Eating to Lose from SB Daily Dish
While it seems harmless — and possibly even beneficial to weight loss — to skip a meal or a snack from time to time, this common scenario may actually be setting your body up to gain weight. How is it possible to gain weight by NOT eating?
The first goal of the South Beach Diet® is to eliminate cravings. Skipping meals and snacks causes exaggerated swings in blood sugar, which may encourage these cravings to return. This may cause you to splurge on unhealthy foods, thus reversing your weight-loss progress.
Skipping too many meals can prompt your body to go into starvation mode. In order to conserve energy and resources, your metabolism will start to slow down, ultimately causing your weight loss to stall.
So what should you do if you're just not hungry? Don't fall into the common trap of mistaking your diminished cravings for diminished hunger. If you're following the eating plan correctly — eating regular meals and snacks throughout the day — you probably won't feel as ravenous as you did in the past because you've managed to preempt hunger. If you avoid feeling hungry, you will avoid overeating, and you will be able to achieve and maintain your desired weight.
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Girl, you are so right. I gained 10 lbs. ever since my back pain started acting up back in late Feb. And I couldn't exercise as much so I compensated by skipping meals ... look what happened to me. Now I am back on the frequent small meal track and already 5 of the pounds are gone.
I'm Lean Cuisine-ing, 4-5 times a day, and with fruits and salads. So far so good.
Good luck getting back on track.
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