Think
of the word ‘diet’. What words come to mind? Restriction? Deprivation?
…Failure? I’ll also place a bet that your mental representation also
involves some ‘temporary’ way of eating.
This is what the word has come to represent, although it doesn’t actually mean that at all. Yes ‘diet’ does refer to a way of eating, but with no emphasis on a temporary period of time or restriction. Yet the word has been misused so many times in this manner that any reference to the word will dredge up these misplaced associations.
Because of this mindset, a typical person will go on a diet, lose ‘weight’, go off the diet, gain ‘weight’, go on a diet, lose ‘weight’, go off the diet, gain ‘weight’ and continue this cycle either for the rest of their life or just throw their hands up in despair and give up permanently.
The facts speak for themselves, with usual dieting 95% of people will regain any weight lost, and a good percentage of those will gain back even more.
This is diametrically opposed to the way dieting should be approached. Why?
‘Dieting Paralyses Metabolism’
With usual dieting you generally eat less. When you eat less, you decrease what is known as Energy Flux. By decreasing Energy Flux, you limit the energy that flows through your body. Any time you limit energy flow, you slow your metabolism dramatically. A slow metabolism is the absolute worst scenario if fat loss is your goal.
When you eat less, you also have fewer opportunities to increase your metabolism by using the Thermic Effect of Food (TEF). The act of digesting and metabolising food requires energy and certain foods have a much bigger effect than others, in some cases it’s the difference between a 0% and 30% increase.
As I’ve shown before when you reduce your consumption of food, your body goes into emergency mode which causes it to preferentially store as much incoming energy as fat as it can to prepare for famine. The effect of this is a potentially permanently compromised metabolism because of its influence on your fat cells, muscle, hormones and neurotransmitters. It slows down the function of your body, both physically and mentally to a point of feeling constantly tired, unenthused and living in a world with the colour set to grey.
With the right nutrition the opposite is true. You’ll eat more which gives you access to more energy which will result in a more dynamic, vibrant, passionate life full of vivid colour.
Want to re-ignite your inner flame? Then join us in the Lean for Life Program, where you’ll be guided step by step towards realising the body of your dreams.
What’s Lean for Life? Click on the link and find out.
http://hpc-uk.net/6.html
This is what the word has come to represent, although it doesn’t actually mean that at all. Yes ‘diet’ does refer to a way of eating, but with no emphasis on a temporary period of time or restriction. Yet the word has been misused so many times in this manner that any reference to the word will dredge up these misplaced associations.
Because of this mindset, a typical person will go on a diet, lose ‘weight’, go off the diet, gain ‘weight’, go on a diet, lose ‘weight’, go off the diet, gain ‘weight’ and continue this cycle either for the rest of their life or just throw their hands up in despair and give up permanently.
The facts speak for themselves, with usual dieting 95% of people will regain any weight lost, and a good percentage of those will gain back even more.
This is diametrically opposed to the way dieting should be approached. Why?
‘Dieting Paralyses Metabolism’
With usual dieting you generally eat less. When you eat less, you decrease what is known as Energy Flux. By decreasing Energy Flux, you limit the energy that flows through your body. Any time you limit energy flow, you slow your metabolism dramatically. A slow metabolism is the absolute worst scenario if fat loss is your goal.
When you eat less, you also have fewer opportunities to increase your metabolism by using the Thermic Effect of Food (TEF). The act of digesting and metabolising food requires energy and certain foods have a much bigger effect than others, in some cases it’s the difference between a 0% and 30% increase.
As I’ve shown before when you reduce your consumption of food, your body goes into emergency mode which causes it to preferentially store as much incoming energy as fat as it can to prepare for famine. The effect of this is a potentially permanently compromised metabolism because of its influence on your fat cells, muscle, hormones and neurotransmitters. It slows down the function of your body, both physically and mentally to a point of feeling constantly tired, unenthused and living in a world with the colour set to grey.
With the right nutrition the opposite is true. You’ll eat more which gives you access to more energy which will result in a more dynamic, vibrant, passionate life full of vivid colour.
Want to re-ignite your inner flame? Then join us in the Lean for Life Program, where you’ll be guided step by step towards realising the body of your dreams.
What’s Lean for Life? Click on the link and find out.
http://hpc-uk.net/6.html
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