Don't be a house cat. Many cats are overweight because their environment doesn't challenge them to run to catch food (or avoid being caught), and sleep or lie around for 18 hours a day. If you have a desk-job, and then watch TV on couch, that is exactly what you are doing.

Three Squares

Should you eat only three meals a day and avoid snacking to lose weight? Well, you will be consuming fewer calories, so that's a plus. However, bigger effect is this: your body will think food is rare and that you may starve. If you go 5 or 6 hours between meals, or if you skip breakfast and go 16 hours or so without food, what else could your body possibly conclude? Your brain can't tell your cells "don't worry, we're trying to lose weight," because your intentions don't mean anything to your organs. Your organs react and adapt to stimuli presented to them. So they think that you're in desert. How do you survive in desert? Like a camel: Conserve as much food in your body as possible (fat), slow your metabolism to prolong your life (so you'll feel tired a lot), and retain as much water as possible.

What about opposite? What if you eat small portions every two hours and drink water all time? Your body will think that you're in a place where there is food whenever you need it, like a jungle full of fruit trees and other easily furnished food to eat. What is reaction? Hooray! Better to speed up metabolism, so that stomach is finished digesting previous meal before next one comes; no need to store fat that is just leeching circulation and water; and get rid of any excess water in system, because fresh water is constantly coming in. This is in line with your weight loss goals, so this is route to take.

Calories: Eat less or burn more?

The final effect of your body's great adaptation potential is question of which is more effective: eating fewer calories or burning more calories with exercise? Let's look at these two propositions in terms of adaptation.

If you first remove a significant number of calories from your diet, you will feel less energetic (because calories are energy), therefore, you won't feel like exercising, and you won't be able to exercise for as long. On other hand, if you start exercising more each day, it will make you hungrier (because your body knows it's not getting enough calories to support this new activity), but as long as you try to keep your eating habits same and pay attention to satiety by eating foods that make you feel full, you'll feel great, your endurance will improve and your overall health will keep getting better. At that point, if you reduce calories in your diet, then you will be able to cope with slightly less energy, because your body will already be more efficient at using that energy to fuel your exercise.

A Summary

To conclude, in terms of exercise: warm up to get circulation going with a fast walk for about 20 minutes, then do a high intensity activity for about 10 minutes. The best to do that is before breakfast. In terms of diet: try to reduce your calories overall, but divide them among small meals all day. Never eat a big meal, but snack every hour or two on something healthy. Also, drink as much water as you possibly can all day. These practices are optimized for your body's natural reactions, so that you will be training your body to lose weight. And whenever you hear diet advice, try to look past immediate effects and look at it from perspective of Adaptation.

Secret #4: Potassium – A common practice with weight loss shakes and special dietary formulations is to add extra potassium for its diuretic attributes. It is one of most effective and important nutrients to aid weight loss. Some healthy food that I eat on a regular basis which has a lot of potassium includes beans, peas, potatoes, grains, nuts, and fruits.

Secret #5: Bromelain – Bromelain is an enzyme that helps your body to break down and digest food. It is very useful in helping to digest proteins. It can be found in pineapple plant. It was discovered in 1957 and widely studied. It is also useful for reducing muscle and tissue inflammation.

I have personally used these 5 secrets to shed pounds easily and effectively. But benefits certainly don’t stop at weight loss. They have many other health benefits, which I have discussed. I know for a fact that top celebrities and athletes used these secrets daily to keep that perfect body you always see on television. I guarantee that by utilizing these secrets you will find your self healthier than ever. Along with proper diet and exercise you will see some amazing weight loss results using these secrets.

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Copyright 2005, Adam Faherty

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