Nutrition for optimal performance
By Ronald and Shahid
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 Everybody's looking for quick-and-easy weight-loss formulas. At any given point in recorded history, three or four of the top-ten best selling books are diet tomes, and if you are up in the middle of the night thumbing the TV remote, you'll see infomercial after infomercial blaring the benefits of one miracle-loss or fitness products one after another
This is neither an original nor earth-shattering revelation. The bad news is that; there is no quick and easy way to losing weight. The good news, however is, that while there may not be easy ways to lose weight, there are effective ways to reach your fitness goal.
In point of fact, we should actually be talking about fat loss rather than weight loss, since much of your overall weight is muscle tissue, and you don't want to be losing precious muscle in your quest for that perfect body. You want, instead, to gain it.
Here are both general and specific tips to help you get started today on the lean physique you crave.
Not only will you find practical diet strategies below, we'll also focus on behavioral changes. You see, it's usually not knowledge, but behavior that separates those who reach their fat-loss goals from those who don't. Keep in mind that your everyday training, dieting and eating behavior makes up the roadmap. Strategy puts it into action!
1.Cut the Carbs.
The fact of the matter is that many overweight people are "carbohydrate junkies," or suffer from insulin insensitivity. Though carbohydrate is a fuel source for your body, excess carbs will be stored as fat. Trying to cut down on your carb consumption, or at least regulating it- one day on low carbs ( under 100g), the next on normal. On low-carb days, your body will be forced to burn fat as fuel, and you will lose weight.
2 Eat smaller, more frequent meals.
There are many times when you cannot eat, or you make the conscious decision to skip a meal. If you do eat during the day, you should eat small meals frequently. First, it's much easier on your body if it gets fed on a frequent regular basis. This prevents blood glucose (blood sugar) "highs" and "lows"- and consequently the intense hunger you are more likely to experience when eating three large meals per day.
Second, by never subjecting your body to a state of starvation, you are not only helping reduce the tendency to pig-out when you finally eat, but also you are minimizing your body's fat storage response to more infrequent, larger meals.
Third, the digestion of small, frequent meals is easier, and the constant stimulation of digestive processes helps you keep food moving along your digestive tract at a good pace.
Well there you have it, two essential tips in getting you started on losing that unwanted body fat. There are plenty more tips we'll pass along in future articles.
Remember you are going to lose fat while gaining new health and wellbeing! |
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