Eat Eat Eat!

So in the last post, we talked about becoming more aware of how many calories, woops, I mean moogalies we need each day. And I showed how even a healthy meal can pack a wallop of calories. So yeah, me saying now that we need to eat, eat, eat probably seems kind of weird. And in a way, it kind of is. See, as weird as it may sound, eating more - or more often anyway - will actually help you reach your fitness/health goals. And here's why...

When we go a long time without eating our blood sugar drops. So we not only get hungry we start to have cravings. Sugary cravings. Carb cravings. BAD cravings. Don't ask me why. I'm not a doctor. Chances are you know exactly what I'm talking about though. We've all done starvation diets. So we know what happens when we start to get hungry, stomach starts growling, start picturing the ideal meal, head starts feeling fuzzy, and all you can think about is ordering a pizza, breaking open a bag of chips, drilling the freezer until you find ice cream. That's because your blood sugar has dropped and your body is trying to make up for it.

That's why we should eat 5-6 times a day - or every 2-3 hours. And no, not 5-6 full meals like you see on TV in Denny's commercials. These are 5-6 smaller meals. Take how many calories you figured out that you should be eating in a day and divide that by five. If you want to have more calories at breakfast, lunch and dinner that's fine. Just have fewer calories at your snack times.

Sample
1)Meal 1: Egg Whites + sugar free whole wheat toast
2)Snack: Apple plus 1 table spoon of all-natural peanut butter
3)Meal 2: small salad, fat free dressing, marinated chicken breast
4)Snack: low-calorie meal replacement bar
5)Meal 3: Grilled fish or grilled chicken and green vegetable of your choice with lemon pepper seasoning

Remember have something to eat every 2-3 hours. By eating several times during the day, you'll also keep your metabolism up and burning calories throughout the day. When we don't eat often enough, our metabolisms slow down. So eat more often, burn more calories, become trimmer, be happier.