Find out the truth about weight loss

Losing weight, Calorie, Metabolism, Dieting

There are a lot of things said about weight loss that are just not true. Keep reading to see how these beliefs are myths and are now going to be unmythed.

Myth 1

If you stop eating regular meals, maybe miss one meal a day, surely that will reduce your calorie intake. Not true. You only need to eat 100 calories a day less than you use in your daily activities. So if you miss a meal you are likely to be eating about 400 calories less than you should be. This is not good. Why isn’t this good? The body needs a certain amount of calories each day to function properly. Each one of us is an individual. We each of us need to eat an amount of food that is our individual need. If you are an active person you will burn more calories than someone who is less active.

Whathappens if you miss a meal?

Your body begins to shut down. It receives the message that for whatever reason there is going to be a famine. No food is going to be eaten. So the food you do eat is stored as fat. This makes the body’s metabolism slow down. You will become constipated and you will feel even more sluggish than before.So this is not the way to lose weight is it?

Myth 2

Crash diets do no harm do they? You have a lot of weight to lose. But you want to lose it quickly. So again like with myth 1, missing meals is not going to do you any favours. Usually when a person loses weight, it starts with the face and starts going downwards. If you’re hoping to decrease the inches on your bum or your tum they will be the last to go. So if you are not giving your body all the nutrients it needs, your face will become haggard looking. Your breasts will shrink and yes people will notice but for the wrong reasons.

So how should you eat to lose weight?

It is better to eat smaller meals more often, say every two to three hours, rather than eating two to three big meals a day. But be sure that each meal is providing all the vitamins and minerals your body needs. If in doubt, you can take nutritional supplements. To lose weight you need to speed up your metabolism.