Eat More to Lose Weight

[Zen]

http://www.active.com/nutrition/Articles/Eat-More-to-Lose-Weight.htm?act=AFC-SocialMedia&Property=Active&Sport=Nutrition&PageType=Content_Articles&Emp=SA&PostType=Social_Network_Wall&Site=FacebookPage&Dy=12_07_09&Note=Eat-More-to-Lose-Weight

[bambu101]

Thanks , Zen. Maybe this is the reason why I am struggling to lose weight on Weight Watchers.

[Veronica]

That's kind of a misleading report. Resting metabolic rate is not just based on multiplying your weight times ten. There are lots of other factors.

To me it sounds like reporters trying to give a panacea to the masses.

Veronica

[Owlie]

While I agree that the calculation of the resting metabolic rate that they give is ridiculous, the report's not entirely wrong. The problem is that the title is misleading. It's not "eat more." It's "eat smaller meals more often." Otherwise, it doesn't look like terrible advice.

[GLC1968]

I think what they meant was "eat more OFTEN to lose weight".

That article is chock-full of generalizations and some can be quite wrong (like the body weight x 10 thing), but overall, I agree that the general principles they suggest are sound.