Most diets are not effective in controlling weight over the long term. When dieting you may get a temporary weight loss but you are 95% more likely to regain the weight you lost after you stop the diet. Not only will you ultimately gain more weight but also progressively have more difficulty in losing the weight again. As most of you know this is called the Yo Yo effect.
Unfortunately, our odds are high we will regain all the weight we lost back. Even if we gain just the weight we lost previously, the result is the weight gain will be more fat and less lean muscle. Why? Please let me explain.
Humans originated about 200,000 years ago, due to the harsh conditions, our bodies created a defense mechanism to protect itself from starvation. When the fuel (food) shortages are detected by the body, our body's defense mechanisms will start. When this happens the body will assume that the shortage will last awhile, and our body then reprograms our system to protect itself by reprogramming for starvation mode. Changes in the metabolism, hormonal productions, and psychological systems occur. This reaction is hard wired for self preservation and cannot be fooled no mater what some information my state.
Theses changes consist of decreased metabolism, loss of muscle, increasing the fat storing enzymes & hormones and reduce the fat burning enzymes & hormones. Also it will cause the body to decrease the thyroid output, increase the appetite, decreases your energy levels, and affect your mind responses. Think about your normal work day, it's about 3 o'clock, your hungry, you just can't seem to get enough energy to get to the office across the building and your just brain just tanked! We need energy and the body will begin to use it energy storage
The body doesn't burn fat the way we would choose it to. Before I studied the process I thought that the body would first burn the fuel we have consumed recently, then burn fat stored on my belly and abdomen. No such luck! Don't we all lose one of the best body attributes first! Like myself, I have an apple body, broad shoulders, round belly and thin legs and thighs. When I begin to loss weight, I begin to look like a basketball on stilts! UGH! I also notice it becomes harder to climb stairs because my legs are so weak. I now recognize I have loss lean muscle tissue! Not Good!
When the body is triggers into what is called Starvation Response mode, it begins to look for a ways to conserve energy. Muscle is the number 1 burner of energy, so getting rid of some of the muscle will reduce energy consumption. This reduction involves all muscle groups, including your heart. Go to http://MyDietForWeightLoss.com/Starvation-Mode for more information on Starvation Mode.
To have a calorie deficit, you must burn more calories than you consume in any given day. There are two ways to do so.
1) Decreasing the amount of calories you ingest. 2) Increase the amount of calories your burn.
Do not starve yourself by following a low calorie diet, but instead reduce your calories by just a little amount, say 500 calories a day. To carefully burn fat, you must exercise. The more your exercise the more muscle mass you will have. The more muscle the more calories are needed for those muscles. This method is the best way to burn fat and keeps it off. Just because you are increasing your lean muscle mass does not mean you are bulking up.
Actually, it may seem backwards but eating more of the right kinds of food and exercise to burn off the fat is the healthiest way for you to diet. Exercise allows you to create the calorie deficit. It also burns the fat without losing muscle and slowing down your metabolism. Eating more gives your body the vitamins and minerals it needs were low calorie diets does just the opposite.
You will be amazed at the results your will quickly get when you combine, nutrition, cardio, and weight training.
Unfortunately, our odds are high we will regain all the weight we lost back. Even if we gain just the weight we lost previously, the result is the weight gain will be more fat and less lean muscle. Why? Please let me explain.
Humans originated about 200,000 years ago, due to the harsh conditions, our bodies created a defense mechanism to protect itself from starvation. When the fuel (food) shortages are detected by the body, our body's defense mechanisms will start. When this happens the body will assume that the shortage will last awhile, and our body then reprograms our system to protect itself by reprogramming for starvation mode. Changes in the metabolism, hormonal productions, and psychological systems occur. This reaction is hard wired for self preservation and cannot be fooled no mater what some information my state.
Theses changes consist of decreased metabolism, loss of muscle, increasing the fat storing enzymes & hormones and reduce the fat burning enzymes & hormones. Also it will cause the body to decrease the thyroid output, increase the appetite, decreases your energy levels, and affect your mind responses. Think about your normal work day, it's about 3 o'clock, your hungry, you just can't seem to get enough energy to get to the office across the building and your just brain just tanked! We need energy and the body will begin to use it energy storage
The body doesn't burn fat the way we would choose it to. Before I studied the process I thought that the body would first burn the fuel we have consumed recently, then burn fat stored on my belly and abdomen. No such luck! Don't we all lose one of the best body attributes first! Like myself, I have an apple body, broad shoulders, round belly and thin legs and thighs. When I begin to loss weight, I begin to look like a basketball on stilts! UGH! I also notice it becomes harder to climb stairs because my legs are so weak. I now recognize I have loss lean muscle tissue! Not Good!
When the body is triggers into what is called Starvation Response mode, it begins to look for a ways to conserve energy. Muscle is the number 1 burner of energy, so getting rid of some of the muscle will reduce energy consumption. This reduction involves all muscle groups, including your heart. Go to http://MyDietForWeightLoss.com/Starvation-Mode for more information on Starvation Mode.
To have a calorie deficit, you must burn more calories than you consume in any given day. There are two ways to do so.
1) Decreasing the amount of calories you ingest. 2) Increase the amount of calories your burn.
Do not starve yourself by following a low calorie diet, but instead reduce your calories by just a little amount, say 500 calories a day. To carefully burn fat, you must exercise. The more your exercise the more muscle mass you will have. The more muscle the more calories are needed for those muscles. This method is the best way to burn fat and keeps it off. Just because you are increasing your lean muscle mass does not mean you are bulking up.
Actually, it may seem backwards but eating more of the right kinds of food and exercise to burn off the fat is the healthiest way for you to diet. Exercise allows you to create the calorie deficit. It also burns the fat without losing muscle and slowing down your metabolism. Eating more gives your body the vitamins and minerals it needs were low calorie diets does just the opposite.
You will be amazed at the results your will quickly get when you combine, nutrition, cardio, and weight training.
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Author Debi Darline has other articles on the best diet for you at MyDietForWeightLoss.com. Click on this link for additional information on why 95% of all diets fail and Starvation Mode Response.
