1. Eating 4 to 6 small, frequent meals a day helps increase energy levels. When you feed your body at regular intervals (every 3 to 4 hours), you will have peak energy levels. No mid-day fatigue and no feeling like you’re ready to flop onto the couch at 5pm!

2. Burns body fat and extra calories. It sounds crazy but you have to eat more, to burn more calories.

Now, this does not mean 4-6 “junk” meals each day. It means reasonably sized meals that include protein, carbohydrates, and a LITTLE bit of fat. When you restrict calories by not eating, your body refuses to give up extra body fat. So you have to give your body what it wants and it will burn calories more efficiently.

3. Eating frequently keeps blood sugar levels high throughout the day. Keeping food in your body at regular intervals prevents you from feeling that crash when you’re hungry. You then head to the nearest vending machine to get your blood sugar levels up. The trick is to not let your blood sugar drop in the first place!

4. Your mood will remain stable throughout the day. You may not realize it, but food affects your mood. When you don’t eat or when you don’t eat healthy, your mood changes drastically. That’s your body desperately trying to tell you something, and your loved ones and co-workers get the worst of it!

5. By eating frequently, you will avoid that feeling of fullness. Eating only a few times a day, our natural reflex is to stuff ourselves. Then we endure excruciating pain and then we become addicted to television. Eating 4-6 times a day will get rid of it completely.

6. The digestive system works better. Our digestive systems are not designed to run on overload. In fact, eating too much or too little is not healthy for all internal organs. Give your body food in small amounts and your insides will appreciate it much more.

7. Eating frequently keeps adequate calories in the body. Most of us really don’t eat enough. We all run with a full daily schedule, stress, try to exercise (or not) and hope to do it all in a few meals a day. And we can’t understand why we’re not healthy or why we’re not losing weight. Focusing on small, frequent meals ensures that we get the full amount of calories we need.

8. You have no choice but to focus on good nutrition. Let’s face it, eating more often takes time and thought. But it is very possible and when you give a little thought to what you are doing, you tend to do it better. You’ll be amazed at how quickly you’ll begin to learn about nutrition when you put a little focus on it.

9. You have no choice but to listen to your body. Once you start eating frequently, your body will respond quickly. Pretty soon you won’t be able to go more than 3 hours without eating something, that’s a good thing. Your body will tell you what it needs and when.

10. Eating this way will challenge you to get out of your comfort zone. What do you have to lose – except weight! Challenge yourself with this method and see what happens. It will also make a great conversation piece.