subject: Why do you starve to get slim? [print this page] Author: Trevor Gardner Author: Trevor Gardner
For years all we have heard is advice about eating less food so we can lose weight, look better, be healthier and feel better. It has been proven that a starving weight loss diet is far from being nutritionally sound and in fact it can have a detrimental effect on the long term health of your body. It has also been proven that by restricting your calorie intake below a certain level this can cause a problem with your metabolism (your bodies engine) where it wants to go into what is called starvation mode, which makes your body store fat instead of reducing it. The real key to proper weight loss and ongoing weight maintenance along with a healthier body is the burning off of the fat. This must be done without burning muscle, along with the proper use of an interesting, non demanding range of correct exercises. Why? Because it is the bodies muscle that you use to burn the unwanted fat. The fat burning machinery of your body is the lean muscle tissue. Therefore, you burn more calories when you have more toned muscle. What really helps si that you will continue this burning when you sit reading the paper, watch the TV or even when you are asleep. Now the best way of getting your body to produce the lean muscle and burn off the excess fat, is to eat between 5 and 7 small meals a day, this equates to a meal every 2 to 3 hours. I know that this sounds undoable but if you prepare your meals the day before you can take them with you where ever you go. The ideal meal consists of around 20grams of protein with raw and cooked vegetables and is of the perfect type to keep the body satisfied for the 2-3 hours before the next meal. To do the best thing for your body is to maintain a healthy lifestyle. A trim body with the healthy lifestyle is produced by a good combination of nutrition and proper organised exercise. As stated starvation is not the answer to a new healthy trim body but moderation and a strength training exercise program will produce the weight you want, and it will stay with you forever due to your preparation and planning. Good luck.About the Author:
The author has been working on how to lose his own weight and has viewed all the ways and you can see the best at Burn fat not Muscle
