On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 15:09:05 -0600, Ashley Moran
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> On Jan 15, 2006, at 1:17 pm, Robert Kesterson wrote:
>> On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 05:22:45 -0600, Debby Padilla-Hudson
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>>> Do you feel that small frequent meals is an important
>>> factor in weight loss?
>>
>> I do. ...
>
> I used to think this too, but I read something that made me think
> otherwise. ...this new-fangled "warrior diet" (eating only in the
> evenings during a 4-hour time period). It was hardly paleo, as it
> basically condensed a standard western day's food into a few hours. So
> you'd have cornflakes at 6pm, sandwiches at 7, steak and chips and ice
> cream at 8 and a cake at 10, or something like that. Surprisingly they
> found that on average, the test subjects lost weight.
Probably because they were starving. If you don't eat all day, your body
is going to be catabolic, burning itself (fat and/or muscle protein) for
fuel. Then when the evening comes, trying to stuff a whole day's worth of
food into your belly is just going to make you disgusted and not want to
eat nearly as much as you ordinarily would.
I guess it comes under the heading of "whatever works", but personally I
wouldn't want to eat that way.
> I eat like this anyway, and I find it convenient as I only spend about
> 1.5 hours a day preparing and eating food, and I tend to eat less too.
I spent under an hour making all my meals for the day (6 of them). I
don't know how much time I spend eating them (it's not really important,
as I am fortunate to be able to eat while I work if I want to, and the
evening mealtime is "family around the table" time, so I don't care how
long it takes.
> But the main short-term benefit of that is saving money, as I haven't
> got any extra weight to lose. Also I plan to live to 120 and every
> little helps :)
Indeed, health and longevity are the main reasons for going paleo. If I
wanted to live a short life, I'd feast on pizza and snack on wine and
cheese. ;-)
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Robert Kesterson
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