You may have often heard “Hearty Breakfast, Moderate Lunch, Light Dinner” and if you really think about it, it makes a lot of sense.
When your day is just beginning and you have the most crucial hours of your 24 hour day ahead of you, it makes sense to fill up with a healthful breakfast, especially one that not only fills you up after your long fast while sleeping, but also provides you with your requirements of whole grains, dairy and vitamins/minerals. And don’t you go believing the naysayers.
With the day progressing and after your mid-morning snack, a moderate lunch followed by a late afternoon snack should satisfy most hunger cravings and keep a steady stream of nutrients supplied to your body while also maintaining a steady level of sugar in the bloodstream. This has the added benefit of also helping you feel full for a longer period of time.
Finally, a light dinner with a greater emphasis on proteins than carbohydrates or fats will prepare the body for the period of rest that follows when most muscle-building takes place (you don’t build muscles in the gym, you break them down there and rebuild most of them during sleep and rest periods) and fewer need for carbohydrates exists. A heavy intake of food when you need it the least has the most obvious and direct consequence: fat storage of the excess, unwanted calories.
“Distribute And Progressively Reduce Your Calorie Intake Throughout The Day”
This quick tip will help you manage your weight by not simply starving yourself of calories, which can have quite the opposite effect, but rather by intelligently redistributing them so you supply your body with the right quantity of fuel at the right times.
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