Myth – If I eat less I’d lose weight fast. Busted!

This is a normal scenario :


You were a few kilos over from your ideal weight and desperately needed to lose that extra kilos by the end of the month so you could attend the famous high school reunion and face your longtime nemesis in style.  So you started eating a leaf of salad, a few cuts of fruits and drink liters of green tea in the pursuit of that dream weight, but after a week of starvation and kilos of salad, to the point that your urine turned green, nothing happened!  You started getting desperate and cut down on your fruit intake, maybe it’s the sugar, you thought and still not much happened.  What did you do wrong?

Answer :


You are not eating enough to loose weight.  Eating too few calories can actually inhibit weight loss. 

Surprised? 

Fact :


When not enough calories are consumed for the body’s basic need to sustain itself, the metabolism rate starts to slow down.  This is because the brain is telling the body that there are not enough calories to save itself and as a result the body will hold on to whatever calories at present hence the failed weight loss.


Solution:

The secret to healthy weight loss is quite simple.  Eat the amount of calories your body needs to sustain itself  (between 1,200 to 1,500 per day for women and more if you work out, about 1,700 to 1,800) by eating 4-5 small meals throughout the day, paying extra attention on sugar and fat intake.  To speed up the process, do a 20 to 30 minutes light workout 4-5 times a week.    Drink  at least 2 litres of water daily to flush out the toxins and excess water in your system (yes, water eliminates water!) and in a few weeks you should be able to see results, fit into that Herve Leger dress you saved for that special occasion and watch the jaws of your nemesis drop to the floor! 


Priceless!