5 Dieting Myths You’ve Probably Fallen For
1 – Crash Dieting Works For Weight Loss – While crash dieting and starvation diets may provide quick results on your weighing scales, the results are never permanent.
Crash and starvation diets will help you lose weight quickly but its usually in the form of lean muscle tissue and fluid that’s lost from the body, which only returns when you start to eat normally again.
Plus this type of dieting can affect your metabolism as your body starts to shut down the amount of calories you burn because it thinks its starving.
2 – Skipping Meals Can Help You Lose Weight – Like the point above, missing out on meals could give some type of results but only temporary ones at that. By skipping meals you body starts to break down, muscle tissue as an alternative fuel to feed on itself.
Better to eat 5-6 smaller meals more frequently during the day than 2-3 large meals, this way you body has a constant supply of food and you’ll find your blood sugar levels staying more constant, so you won’t suffer from food cravings etc.
3 – Eating Late At Night Can Make You Fat – Studies have found that eating a large meal at night didn’t cause the body to store more fat. The reason being that calorie intake is measured over a 24 hour period rather than what you eat at a particular time.
Although this doesn’t mean that you should pig out before bed time, remember any time you go over your daily calorie intake, you’ll start to put on weight.
4 – The Longer You Exercise the Better the Results – While any type of exercise you do will help to bring better results to your waistline, you should take note that marathon exercise sessions don’t always bring the best results.
It’s better to break your exercise sessions down to 20- 30 minutes at a time. Studies have shown that the fat burning benefits of exercise are reduced after 30 minutes, so the lesson is like spreading out your meals; spread your workouts out during the day for better fat burning results.
5 – Counting Calories Can Help You Lose Weight – While counting calories can be beneficial for weight loss, it isn’t an exact science. There are other factors that come into play for example – age, metabolic rate, muscle mass etc.
Calorie intake should be better look at as the amount of calorie you’ve eaten compared to how much calories you’ve burned off. You could be eating the right calorie intake for your size but if it’s not burned off during the day, it’s only going to find its way onto your hips and butt, etc.
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