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Your body is an amazing creation. It is the most
sophisticated machine in existence and its reactions and
responses have been fine-tuned over hundreds of thousands
of years. The one thing that hasn't changed though is that
your body's first, and most powerful, driving force is
survival and that's why dieting doesn't work on a long-term
basis.
When you give your body less energy (food) than it needs it
will initially draw down the energy shortfall from your fat
reserves and you will start to lose weight. But if you
carry on like this your body is going to think that it
might be killed by starvation. So it will adjust to these
new circumstances and respond by adjusting your energy
requirements so that you can function on a lower intake of
food. But because your body's so smart it then goes one
stage further and actively works at rebuilding your fat
reserves so that you can't sneak up on it and try to starve
it to death again.
It's a scary thought that whilst you are fighting hunger
pangs, having withdrawal symptoms for your favorite meals
and suffering the sheer boredom of a restricted diet your
body is actively working against you because it is
determined to put back the weight you have lost.The good
news is that although you can't change your body's
instincts and response mechanisms, with a little knowledge
of how they work in different situations, you can use them
to lose weight naturally and to maintain your target weight
almost without realizing you're doing it.
You need to get some basic knowledge of how your body
handles different types of food and match that to your
lifestyle, to pinpoint the areas where you are in conflict
with your body's pre-programmed responses. This will allow
you to identify acceptably small changes, which you can
sustain almost without noticing, that will really make a
difference. For anyone who wants to lose weight and keep it
off, it's best to gradually develop a pattern of good
eating habits that can be continued for life.
Try this five-step approach to getting rid of those
unsightly pounds.
1. Keep a note of what you eat and drink for the next three
weeks. Don't cheat!
2. At the end of the three weeks measure and weigh
yourself.
3. Set yourself a sensible target of what you want to weigh
and measure in the future. (If you don't know where you are
trying to go you will get lost along the way.)
4. Check your food notes for bad habits missed meals,
snacking between meals,bad food combinations, frequent
processed food meals and excess alcohol or sugary drinks.
5. Reduce the frequency of bad habits. For example, if you
can't resist snacking replace your usual snack with
something healthy like fruit on alternate days. Or if your
favorite meal is a cardiac surgeon's nightmare, save it for
once a week rather than twice you'll enjoy it all the
more and it will only do half the damage.
Continue to make small adjustments to your favorite meals
and eating patterns so that you progressively create good
food combinations and eating habits. You'll find that not
only will you shed those unwanted pounds but also eating
will continue to be a pleasure.
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Jim Francis struggled to control his weight until he
decided to apply his management skills to the problem. He
has become an authority on ways in which the body's natural
instincts can be leveraged to lose weight naturally and
permanently. For more information go to:
http://www.beslimwithoutdieting.com
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