The Metabolism - What Is It And How Can it Work For Me?

Written by Randy Mclean


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-Make Sure to Eat-

Yes, that's right, eat! Also, make sure you avoid crash diets where you starve yourself. Restricting your calories too much will result in a loss of lean muscle tissue slowing your metabolism down. And we don't want that! Make sure to also spread your meals out evenly throughoutrepparttar day. Smaller, more frequent meals are generally considered better. Try a minimum of four. This way, your body will not think it's starving itself and won't be as likely to storerepparttar 115806 food as fat. This is usuallyrepparttar 115807 case when you only eat two or three meals duringrepparttar 115808 day.

-Negative things-

While these things do work, they are not viewed as favourable asrepparttar 115809 ones described above because of certain side effects. These are things such as smoking. While they do work to a certain degree they seem to provide more negatives than positives. If you want an extra 'push' I would consider taking some time to research food supplements. They can give you more of an edge and 95% of them are good for you.

How Does It Benefit Me?

Well, besides burning more calories at rest you will look and feel a lot better. You will also be able to eat more and you will enjoy a more full life. Also, people who exercise regularly are less likely to lose muscle as they age and won't have to worry as much about 'putting onrepparttar 115810 beef...' Try these techniques, they can work for you!

Randy Mclean has a diploma in Fitness and Nutrition from Education Direct, a YMCA individual conditioning certificate and is the author of Instinct - Master Your Mind And Your Body! For free tips and tricks visit www.weightlossguidance.com


Motel Madness! Staying Fit on the Road...

Written by Randy Mclean


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Since we're on this topic remember that taste and hunger arerepparttar two biggest factors in any diet program. You want to be reasonably full and also provide yourself with palatable things to get you there. Nothing will make you give up faster than those two things.

Frequency

I also tried to eat at least 3 times a day, smaller meals. Nothing will jam up your metabolism faster than eating once or twice a day. I'm sure you know as least one person who will eat 1-2 meals daily and then wonders why they can't lose weight. Or you might even notice this yourself. There are people everywhere with pot bellies who only eat 1 or 2 meals a day, way less than most fit people.

I had already in my mind a 'set amount' of food for maintenance or even weight loss. Again, this is instinct based on practice. An example with me isrepparttar 115805 '2 sandwich rule.' I know it sounds funny but it's true. If I eat more than 2 sandwiches constantly for any length of time I will gain weight. Especially later inrepparttar 115806 evening. So I know right away that one meal or serving for me is 2 sandwiches. It always pays to experiment and know your body, pushing it as far as you can. Why eat less when you can eat more!

Activity

Since running onrepparttar 115807 spot in my room didn't appeal to merepparttar 115808 best and easiest way to accomplish this task was by walking. I only walked every second or third day for 20-30 minutes which was apparently enough to keep my weight in check. I would actually say it was more than enough consideringrepparttar 115809 kind of foods I was eating as well asrepparttar 115810 quantities.

Application

While these circumstances are a worst case scenario (besides being stranded inrepparttar 115811 forest) these techniques can help you when something quick comes up and you have to leave home for a couple of days (or possibly longer) and can't take much with you. Sudden business trips or unfortunate tragedies such as funerals can reverse your progress and allrepparttar 115812 hard work you put in. Don't let it happen to you!

The End Result

To my surprise when I arrived home I weighed exactlyrepparttar 115813 same as I did when I had left! I thought I had gained a few pounds judging by my appearance inrepparttar 115814 mirror but would later find out that it was water weight due torepparttar 115815 high sodium content inrepparttar 115816 foods I was eating. You would be surprised at how much your appearance can change from day to day just byrepparttar 115817 foods you eat. If you eat 'clean' most ofrepparttar 115818 time you will look 2-3 pounds lighter right fromrepparttar 115819 beginning.

These techniques are very advanced and are taken from my weight loss ebook Instinct - Master Your Mind And Your Body. While this article is just touching onrepparttar 115820 techniques that one ofrepparttar 115821 chapters describes, one thing remains clear...they work!

Randy Mclean has a diploma in Fitness and Nutrition from Education Direct, a YMCA individual conditioning certificate and is the author of Instinct - Master Your Mind And Your Body! For free tips and tricks visit www.weightlossguidance.com


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