Eat Often Burn More Calories (and Fat!)

The calories in the food we eat provide vital fuel energy to maintain our basic metabolic needs, and to power muscles.

To ensure our metabolism has all the fuel it needs, our brain constantly monitors our calorie intake and expenditure, and will - if it thinks there is a shortage of food energy - intervene to conserve energy for survival purposes. So long as we continue eating regularly, there's no problem: we burn calories at our normal speed, and if we create a calorie deficit we will burn stored body fat and thus lose weight. However, if we go too long without eating something, our brain intervenes to reduce our rate of calorie-burning (our metabolic rate). Result? Fat burning slows down or stops.

More calories are needed to maintain muscle tissue than fat tissue. So if our calorie deficit persists and we require more energy, we stop burning fat and start burning muscle tissue instead.

 

Courtesy : Diet I

Antidote to Fix Bad Habits

Antidote :

 

1)  Put your fork down between bites of food so that you eat more slowly – your body needs at least 20 minutes before your brain registers that you are full.

2) If you start to feel uncomfortable or full halfway through a meal, stop eating, no matter how much food is left – you've had enough

3) Remember that you don't have to waste leftovers. They can always be frozen or reheated the next day.

Fix Bad Food Habits

" Clean your plate" and "Waste not, want not."

"Although applied to children with the best intentions, this food lesson teaches us to ignore our body's signals about feeling full, which can cause overeating,"

Weight Loss Tip - Stretch Your Meals !

Stretch your meals to, at least, 20 minutes or longer. Your stomach, mouth and brain are all connected and it takes 20 minutes of chewing before your stomach signals your brain that you are full. To feel full and successfully lose weight on any weight loss program, you need to eat slowly for 20 minutes or longer.

 

 

Source  : Wholefitness

Diet Tip - Weigh Yourself

An important first step, when starting a diet, is to get on the scale, see what you weigh now, and then define your goal weight. You will know where you are now and where you want to be. Then, the only challenge is filling in the middle, but it's important to define the journey before you take on the challenge. 

 

 

Source : Start Your Diet