How to stop eating?

[kwerk]

I agree that the first one is a myth but the second point is not a myth. Unless you have some respectable sources to prove it? Most health advisers seem to agree that missing meals causes your body to set off starvation mode and thus burn calories at a much slower rate than someone who was eating three meals a day (brekky, lunch, dinner). This slower rate of burning calories becomes fat stored by your body.

A simple google search will bring up a plethora of sites telling you this, you actually made me wonder if it really was a myth so I tried to verify your claim by checking the facts but cannot.

It takes days not hours for that to kick in.

 

[The Halk]

If you eat small amounts often then research shows you'll eat less than if you "starve" yourself and then eat as much as you want.

Essentially it's because it takes a short while for you to feel full after you've eaten, so if you're eating as much as you want after not eating for a while you stand a better chance of overeating.

 

[Broken Hope]

I agree that the first one is a myth but the second point is not a myth. Unless you have some respectable sources to prove it? Most health advisers seem to agree that missing meals causes your body to set off starvation mode and thus burn calories at a much slower rate than someone who was eating three meals a day (brekky, lunch, dinner). This slower rate of burning calories becomes fat stored by your body.

A simple google search will bring up a plethora of sites telling you this, you actually made me wonder if it really was a myth so I tried to verify your claim by checking the facts but cannot.

We're a hunter/gatherer race, we'd be pretty useless if missing a meal messed us up that badly. Plenty of people do Intermittent fasting where they only eat one meal a day, they do just fine.

 

[Morba]

When you are at home, eat naked in front of a mirror.

 

[ZakWolf]

Start working out! Only half an hour every 2 days can lead to alright gains over time, and eating is fundamental to gaining muscle.

 

[Nitefly]

If you eat small amounts often then research shows you'll eat less than if you "starve" yourself and then eat as much as you want.

Essentially it's because it takes a short while for you to feel full after you've eaten, so if you're eating as much as you want after not eating for a while you stand a better chance of overeating.

It all depends on you as a person. For example, I have to eat until I'm very full. If I'm not very full, I'll continue to be thinking about food.

Right now, I haven't eaten for 8 hours and I'm starting to get hungry. And when I feast... I feast!

Trying not to worry about it too much. If I'm going away travelling for 2 months in hot countries I may be a rake when I return - I'm 6'2" and sub-12 stone as it is!

 

[Angilion]

Is it possible to lose weight without really having an exercise routine?

Yes, very much so. Exercise will help of course, but it's surprising how little mass is directly used up by exercise unless you're doing a hell of a lot of it or you're exercising in extreme cold. Gaining muscle will increase your overall calorie requirements to some extent as well, but it's mainly about what you eat and how much of it.

It's not really about weight as such, though. When was the last time the price you paid for anything depended on your weight? It's about your health and probably also your appearance (which is about size and shape, not really weight as such) and exercise will help with those.

 

[gambitt]

As has been said, "starvation mode" only becomes a problem when someone regularly doesn't eat for days at a time. It's awful reading about what anorexics get up to and the side effects of easting under 500kcal every day! It takes this kind of sustained abuse for your metabolism to slow down significantly.

When you sleep for 8 hours and your body doesn't change "modes" during that time. It's not like your body has a sensor that detects sleep and thus disables the starvation mode trigger. Oh my god I am such a nerd.