Tired Of Feeling Sluggish - Try These Simple Secrets To Lose Weight
The best way to get in shape and lose fat is by boosting your metabolism. This is the way you body burns calories in that metabolism means the way your body breaks down what you eat and uses it for energy. When your body’s metabolism is high, you are burning more calories. You are losing weight because your body is burning off the calories you eat rather than storing them as fat. Many people try to lose weight simply by eating less and this is a good way to lose weight if you can keep your calories down.
The result is people begin wanting food. This is only natural. To compensate for calories they did not eat the last two or three days, they overeat. If you have a sedentary life style and job, your metabolism needs to be raised not your food intake lowered. When you do not eat, the first thing your body does is feed off your muscle, not your fat.
A sedentary life leads to stored calories as fat because your metabolism is low. You need to turn calories into energy. You do this by increasing your metabolism. Food is energy. When you deprive your body of food you deprive your body of energy. You want to train your body to turn food into energy.
When you increase your metabolism you will not only burn more calories but you will also have more energy. People who try to lose weight by not eating, are sluggish throughout the day. Food is turned into energy by your body. Limit food and you limit energy. The key is to turn your body into an energy-making machine.
Remember your days in high school when you could eat anything and not gain weight? Back then you walked to school. You walked around campus. You were in gym class everyday. You were in practice for two or three hours a day if you were on the team. And you also played in the actual games each week.
Your metabolism was on fire then. Your body could barely get enough calories to keep you going. Now you ride or drive to work, you sit in your office chair all day, you get home feeling drained mentally and physically, you check the TV listings and snack yourself to sleep after a large dinner.
Getting to the spa is not easy, we all know that. So this month shoot for one trip after work per week. Next month shoot for two trips a week. Work up to three. Take a walk at lunch once a week. Work up to two per week, then three walks at lunch per week. You do not have to train for the Olympics simply get moving a little now and increase as the weeks go by.
Spend a few hours each weekend playing. That’s my Secrets For Fat Loss. Throw the Frisbee around, play with your kids, play with the dog, and run around the park. The best way to get in shape is to lose fat by boosting metabolism. Get out there and boost your metabolism, its the key to Losing Weight.
December 11 2009 05:42 pm | Health and Fitness
