Eat six times a day to lose weight!

What is a healthy way to lose weight in your view – eating 2 times a day or eating six times a day? Well, if you feel the former approach will aid in achieving your weight loss goals, your notion is wrong. Additionally, it doesn’t mean that you can eat oily foods, snack on junk foods or consume a plateful of rice six times a day and lose weight . However, the trick is to eat small but frequent meals that are high in fibre, protein and carbohydrate and less in fat content. Here’s how you can lose weight, reduce belly fat in 20 ways, in 20 days.

How eating six times a day helps in weight loss?

When you eat after long intervals, your body goes into a starvation mode, thereby making you eat more. If you eat smaller meals (say six times a day), you feel satiated and thus, stay away from binge eating. This is why, experts recommend to eat less but more frequently instead of gorging on heavy meals twice a day.

Apart from this, eating small, frequent meals pack a nutritional punch along with keeping your hunger pangs at bay. The other added advantage of eating small portions of meal frequently is that it boosts metabolism, thus, helping you in achieving your goal. Read about 10 common diet mistakes people make when losing weight.

Here’s how you can lose weight by eating six times a day –

1. Eat a healthy breakfast: Never skip your breakfast thinking that it might aid you in weight loss. As eating a healthy breakfast keeps your stomach full and helps in starting your day with a bang!
2. Consume fruits or salad as mid-morning snack: It is common to feel hungry at around 11 am, if you eat your breakfast early. Consuming fruits or salads makes you load up nutrients and fibre-rich foods. Read about what is the right time to have fruits?
3. Eat small-meal for lunch: A heavy lunch fills your stomach along with making you to put on weight. Also, eating calorie-dense foods in lunch is one of the common mistakes people make while planning to lose weight.
4. Snack on healthy foods: For evening snack you can eat two biscuits with a cup of tea or eat poha or bhel. This not only fills your stomach and keeps your hunger pangs at bay but also helps you keep your weight in check. Here are 7 healthy snacks that aid in weight loss.
5. Eat your dinner early: Consume your dinner by 9 pm as it aids in boosting metabolism and improves your digestive health. This helps you lose weight and burn calories.
6. Gorge on fruits to satiate your late night hunger: Deepshika Agarwal, a Mumbai-based dietitian and sports nutritionist says, ‘Depending upon the calorie count and nutritional requirement, you can choose fruits that are low in calories and thus, aid in weight loss.’ This includes eating a bowl of mixed fruits like pomegranates, apples, pears, musk melon or 1-2 pieces of avocado.

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