If you go from eating 3+ meals a day, to just one meal a day, how much weight could you lose?

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Pauly aka that guy	everyone is crazy..you will lose wieght but not fast enough.. take that one meal and spread it through the day. its one you eat all at once your body cant use all of it at once so it store it.. I do this all the time I have lost a lot of wieght. eat less and spread through the day. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

moebiusfox	That's the worst way,The absolute WORST. You should eat six meals a day,with small portions.The idea being that you need the right fuels to maintain a healthy metabolism at different points throughout the day. Your body will only make more fat if you starve yourself like that. Oh,And exercise too,gotta do it! Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

got2stangs	Very bad idea! Your body will think it is starving for one thing, and for another you will lose more muscle than fat. Another bad side effect is that when you go back to your reg eating habits, you will gain all you lost and then some, as your body will stockpile the fat for the next time it is starving. Change eating habits permanently to healthier choices, and you have a better chance to lose and not regain Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

KendRa	It isn't good for you. There is a very small chance that you will lose weight and keep it off. If you lose weight, it will probably only be 2-3lbs and you will gain it back anyway. By changing so rapidly you will probably end up gaining weight. Try making gradual, healthy changes, like replacing junk food with healthy food, and slightly altering your portion sizes, etc. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

breanna m	you won't lose any wieght....the thing to do is eat more....then you'll lose wieght Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Rebecca	i would not do that. it can give you health problems and stomach problems. so you might lose some weight but not too much. the more important part, though, is that is bad for your health. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

♥Dumb Brunette♥	It depends on what you eat. If it's salad, I'd doubt you lose any. If it's chicken, I'd you lose any. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Invstrgadget	you really wouldn't lose weight....well okay, you might, but it'd be unhealthy and not a whole lot of weight. Your body would store fat. If you want to lose weight with just diets, just eat 6 small meals per day. small meaning, enough so that your stomach stops rumbling. By eating 6 small meals, you increase your metabolism's speed and therefore burn more calories and fat. Also, exercise is good for losing weight. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Isha C	You will not lose weight. You need the food for energy and if you cut down so much, you will faint quite a few times a day. Besides, the less energy you have, the harder to lose weight. Also, if you don't want to die anorexic, you might not want to do it. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Jen. E	Chances are you will gain weight before you lose it. Your body will store your one meal a day as FAT, not as energy like its supposed to. You need to eat at LEAST 3 meals a day. You also need to have healthy snacks in between. Eating keeps your metabolism high enough to burn fat and to transform your meals into energy. Eating once a day is very dangerous. For example: For years my mother only ate one meal a day, not because she wanted to lose weight, (which by the way she was always a little thick; eating one meal a day do not aid in weight loss what so ever) but because she was simply not hungry. My mother has a very small appetite, BUT she should have still ate; NOW she has low blood sugar levels and she passes out anytime she eats anything with too much sugar in it; or if she doesn't eat at all. It's not the meals you need to stop, its stop eating junk food. Also dont eat past 6 or 7 at night, because at night your metabolism slows down. It might be a pain in the butt, but I found counting calories very helpful with a regular daily exercise. Take your weight and multiply by 15; thats the amount of daily carlorie intake you need to MAINTAIN your weight, if want to lose weight then you go 500 to 1,000 calories below that; but NEVER go below 1,200 calories a day, its very dangerous to your health. So I count calories, I exercise in the morning upon waking, and I use a curb your cravings patch, with hoodia to help those late night cravings. Eat 3 meals a day, with healthy snacks in between, ( you know an apple can fill you up better then chips). And remember its very important to eat your meals and snacks at the same time everyday, make a schedule, this will also help reduce the amount of cravings through out the day, because your body knows when its going to eat. Put it this way, its ideal to eat something, even just a peice of fruit, at least every 4 - 5 hours. PLEASE dont start skipping meals, you could even devolp chronic fatigue disorder from the lack of nutrients from food, and taking vitamins dont replace them, food has a number of nutrients that you cant find in vitamins. And last thing, drink plenty of water, at LEAST 8 glasses of 8oz, BUT a GALLON of water a day is the best way to go. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

