The first stage is to increase metabolism. Now metabolism basically relates to how fast your body breaks down food into energy for your muscles. Someone with a fast metabolism is the skinny-rake looking person who eats 50 times a day and still looks like they could do with a few more steak and pumpkin pies.
A slow metabolism on the other hand, relates to someone who eats only a few meals a day, but can't seem to shift any weight. Any extra increase in calories, such as a cheeky McDonalds will certainly lead to a gain in fat.
Why does this matter? Well firstly, increasing your metabolism will allow you to burn more fat at rest. That's right, doing nothing, burning fat. Sounds good right?
Well, most people make the mistake on their diets of, '3 solid meals a day'. I constantly hear people saying, I only eat 3 meals a day and look at the size of me. This is because your poor body has to survive 24hrs (including the time you sleep) when you feed it only 3 times!
These meals tend to be huge meals, which decrease the rate at which your body can break it down (metabolism).
By breaking your meals down into smaller portions, allows you to eat more frequently. What this does, is increase your metabolic rate (aka metabolism) so that it burns through the food faster. Because your body knows it's getting food again in a few hours, it will burn through the current set a lot quicker than if you starve it by feeding it 3 times a day.
I recommend eating 6 or 7 smaller meals throughout the day to send your metabolism into overdrive! This may seem like a chore at first, and even difficult, but you are not reading what I've written. I said eat more MEALS, NOT more FOOD.
A slow metabolism on the other hand, relates to someone who eats only a few meals a day, but can't seem to shift any weight. Any extra increase in calories, such as a cheeky McDonalds will certainly lead to a gain in fat.
Why does this matter? Well firstly, increasing your metabolism will allow you to burn more fat at rest. That's right, doing nothing, burning fat. Sounds good right?
Well, most people make the mistake on their diets of, '3 solid meals a day'. I constantly hear people saying, I only eat 3 meals a day and look at the size of me. This is because your poor body has to survive 24hrs (including the time you sleep) when you feed it only 3 times!
These meals tend to be huge meals, which decrease the rate at which your body can break it down (metabolism).
By breaking your meals down into smaller portions, allows you to eat more frequently. What this does, is increase your metabolic rate (aka metabolism) so that it burns through the food faster. Because your body knows it's getting food again in a few hours, it will burn through the current set a lot quicker than if you starve it by feeding it 3 times a day.
I recommend eating 6 or 7 smaller meals throughout the day to send your metabolism into overdrive! This may seem like a chore at first, and even difficult, but you are not reading what I've written. I said eat more MEALS, NOT more FOOD.
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