subject: Weight Loss Success Tips - 3 Myths to Avoid [print this page] So, you are looking for weight loss success tips. The problem is that it is often hard to find good weight loss success tips. There are three things you want to look for - less calories, more exercise, and a faster metabolism. Here are three myths to look out for.
Weight Loss Success Tips - Myth #1 - Less Calories Means More Weight Loss
While it is true that burning more calories than you eat will cause you to lose weight, the question is will the weight stay off? The body is much smarter than we give it credit for, and it gets used to what we feed it. If you give iteat 2000 calories a day, it will burn 2000 calories a day. If you cut that down to 1500 calories, it will help you to lose weight for a while, but sooner or later your body will slow your metabolism down so that you do not burn as many calories. The real danger with this is when your calorie level returns to normal. You will gain any weight you lost plus some extra because it takes much longer to speed up your metabolism than it does to slow it down.
Stay away from fat free foods! In almost all cases, if fat is removed, something else is put in its place. That something is almost always a mixture of sugar and chemicals. Sugar and chemicals are a bad combination because the sugar adds unneeded calories and the chemicals make it much more difficult for your body to digest the food that you are eating. If you are going to eat ice cream, you are much better off eating regular ice cream than the fat free version.
Weight Loss Success Tips - Myth #3 - Who needs breakfast
It seems logical, but skipping breakfast is one of the worst things you can do if you are trying to lose weight. Many studies have been done on the subject, and they all say that people who skip breakfast weigh more than those who do not - especially those who eat breakfast as well as three to four other small meals a day. Again, it is not the amount of calories that you eat, but what and when you eat. Skipping breakfast slows down your metabolism and kills any chance that you had of prolonged weight loss, no matter how few calories you eat.
We just looked at three myths that are popular weight loss success tips. You want to speed up your metabolism, control your calories, and avoid processed food and chemicals. By exercising regularly, eating 4 to 5 small meals throughout the day and staying away from anything that has ingredients that you don't recognize as food, you will be well on your way to not only getting thin, but staying thin.
