If I only eat 1 meal each day for the next 3 months, will I lose weight?

[Anonymous]

Yes you will lose weight

No you won't

[zeitgeist057]

Caveat/disclaimer: none of what I'm saying should be taken as medical advice. I don't know your specific situation. This is my general opinion about nutrition and weight loss:

What you will accomplish will be counter-productive to your goal of weight loss.

Eating one meal a day (assuming it's a normal meal of around 600-900 calories) will cause your metabolism to slow down. You are starving the body and your body will respond by slowing down your metabolism as an adaptation. Just like if you lift heavy weights, your body responds by building muscle.

If you want to have sustainable weight loss, starving yourself is not the answer. The answer is to increase your metabolism and eat healthy foods. Eating one meal from McDonald's a day is not healthy. You can eat LOTS of food and lose weight, if you choose the right foods to eat. Here are some examples of foods you could eat in a day and still lose weight:

Nutrition info for the following

500 g of raw carrot, 250 g of cottage cheese, 250 g of baked salmon, 200 g of cooked black lentils, 1 med-large banana, one orange, 200 g of blue/black/straw/rasp berries,

One smoothie (containing 240 g plain kefir, 60 g sugar-free protein powder, 1 g tonkat ali powder, 3 g moringa powder, 5 g spirulina powder, 5 g creatine powder, 2 g tumeric powder, 1 g ashwaganda powder, 2 g maca powder, 250 ml water), .

One very large salad (containing 500 g mixed greens/spinach, 50 g red onion, 100 g sliced mushroom, 50 g sliced cucumber, 50 g sliced bell pepper (any color), 50 g alfalfa sprouts, and fresh ground black pepper. DON'T add oil or salad dressing, just learn to enjoy it "naked". Other raw fruit/vegetables can be used: avocado, broccoli, radish, snap or snow peas, carrot, &c.

All of the above food totals less than 2000 calories. I find this to be more than sufficient to fill me up. If you eat this much and don't feel satisfied, I would suggest eating ANOTHER "very large salad" a day, which would add about 200 calories (as long as you don't add cheese, bacon, dressing, oil, or other such ingredients which quickly increases the calories). You would still likely come in under 2000 kcal for the day, and get loads of good nutrients, healthy fat, protein, and fiber. You could also eat a raw avocado as a snack to add some good fat to this diet.

Be sure to drink pure water throughout the day, around 4 L. Get 8+ hours of sleep, down/up as close to sundown and sunrise as possible. Exercise either 20-30 minutes a day sustaining a heart rate over 160, or for 60 minutes a day sustaining a heart rate over 100.

It's my belief people don't really know what healthy food looks like, and they make some very poor decisions going into a grocery store and grabbing what they think is food, which is really toxic garbage. Example picture below, 90% of the "food" in this cart is crap. The only things you really want to eat out of there are the fruits and vegetables, none of the packaged stuff.:

[zeitgeist057]

I forgot to add that if you slow your metabolism down, then when you start eating more than one meal a day again, you will gain more weight than before due to a slower metabolism. STARVING DOESN'T WORK FOR HEALTHY WEIGHT LOSS.

[Twalli]

Plus you feel like shit and are lethargic.

[smne35]

Please don't do that. Okay starving yourself. It's hurting yourself. Please don't do that. I don't know your weight but I it's just me pay attention or even think about my weight. I eat what I want and I don't worry about my weight because I know my body is efficient and it takes what it wants from what I eat and put it where it's needed and discard the rest. So but don't whatever you do. Don't just go one. No don't ever starve yourself because your damaging yourself. You're not giving your body to nutrients that it needs to function properly by starving it. And that doesn't cause you to lose weight because what you don't consume. Food wise you build up gas and you gain more weight. You know you start to blow so don't starve yourself. Talk to nutritionist okay and you know they'll guide you to what's healthy and at the same time you know reduce your weight but don't ever start yourself for God's sakes. No not one meal a day. No okay. Please talk to nutritionists or your doctor and having put you want to on a healthy diet. Don't go. Don't do this on your own. Don't listen to nice to people out. There is telling you all do this. Do that talk to your doctor or nutritionist okay serious

[Anonymous]

Yes you will as long as you stay within a caloric deficit. Meaning eating under your maintenance calories within your one meal. I would advise you to count your calories at first to get an idea of how much you're eating in that one meal and start to adjust as you go along if you're not losing weight. You can check your TDEE on calculator. net. It'll tell you how much you need to eat to lose weight.

I eat OMAD and have lost 26lbs in 5 weeks. That's 5.2lbs a week so far but I know it won't stay that way as I keep dropping weight. But you can probably lose 20-50lbs in 3 months depending on how much you weigh if you're consistent and work out along with eating under your maintenance calories.

