Daily Eating Patterns and Activity
4. Do you do less than 30 minutes of planned exercise 3 days a week?
(A sedentary lifestyle, or general lack of regular physical activity, slows metabolism.)
5. Do you skip breakfast or lunch more than 2 days a week?
(Skipping meals slows down your metabolism.)
6. Do you regularly eat dinner after 8:00 PM?
(Eating late in the evening MAY slow your metabolism.)
Daily Eating Patterns and Activity
7. Do you snack more than 200 calories within 2 hours of going to sleep?
(Snacking on large quantities of food, especially carbs, slows down your metabolism.)
8. Do you wake up in the middle of the night to eat twice a week or more?
(Eating in the middle of the might stop the normal hormone release that helps you metabolize the day's food.)
9. Do you have 2 drinks of alcohol on 4 or more days a week?
(Frequent alcohol consumption slows metabolism, causes weight gain, and reduces your ability to control food intake.)