Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Changing How You Eat To Lose Weight And The Doubt That Comes With It

You know that feeling you get when you hear about how you need to 5-6 times a day to lose weight?

Or maybe you read some of my stuff where it says that a great way to lose weight is to eat 4 times a day...as it's actually easier to learn and do...but you get that that "ehhh I don't know" in your mind?

Well, I can recall from my own experience of being on the other end wanting to lose my last inch of belly fat, that the concept of eating more meals a day just seemed to be hassle. Unnecessary even.

I mean, you may be thinking..."I'm eating enough at the moment" or maybe you think that you are eating way too much, and you already know that this is the reason you are putting on weight?
How can eating more possibly help?

The real truth is going to be a bit of a mix of what you knew and something else. The secret to losing fat is to eat more. You eat to burn calories.

And think about this: if you don't change how you eat then you won't change your current weight...and it doesn't matter how much you try and work out.

So learning to, at least, see how you eat and how much food you eat gives you an edge over every one else who's struggling...because they don't really see exactly what and how they eat. They just have an image, a story of what they think they are eating.

The first stage before you even make a plan to change how you eat...is to get some evidence of what you are eating and the way you eat.

And the easiest way is to make a journal each day.

Now you'll probably get a rush of "ah no that's just hassle...I don't need to do that"...and it's natural for this reaction. But here's the thing:

What's the real harm in seeing in black and white how you eat, what you eat and when you eat?

What harm are you going to do yourself by getting this knowledge?

The answer is of course: none!

It will do you no harm at all...but it will do you a world of good!..because you will get to see the pattern of how you eat...and remember what you want to do is eat to burn calories

And here's just a rough guess:

  • You will probably see you aren't eating a proper breakfast
  • You will probably be having a bit more fatty foods, chocolate bars or muffins during the day.
  • You will probably be eating a BIG dinner packed with refined carbs like white bread, pizza base, chips (of the fries variety) or white rice

Now how do I know this?

Well...this is what I used to eat. I didn't eat a whole lot of processed foods, but I ate enough and in a pattern like this that it meant that my blood sugar level didn't stay steady during the day...so I didn't lose weight.

Because it leads to spikes in your insulin levels

Which then makes you start to turn your food into fat. The quicker the spikes, the quicker the onset of turning the food you eat into fat.

So before you learn to keep that blood sugar more level to help you store less fat...hence the idea of eating to burn calories....go find out exactly what and how you eat.

It might just be the biggest revelation you get all year!

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