Freedom From BigBrother Now!

Copyright 2005 Sheridan Woodcroft

A big mistake that lots of people make is skipping meals. They
think they are not eating much so they should be losing weight.
Wrong!

Your body was designed with the idea that you have to expend
energy in order to get food. If you think back a hundred or more
years ago, if you wanted to eat something you had to either go
hunting everyday or grow your own food. And that’s a lot of work
- that’s a lot of physical activity. And even though we no
longer have to do this, it doesn’t change the fact that our
bodies are still designed this way. So when you skip a meal,
your body actually thinks that you’re out in the wild and, for
whatever reason, food is hard to come by. This is a built in
survival mechanism that all of us have - it’s built in. So when
your body thinks food is hard to find, it does two things to
protect you from starving. First it slows your metabolism
causing your body to slow down and burn less fat. Second the
meal you eat after you skip a meal will be converted almost
entirely to fat and stored - to protect you from starving. So if
you skip breakfast, almost all of what you eat for lunch is
converted to fat. We think we’re taking in less food but in
reality were causing our bodies to store fat.

Your metabolism is totally controllable by you. You can lose
weight easily If you speed your metabolism up naturally and
safely.

Increasing your lean muscle mass enables your body to burn more
fat as it takes more effort to sustain muscle than it does fat.
Therefore, the more lean muscle mass you have, the faster your
metabolism is likely to be. Therefore, your exercise regime
should include not only fat burning exercises but also some
muscle building exercise. Women should note that this does not
mean you have to get ‘beefy’ but just tone up your muscles.

Protein also plays an important part in this process. Women
should generally consume about 100 grams of protein per day and
men 150 grams. This can be quite difficult to achieve unless you
take a protein supplement. You then know exactly how much
protein you are consuming and it is much easier to control.

So the message is: 1. Don’t skip meals - you will end up putting
on weight. 2. Build lean muscle mass by doing a combination of
weight training as well as fat burning exercises. 3. Make sure
you are consuming the right amount of protein per day to aid in
building lean muscle mass.