A
Schedule for Healthy Eating
For most of your life, you probably have
eaten breakfast, lunch and dinner. Now depending on
your eating habits, this may be OK...but for the vast
majority of people, it's not. You skip breakfast because
you don't have time, you have an OK lunch and then a
huge dinner. Avoid this at all costs...
When you wake up, your body is screaming for food...it
needs it! By skipping breakfast you're depriving your
body of nutrients and forcing it to go into hiberation
mode, thus slowing down your metabolism. Dinner should
be your lightest meal of the day because your metabolism
is at its slowest...yet for most people, it's their
largest.
That being said...
The ideal eating schedule is to have a small, healthy
meal every 2-3 hours (healthy sandwich, protein shakes,
fruit, healthy fats, whole grains, etc). Your body isn't
wired for digesting huge portions of foods. By eating
small meals every 2-3 hours, you keep your metabolism
at top speed. And it really isn't all that difficult.
Go out and buy nutrition bars (but pay close attention
to the ingredients)...buy good fat like peanut butter
and almonds...fruit like apples and berries, whole grains
breads- these are all foods you can bring to work with
you. It's what I do every day so I know it's possible.
To sum things up, your best bet is to eat small, healthy
meals every 2-3 hours to keep your metabolism at top
speed and body at peak performance. If this is completely
impossible for you, make sure you breakfast is your
biggest meal of the day, lunch your second biggest,
and dinner your smallest. And don't forget to drink
water!
Try this for a month or two...and combine it with exercise
and nutritional supplements and you'll be amazed at
how great you feel.
About the Author
Ryan Cote is the owner of http://www.SimpleHealth123.com,
a website devoted to improving people's health AND wealth.
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