Fat Loss – When To Eat – What To Eat!

Good morning…

I thought I would share with you today an excerpt from my soon to be released ebook all about healthy weight loss, and the ‘Real’ information you need to help make the positive changes to turn your life around when it comes to eating right, and training sensibly. This will give you a little ‘taste’ of what is to come along with a bit of help with eating right…

What am I supposed to eat?

So what determines which sort of weight you will lose? The types of foods that you eat along with how big of a caloric deficit you create will be the main factors in determining your body’s ability to shed fat. A supportive nutrition plan includes whole foods: lean proteins, whole grains, fruits, veggies and healthy fats. Specific examples are provided in the Supportive Menu Chart.

Each time you eat, your body must expend some energy to digest food. Each type of food creates different demands for energy expenditure – Thermic Effect of Food. This is what sets each of these nutrients apart and divide them into smaller versions to absorb them into your bloodstream to perform a variety of tasks – some are used to help burn fat and build muscle.

When foods are processed, much of this work is done for you. For example, processed flour is ground into small pieces that the body can digest more quickly. This means your blood sugar rises faster and your body expends fewer calories processing the flour.  Whole foods, on the other hand, pack more nutrients, are higher in fibre, and force the body to work harder to use them as energy.

Meal timing

Consuming food triggers digestion, and digestion requires calories. By eating more frequent, smaller meals, you continuously supply your body with nutrients while forcing it to digest and break down the foods. This, in turn, can have the net effect of raising your metabolism.

Ideally, you want to eat a supportive meal every 3 hours. Eating frequently stabilises your blood sugar levels, providing a steady flow of quality fuel to your muscles and brain. This helps to steady your mood and boost your energy. Besides making you feel better, this increased energy can help further fat loss because you will naturally want to be more active.

Another benefit of a stable blood sugar levels is a suppressed appetite. By eating a supportive meal, frequently, you are reprogramming your appetite. You will begin to have fewer cravings and binge less often because you no longer experience the pain of hunger.

When you constantly give your body food with small meals your body does not feel the need to store fat. On the contrary when eating large, infrequent meals your body feels the need to store some food as fat for it is unsure as to when it will be fed again.

Eating frequently throughout the day can also help you stay energised and avoid making poor food choices.  Eating smaller balanced meals often helps to reduce blood sugar fluctuations and leads to stronger compliance in making supportive food choices and long term success.

Skipping meals will only sabotage compliance.  Missing a normally scheduled meal will leave you hungry, increasing the likelihood of making a poor food choice. As the day wears on, lack of proper meal timing will most likely cause you to become so hungry that you will forget about sticking to a supportive nutrition plan.  It then becomes a matter of eating anything to satisfy your hunger!

Eating Fewer Calories

To lose fat you have to eat – not starve yourself. The only way that the human body burns off body fat is by being in caloric deficit. The goal is to adjust your daily calorie intake slightly to initiate fat loss. Restricting your calories will allow you to experience weight-loss, but it will be the result of muscle loss. When this occurs, not only does the body burn muscle to fuel its energy requirements, but by ridding itself of muscle, you are essentially slowing your metabolism.

…So, there you go, a little ‘taster’ of what is to come. Like it? Then keep your eyes posted for more information, especially for when the ebook is released. If you want to be one of the first to get it, along with benefiting from a limited time only special offer price, then post your interest here, or by using the contact form – and I will let you know before it goes live, and you can have it at a very special price!

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Posted: Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 at 11:16 am | Categories: absolute fitness Articles | Rss: RSS 2.0
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