I'm often shocked at the amount of people i meet who are on a real mission to lose weight... And by 'weight' i mean the number on the scale, not actual body fat! Weighing yourself on a daily basis is only going to sabotage your long term goals. Despite this, time after time i still hear people (women in particular), say the DONT EAT or eat very little in order to achieve 'scale weight' loss.
Skipping meals or only eating a very small amount will give you results initially, however your body is a well oiled machine, it wont take long to realise what you are up to and begin to adapt. Your body assumes you have gone into starvation, so in response it begins to store fat cells to ensure survival. To lose fat efficiently, we need to speed up your metabolism (your metabolism is the rate at which your body burns calories), which requires you to eat!
Now you are probably starting to wonder how eating speeds up your metabolism and allows you to lose weight when we are taught eating is what makes us gain weight. The simple explanation is, your body gets used to burning food quickly, hence this style of eating speeds up your metabolic rate as your body adjusts. Your body will adapt to changes like these very quickly (I seriously cant stress this enough!)
The trick is you need to eat the right amounts of the right food, that will be digested quickly. For example, eating two huge meals of 800 calories each is NOT a good idea. This will take your body a long time to digest. Even if your calorie consumption for the day is LESS than your BMR (basal metabolic rate) it is not optimal for your metabolism.
A good diet that will boost your metabolism would be one where you would eat approximately every 3 hours & you SHOULD be getting hungry after that amount of time anyway! (Breakfast,morning tea,lunch,afternoon tea, dinner). Those who can go "all day" without eating or only have one or two meals per day is a sure sign of a slow metabolism. When waking in the morning you should feel hungry within 30mins! This is a good sign of a healthy metabolism.
Us ladies can be the worst offenders for thinking that if you don't eat = you will lose weight. I'm not too sure why us girls are happy to accept that? Cause let's be real..... How GOOD IS FOOD!!
Nicole from Lift Academy
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