[Paris13]

I lost 16 Pounds on a Tid Bit... Veg or Chicken Broth With Veg's and Chicken, Small Salads, No Dressing, Probiatic Yogurts for My Bowels, A Tad of Reduced Peanut Butter as a Small Snack, Sugar Free Pudding, One Slice ONCE IN A BLUE MOON of Healthy White Wheat Bread, (LIte Butter) Vitamin Daily and Plenty of Water. You are a Guy So may Not Be Enough. Good Luck. xxoo

[Paris13]

Tanks, Gag. xxoo

[Massageman]

I don't think you will. Your body will be looking for those calories during the remaining 23.5 hours and you will be cheating the "diet" somehow. You will have a much better chance at success if you eat like a king at breakfast- heavy on long-burning protein, a prince at lunch- with a filling salad, and a pauper at dinner. And you will have even better chance if you start adding more exercise 6-7 weeks before you make any changes to your diet. If you start by eating less, your body WILL get used to less calories. If people start by increasing the DEMAND for the calories, they usually have better results in the long run. Good luck, and please get your doc's OK before proceeding.

[Anonymous]

Depends. If that meal is 8000 calories then no.

I wouldn't limit yourself to one meal though. It's much better to eat many smaller meals then one big meal. When I lost 70lbs. I had to learn how to do this.

My best advice to you is 3 things.

1. Eat at a caloric deficit. The human body needs 10 calories per lb. Of weight. So if you weigh 200lbs. You need to eat 2000 calories to maintain that weight. Eat like 100 calories less. And divide that up between meals. They don't have to be exactly proportionate. But try not to spread them out.

2. Do 30 minutes of aerobic activity every day. Get your heart rate to a submaximal zone of 70% (this is your prime fat burning zone). To get your maximal heart rate take the number 220 and subtract your age from it.

And finally 3. Get good quality sleep. I know this sounds like nonsense bit I speak from experience. If you are not sleeping your body will try to hold onto the weight. It will fight your efforts tooth and nail.

[JacobJordan]

Only if you are in a calorie deficit. You can eat 30 meals a day and if you are in a calorie deficit you will lose weight. Eat the 3 meals and instead add some exercise to your day. Do 50 push-ups in the morning followed by a glass of water. Shower, have breakfast, clean yourself. Go about your day. Before lunch have a glass of water. Eat lunch have another glass of water. Wait 30 minutes then do some exercise for your legs. 1 hour before dinner go for a run. Drink a glass of water before and after. Make dinner. Eat then relax. Before bed take a second shower and end the shower cold.

[JackCarter]

It's all calories in vs calories out

So it depends on how much calories the 1 meal you are talking about is, at the same time I don't recommend just 1 meal a day for long periods of time

All you need for fat loss is "Calorie Deficit" .. meaning that you burn more calories than you intake in a day

The calories you burn is equal to your maintenance level of calories (Approximately 15 times your bodyweight in pounds) + The calories you burn through physical activity

Calories you intake is the sum total of the calories of all the food you consume throughout the day

The mathematical difference between (Calories burned) - (Calories intaken) is what determines fat loss...

Say if this difference turns out to be 1000 calories.. then that means you burned 1000 calories worth fat that day

Since 1 pound of fat is around 3500 calories.. then you will lose 1 pound of fat in 3-4 days if you continue the process

Good luck

[RebelinSteel]

Maybe, however with that your body goes in to starvation mode and converts to fat, you will find you are tired and it will likely have other impact on your body. Best is to look at what the calorific content of the total meal is and divide it up throught the day, that way your body knows it will be fed and will actively burn the food and not store as fats.

[guywholikestoeatout]

Depends on how many calories are in that meal but yeah you will lose weight if it’s a deficit, but the health risks to your whole body and organs would be pretty dramatic if it’s too low. Not to mention your body would kick into “save every calorie I can get” mode in which case after you go back to eating a normal diet your weight will come back with a vengeance and you’ll most likely be even heavier than when you decided to try this diet plan.

[BoopBoopBeep]

If your'e 36-45 and don't understand what a caloric deficit is... you're just always going to be fat.

[Twalli]

Not if you eat a larger meal and don't exercise. The better option is to replace most of your meals with fiber and only eat at mealtimes, NOTHING else.

Source: 4 years of wrestling in highschool.

[FunkyMonkee]

I don't think so. When you cut back on your food intake, your body will probably switch over to "starvation mode" and start taking all that food you ARE eating and packing it away as MORE fat.

[loveslongnails]

That depends on what you eat, and what "kind" of calories you take in, and how many calories you take in. If your body goes into conservation mode, you might not lose any weight or not much.

[Anonymous]

No, you would be better off to eat 3 healthy meals each day and skip the junk.

[RavVid]

Depends on how big the meal is though

[exitseven]

Yes, unless the meal has 3000 calories.

[jahaims]

A calorie deficit is how you lose weight

[shortster]

Assuming it isn't a mukbang style meal, yes.

[strateguy632]

no..

[DextroShade]

Depends on the meal.