Does six meals a day + green tea work for weight loss?
Weight loss, IMO, is nowhere near as difficult as most people think it is. To say something like this is to ignore entirely the psychological factors involved in losing weight. Physically, scientifically, you’re right; it’s a simple equation, and if one eats less and moves more, the weight will come off. But most people with a serious weight problem have one because of both physical and psychological reasons. It sounds like that’s not much of an issue for you, and indeed it isn’t for some people — maybe not even the OP. That’s great. But emotionally, losing weight can be incredibly difficult and challenging for many people. Kudos to the people who do it, and kudos to the people who are trying to do it. I know it isn’t easy.
You can’t really rely on things like green tea to change your metabolism, your metabolism “is what it is” and can’t be easily manipulated. Excercise will help you burn off calories and will give you the results you’re aiming fo with the tea. I also spent a long time exercising without seeing any weight loss results, and the reason is this: I hadn’t figured out that i actually needed to push myself in order for the excercise to have an effect. If your heart rate isn’t going up, if you’re not all sweaty at the end, then you’re not going to see any changes. Also, 1200 calories a day sounds like that would be hard to maintain – it really isn’t very much food! You’ll probably get frustrated with that kind of restriction pretty soon. 1500-1800 calories a day is probably more maintainable, and if you’re currently 75 pounds overweight, will definitely be low enough to make your body shed weight. Fiber is your friend: it keeps you full longer so you eat less. A bowl of Special K (which has very
