From the House of Scott Tousignant, BHK, CFC
Creator of Unstoppable Fat Loss
Author of “The Fit Chic” and “The Fit Bastard”
Co-Author of “101 Great Ways To Improve Your Health”
First of all this is not about a new miracle pill that melts the fat off your body. The best strategy of fat loss is to EARN IT.
The first step in earning a lean and tight body is to consume five to six small meals per day. It is something so simple yet many of us choose to ignore it. This alone is enough to kick-start your metabolism.
You should eat every 2 ½ to 3 hours. Each meal should be small and leave you feeling satisfied but not full. If you are not quite hungry 3 hours after you’ve consumed your meal, it’s a sign that you ate too much. Basically, take what you would eat during your 3 meals each day and spread it out over 6 meals.
To get the most out of each meal and turn up your metabolic furnace it’s best to combine a lean protein, a complex carbohydrate, vegetables, and essential fatty acids with most meals.
Eating carbohydrates alone will result in quick digestion and an insulin spike. Protein takes longer to digest and requires your body to burn more calories during the digestion process (thermic effect of food). Consuming proteins with your carbohydrates will cause the digestion of the carbohydrates to take longer and you will stay satisfied longer as well.
A common problem with the typical low calorie diet is the significant reduction in calories for extended periods of time. During the beginning stages of the diet you may lose a significant amount of weight but then you notice that your results start to decrease until eventually you are no longer losing weight even though your are still following the strict diet.
At this point you figure that you probably hit a plateau and you decrease your calories a little bit more so you can lose those last ten pounds. The plateau that you have experienced is due to your bodies ‘defense mechanism’ that is on red alert screaming, “We’re starving!”
So what does your body do?
It releases more fat storing hormones and enzymes into the bloodstream and decreases the fat burning hormones and enzymes. Why? The answer is that your body is simply trying to protect itself so it stores whatever it can as fat in order to prepare for this famine that you are putting yourself through. The end result is a decrease in your metabolism. So what can we do to prevent this from happening?
If you:
Are tired of being tired
Have already failed on your new year’s resolutions
Are fatter than you have ever been
Have tried every diet and more