Hi Guys,
I’m trying to loose weight, and on my app it shows I need to have the 4 meals. Please can you suggest the time we should have in between the meals.
Sometimes life gets busy and I feel like we need to catch up on the meals.
Please can anyone advice what should be best. Should we skip the meals.
Thanks,
Raisa
Hi Raisa 
So, the most important thing to remember when you are aiming to lose weight is the need to be in a net calorie deficit. This means, that you need to be using more calories than you take in over a period of time. To some extent, it doesn’t matter “hugely” when you eat with regards to your overall calorie intake, but eating a meal in morning, around midday and again later in the day works for most people. The timing of eating in relation to any training is probably more important here.
I always find it easier to think of my calorie intake as a trend over a week, rather than on a daily basis. So, for example, I’m currently trying to lose a couple of kilos and am aiming therefore to eat around 2000 calories a day, but rather than focus on the daily amount, the figure I tend to aim towards is a weekly target of 14,000 per week (2000 x 7), which still leaves me in a calorie deficit over the course of a week of 3,500. So on some days I will tend to ingest more calories than on others.
Personally I try not to skip on meals-although I will substitute breakfast or lunch for a couple of pieces of fruit on my lower calorie days, but I know there are quite a few in the Forum already who follow some kind of intermittent fasting diet.
I’ll be interested to hear what others share here 