March 10 2009
Healthy Dieting Tips, How to Lose Body Fat
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One of the most common mistakes made when a person is trying to lose weight is to skip meals. We naturally think that the less we eat, the more weight we will lose. Actually, the opposite is true. When we don’t eat often enough throughout the day, our bodies become low-energy, food-craving, fat-storing machines.
The reason for this phenomenon is sometimes referred to as famine response. Our bodies have no idea when our next meal is going to occur, so when you go for a long period of time without eating, your body begins to adjust accordingly.
You body does not want to starve so it clings to evey bit of fat. You are drained of all strength when your fat-exhausting mechanism becomes very sluggish.
The solution to fix this problem is to eat small meals at three hour intervals. If you eat the wrong types of food, then you will gain weight when you eat this much. By taking in food frequently, you’ll keep your energy level at an optimum level, while allowing your metabolism to burn off those calories.
Naturally, the size of your meals will be small, but that won’t really matter since you will be eating more frequently. Make sure you are filling up on healthy foods that boost metabolism and encourage weight loss. Some great foods for raising your metabolism are grapefruit, broccoli, apples, pears, oatmeal, lean turkey, and low-fat yogurt.
When you put water into your body it makes your metabolism faster and helps with weight loss. Be sure to drink a lot of water (at least 9 8-oz glasses) throughout the day; this will keep your appetite in check and make it easier to keep to small portions when you have your meals. Sometimes rather than having a hunger for food, but rather a thirst for liquid.
Drinking water also helps to flush harmful toxins from your body and reduce bloating. If you just can’t bring yourself to drink that much water, then try substituting green tea for some of your liquid intake. It’s also great for raising metabolism.
Unbelievably, eating more food is able to help you with losing weight. In fact, if you just can’t get past that plateau try taking a few more calories for a few days in order to get your metabolism back up to speed.
Your body will immediately start to adjust and begin burning up the extra fuel giving you excess energy. Channel that into some great workouts and exercise. You may find yourself quickly shedding the pounds once again.