Five Small Meals A Day

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If you're someone who deals with stress fairly often (who doesn't?), here's something you may not know: your body produces a hormone called cortisol in response to chronic stress which is associated with causing excess belly flab. The more cortisol you have, the more belly fat you typically gain.

Now get this: The New England Journal of Medicine published a study showing that individuals who consumed mini-meals spaced three hours apart each day actually decreased their cortisol levels by 17 percent compared to those who ate the same amount of food in only three meals per day.

And here’s some even better news…

This cortisol-blunting, fat-burning effect occurred in just 14 days.

So if you want to take control of your body’s cortisol levels, one thing you can do is to simply start eating a small mini-meal every three hours to reduce cortisol up to 17 percent on your own. That's just one of quite a few benefits to eating five mini-meals a day, spaced three hours apart. (Example: Eat a meal 7 am, 10 am, 1 pm, 4 pm, and 7 pm).

This plan is great, I used it and it works. The thing though, you have to count calories. If you want to lose weight you should stay below 2000 calories (for men) 1600 (for women), that's food and drinks.

If your like me counting calories can be challenging. I'm always forgetting to count something. I like the new fitness trackers. For the busy person who doesn't have time to write down everything, fitness trackers can be a big help. There are dozens on the market today. Some will just count your steps and others will do it all, add up your calories, keep track of all your activity and let you know if your burning all the calories your eating. Some clip on your belt and some your wear like a watch, some even tell time.

Start your search on line. I used Amazon, that way I can see all my choices on the same website. But you pick, do some research and see if a fitness tracker can help you.

If you really want to lose your body fat than look for my e-books at the websites listed below. You'll get information on Healthy eating, exercise, and diet. Instead of spending hours on the internet reading dozens of posts, you can save time by picking up one of my e-books. 

There are two e-books. “How Bad Do You Want To Lose Weight?” is available at all the online bookstores selling for $1.99. Go to any of the websites below and search the title to find my e-book. This book gives you all you need to lose weight without spending money on gym memberships, diet plans or meal plans. Look for my book. at Amazon.com, B&N.com, iBooks, Kobo.com, Scribd.com, or Gardner Books in the U.K.

My new e-book is available on Smashwords.com, just type “getting to a Healthy Weight” in the search box at the top of the home page. 


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