Welcome back again! I am so glad that you are continuing to join us for what has turned into, at least at this point a four part series. I would expect that it will be several more before it’s finished. When we finished up Fast Weight Loss Pills – Lose Weight Fast – Part 3 I had just finished laying out the three prong attack that will be your guide to freedom. So let’s look at each of those points more closely.
Diet – We have all gotten to where we are weight wise, to one degree or another, by our diet choices. For me, it was a weakness for cheeseburgers and sweets. I also realized that I was an emotional eater. This stemmed from some issues I had growing up, but that really isn’t the focus of this point. However, it is helpful to at least look at your eating habits and be aware of why you are motivated to eat what you eat and how much you eat, to at least be cognizant of it. For each person, the reasons for our diet choices may be different, and we may need to look closely at those reasons to gain full control of our eating habits.
If we look back at the history of man, we can see that weight issues began to crop up in large numbers at a similar time period as our ability to refine and process food for instant access to it. Before we had this luxury, we basically were opportunistic eaters. When we could find game to hunt or grains from the land we would get to eat. When we couldn’t we would have to go without. Because of this, our bodies survival mechanism was to store any excess fuel (food) as fat for future use. At that time, this wasn’t a big deal because we could go for long periods of time without sustenance, and during that time our body would burn the extra fuel (fat). Another key point here, the diet for hunter gatherers was mainly proteins and some unrefined grains, and because the grains weren’t readily available we couldn’t really over eat. Our portion sizes were much smaller than they are today. Our eating patterns have changed since that time. Then, we ate less in portion size and more frequently compared to our current politically correct ideal of 3 balanced meals a day. These are keys in how to structure our eating habits for success.
So here is the basic structure for long term health and weight loss:
Eat frequently – If you eat every 2 to 3 (or 4) hours your body will start to understand that it has to consistently burn fuel because there is always more coming in. This is directly opposed to the “eat less” viewpoint. When you eat less, your body thinks their is a famine or a shortage of fuel and will slow your metabolism not allowing you to burn any more reserved fuel than necessary. So, eat 6 to 7 times a day or every 2 to 3 hours. There are other health benefits as well. If you eat every 2 to 3 hours, your blood sugar levels will stay stabilized which helps to prevent migraine headaches and you will avoid many issues that come along with spiking and crashing levels (like getting sleepy after a meal, for instance). I was talking to one of my friends (who had just won the Mr. Arkansas title in body building) and he stressed that this was probably the most important of diet factors to lose weight. He stressed to me that if you can just make sure you eat reasonable portions every couple of hours you will burn away the excess weight and faster than you would think.
Eat smaller portions – With the event of the super sized meal and all you can eat buffets, we as a society looking for greater and greater value in all our choices, have lost the realistic meal portion size of days gone by. A good general rule of thumb is the size of your clenched fist. That should be about the right size for a meal portion. “Ohh NO! I could never eat just that little” you say. Think of it this way, you will be eating again in 2 hours, and then 2 hours after that, etc. Also, depending on your meal choice, you are going to eat 3 portions per meal – 1 protein, 1 good carbohydrate, and 1 vegetable. So it is really more than just one fist worth’s of food.
Make smart food choices – The smarter your food choices are the healthier you will be. The healthier you are the better your body functions. The better your body functions the faster you will lose weight. Everyone is different. Maybe you are not affected by intake of carbohydrates like I am. I need to stay away from carbs, as a general rule. This is because they affect ME in a poor way. Can you lose weight eating whatever you want? Yes you can. If you have a thing for cheeseburgers and you want to lose weight eating them you can, however, the caveat is that you will have to reduce the portion size to something like 1/4 of a burger every 2 hours. Again, this wouldn’t be a very smart food choice and wouldn’t assist your body in getting healthier, so it would put you at a disadvantage compared to what you could be losing. Try to choose protein and complex carbs, and use veggies as your “free I can eat however much of this I want to, whenever I want to” food. If you make these smart choices you will be dropping the excess weight in no time.
