Use Science and Experience to Lose Weight

I am experimenting on myself after reading this article: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/06/14/intermittent-fasting-longevity.aspx

I ate less than 500 calories yesterday and didn't have much trouble doing normal things. My fitbit showed I have burnt same amount of calories as day before (on which I had eaten well). I am planning to do alternate day fasting.

Most of the people who lose weight, gain it back. I have lost 15% weight twice and have gained it back.

I found this interesting article which talks about it: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151201093606.htm

We think weight loss is all about diet and exercise. They are important but there is one more component, emotion! It applies to many of us. I remember eating a super large cup of ice-cream after having an argument with my boss.

The key to "long term" weight loss is to realize food is not the coping mechanism for stress and negative emotion. In a way not to have emotional attachment to food. It doesn't mean we shouldn't enjoy food. We should, but we need to be conscious and try not to over eat/eat unnecessarily because of emotional reasons.

Not eating dinner can reduce your weight very fast. I have tried it and it works. Don't worry, you are allowed to eat bigger breakfast and lunch!! Actually it works when you eat larger portions in the morning.

It is mainly to do with how you distribute your calorie intake. Many people can't skip their dinner fully so they can eat fruits/salad at night.

Here is an article which talks about it: http://www.livescience.com/45990-morning-meals-cut-evening-food-binges.html

The above article also suggests that eating less/ not eating at night increases your insulin sensitivity (added bonus).

I used this method to lose weight by 10% in 2 months a long time ago.