riza	probably none. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

iwishiwasafish2	i seriously hope u aren't considering doing that. eat 5-6 meals a day, but small ones and u will lose weight. it keeps u rmetabolism going at a good rate. Trust me! I have lost 13 pounds so far doing this! Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Nimble	If you want to lose weight, take the calories you want to eat and divide it over 5-6 small meals. This will be hard at first but it's ideal for weightloss. Every time you eat your body's metabolism boosts to digest the food. So you want to boost it as often as possible with small amounts of food. If you eat a lot at one meal, your body will only use so much and store the rest as fat. So eat small meals to give you enough energy for 3-4 hours but not too many calories to be stored as fat. Avoid high glycemic index foods like processed sugary carbs. Eat lean protein and veggies. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Mustard	You'll lose more weight if you eat 5 meals a day just in smaller portions because it will keep your metabolism going and then it will be able to break down your food faster. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Austin	Eating one meal a day is definitely not healthy! Try keeping the 3+ meals a day, but in smaller portions or with more fruits and vegetables, as well as exercising. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

eikyuu1022	Actually, you'd probably gain weight. Eating one meal a day makes your body think there's a scarcity of food. It will slow down your metabolism and if you continue to eat only one meal a day in the face of all the harm is does and can do, you will eventually suffer from muscle wasting, dry Skin, and various other ailments. Plus, your one meal is likely to be an enormous meal. One enormous meal almost always packs in more calories than three more moderate meals. It's also harder to get all the nutrients you need in one meal, it's even harder to get all the antioxidants and such you need. Eating one meal a day will leave you hungry, fatigued, and a good candidate for a binge. The binges will probably become regular and you'll gain anywhere from 5-15lbs., depending on the nature of the binges and how much your metabolism has been slowed. There is no short cut to losing weight. There is no easy way to become healthy. Play by the rules and your body will do the same. Don't play by the rules and your body will revolt. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

az_mommma	Probably not much, your body will go into starvation mode and start storing up fat so that it will have the energy it needs to survive. You will likely gain weight or stay where you are. If you want to lose weight you need to start eating 5 smaller meals a day and exercising. The weight will fly off of you! Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

