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Are
You Starving Yourself to
Fatness?
-By
Mark Woodgate
Did you
know that by skipping meals you could
be starving yourself to fatness?!
Do
you miss breakfast and your
morning snack, then have a small lunch but raid the kitchen
at night? Can
this really make you FAT? Sound CRAZY?? It's not!
Here's why.
Your body is designed to store food in case of times of starvation. In
fact,
the average person has enough stored bodyfat to provide energy for
basic body
processes for around 60 or more days!
For
people starting an exercise
programme it can be tempting
to skip meals and drastically
cut calories. But as soon as you severely drop your
caloric levels
your body's metabolism shifts into low gear to conserve energy.
The consequence
is that you'll store bodyfat rather than burn it off.
Your
body is
intelligent! After all, if your body
starts receiving less
calories there must be an impending famine around the
corner...right?
Then
come the nasty side effects to
a low calorie diet. You start feeling lethargic, sleepy, hungry,
grumpy, tired
and confused. Not very appealing to say the least!
Surely
there must be a better way
to lose weight without having to starve ourselves?
HERE'S
THE SOLUTION!
Eat 5 - 6
nutritionally balanced, smaller meals throughout the
day!
THE
ADVANTAGES
1)
Eating
small and often makes it easier for your body to burn off your
food as
fuel for energy.
2)
You'll have
consistent energy levels throughout the
day, therefore you'll be less
likely to doze off in the afternoon!
3) Eating
the right foods at the right times results
in improved mental focus
and concentration. Have you ever experienced 'brain fog?' It's
a
warning sign that your brain needs food!
4)
Less
cravings for sweet or sugary type foods. When
you snack on the right
foods every 2-3 hours your blood sugar levels
remain more
stable.
5)
Eating
smaller and more often fires up your metabolism so
you can
burn stored bodyfat.
If
you're starving yourself, then
by definition, you're on a DIET! What's the secret to
losing to
losing bodyfat and keeping it off longterm?
NEVER
GO ON A DIET!
In
fact, statistics show that 95%
of
people who go on a diet regain their weight (and sometimes
more) within 24 months or less.
Unfortunately,
the diet many people
fall prey to is a 'low or no' carbohydrate diet and weight
loss is usually very rapid. However rapid
WEIGHT LOSS is not
necessarily a good thing. That's because weight loss and fat
loss are 2
entirely different things.
Fast weight
loss is
usually due
to depleted water and glycogen
levels in
the body. The next stage is muscle tissue breakdown.
However,muscle
is your most important weapon when it comes to fatloss as it
revs up the
body's metabolism. For this reason, when you inevitably go off a diet
and
regain the weight, you can actually end up with an even
HIGHER bodyfat percentage than when you started
dieting!
The answer is to provide the body
with a balance of all the nutrients it needs such
as fruit, vegetables, lean sources of
protein & healthy
fats. Not only does the consumption of these foods
result in a leaner
body, the 'side effect' is that you'll have a stronger immune
system,
higher energy levels plus a whole host of
other amazing
benefits!
Conclusion
Not
only is it undesirable to go on
a low calorie diet to lose weight, it's completely
unnecessary! Rather than
starving
ourselves we should aim to eat 5-6 small meals everyday for
optimum
health. And remember, no matter how many
hours you dedicate to your training programme
you will not reach the results you want if you aren't eating
correctly. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Mark Woodgate is a leading New Zealand
personal trainer. He has successfully transformed thousands of people
thanks to his revolutionary ‘quality versus quantity’ training
principles.
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