MsFit
12-28-2001, 11:37 AM
A vast majority of the American population is becoming overweight due to the lack of knowledge and understanding surrounding nutrition and exercise. Many people, unknowingly get trapped into the yo-yo dieting syndrome, in turn, causing more weight gain than originally starting out with. A few other reasons for the downfall of health of the nation is caloric restriction and jumping from one diet method to the next without giving the original diet a chance to prove itself.
Yo-yo dieting is simply starting and stopping the same diet over and over gain. Many reasons the diet is halted is due to lack of instant results, temptation, and caloric restriction. Some yo-yo diets last days while others last weeks and months. Stopping the diet due to low calories is normally followed by bingeing then restarting the diet. This back and forth process causes the body to store more fat then if you were not dieting at all.
Dieting with severe caloric restriction can cause weight gain as well. The reason, the body is designed for survival and in times of famine the body will slow it’s metabolism to compensate for fewer calories and the end result is stored fat since the body thinks it’s starving. The well-know post diet binge is also a built-in survival mechanism; it’s re-feeding the body after such low calories, or rather, starvation. The body needs food, or rather energy, to metabolize and survive. The body has no way of detecting self-imposed and life-threatening famine so either way a harsh price is paid.
Almost every diet works if it allows you to eat. The reason many diets fail is because most people jump from one diet to the next and don’t give the original diet a chance to work. You must be consistent when dieting. Weight loss does not happen with eating haphazardly. A constant supply of nutrients needs to be administered to the body through out the day. Create a balance.
The Diet That Works: Eating five to six small balanced meals a day, complete with protein for muscle building, carbs for energy and fat for balance and for the essential fat you may be lacking that can assist in weight loss. Of course it’s not a matter of how much you eat as what you eat. Eliminating the obvious fat and sugar is a good start. Next, limiting processed foods. Sticking to fresh and/or frozen is best. Once a base diet is established you can rotate and cycle carbs for added fat loss, provide you are exercising as well. :D
MsFit
Yo-yo dieting is simply starting and stopping the same diet over and over gain. Many reasons the diet is halted is due to lack of instant results, temptation, and caloric restriction. Some yo-yo diets last days while others last weeks and months. Stopping the diet due to low calories is normally followed by bingeing then restarting the diet. This back and forth process causes the body to store more fat then if you were not dieting at all.
Dieting with severe caloric restriction can cause weight gain as well. The reason, the body is designed for survival and in times of famine the body will slow it’s metabolism to compensate for fewer calories and the end result is stored fat since the body thinks it’s starving. The well-know post diet binge is also a built-in survival mechanism; it’s re-feeding the body after such low calories, or rather, starvation. The body needs food, or rather energy, to metabolize and survive. The body has no way of detecting self-imposed and life-threatening famine so either way a harsh price is paid.
Almost every diet works if it allows you to eat. The reason many diets fail is because most people jump from one diet to the next and don’t give the original diet a chance to work. You must be consistent when dieting. Weight loss does not happen with eating haphazardly. A constant supply of nutrients needs to be administered to the body through out the day. Create a balance.
The Diet That Works: Eating five to six small balanced meals a day, complete with protein for muscle building, carbs for energy and fat for balance and for the essential fat you may be lacking that can assist in weight loss. Of course it’s not a matter of how much you eat as what you eat. Eliminating the obvious fat and sugar is a good start. Next, limiting processed foods. Sticking to fresh and/or frozen is best. Once a base diet is established you can rotate and cycle carbs for added fat loss, provide you are exercising as well. :D
MsFit