Remember that losing weight is a marathon event, it is not the sprint or a quick fix that most of us think that it is. The best way is a nice even pace that is sure and steady which is the key to losing fat and keeping it off, we need to face facts here, what is the point of going crazy and losing a lot off weight in a short amount of time when it took us a lot of time to gain it and then hello she’s back again like a nosy parker.
It just does not make sense for us to keep repeating this vicious cycle of starving ourselves, losing the fat for a brief moment of time and then putting it all back tomorrow with interest.
What’s our problem, well it is the way our bodies have been made and programmed from the dawning of the ages. You see we have this darn survival instinct built into us to make sure that we get through times of famine. You see along time ago mankind lived in a feast or famine environment with little in between. We were designed to store fat in case we happened on leaner times and food became scarce to ensure we got through.
So how can we use this information, well if we starve ourselves our bodies go into self protection mode, we hold onto everything fat included, to get us through to better times. The sad thing is when we have lost the weight that we wanted we return to our old eating patterns and this is the most dangerous time. Our body says “wait a minute” I am going to create some extra stores in preparation for the next famine, starting to get the picture here?. To counter act our dieting our body will also slow our metabolism downyay! almost to a stand still, ummm not really fair is it.
What can we take from this?
The first thing that we should realize is, and this is a no brain’er people, if it did not work the last 3 or 4 times it more than likely is not going to work the next time. either.
We need to get smarter and work with our bodies and not against it, eating actually speeds up our metabolism, so it makes sense to eat, but we must eat sensibly and healthy. We need to eat to prevent our bodies going into self preservation mode and keep our metabolism going strong. We need to eat several times a day and have smaller portions.
Sizzling Hot tip- Consume baby carrots before meals as a snack , they will curb your appetite and stop you from getting hunger pangs.
If you add a fitness program into this mix you have a tremendous combination on your hands, if you aim to lose a small amount of weight regularly you will keep it off and create a new environment that your body will be comfortable with. The results will be permanent.
One of the main problems is that as humans we plan to fail, if you know you have a wedding to go to or your 40th Birthday is in 6 months, start now, do not leave it until four weeks out as you are setting yourself up for heartache.
You Know what you have to do so go and do it, do not put it off believe in yourself, do not let anyone else tell you any different, because you are worth it.
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