You do not get fat from a lack of exercise, this is a myth. You get fat because you eat the wrong types of food, at the wrong time - period. Sure, exercise is healthy and will help you lose further weight if you already eat at the appropriate times of the day, but without any 'order' in your diet you will not get far, whatever diet you decide to try.
The human body is like an engine. It needs certain foods at certain intervals of the day. If you don't eat the right types of food at the right times of the day, it won't burn up those calories. Think of it as wasted fuel -- Your body stores up all this wasted fuel as fatty tissue. For example, if I decided to go on an 800 mile trip in my car, I would need to fuel up my car 3 times to make this journey, roughly once every 200 miles. I could try and fill my car with enough fuel to last the whole 800 miles, but the fuel tank would just fill up and fuel would star spilling everywhere. I would still only make around 200 miles before I needed to re-fuel again. The human body is no different, there is very little point giving your body excess fuel, as once it has what it needs, the rest is wasted... but unlike a car the wasted fuel doesn't just spill over the side, it gets stored in your body, making you fat.
Your body needs at least three meals per day to function properly. And if you eat at the right intervals then you can do this and lose weight at the same time. Its no more complicated than that, and it doesn't include eating salad all day long and going out for long jogs. If you seriously want to get in shape, I would advise you stay clear of these often dangerous dieting methods:
1. Low Calorie Diets Don't Work
You can't lose weight by starving yourself (a low calorie diet) because your bodies metabolism will simply adjust to the major drop. If you are eating 3000 calories per day, then your body will burn 3000 calories a day. If you drop down to 1800 calories a day, your body will simply detect the drop, and begin to only burn 1800 calories a day. This is precisely why many people fail in their diets, they assume if they cut their calorie intake in half, they will lose weight, but its simply not the case.
Many people wonder "how can I eat so few calories and still gain weight, while my friend eats double the amount of calories i do and she doesn't lose any weight!". Now you know why.
2. Low Fat Diets Do Not Work
Everywhere you go, in every supermarket and grocery people are buying 'low fat' and 'fat free' foods, yet a lot of people are still getting fat despite this. Eliminating fat from your diet will not make you thin, in fact your body actually needs fat to survive.
3. Low Carb Diets Don't Work - and they make you grumpy!
Low carb diets are really popular nowadays, but have the habit of leaving you feeling tired and miserable. (a lot of people end up eating more when they feel tired and miserable, which is why these diets regularly fail). Carbs give you energy, no carbs - no energy. No energy means low self esteem, hardly the mindset you want to be in when on a diet.
Almost 300,000 Americans die each year from being overweight. It's a very sobering thought, and could be greatly reduced if we TAKE ACTION and start taking simple steps to lose weight the right way now.
Take control of your life, don't just become another statistic.
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