10Aug/102
What happen when you consume all your calories for the day at dinner?
I have been dieting for the last two months and have already lost 15 pounds. I usually just eat small meals and drink a lot of water but I'm a college student so sometimes it's kind of hard to sneak in several meals because I'm so busy. I don't have time for the gym, so sometimes I just eat a single thing of yogurt and drink a protein shake to help retain some muscle. Everyday I take a multi-vitamin and a B12 vitamin.
Today I only ate dinner and consumed like 800 calories at once. How bad is this? I pretty much fasted for the entire day and just ate a bunch all at once. I still didn't consume very many calories though. Will my body store all the fat?
August 10th, 2010 - 15:43
Your body might not store all of the fat, but it will probably store a lot of it.
When you fast all day, your body puts itself into starvation mode, because it doesn’t know when it’s going to get to eat again. It then stores away as much as it can, and your metabolism begins to slow down.
If you keep up that habit, which as a student myself I know is easy to do, your metabolism will slow down a lot, and you will gain weight, even if you’re only eating 1000 calories a day. Whereas, if you eat 2000 calories a day, but you’re eating throughout the day, say every 2 or 3 hours, your body will realize it’s getting fed more than enough, and your metabolism will increase to work off the excess – and in turn your body will store less fat.
August 10th, 2010 - 15:43
Your body can’t burn off 800 calories at night ……..unless you have a VERY active sex life. lol