A Diet That Really Works 1
There are a phenomenal amount of diets out there, most involve starving yourself. Try one that really works, without the starvation.
Most slimming diets and nutritional plans advertised in magazines and on TV cost, at the very least you buy the book, at worst you pay above and beyond to receive packaged meals. This eating plan is free and really will work, so bookmark this page, practice the simple plan and when it works for you, send the address to all your friends. It works and it is healthy. You can stick to it and it will work long term.
Almost all popular diets are focused on a strict calorie control, starvation method, of shedding pounds. This works to some extent, but only in the short term. When you restrict your calorie intake, your metabolic rate slows down, meaning your body stops burning so much fuel, it can lead to fatigue and lack of energy and even dizziness, nausea and illness. Such symptoms are sure to have you rushing to the candy machine to replenish your sugar, the diet abandoned in a moment of dire need. An even worse consequence of the starvation method is that your body will seek out the calories it needs from muscle mass, before burning the unwanted fat. This is because the protein in muscle is easier to metabolize and more substantive than fat reserves. When this happens you will see a short term drop in weight, although body fat (the real enemy) may remain the same. If your muscle mass decreases, so does your calorie burning efficiency. When the muscle is not burning calories your weight will start to go back up, as your metabolic rate slows even further, and the weight you gain will go directly into fat deposits as your body enters a starvation survival mode.
So the main principles of this diet should be obvious. Firstly you want to speed up metabolic rate, not slow it down. Next you need to attack fat reserves, not muscle. And, if at all possible, you want to build muscle that will consume more calories. These things are easy and enjoyable to do. The great thing about speeding up your metabolic rate is that it is done by eating more often, not less. On this diet you should never feel hungry. How awesome is that!? Compared with starvation diets that are bound to fail, because you are permanently on the verge of giving in to overwhelming hunger. At first it can be difficult to eat as often as I am suggesting, but you should eat about six times a day with around two hours between each “meal.” The meals will be smaller and healthier than our traditional three squares a day, but should be satisfying and tasty too. What to eat and when is also important, I will speak more on this in part two. By eating little and often your body avoids the starvation survival mode and will take any extra energy it requires by burning off fat, not muscle mass.
If you can exercise, no matter how gentle this may be, from taking a walk or using stairs instead of elevators, or ideally engaging in a sport or muscle building activity, you will not only burn extra calories while exercising but also build muscle that will continue to consume more calories day after day. The best way to develop muscle mass is to target muscle growth directly with some kind of gym fitness. Aerobic activity will help burn calories, but does not build muscle quite so quickly, in fact sometimes excessive aerobic activity can have the same counterproductive, muscle diminishing, effect as starvation diets. The body consumes muscle mass for energy to fuel the aerobic exercise. To avoid this make sure to keep durations fairly short, twenty minutes at a time is good, and always follow exercise with a small, healthy meal.
A quick word on weight lifting, everyone can benefit from this direct muscle growing work. Ladies, you will not, repeat will not, turn into some chunky mannish looking hulking freak just from picking up a few weights. Women do not naturally have the hormones to take such a shape, the women weightlifters you have seen who look like this are taking supplements to achieve that shape. You will simply become more toned and better defined by lifting weights, so don’t be put off. Lifting weights is the best and quickest way to encourage muscle growth, the larger muscle mass will continue to burn calories long after you have stopped exersising (even while you sleep!) and the shape of your tight abs or toned shoulders is sure to turn heads and have you feeling better about yourself far quicker than the needle on the scales reading slightly less ever will.
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