So you have made the decision to lose weight, now how do you stick to your plan and not just suffer from “I will start it on Monday” syndrome!
There are many inspiring true stories out there of people who have risen to the challenge and are making great leaps in weight loss. The easy part is starting is starting the plans and the diet; the difficult part is sticking to it weeks later and keeping the focus and momentum. What happens when you crave the slice of cheesecake or burger and chips? How do we prevent those cravings?
There are firstly some important things to remember as part of the your weight loss programme:
Eat often
Eat up to 6 small meals a day. Forget the old three square meals a day. The more often you eat, the more you speed up your metabolism. The more seldom you eat, the more your body goes into starvation mode and conserves fat! (which certainly don’t want to do!).
It is vital to maintain blood sugar and not go for long periods without food. When you do eat, your insulin will spike causing you to feel even more tired and hungry. If you wait too long between eating, you are also more likely to crave high fat, high salt food such as chips or chocolates. Also not eating frequently leads to decreased energy, bad moods, headaches, dizziness and fatigue.
Eat more Protein.
Every meal should contain protein, even snacks; this can be in the form of a good quality protein shake. It is important to balance your protein and carbs. There should be more protein then carbs at each meal. Protein helps you feel full and stops hunger. It helps build muscle. It helps lower cholesterol.
Eat vegetables.
Very important to e give your body the vitamins and nutrients it needs for overall health and to support muscle growth. Include as many fresh veggies as you can with your protein based meals.
Essential Fats
Very important to get into Essential Fatty Acids, which the body does not make and can only be consumed from food yet are essential for out body to function optimally. Include fish oil, especially salmon (omega 3) and nuts including nut butters into your diet, eg peanut butter, and almond butter ( omega 6) and olive oil ( omega 9) into your daily food plan.
Drink Water
Besides the fact that almost very function in your body requires water and it is essential for life, water helps you lose weight!
Supplements:
Good Multivitamin and Multimineral:
Provides all necessary vitamins and minerals that are lacking in diet or are depleted in the body.
Alpha Lipoic Acid:
Alpha Lipoic Acid is a powerful free-radical fighting anti oxidant that’s both fat and water soluble and unique in that it can travel to any cell in the body to fight dangerous free radicals which robs the body of energy, wanes the immune system’s ability to fight infection and ultimately leaves you feeling worn down.
Vitamin C:
A powerful antioxidant, C supports the immune system by wiping out free radicals and protecting cells. One of its most unique attributes is that it helps the body recycle other antioxidants.
L-Carnitine:
It is a powerful fat burning, muscle sparing, energy producing, lactic acid fighting miracle supplement.
Biologically, it works by assisting the body in shuttling fat into the cell’s mitochondria where it can be immediately used for energy production. Some research suggests that it helps the body recover faster after workouts. Supplementation is especially important for vegetarians, and L-carnitine is typically obtained from meat and certain dairy products.
CoQ10:
Coenzyme Q10, or ubiquinone is ubiquitous in that it is present in every cell in the human body, and especially abundant in high-energy cells similar to those in the heart.
It is an antioxidant and works at the cellular level to eliminate harmful free radicals, lower bad (LDL) cholesterol levels and support normal mitochondrial activity. It is also vital if one is on a Statin type drug for cholesterol as Statins cause there CoQ10 to be depleted in the body.
Having being constantly tired and unhealthy, Darryl started researching the effects of diet and fitness on his life and after 10 years of reading and living a healthy lifestyle has started writing about the logical and healthy way to lose weight or put on healthy weight. Article Source:http://www.articlesbase.com/weight-loss-articles/best-weight-loss-diet-1509344.html
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