The moment you want to lose weight you know that it is necessary
to eat healthier and exercise more. You start full of energy and
discipline, but it is always more difficult than you initially thought.
That
belly just gets in the way and the pounds don't fly off at lightning
speed. Keeping up with your new lifestyle demands a lot from you. How
can you continue to maintain this and prevent the most common mistakes
while losing weight?
The most common mistakes made during weight loss
The
first mistake during weight loss that many people make is counting
calories. Most people see losing weight as a punishment which means they
can eat fewer calories. It even goes so far that most people write down
what they eat and how many calories are in it.
In a strict food diary, you keep track of what you ate for breakfast, lunch, and snacks.
The snacks are not allowed, so write them down as little as possible.
The
problem with this kind of food diaries is that it doesn't really work
to lose weight. It only makes you aware and maybe even stressed about
what you eat in a day.
Eat fewer calories
The big problem
with reducing calories is that in the long term it is impossible to get
less than 1200 calories. Just like holding your breath, lowering your
calories cannot be sustained.
It is also not realistic to lose
weight because it is necessary to avoid the right calories from your
food. You need a balance of the right nutrients before you can lose
weight successfully.
Fat-free food
We get to see the same
message again and again in different advertisements. Fat is unhealthy
and therefore we have to eat low-fat foods. Fats cause the veins to silt
up and increase the risk of cardiovascular disease.
The unhealthy
fat that you eat is immediately converted into body fat. This reasoning
is wrong. The above story seems very logical but that is not the case.
It may sound silly but it is perhaps the most important nutrient during
weight loss. Fat may contain 9 calories per gram but it is better for
your body than sugar.
Fat does not disturb your hunger mechanism.
By eating fats your body will become fuller faster and you will eat
less. In addition, low-fat meals are tasteless. Food producers add sugar
to give it more flavor. Sugar is a real fat thickener that makes you
eat more. Low-fat or fat-free food does not help you lose weight.
Running
In
every magazine about health and weight loss, there are several articles
about the many benefits of running. Running is healthy and will help
you fight disease and help you get a tighter body.
That is of
course true. By exercising you speed up the heartbeat, this is healthy
because it strengthens your heart and blood vessels. However, when
losing weight, running is not recommended due to the following reasons.
- By making the same movement every day you increase the risk of hurting your joints. Especially if you have to carry a heavyweight, this is very bad for your joints.
- By exercising your body makes a stress hormone, cortisol. If you exercise for a long time, your body will produce a high level of cortisol. This high cortisol reduces your fat burning.
- By running for a long time, your blood sugar level is greatly reduced. After exercise, it is so low that it is necessary to supplement it quickly. The quickest way to supplement this is to take a sugar-rich drink or eat something sweet.
This is the reason that you always feel like eating sweet things after
exercise. Exercising is healthy for your body but the best sports are
short intensive sports of around half an hour.
Carbohydrate-rich food
The
products that you should avoid when you lose weight are
carbohydrate-rich products. It is not the only food that makes us
overweight but we eat too many carbohydrates a day. Carbohydrates are
found in bread, rice, potatoes, pasta, noodles, rusks, crackers and
crackers.
These carbohydrates are processed into sugars in your
body, these sugars increase your blood sugar levels enormously. Your
body produces the hormone insulin through these sugars. This hormone
processes the sugar from your blood. This process causes a sugar crash.
After your body has processed this you get hungry again and the circle
starts again.
If your body makes this circle too often, your body
cannot make it anymore. This will ensure that your insulin becomes
resistant. This insulin resistance is the cause of type 2 diabetes and
prevalence. So avoid carbohydrates as much as possible.
Start at the right moment
When
we start something we always want to do well. We are waiting for the
right moment. If this moment comes, you know for sure that you are going
to do it right. The problem with these kinds of intentions is that
there is no right moment. It never comes true.
It can sometimes
take weeks, months or years before you take steps. It's okay to enjoy it
once at a birthday or party. These are no reasons not to start a
healthy lifestyle today. Just start today and discover how far you get.
Start losing weight today
If
you wait for a perfect moment you will never take action. If you just
start, you will see that you are going much further than you initially
thought. Do not wait for the right motivation, trust that if you start
today you will automatically develop this motivation.
Successful
weight loss is choosing a good program, developing a healthy lifestyle
and continuing this until it becomes normal to eat this way. Always
choose a program or method that you trust and just go for it. Start
today and make no more mistakes while losing weight and ensure a slim,
fit and healthy body.
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