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If you think you’re going to lose weight by not eating, think again. Sure you can starve yourself and sure you may lose weight, but you’ll be suffering and you may gain more weight when you start eating again.

You see your body recognizes when there is a lack of food and so it slows down your calorie burning. Plus keep in mind that your body uses calories to process the foods you eat, so if you eat more often, you’ll burn more calories. The trick here is to make sure you eat the right kind and amount. Proteins take longer to process and you’ll feel fuller longer than say a glazed doughnut (or six).

To keep your system going, you should eat every three hours or so. A good breakfast mixed with complex carbs (whole wheat bread or oatmeal) along with some fresh or dried fruit. Then in about 3 hours, eat a small snack of nuts, granola or carrots. Just try to limit the morning snack to about 100 – 300 calories. Then have a decent high protein lunch. Mid-afternoon (three hours after lunch) have another 100-300 calorie snack, followed by a well balanced meal for supper.

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