Skipping Meals to Lose Weight – Does it Work?
Whilst trying to lose weight have you found yourself thinking that if you maybe skipped the occasional meal, then that would help you to lose weight? If you have, then you had better think again! Skipping meals or starving yourself may help you to lose weight initially, but long term it’ll do no more than cause you to gain weight. In many cases you’ll end up weighing more than when you started. How can this be so? Our weight is controlled by our metabolism. Our metabolism is the rate at which our body burns calories. People with a high metabolism tend to have less trouble with their weight, and people with a low metabolism tend to struggle with their weight and are can be overweight. People who starve themselves or skip meals tend to have a slow metabolism. The reason for this is because your body, after being starved for a while, kicks into action to reduce the effects of it being starved again, so when you next eat, your body will store as much as possible in the form of fat, to be d
