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Banking Calories:
Do Losing Weight and
Calorie Banking Work Together?
Banking calories is a
technique used by dieters to “save up” their available calories, like money,
for a binge eating session. The goal is to be able to engage in a
mild-to-moderate pig-outs and still not exceed daily caloric intake limits.
People around the planet who are serious about losing weight, or maintaining
idea weight levels, know that calories do matter. In simple terms, the more
calories that you take in, the more you have to burn off. And if you are
watching your weight for any reason, then you need to know, and stick to,
the maximum that you are permitted during any given day.
An example of calorie banking:
Sally has a daily caloric maximum intake of 1300 calories. She has been
invited to a dinner party this evening and looks forward to it. She knows
that there will be loads of food to enjoy there, but doesn't want to spoil
her weight loss progress. She decides to not eat all day long so that she
will still have 1300 calories of “credit” available to feast with at the
party.
Calorie banking as described above seems to make good logical sense to loads
of people. They feel that as long as they are not surpassing their daily
caloric intake limits, then they will be able to meet their weight loss and
maintenance goals within their desired time frames.
But is calorie banking a healthy practice to engage in? Is it safe?
Like most things we do, a little here and there is alright. Of course,
you're not going to starve yourself to death or illness by fasting
throughout the day to gorge a bit in the evening – unless you make a habit
of it. However, by not eating during the day, you make your body subject to:
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Not receiving the
amino
acids, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and other nutrients that it requires
throughout the day. Without a predictable and consistent source of
nutrients, the body is unable to perform with optimal efficiency levels.
Various processes will be disturbed from calorie banking – maybe just a bit,
but still disturbed unnecessarily.
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The fires of metabolism are
the hottest when your body receives small, regular meals. Eating a 350 to
450-calories meal every 4 or 5 hours is one way to help keep your metabolic
rate optimized. By skipping meals, you will cause a drop in your metabolic
rate.
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Eating little or no food
throughout the day while simultaneously anticipating a feast in the evening
will lead to an increase in your appetite. This can further lead to
overeating when the food is actually in front of you. Conversely, eating
appropriate, healthful meals throughout the day will decrease your appetite
and allow you to resist overeating altogether.
Logic and common sense have a whole lot to do with successful weight loss
and management. Obviously, the human body does not function optimally for
weight loss when starving, then feasting, then starving, etc. Weight loss
goals will be far more likely to be met if an individual embraces holistic
dietary changes on a lifelong basis. People need to retrain the ways that
they perceive food and the relationships that they have with it. The bottom
line is that it would be better to:
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Eat several small meals
throughout each day;
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Base your meals on
water-rich foods without labels;
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Always be mindful of your
portion sizes;
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Flush with fresh water
daily;
Allow yourself to have an
occasional pleasure meal. It's OK – you can make up for it by sticking to
your healthful, well-thought weight loss and maintenance goals the vast
majority of the time. If you're adhering to your plan at least 90% of the
time, then it's very necessary to allow yourself to have an indulgent meal
once in a while. Remember that boredom is one of the primary reasons that
millions of people fail at dieting daily.
You will serve your long-term weight loss/maintenance goals more effectively
by not judging yourself too harshly. Enjoy eating small, healthy meals
throughout your days. And enjoy an occasional pleasure meal – just because
you can, and you are committed to lifelong health, not just another diet.
Skip the calorie banking though.
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