In my opinion, the best way, which has been proven time and time again, is a two part method: Eat right and exercise. First, exercise is a no-brainer. You have to burn more calories than you take in for exercise to be considered exercise. How you do it is worth another answer all to itself. So, that brings us to the Eating Right part. If you understand how your body works, you've got a head start on the world. Food is fuel for the body. Once you've accepted that concept as more important than the idea that food is entertainment, then the rest will be relatively easy. If you are American, and I assume you are, the Nutrition Facts label that you find on all foods bought in the U.S. are the next thing you need to understand. Go grab something from your kitchen (i.e. jar of peanut butter or a bag of chips...anything with a nutrition label). OK, yeah you need vitamins and minerals and all that. But focus on these three items: FAT, PROTEIN, and CARBOHYDRATES.
Let's take these one at a time:

FAT is basically divided into good fats and bad fats. The body needs good fats (mono- and poly-unsaturateds). You'll find these in stuff like olives and avocados where the bad fat is minimal if not nonexistent. The bad fats are your saturated and trans fats that you'll find in meats and oils. If you are trying to lose weight, keep these to an absolute minimum. My suggestion (based on a 1500-2000 calorie diet) is to limit yourself to no more than 15g of saturated fat per day. This is hard to do if you're used to eating fast food. It's also hard to do if you drink whole milk, eat cheese (even the 2% variety), and eat fried foods. All of these are high in bad fats. The good news is that you can substitute your diet to eat the very things you like to eat but with better ingredients. If you eat cheese, buy fat free. If you drink milk, buy skim. Slowly take yourself down from whole milk or 2% to 1% before going skim/fat free if the transition is too radical to do all at once. If you eat a lot of ground beef, use the extra lean variety (96% fat free/4% fat), or substitute lean ground turkey instead. Do whatever you have to do to get the bad fat grams down to less than 15 per day.

PROTEIN: The building block of nutrition (aside from your vitamins and minerals) is protein. You need it strengthen your muscles and it will be essential with your exercise routine. Without protein, you can't build muscle tone or lean body mass. And guess what? Just having lean body mass (muscles) allows your body to burn more calories even when you are sleeping. Therefore, you are able to lose weight (bad weight, that is) just by sleeping. But, you have to exercise!! Don't forget that. You can find foods that are high in protein but also high in saturated fat, so be careful. Stick to poultry (chicken, turkey), fish (tuna is a great source), and beans. Don't fry your meats because if you do, you just added a bunch of bad fat to your otherwise healthy protein filled meal. Instead, grill, broil, or bake. You can do this! Don't forget to exercise to exponentially reap the rewards of consuming protein.

CARBS. In my opinion, the no-carb diet is crap, because you need carbs for energy, especially because you are exercising! That's right, you can't forget you are supposed to be exercising. The trick is choosing the good carbs. You'll see on your nutrition label Total Carbohydrates and Sugars. Sugars should be kept to a minimum and should be avoided within hours of going to sleep. The calories associated with them get stored (for energy) but are not easily burned when it comes time to burn them. Therefore, it's harder to lose the weight associated with them. That's why it's not good to eat lots of candy, cookies, and ice cream that have a lot of sugar. The other kinds of carbs (complex carbohydrates) are essential. You can get these from grains and potatoes. Good stuff!!

Now that you have a brief understanding of these three nutrition components, time to get to it. Not as easy as it sounds? That's because, you're human. If you treat your body right (and I mean very right, by limiting your saturated and trans fats, limiting your sugar carbs, and eating plenty of protein), then you deserve a day when you can eat whatever you want. The body has cravings and you should be able to fulfill these cravings IF you can stand to wait until the end of the week. I call this one day of decadence your cheat day. After 12 weeks of exercising and eating right in this manner, you'll get to the point where you don't even crave the bad stuff anymore.

For more on this method, I encourage you to check out www.bodyforlife.com. The principals I wrote about are spelled out in greater detail there. Consult your doctor before drastically changing any diet or exercise routine. Good luck!

Answer 2

The best way to lose weight by increasing metabolism is to eat something for breakfast. You are already exercising, now add something else to the mix. Your diet!

I know, I know, but it's absolutely true. Just as soon as you can handle food in the morning, have something. A piece of toast, a bowl of cereal, piece of fruit, nutrigrain bar, etc. Whatever you have on hand that is carb based to get your body up and running. You need fuel at the beginning of your day more than any other time of day.

Don't skip dinner. Try having a light breakfast, a normal BALANCED lunch with as much variety as you can manage and have a light dinner that contains protein and fiber. If you overeat at lunch and skip dinner all you are doing is training your body to go without food and that means you are slowing your metabolism and making weight loss nearly impossible.

Jogging will work, but if you are putting back all the calories you burned with what you eat, you won't lose any fat.

Finally, you need to put a plan into practice for at least 7 days straight in order for you notice changes. That's just how it is. Weight doesn't factor in, it's how your body looks and feels and how much fat you can pinch at your midsection. (though some people carry the majority of their fat above the neck as it is evidence by some of the answers you get around here)

give it a week before you give up on exercise!

Answer 3

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Answer 4

I eat breakfast.. lunch and a very small dinner.
Lunch is my biggest meal because I can use the energy to get through the rest of the day.
You figure if you eat a large dinner there is no time to burn off those calories. Eat a small salad for dinner that should be enough to get you through to morning..
I don't understand how people can eat huge dinners, makes my stomach hurt and then I can't sleep!

Answer 5

No not good at all.. Eat small meals every 3 hours... Your body will be a burning machine all day long because it digests all day long which burns calories. Metabolism is key in losing weight. Remember people lose weight in all areas not just in one. You may not realize but your body becomes smaller in all areas....you can't just lose weight in your stomach.. Also, situps will tone muscle but you must get rid of the fat on top befor ethe muscle will show.. Cardio or light walking like 2 miles every 4 days at 4.0 miles should do it with aq reduction in calories by 100.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

pills..drugs...food..everyone misses the most important aspect..exercise...if people would exercise more they would not have to worry so darn much about food...Are you really serious about doing this? We are talking about hard work. Putting down your little debbies, getting off your butt and not only going on a diet but EXERCISING!!! Even if you lose the weight it will come right back if you do not have the desire and motivation to not only look cute but to be healthy. it is going to take alot of inner strength I can assure you of that.

1.) eat 4-5 small meals a day

2.) drink lots of water

3.)exercise every day

4.) do not eat 4-6 hours before you sleep

Answer 8

It is a good thing to not eat in the evening. I have done that for years. Eating only at breakfast and lunch. Eating nothing after 3:00 p.m.This will keep your weight off but only if your lunch isn't too heavy! Though it does need to be enough so that you're not starving and give in at night.
Best of luck.

Answer 9

I eat a heavy lunch and light dinner. For example maybe a sandwich or a bowl of cereal for dinner. I normally dont get home until 6pm so it doesnt make any sense to eat a big meal when Im going to bed in 3-4 hours.

Answer 10

No Dinner Diet

Answer 11

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