Meal Times

[harriet99]

I have been slim most of my life and used to eat huge amounts and everything and not gain weight. Over the last couple of years i've gain about 3 stone. I thought my change in lifestyle meant I was not burning off the food. I came up with the idea of eating my meals upside down...no, not literally, but for example a steak, mushrooms, mash potatoes and spinach (typical evening meal) for breakfast, sandwich + latte for lunch and cereal for dinner. I rush around a lot during the day and veg out on the sofa at night. Does anyone this reverse meal times will work ?

[undercovers]

in fact this is one of the quickest and easiest ways to improve your diet - you should try and eat around 70% of your food intake before 3pm, this means your body will have a quickly available fuel source for all your daily activity (e.g. when you need it). If oy think about it eating loads of food just before you go to bed and do nothing for 7 hours make little sense - so well done on dicovering for yourself what nutritionist have been telling people for years.

[Casey]

I agree with undercovers, and it is always said that you shouldn't eat anything big after 6pm, which most people ignore because they have work etc and get home late. If you do what you're doing and excersice preferably at night time, you should see a big improvement!

[Casey]

I wonder why undercovers' reply got removed?

[natalie_1982]

Undercovers' was a good answer (wherever it is now!) though it is not always practical, and I for one am starving when I get in and want to eat a house but first thing in the morning don'tfancy a lot. 

Other than that though, just try exercising more, and eating more healthily (assuming you don't already) as ansteyg says.

[Gevs]

While I agree that this might be more beneficial in some cases it is not always practical and it still depends on what you eat and how much exercise you do.

 

I rarely have breakfast, have a small snack mid morning and have a proper dinner in the evening (usually after 7pm) but I eat a balanced diet and get very good exercise and as a result have an athletic physique and am very healthy and happy about the way I look.

[baluba]

that sounds really interesting, but did a doctor advise you to do this? if not, all you have to do is eat some more veg rather than carbohydrate, and do a l ittle more excercise

[Scarlett]

Nutritionalists may advise that you eat the bulk of your food before 3pm, but I don't believe that the order in which you eat food (unless you mean food combining) will ahve any effect on your weight. We are always advised not to eat before bed because at nightime, our bodies have to concentrate on sleeping, repiaring tissues etc, and to give your body the burden of digestion right before you go to sleep will result in a stressed body, and may stop you sleeping properly. I think your weight gain is a natural occurence, which happens as we get older. Our metabolism slows down and we are rarely as energetic and wiry as when we are young! My Mum is 65 and simply cannot lose weight, no matter how hard she tries, even though when she was younger she found dieting easy.

'Fraid you need to eat less, or do more exercise, or both if you want to lose weight!!

[harriet99]

Thanks all,

I will start my new regimen on Monday. Not sure about the excercise bit, all that huffing and puffing at the gym puts me right off...I may take up netball again though.