Eat five to six small meals

Why would you eat six meals a day if you want to lose weight, sounds dangerous? Research shows that eating five to six mini meals rather than three larger meals every day keeps your metabolism in full burn around the clock. It also prevents overeating.

You don’t ever become famished, so hungry that you overeat or binge on whatever you find in the break room at the office. Eat these smaller meals every three to four hours, making sure that each meal includes protein, for an extra metabolic boost.

 If you eat a high-fiber breakfast of ½ cup of low-sugar cereal and fruit first thing in the morning, for example, and then have a midmorning snack, such as low carb, low fat yogurt and fruit; for lunch try four ounces of chicken or fish on top of a leafy green salad; another snack, like an apple and a wedge of Laughing Cow cheese in the late afternoon; and a light dinner such as four ounces of turkey, salmon, or another lean source of protein with steamed veggies.

If you are careful with your choice of complex carbs, keeping sugar to a minimum; and keep your protein choices lean, you can have these six meals for under 1500 calories and be eating foods to burn fat. You’ve stoked your metabolism and keep it burning all day and night.

Eating six meals a day will not only increase your metabolism but help your body to not hold onto calories. This is a great weight loss formula if you stick to it.