Fast Weight Loss Pills – Lose Weight Fast – Part 4
Welcome back again! I am so glad that you are continuing to join us for what has turned into, at least at this point a four part series. I would expect that it will be several more before it’s finished. When we finished up Fast Weight Loss Pills – Lose Weight Fast – Part 3 I had just finished laying out the three prong attack that will be your guide to freedom. So let’s look at each of those points more closely.
Diet – We have all gotten to where we are weight wise, to one degree or another, by our diet choices. For me, it was a weakness for cheeseburgers and sweets. I also realized that I was an emotional eater. This stemmed from some issues I had growing up, but that really isn’t the focus of this point. However, it is helpful to at least look at your eating habits and be aware of why you are motivated to eat what you eat and how much you eat, to at least be cognizant of it. For each person, the reasons for our diet choices may be different, and we may need to look closely at those reasons to gain full control of our eating habits.
If we look back at the history of man, we can see that weight issues began to crop up in large numbers at a similar time period as our ability to refine and process food for instant access to it. Before we had this luxury, we basically were opportunistic eaters. When we could find game to hunt or grains from the land we would get to eat. When we couldn’t we would have to go without. Because of this, our bodies survival mechanism was to store any excess fuel (food) as fat for future use. At that time, this wasn’t a big deal because we could go for long periods of time without sustenance, and during that time our body would burn the extra fuel (fat). Another key point here, the diet for hunter gatherers was mainly proteins and some unrefined grains, and because the grains weren’t readily available we couldn’t really over eat. Our portion sizes were much smaller than they are today. Our eating patterns have changed since that time. Then, we ate less in portion size and more frequently compared to our current politically correct ideal of 3 balanced meals a day. These are keys in how to structure our eating habits for success.
So here is the basic structure for long term health and weight loss:
Eat frequently – If you eat every 2 to 3 (or 4) hours your body will start to understand that it has to consistently burn fuel because there is always more coming in. This is directly opposed to the “eat less” viewpoint. When you eat less, your body thinks their is a famine or a shortage of fuel and will slow your metabolism not allowing you to burn any more reserved fuel than necessary. So, eat 6 to 7 times a day or every 2 to 3 hours. There are other health benefits as well. If you eat every 2 to 3 hours, your blood sugar levels will stay stabilized which helps to prevent migraine headaches and you will avoid many issues that come along with spiking and crashing levels (like getting sleepy after a meal, for instance). I was talking to one of my friends (who had just won the Mr. Arkansas title in body building) and he stressed that this was probably the most important of diet factors to lose weight. He stressed to me that if you can just make sure you eat reasonable portions every couple of hours you will burn away the excess weight and faster than you would think.
Eat smaller portions – With the event of the super sized meal and all you can eat buffets, we as a society looking for greater and greater value in all our choices, have lost the realistic meal portion size of days gone by. A good general rule of thumb is the size of your clenched fist. That should be about the right size for a meal portion. “Ohh NO! I could never eat just that little” you say. Think of it this way, you will be eating again in 2 hours, and then 2 hours after that, etc. Also, depending on your meal choice, you are going to eat 3 portions per meal – 1 protein, 1 good carbohydrate, and 1 vegetable. So it is really more than just one fist worth’s of food.
Make smart food choices – The smarter your food choices are the healthier you will be. The healthier you are the better your body functions. The better your body functions the faster you will lose weight. Everyone is different. Maybe you are not affected by intake of carbohydrates like I am. I need to stay away from carbs, as a general rule. This is because they affect ME in a poor way. Can you lose weight eating whatever you want? Yes you can. If you have a thing for cheeseburgers and you want to lose weight eating them you can, however, the caveat is that you will have to reduce the portion size to something like 1/4 of a burger every 2 hours. Again, this wouldn’t be a very smart food choice and wouldn’t assist your body in getting healthier, so it would put you at a disadvantage compared to what you could be losing. Try to choose protein and complex carbs, and use veggies as your “free I can eat however much of this I want to, whenever I want to” food. If you make these smart choices you will be dropping the excess weight in no time.
OK, next up Fast Weight Loss Pills – Lose Weight Fast – Part 5 where we will try to finished up the details about Exercise.
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