Lose Weight
lose weight
If we were to believe all we read in the media we could be forgiven for being totally confused by all the hype on diets and weight loss. Many diet gurus would have you believe that it is relatively easy to lose weight and some diet plans even suggest you can lose up to 11lb in 2 weeks. The problem arises when, having lost the weight, you start to put it all back on again and you are back to square one.
In order to really understand the process of lose weight we need to understand the process that made us overweight in the first place.
All human beings have a family of hormones and enzymes that are intended to fight the fat. Unfortunately our poor and inconsistent dietary habits means that changes take place in the body that make it more difficult for the body to lose fat and ultimately sustain any weight loss.
If we miss a meal or eat too many carbohydrates our bodies respond by elevating the stress hormones. The body then thinks it is in a life threatening situation and responds by releasing stored glycogen into the blood to raise the blood sugar. If this cycle is repeated on a regular basis our bodies will be experiencing bouts of high and low blood sugar causing the body to be over stressed and therefore unable to deal effectively with weight loss.
If the body has elevated blood sugar levels, the response is to release insulin to lower the blood sugar. Insulin levels will remain high if the body is consistently under nourished with the wrong food combinations. Excess insulin along with inactivity can prevent lose weight due to the fact that inactive muscles become insulin resistant and more and more calories are stored in the fat cells. This can ultimately progress to situation where the body becomes insulin resistant.
If you find yourself accumulating fat in the middle of your body then you have more than likely become insulin resistant. lose weight can be very difficult if this is the case.
However even more important is the fact the fat accumulation will eventually extend to other areas of the body and you will be come progressively more obese. As the muscles and fat cells become less sensitive to insulin, blood sugar levels will rise higher and the body will be forced to use the pancreas to help to lower the levels. In a worst case scenario this can result in Type 11 Diabetes.
If you are to succeed in your lose weight you need to be aware that there are various factors that help to determine how quickly and effectively you lose weight, one of which is turning fat into lean muscle. You need to eat right sort of foods for your metabolic type and do the appropriate exercises on a regular basis. Very often this can result in an initial weight gain as you gain muscle (which weighs more than fat). Then as if by magic your body will start to experience lose weight that can often seem to be faster than normal. Of course a weight gain, when on a lose weight diet, can be very disconcerting and many people give up mistakenly thinking that the diet isn’t working for them
Because muscle is the most metabolically active tissue in your body, your ability to burn up unwanted fat and subsequently achieve lose weight is improved. However it is important to remember that although you may think that lose weight is your goal the chances are what you are really aiming for is a more streamlined body. If in order to achieve a more streamlined shape you need to convert fat into lean muscle and gain a bit of weight in the process, then lose weight has to become a secondary issue.
In order to help overcome this mind set it is a good idea when starting a diet to take your measurements as well as getting weighed. This way you will be relieved to find that you are losing inches even when your weight is seemingly staying the same. This will give you the incentive you need to continue
Janet Matthews
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