10 Habits Standing Between You and Your Best Body
Don't know why you can't lose the weight or gain the muscle? This sports dietitian does.
By Leslie Bonci, Contributor July 11, 2018, at 10:07 a.m.
You exercise, try to eat well and follow your doctor's recommendations – and still, you find yourself fatigued, a few pounds heavier than you'd like and stuck in the dreaded fitness plateau. Don't panic! Instead, see if any of these habits describe you – and take small steps to correct them:
1. You eat most of your calories at night.
Try to eat every four to five hours throughout the day to keep your energy level stable and the feeling of being famished at bay. Then, when dinner comes around, avoid eating a massive meal; research shows that people who eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper have lower BMIs than those who eat the same number of calories but save most of them for dinner. What's more, eating a lot close to bedtime can disrupt your sleep, which also hinders weight-loss efforts. Ideally, cut off eating about 90 minutes before bedtime.
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