Fat loss & muscle building by eating one meal a day — explained
One meal a day is classified as the extreme fasting strategy. The correct term for it is the “Warrior Diet.” This caloric deficit causes weight loss, but it’s a cause of many other health benefits too.
Those health benefits are reduced heart disease risk, decreased blood sugar, and a reduction in inflammation.
The Warrior diet typically only consume dinner, although some choose breakfast or lunch as their one meal. Other versions of this plan include the main meal, with an additional snack spaced out. It’s really up to you what you choose — but either way, it works well.
It works so well because you’re allowing a 4-hour window to consume food is quite limited — and considering the fasting window is so vast, it can be pretty challenging for some.
I practised 20-hour fasts regularly when I wanted to lose a bit of weight. The beauty of fasting is that you can alternate your hours, depending on how much weight you have to lose.
When you lose that weight, then shortening your fasting window will allow you to eat more calories. It’s essential to pay attention to portion sizes when you do this, as you can easily overindulge in calories, leading to a weight gain relapse. Mind you, it can happen before you know it, as it’s happened to me as…
