How to Eat Like a King or Queen and Lose Weight!

Follow this Royal Guideline and Start Losing Weight Today!

Do you skip meals in an effort to lose weight?

Are you eating a skimpy breakfast or skipping breakfast altogether?

Are you so hungry by dinnertime that you are gorging on your evening meal?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, you're not alone. Unfortunately, skimpy or non-existent breakfasts and large dinners are the norm in many American households. Many people who are dieting incorrectly assume that skipping meals helps them lose weight. It is important for us to eat a hearty and high energy, high protein breakfast, a hearty lunch, and a light, nutritionally balanced meal in the evening in order to lose weight and maintain healthy eating habits.

The Royal Guideline

Rather than waiting until the end of the day for your biggest meal, you'll be more successful with weight loss if you use the "royal" guideline: Eat breakfast like a queen or king, lunch like a princess or prince, and dinner like a pauper. Because our body’s energy burning capabilities are highest in the morning and slowest at night, this approach structures our intake to match our natural metabolism.

You may believe that eating a higher-calorie, larger-portion breakfast will make you hungrier throughout the day. However, if you choose a breakfast full of complex carbohydrates (NOT simple sugars) and energy-supplying monounsaturated fats, you'll have more natural energy (goodbye caffeine), an increased metabolic rate, and more efficient brainpower.

Your evening meal should be your lowest calorie, lowest in fat of all of the meals of the day. By eating a portion-controlled dinner, you will match your body’s needs, at that time of the day, with a proper caloric intake. In addition, you should consume your last meal of the day no later than 3.5 to 4 hours before bedtime. By eating earlier, you will give your body time to process and effectively digest the nutrients from the meal before your system shuts down for the night.

But I'm Not Hungry in the Morning

Eating a large meal at night often causes a lack of appetite in the morning. The pattern of skipping breakfast and eating a light lunch plays into a continuous cycle. When it's time for the evening meal, your body is literally starving so you eat too much, too quickly. Then, your body digests the large meal at a slower pace than recommended and stores the excess, which shows up primarily in the abdominal and gluteal areas. Leaving you, once again, not hungry in the morning.

By shifting your meal sizes to allow the bulk of the calories to be eaten earlier in the day and eating regular meals each day, at regular times, you can break the fat-binding cycle. Start by eating a hearty breakfast consisting of the foods you love. Following up at about 4-5 hours later with a generous lunch with a balance of protein, 3-5 vegetables and those sustaining complex carbohydrates. Then reduce the size of your evening meal, again, in proportion to the body’s slowing, evening metabolic rate. After a few days, you'll notice that you are no longer "starving" at night and that you're not only ready to eat in the morning - but actually looking forward to it!

Spacing Your Meals

In addition to eating regular meals, how you space your meals is important. When possible, it is best to space your meals about four to five hours apart. This allows your body to keep on an even keel so that you don't get overly hungry or overly full. Also, consume two glasses of water 30 minutes before and 90 minutes after each meal to help aid the digestive process. Not drinking with your meals helps to avoid abdominal bloating and excess water retention.

Start Your Day Off Like a Queen or King

Give yourself the royal treatment - in the morning eat breakfast like a queen or king to guild sufficient peripheral energy storage, brain fueling focus track for the day. Combine this with lunch like a princess or prince, dinner like a pauper, and proper meal spacing, and you're sure to boost your chances for easy and effective weight loss while concurrently developing healthy eating habits for intestinal relief.

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