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Square one. Stop thinking about diet, diets, dieting, on a diet, fad diet, latest diet, celebrity diet, diet pills, diet plans, diet programsad nauseumliterally!
A diet is simply what you eat! Your diet can consist of chocolate donuts or alfalfa sprouts, but most "Diets", with a capital "D" will not set you free. Instead, they lock you in a cage. Eat anything other than what they prescribe, and you are a failureat least, so reads their literature.
Of course, what we eat and when we eat it can play a big part in weight loss or gain. Even where we eat can be important. Ever eat too much at Grandmas on Thanksgiving? I have. How about that cocktail party when you went wandering over to the snack traysand drank one more drink because someone offered it to you? Okay, for me it would be sitting at the bar ordering one more beer (light, of course) because the games not over yet. Oh yeah, pass the chips.
THE LOWDOWN ON WEIGHT LOSS.
Take in more calories than you use, you gain weight. Use more calories than you take in, you lose weight. Proven scientific fact. Although we are all different and our bodies shuffle calories and file them differently from our neighbors bodies, we can all contribute to weight loss by taking in fewer calories or by burning more caloriesor both.
Youve figured out that using both techniques simultaneously is more effective than trying to accomplish successful weight loss with only one.
Im assuming that the reasons you want to lose weight are quality of life and concern about your health. Being over fat can contribute to major and minor health problems. You honestly believe it would be great to lose weight, but you dont want to be miserable, and neither do the people around you.
By the way, I said "over fat", rather than overweight, because healthy people can weigh more than charts say they should weigh. Weight is not the problem. Its the fat that cripples and kills people, so I was just making a point. According to the charts, when he was in the best physical condition of his life, Arnold Schwarzenegger was "overweight", but I doubt he was "overfat".
YOU CAN CUT CALORIES BY DIETING. RIGHT?
Somewhere in a "diet", you begin to feel deprived, depressed, and desirous of dessert. You might even feel like youre being punished. Cant eat the things you like. Can only eat asparagus, or bean sprouts, or three from this column and two from that columnexcept on the third Tuesday when the moon is full. Is it any wonder you and any other living human might quit a diet simply because of this nonsense?
As if discomfort and stress were not enough, there are actually a couple of hidden reasons why diets dont work.
DIETING CAN MAKE YOU GAIN WEIGHT.
Most diets are structured on one principlecut calories taken in. Most of us burn calories at a given rate based on our age, physical makeup, activity, and heredity. The rate at which we burn calories is called the "metabolic rate". Our own metabolic rate is unique, and is simply the measure of how fast we burn, or metabolize, calories. As we grow older, the metabolic rate slows down and eating the same number of calories as last year causes us to gain weight. As we age, we also become less active, and our body gradually changes its metabolic rate based on our activity levels as well.
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A diet is simply what you eat! Your diet can consist of chocolate donuts or alfalfa sprouts, but most "Diets", with a capital "D" will not set you free. Instead, they lock you in a cage. Eat anything other than what they prescribe, and you are a failureat least, so reads their literature.
Of course, what we eat and when we eat it can play a big part in weight loss or gain. Even where we eat can be important. Ever eat too much at Grandmas on Thanksgiving? I have. How about that cocktail party when you went wandering over to the snack traysand drank one more drink because someone offered it to you? Okay, for me it would be sitting at the bar ordering one more beer (light, of course) because the games not over yet. Oh yeah, pass the chips.
THE LOWDOWN ON WEIGHT LOSS.
Take in more calories than you use, you gain weight. Use more calories than you take in, you lose weight. Proven scientific fact. Although we are all different and our bodies shuffle calories and file them differently from our neighbors bodies, we can all contribute to weight loss by taking in fewer calories or by burning more caloriesor both.
Youve figured out that using both techniques simultaneously is more effective than trying to accomplish successful weight loss with only one.
Im assuming that the reasons you want to lose weight are quality of life and concern about your health. Being over fat can contribute to major and minor health problems. You honestly believe it would be great to lose weight, but you dont want to be miserable, and neither do the people around you.
By the way, I said "over fat", rather than overweight, because healthy people can weigh more than charts say they should weigh. Weight is not the problem. Its the fat that cripples and kills people, so I was just making a point. According to the charts, when he was in the best physical condition of his life, Arnold Schwarzenegger was "overweight", but I doubt he was "overfat".
YOU CAN CUT CALORIES BY DIETING. RIGHT?
Somewhere in a "diet", you begin to feel deprived, depressed, and desirous of dessert. You might even feel like youre being punished. Cant eat the things you like. Can only eat asparagus, or bean sprouts, or three from this column and two from that columnexcept on the third Tuesday when the moon is full. Is it any wonder you and any other living human might quit a diet simply because of this nonsense?
As if discomfort and stress were not enough, there are actually a couple of hidden reasons why diets dont work.
DIETING CAN MAKE YOU GAIN WEIGHT.
Most diets are structured on one principlecut calories taken in. Most of us burn calories at a given rate based on our age, physical makeup, activity, and heredity. The rate at which we burn calories is called the "metabolic rate". Our own metabolic rate is unique, and is simply the measure of how fast we burn, or metabolize, calories. As we grow older, the metabolic rate slows down and eating the same number of calories as last year causes us to gain weight. As we age, we also become less active, and our body gradually changes its metabolic rate based on our activity levels as well.
More
Help you to get that perfect shape
Medical Massage and Foot Massagers
Detrimental to Natural Bodybuilding
Protecting Yourself from Gym Scams
