When it comes to losing weight, simply counting calories is not nearly the complete answer. Everyone assumes that it’s a simple matter of math and subtraction and eating less calories than you burn to create weight loss. In some retrospects this is true but the weight you lose will more likely be the wrong kind of weight. Weight loss can come from muscle, fat and water, so if you only want to lose fat you must be willing to do more than just math. All calories are not the same and if weight loss was as simple as public media makes it seem, we wouldn’t have such an obesity problem in the united states, and you’d be able to eat any kind of calories and achieve success. There is clearly more to the issue and that’s what this article will discuss.
There are many popular diets based completely on the idea of just reducing calories with little concern to calorie quality with unique ways of helping you control your hunger while on these diets. Examples of these diets include the Twinkie diet, the cookie diet and even the McDonalds diet. There’s also an opposite side of the coin when it comes to calories. You could be eating only healthy nutrition dense foods, drinking nothing but water and non-fat milk, eating plenty of vegetables never eating out and still gain weight. There are many people who are overweight or obese and still completely healthy and there are many skinny and lean people that are very unhealthy. The difference has to do with the quality of calories you eat and not just the quantity.
It’s a concept known as the health-body fat paradox and once you have a better understanding of this concept you’ll be better equipped to eat more of the right calories, eat some of your favorite cheat meals, lose the right kind of weight and truly be thin and healthy. So many people forget all about nutrition while on a diet. The reason why dieting can be so miserable is because your body can force you to be even more hungry than usual if you’re not meeting its basic nutrition needs, and if you’re try to fight off these ravenous levels of hunger – which is extremely hard, you won’t be having a good day. Only the toughest of people can fight these kinds of hunger pangs which occur at the hormonal level, and if you do manage to avoid it continuously, you’ll to be very malnourished and more vulnerable to sickness and common cold. Not to mention a low metabolism, muscle loss, and gaining all the weight back once you finally give in.
There are no quick fix diets that will help you lose weight and keep It off. You must create a well-planned and balanced life-long nutrition program to achieve and maintain success. The right nutrition program should be high in fiber so that you feel full and satisfied and have ample amounts of good fat, good carbohydrates and protein so that you’re getting the vitamins, minerals and all other nutrition you need for better health and longevity of life. Fighting against hunger should not be a factor when on the right nutrition program. Hunger is often a way of your body telling you that you’re malnourished. It’s impossible to advise the perfect nutrition program for everyone in this article but the right nutrition program should be have a wide variety of colorful fruits and vegetables, low in saturated fats, you should be drinking lots of water, you should be avoiding refined sugar and white grains such as white flour and white rice and you should be consuming lots of complete protein.
Meal frequency also plays a big part in maintaining hunger levels. 2 to 3 meals a day will not be enough. 5 to 6 meals per day will insure that your blood sugar, energy and hunger is staying regulated from dawn until dusk. A good nutrition program should not feel like a diet at all. It should be a way of life and may mean learning how to cook and familiarizing yourself with herbs and spices for healthy flavor. If you need help getting started, some of my favorite recipes are on this site that can be prepared and frozen in bulk.
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