BalooO	I have been receiving a lot of e-mail lately about diet. In the past, I was never concerned about what I ate. I just went to the gym, trained hard, and that was the extent of my routine. Not until recently did I realize the power diet has over the way your body looks and performs. I believe that diet is at least 75% of the fitness equation. In this article, I'm going to describe in detail what I have learned about diet during my 12-week transition period. When to Eat and How Often This might sound strange, but you have to eat more often to lose fat and gain muscle. During my transition period, I never ate less than 6 meals a day. • Try to eat every 2 to 3 hours. • Do not eat complex carbohydrates after 6:00 p.m. or four to five hours before going to bed. • Try to eat one gram of protein per pound of lean body mass on lifting days and .8 grams of protein per pound of lean body mass on non-lifting days. • Never eat more than 70 grams of protein in one meal. Carbohydrates When I think of carbohydrates, I think of energy. Carbohydrates supply our bodies with the energy it needs to make it through a workout. Without an adequate supply of carbohydrates, the body goes into carbohydrate deprivation. This is called a state of ketosis (meaning our body is using protein as energy). This is not a good state to be in for long because it will rob the body of muscle tissue in an effort to create energy. On the other hand, if too many carbohydrates are consumed, they convert into stored fat. The idea is to consume just enough carbohydrates to make it through our workouts with sufficient energy. I have broken down carbohydrates into these three categories: • Simple carbs: These are sugars, or quick energy. They are absorbed very quickly into the body. Ex. Anything with sugar, also fruit • Complex carbs: This is where you get long-term energy for the day. These are long chained carbohydrates that brake down slower, giving us energy over a prolonged period of time. Ex. Oatmeal, potatoes, pasta, rice, breads • Fibrous carbs: These are things like vegetables. I think of them as roughage in order to stay regular. Make sure you include them in you later meals when you can't eat complex carbs. They are also a good source of vitamins. Ex. Leafy vegetables like lettuce. Protein Proteins are the building blocks of our muscles. Without a sufficient amount of protein in our diet, our muscles will not have the raw materials that they need to build up, or even hang on to what is already there. Net protein utilization: Not all protein is created equal. Different foods are absorbed more than others. For example, egg white protein is absorbed at 88%. That means we get about 9 eggs to our muscles. On the other hand, chicken breast are absorbed at 68%, meaning we get about 7 breasts to our muscles. It is imported to eat a wide verity of protein foods though; no one protein source has all the amino acids we need. • Whey protein (100%): the best source of Whey protein is from protein supplements. It is also absorbed very fast by the body, so it is best to take this when your body needs amino acids quickly: like right after a workout or when you first get up in the morning. • Egg whites (88%) • Fish (78%) • Chicken breast (78%) • Soy protein: My one bit of advice would be to try and stay away from Soy protein. It is not absorbed very well by the body. Fats We normally think of fats as being bad. The fact is certain fats are essential to building muscle and carrying out various functions of the body. There are 2 fat types we need to be concerned about: • Saturated fats: these are the bad fats. Avoid these fats as much as possible. You will find these types of fats mostly in meats • Unsaturated fats: these are the good fats. They are a good energy source and help us build muscle. You can find from plant oils. Peanuts are also a good source. Water Do not under estimate the importance of water! If you are looking to get lean, water will be your best friend. Drink as much as you can and as often as you can. Also, it is very important to drink lots of water when you're eating large amounts of protein to clean Urea from the system. Vitamins & minerals As resistance training athletes, we have a greater need for vitamins & minerals. When we workout and bring blood to our muscles it is important that our blood is full of those essential vitamins & minerals if we want to grow. Supplements Supplements are just that, meaning they are used to supplement your diet, not replace it. Don't ever think of it that way. Hierarchy of supplements: I developed this hierarchy of supplements based on what I thought were the most important and also by price. • 1. Proper diet: Without proper diet you are just wasting money on supplements. Start here! Do not think that supplements are going to do it for you alone. • 2. Multi-vitamin & mineral: It is very important to have all your vitamins & minerals when resistance training. Most of us are lacking in some areas, make it a priority to make this your first supplement. • 3. Protein powder: It is usually very hard to get all the protein you need from real foods. Powders make it much easier. Also, these powders are absorbed fast by the body making them ideal after workouts or before and after sleep. • 4. Creatine: This is great for harder workouts. It also makes you muscles hang on to water, giving them a better environment to grow. • 5. L-Glutamine: This is an important amino acid in muscle recovery • 6. Branch chained amino acid: These are great before and after workouts along with L-Glutamine because it gives your muscles all the amino acids it needs to repair and grow. • 7. ZMA: This helps you release more growth hormone while you sleep, increasing your size and strength. • 8. Thermogenic: These really help in the fat loss process. They also help you hang on to more muscle while dieting due to the fact you can eat more. • 9. Meal replacement: Although very expensive, meal replacements make it much more convenient to get some of your meals in. Also, you can get in more meals than if you were to eat only real foods. "The golden hour" Remember "The golden hour" because it will make things so much easier for you. "The golden hour" is a window of opportunity we have to get everything we have depleted in our body back in a short amount of time. Think of your muscles as a gas tank: When you workout, you use gas for energy or in this case glucose. After a workout, our muscles are in a unique state. They are able to fill back up very quickly leaving you full for the next workout. If you wait to long, your muscles don't fill back up as easily and the carbs you eat are more likely to be stored as fat. Doing this will also let you take advantage of insulin's muscle building effects from the simple carbs you have ingested. You want to ingest 50-75 grams of simple carbs right after a workout. Also, this is when you want to take your protein shake because it will absorb quickly and supply your muscles with the amino acids that they need. Insulin This is a very complicated subject, but all we need to know is that insulin can help us build muscle or can make us fat depending on the timing. Insulin is released by the pancreas in response to elevated blood sugar levels. We can achieve a high blood sugar level by ingesting simple carbs. Like "the golden hour" we have a window of opportunity to take advantage of the muscle building effects of the insulin without getting fat. We have about 4 or 5 hours after we workout to take advantage of insulin. If we take in too many simple carbs out of this window, we are very likely to store fat. Cheat day The theory behind the cheat days is you take one day every 2 weeks to eat anything you want and actually get leaner. It might sound crazy, but it worked for me. When you eat low carbs for a time for body begins to think it is not getting all the food it needs (because your not storing any fat) and begins to slow down your metabolism. When you bombard your body with food on that one day, it tricks your body into thinking it has all it needs and speeds your metabolism back up. I can tell you from experience, every day after a cheat day I felt leaner and looked better. Ketosis This is when your body uses protein for energy. This happens when we have too few carbs in the body or when we over train. I went into the state of ketosis for only the last week of my 12-week transition for a couple of reasons: (1) I wanted all of my muscles to shrink down so when I carbed back up, my skin would be tighter. (2) When you go into ketosis it seems to bring the water out from under the skin. Don't go into this state to loose fat. Without carbs your body can not burn fat effectively. You will loose weight rather quickly, but only because you don't have as much glycogen in the muscle. Also, you are simply loosing water. Remember that proteins are the building blocks for muscle and that means they are fair game for energy when in the state of ketosis. I would not recommend going into this state unless you are trying to get into a super ripped state for a short amount of time, like for a bodybuilding contest. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

