one meal a day diet

jinny

Has anyone done this one meal a day diet? My boss does this he eats just an apple for lunch and then eats what he wants for tea, has loads of energy and is really slim. I have been doing the Warrier diet for a week and lost 4lb it was tough the first day but have to say I feel fine. The diet experts in the office are horrified and are urging me to stop. What do you all think. Des O'connor has done this for 40 years and like him or loathe him you have to admit he looks good for his age. Prince Charles and Liz Hurley eat this way as well apparantely.

Keeping_Motivated

What is the warrier diet?

As for you boss doing one meal a day plus an apple I don't know how he gets through the day without going lightheaded etc? I'm no expert but surely thats not healthy how can he be adding calcium, vitamins etc all from one meal?

jinny

http://warriordiet.com/
Don't know if this is advertizing but sorry if it is. I got this book and it does make sense when you read it I wont do this for ever but got to get this weight off somehow.

zerodashzero

To be honest, it sounds as though it would mess around with your blood sugar levels - you're going to have extreme highs and lows from only eating one meal a day. The most success I've had with a diet has been Atkins - yes, another "fad" diet - and exercise. I know that if I leave a gap of about 6 hours or more between meals (which can happen as your appetite is curbed) I'll start to get crabby, then ravenous, then any willpower goes out of the window.

Many current diets are following the low gi path at the moment (as the western world heads towards an obesity and diabetes crisis), so why not borrow a few books from the library & check them out? The Rosemary Conley one has been a great success for my parents, and I'd back Atkins (read the WHOLE book, treat it like a novel if you must, but read it). The basis is meat & veg, cut out the rubbish. Not that hard, eh?!

Penny_Watcher

My husband eats one meal a day. He says he's just not hungry in the morning and often skips lunch. When he comes home in the evening he hoovvers out the fridge and then eats a HUGE meal. It's as if he is so hungry by this point he almost can't stop himself.

Needless to say he is overweight, despite being a keen cyclist. Goodness knows what he's doing to his blood sugar and general metabolism.

I, however, am absolutely perfect :rolleyes: (not).

Good luck with your weight loss.

keelykat

It doesnt sound healthy to be honest!

keely.

Chollita

I only have an elementary knowledge of nutrition, but missing meals is not going to give your body the fuel it needs. I can understand that you want to lose weight, but there are no fast fixes. These diets may make you lose weight rapidly, but long-term it will just come back. And then you look for another miracle diet, and so on ...

You need to look at your diet in the long-term and lose the weight slowly. Consult your doctor, or join WeightWatchers. I can't imagine that any qualified nutritionist would recommend these diets.

melancholly

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080708080738.htm

i saw this on the news yesterday and it makes a lot of sense - you lose a lot more weight if you keep a food diary. this is just like how a spending diary works as the DFW board can testify. if you have to write down everything you eat, you eat less! sounds like a much cheaper and more practical alternative to a 'diet plan'.

if i don't eat regular meals, i pass out! so this isn't an option for me. i'd also question what one meal a day does to your body long term -i would guess that the body would start to lay down fat whenever it can because it is often in a 'starvation' mode. eating 2 small meals and one larger meal is a more sensible way to do this.

here's one article from a google of 'liz hurley diet' showing the long term effects of it - it's dangerous and, in my opinion, obviously a very bad idea for anyone's health.
http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/health/Liz+Hurley-162.html

Ted_Hutchinson

This is the low carb plan I have been using to successfully lose 2.25 lbs each week for 20 weeks.

It's easy because you don't have to count calories, write anything down, spend any money buying special foods and you don't even have to count carbs.

Basically you stop eating those foods that raise insulin levels and allow your body to burn glucose instead of fat and allows the body to store fat instead. It is the healthiest way of eating for both heart and brain health.

You don't have to go hungry or skip meals if you don't want to. But when you stop eating refined carbs you will probably find you are less hungry and may find it's past time for lunch/tea and so not bother.

This active low carb forum has a lot of good information and plenty of informed and helpful people.

PS Those who are interested in the science underlying weight gain/loss may find this Gary Taubes Berkley Lecture worth listening to but allow over an hour and you may (if you aren't familiar with the science) need to listen to it more than once. His book The Diet Delusion spells it out in more detail and has more scientific evidence to support his ideas. It would be an excellent idea if our health professionals could be forced to read it and perhaps instead of spouting out of date dogma offer us evidence based advice on weight loss.

Plum_Pie

Ted, I have met so many peoplewho have regained the weight they have lost from going on low carb diets. Their tastes never adapt to living without white flour, sugar etc and they end up bingeing on them and regaining all the weight and more.

I know low carb diets are advocated by some people on MSE and they are fine for those who can maintain a healthy weight forever with this method. However, it simply does not match the experiences of atleast 10 people I have actually met.

moneypooh

Unfortunately there isn't a quick fix and eating badly will prolong the wait...
your body is for want of a better term, a machine; it needs the correct fuel in regular amounts to keep it going. Fad diets may work to start with but are not a healthy lifestyle choice.
Remember the big breakfsat, medium lunch and paupers supper?? Well that's had a lot of press recently for being better for you. Although I can't face a big breakfast on any morning. Also large meals at the end of the day just hang around longer and have been quoted as being bad for digestion and could be a factor for bowel cancer.
I agree that blood sugar levels must go mad with the infrequency of food.
There's no answer except regular healthy meals and exercise. After all it's a simple equation - what goes it must be burnt up!