Less More Often, the Three Hour Diet

The three hour diet is a plan that was created by Jorge Cruise after he used this technique to lose weight after being fat for a large part of his life. This diet plan is all about timing, and though exercise is never discouraged, according to Cruise it is not necessary if this plan is done correctly. The basic approach to the three hour diet is that instead of having the conventional three meals, an individual should have smaller meals and snacks every three hours while awake.

The theory behind the three hour diet

The theory behind the three hour diet is put forth by its founder, Cruise. Cruise says the way the diet works is that frequent eating prevents the body's "starvation protection" instincts from kicking in. He says that we all have instincts that hold onto fat while dieting because of evolution, and if the starvation protection kicks in, the body won't let go of fat because it thinks it is starving. Having meals and snacks every three hours prevents this instinct from kicking in, allowing the actual cutting of calories to work. He says that between all the snacks and meals an individual should eat 1,450 calories a day.

Benefits of the three hour diet

The other benefit behind the three hour diet is that it is supposed to help preserve muscle, which even at rest burns far more calories an hour than fat does. This diet is tailored towards individuals who because of bad joints or too much weight can not exercise the way they want to. It is imperative for these people not to lose the muscle that burns calories, and so the constant snacking helps keep hunger away and lose weight. Starving means the muscle gets burned, which means the body becomes even less capable of shedding weight than before.

Three hour diet, the schedule

The schedule with the three hour diet is to start the morning by eating within an hour of rising and then every three hours after that for a total of five meals/snacks per day. Dieters obviously need to learn to watch portions, eating three small meals and two small snacks a day. By doing so, the hope is that the dieter will steadily lose weight at a safe rate without sacrificing muscle or risking injury with exercise.

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