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Yes, this will restrict your calorie intake, and eating fewer calories can help with weight loss.

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Plus,restricting your body to only one meal will actually make weight lossevenharder.

Plus it can be a lot for your body to handle at once."

Learn more about theEmotions That Lead to Overeating and Weight Gain.

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Eating once a day slows down your metabolism.

“It can defeat your efforts to cut back on calorie intake.”

Without a high-functioning metabolism, losing weight becomes a lot harder.

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Instead, focus on these31 Healthy Meals That Boost Your Metabolism for Weight Loss.

Your body will think it’s starving and go into “starvation mode.”

Your metabolism is there to burn calories, making it easier tolose weight.

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Your body will start shutting down.

Your body won’t get enough nutrients.

So what’s the solution?

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