12.30.2011

Healthy Girl! Fridays: Three square meals? Yes or No?!

Heyyy Brickhouses!!

TGIF and Happy New Year's Eve-Eve!! New beginnings happen each morning but there is just something about the New Year!!

Sunday I start Supreme 90 Day and my training for my first half marathon in April! So psyched!!

My sister Kyla of Healthy Girl! has been on a hiatus due to finals (She got a 3.77!!!) and getting a chance to relax with her BF Bri-guy and his family for winter break! She is back now and is answering your questions!

HEALTHY GIRL! FRIDAY


Q: I have heard so many conflicting thing, is it better to have 3 square meals a day or more frequent small meals like five a day?

A: According to Bodybuilding.com under the Meal Frequency tab eating smaller, more frequent meals is best! One of the most important and simplest things you can do to lose fat easily is to eat smaller, more frequent meals.

 Here's why:
  • This means eating six or seven small meals a day instead of the usual three big ones.
  • Each time you eat, you stimulate your metabolism, which burns more calories.
  • Eating this way also allows your body to make more efficient use of the nutrients you are putting in rather than trying to deal with a whole bunch of nutrients all at once.
  •  The process of digestion actually burns calories with protein (the building block of muscles - found in foods such as meat, eggs, soy, beans, dairy, etc.) requiring the greatest amount of energy to digest.
  • By eating smaller, more frequent meals, your body will become a fat-burning machine!
I hope this helps!!

-Kyla

OMG How cute are they?! (Kyla and Bri-guy)
 Thanks Kyla!  Make sure you check out her blog for more fitness tips, she gives them daily! If you have a question for 'Healthy Girl! Friday's submit a question to her blog with LGI Fit written someplace, leave a comment on the LGI Fitness Facebook wall, or email me at lgifitnessbykef@gmail.com.
Have a fit-abulous New Year's weekend!!


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6 comments:

  1. I have heard both sides argued - that 3 square meals can be just as healthful as 5 or 6 smaller meals. I think I'm a 3 square meal person with 2 very small snacks so I think I do a bit of both!

    Happy New Year!!

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  2. Happy New Year to you as well!I have heard both sides as well! It's the age old
    "Tomato Tah-mah-to" argument! I feel like the three square meals and snacks can be seen as five small meals and that's what I am probably going to continue doing!

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  3. Okay I am officially in love with you and your sister! love this! Thanks for your sweet comment today!

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  4. I tend to go with the 6 small meals a day, which has helped tremendously with my portion control but it's kind of hard to stray from the strict eating schedule for dates or dinners just because I'm now trained to be hungry at certain parts of the day.

    Happy New Year !!!

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  5. I'm a 5-6 meals a day person. Great information!

    Thanks for linking up with Fitness Friday this week!

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  6. Wow, Fantastic Blog, it’s so helpful to me, and your blog is very good,
    I’ve learned a lot from your blog here, Keep on going, my friend, I will keep an eye on it,

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