HEALTHY DURING LOCKDOWN.
A Simple Hack To Boost Your Weight Loss — No Effort, Only Benefits.
Hint: Not exercise or reducing food.
How did I discover this routine?
Well, there was a time I had to work late and depend on outside food. These were not the best recipes for good health. I lost control over my body weight. Despite only eating a reasonable amount of food, my weight kept increasing.
At that time,
— I didn’t want to go on a stressful diet.
— I wanted to continue eating the same amount and type of food.
— Going to the gym or strenuous exercise was not feasible at that moment.
I was looking for shortcuts!
Deja vu?
I added some amount of physical activity by way of walking during the meetings, but that didn't seem to help reduce my weight.
Finally, after some research, I found the simplest change to my routine that could potentially help me.
Usually, I had dinner in the office canteen between 9 to 10 p.m.
I discovered that, if you simply change the dinner time to a few hours early, it will accelerate fat burning and help you lose weight!
Hard to believe? We’ll there’s ample research proving this.
Metabolic Effects of Late Dinner in Healthy Volunteers — A Randomized Crossover Clinical Trial
The study found that late dinner…
“Caused an anabolic state during sleep, favoring lipid storage over mobilization and oxidation. If these changes occur on a chronic basis, they may contribute to the development of obesity”
If that didn't convince you to have your dinner early, wait there’s more.
Here are some more benefits of having an early dinner:
- Weight loss
- Better sleep
- Better energy levels
- Improved digestive health
- Helps wake up early
- other benefits like improved heart health, reduced inflammation, higher insulin sensitivity, and more…
All these benefits, I have personally experienced and can vouch for it.
So, this is where my weight loss and health improvement journey and experimentation started. It was only later I realized that I was doing a primitive form of Intermittent Fasting. Intermittent Fasting is something of a trend in the fitness world and rightly so!
I started having dinner at 7 p.m. which was the earliest I could at that time.
By eating dinner early, I was unknowingly extending my fasting period. It translated to a gap of 14 -16 hours or more between dinner and breakfast.
More research here…
Meal Frequency and Timing Are Associated with Changes in Body Mass Index in Adventist Health Study 2
“Eating breakfast and lunch 5–6 h apart and making the overnight fast last 18–19 h may be a useful practical strategy…”
How can you benefit?
Eating healthy and regular exercise is always recommended but it doesn’t always work out for everyone for distinct reasons. If you are in such a bind, try this and start by just moving your dinner time a few hours early. There is no added strain, no expense, and no hard work. Only benefits!
If you are keen to know more about the specific benefits I reaped later with Intermittent Fasting, do look at the following article which includes DATA.
