if you eat one meal a day can you lose weight?

Question

i have tried starving myself and found out its extremely hard. I'm thirteen and there is a lot of pressure to be thin. If I eat one meal a day, can I lose weight? How much and how long will it take?

Answer 1

First of all, if you are not overweight (as in you fall in the normal range even if others are smaller than you), you don't need to lose weight. There is too much emphasis to be super tiny, and it is unhealthy. Secondly, yes you can lose weight, but you'll put it right back on. There are hormones in your brain that regulate your digestion, and they will slow down the digestion and store more fat if you are not eating enough. If you are overweight and want to lose weight, the safe way is to lose no more than 2 lbs. per week. That can be accomplished by eating 500 calories a day less than you do now and by working out to burn 500 calories a day. Beyond that your body will be losing bone mass and that is bad (plus it won't make you look thinner). At your age, I suggest that you just exercise more. Don't worry about eating less calories, just watch what you eat. Eat more fruit and vegetables and less sweets.

Answer 2

The answer is not in the number of meals; you can loose weight eating 6 meals a day or gain weight eating one meal a day. It is the total calories consumed. Five or six small meals is better than one or two large meals. Eating small for a few days will let your stomach get smaller and it will take less food to satisfy the hunger. Get the picture? Stretching the stomach takes larger meals to satisfy. Drink lots of water, eat fruits and vegetables and exercise and your weight will take care of it self. Eat healthy, exercise and smile a lot and you will have lots of friends. That is what you really want, right? Good luck. I bet you said, " I can do that" and feel better already.

Answer 3

No. You will slow your metabolism causing your weight loss to slow. Eating small meals throughout the day, ideally 5-6 every 3 hours will help you lose weight and is also a lot easier than starving yourself.

Answer 4

Why are you doing this to yourself? So what if there is "pressure." Why do you have to follow the herd. Just because some girls at school (they are NOT your friends because friends would NOT pressure you into being that unhealthy) think you should lose weight.....does that mean you just do whatever they tell you to do? Good grief...stand up for yourself. If you don't do it now, you will be doing what other people tell you to do for the rest of your life.

No, eating one meal a day will NOT help you lose weight. You would still be starving yourself.
I hope your parents get you some help soon.

Answer 5

Step 1: Find out what your basal metabolic rate is. Go to http://health.discovery.com/tools/calculators/basal/basal.html
This is the amount of calories you need to eat to maintain your current weight. Then to http://www.biggestloserclub.com/ and get the number they give. I have found that the number that lies between these two is the best to start with.

Step 2: Do you exercise? Do you exercise right? Exercising right means that you monitor your heart rate and make sure that you reach your target heart rate and maintain it for the longest period of time while exercising. You have two targets a fat burn zone and an cardiovascular zone. The fat burn is usually 60% of your maximum an d is easier to achieve and maintain and if your goal is weight loss this is where you want to be. Just walking/excising is a good start but if you want to get the most out of your work out find out what your target range is. If you don't belong to a gym then I recommend the
Polar Fitness F11 Heart Monitor Watch.

Step 3: You need to decrease your caloric intake or increase the amount of calories your body uses in a day by 500 calories a day for a week to lose 1 pound. So you can decrease that basal number you got in step 1 by 500 calories and exercise very little(yes you still need to exercise). Or you can decrease it by 250 and exercise off 250 calories or any other combination. Remember that your basal number is the amount of calories you body needs to live. If your number were 2400 then your body burn 100 calories per hour. So if you walk for half an hour and burn 300, 50 of that is your basal.

Step 4: Count your calories, it's not hard and you'll find out that you eat a lot of the same things on a daily basis so you won't have to research everything over and over again. Balance what you eat(equal parts carbs and protien whenever possible) . One of the best websites out there is one from the FDA. http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/
This database has almost every food on the planet counted and weighed. (Hint: they do a lot of their weights based on 100grams. If you put 0.28 in the serving size this equals 1 ounce). Get a reliable food scale, preferably digital. Weigh everything that you put in your mouth that is not prepackaged. You need to know what you’re eating and how much you’re eating. The number one mistake is "eating healthy". Everyone thinks because it's "healthy" the portion isn't that important. A handful of peanuts is "healthy" and has nearly 250 calories! Eat enough calories and it won’t matter how "healthy" it is your going to gain weight. Great ideas for people on the go are: South Beach Raisin Granola Bar, Snickers Marathon Multi-Grain Crunch(Wal-Mart diet aid aisle), Snickers Marathon Protein Caramel Nut Rush(Wal-Mart diet aid aisle)

Step 5: Adjustments and Variety. If you are doing your best and losing weight but your starving, increase the amount of calories your giving yourself by 100-200 calories a day. Losing weight and starving are not good bedfellows. If you starve eventually you will crack and lose the battle. The more types of exercises you do the more weight you will lose. You will work more muscles and keep your body guessing.

Step 6(optional): If you belong to a gym or have some free weights at home. Use them! Muscle takes up less space in your body than fat (pound for pound). A pound of fat sits
around and does nothing all day, while a pound of muscle, even at rest burns calories(increasing your basal metabolic rate).

Step 7: Sleep, Never underestimate the power of a goodnight sleep. Will power can crumble in a second if your going through your day tired. You end up with a diminished sense of self control and tend to “give in” to temptation.

Step 8: Find a distraction. Read a book, Ride a bike, Play a game. Whatever takes your mind off of food, do it. You will need something that you can turn to in a moment of weakness. Something that will distract you for a half an hour so that your will can reassert itself and help you to make a rational decision.


Good luck!!!

Answer 6

yea you can lose weight by eating one meal a day, you can also be unhealthy and malnourished so i wouldnt say go for it
dont starve yourself
if you really NEED to lose weight..then find a healthy diet that incorporates good foods and more than one meal and exercise...but DONT starve yourself

Answer 7

do not, do not, do not skip any meals ever. people who skip meals actually gain weight because their bodies think they're being starved to death and don't burn calories. be yourself no matter what size is right for you. I know it's hard, but you'll live to enjoy it.

Answer 8

Snap a photo of yourself once a week to know progress that will also increase your confidence level

Answer 9

do 250 breaststrokes about 10 minutes

Answer 10

Use 3 bite rule have three small bites and put fork down each time