The Lost Elf	none, sweatheart , it would lower your metabolism and store all the food that u eat as fat , if u dont mind my suggesting eat 3 -4 small meals, have milk as it helps reduce weight i have tried it , eat loads of fruits and have tonnes of water and u will see the difernence in amonth it would even improve your skin tone and give u more energy.Happy redcing ................ Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

x-KittyKhaos-<3	you'll actually put on weight at the beggining, because your body goes into starvation mode, and stores all the energy and fat it can.After a while though you'll loose a LOT of weight VERY quickly, And this can be extreamly harmful to your health. As well as this your stomach is likely to shrink, making it hard to keep an even weight if you think you've lost too much. If you are planning a starvation diet i strongly reccomend AGAINST it. You can become obsessed with weight and potentially anorexic, which even if cured has serious effects on you later in life. If you want to loose weight start eating healthier and exersising regularly. xxx<3 Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Harleigh	uh, after you've messed up your metabolism and GAINED about 20-30 pounds, you can practice by losing that. Don't do that to your body. It's a dumb way to lose weight. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

greengo	You will probably gain weight, because fewer daily meals will make your metabolic rate slow down. Take the total calories, and eat it in five meal portions through the day to maximize your metabolism. Stay above 1000 calories, or you will also go into starvation mode and although you will lose weight initially, you can permanently decrease your metabolism from "starvation" diets. Then you will be very sorry as it will be very, very easy to gain weight for the rest of your life Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

basteward1954	Your body will begin to 'save' its fat stores, and your metabolism will slow down. This is an extremely unhealthy and inneffient way to attempt to lose weight. You would be better off by 'feeding' your metabolism by eating six smaller healthy meals spaced thoughout your day to keep your metabolism running at full peak, and your energy and blood sugar levels stable. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

NuKS	You will lose weight initially, but as redgator40 said, you will end up not losing weight because your body will go into starvation mode. Your metabolism will slow down, and what will eventually happen is you will gain 10lbs from just looking at a candy bar! The best thing to do is watch what you eat, control your portions, and eat often. Then your body is constantly processing food, and your metabolism rate will be higher. Plus, exercise. That's always important. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Meerkatz 007	Actually I've heard that if you really want to lose weight, you should have 5 meals a day. But very small meals. Cut white bread, sugars, pasta, mayonnaise, fizzy drinks, to name a few. Have turkey, hard boiled eggs, rye bread, lettuce, salmon. Pounds will disappear at a rate you won't believe. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

goingcrazy121	agreeing with everyone here. Your body will lose a little to begin with, then it will realise food is not forthcoming, and will shut down into famine mode, so every meal you have will be stored away "until the famine is over". Follow a balanced diet, cut your portions down a little at a time. Chew each mouthful properly and slowly - it gives your stomach time to give your brain the message that it's full - and stop eating when you feel comfortably full. Don't go beyond that.Over time, your stomach will learn to accept smaller portions, as it will shrink. You also need to do at least 20 minutes of exercise that gets you breaking out in a sweat. Again, start sensible and work up to more. I follwed these rules, and lost 3 stone over a 10 month period. You have to maintain this lifestyle though, to keep the weight off. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Dante it is...	...depends on what you eat...you can lose alot of weight jus by watching ingredients such as corn syrup. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

alwaysmoose	Don't do it, not good for your metabolism. Your body starts thinking any bite of food will be it's last and it stores it away. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

redgator40	none. you will gain weight b/c you're putting your body in starvation mode. stupid way to lose weight. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Elana	Probably none. In fact, you'll probably GAIN weight. Yeah, initially you might lose a little, but you'll put your body into starvation mode and start craving until eventually you start binging. This is not how to diet. There are no easy answers. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

yabhi70	you will not lose a lot of weight but do not try it. You can get weak, you might get gas, and its not healthy. I suggest you to eat 2 meals eat no snacks between meals and exercise. the guy on top as a good answer azz.mmm or somting Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No