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Tags: health, wellness, diets, starvation diets weight loss
 So you want to lose weight, and perhaps you’re getting impatient. Don’t we all want quick results- especially with weight loss. Your initial tendency then might be to eat as little as you can, or maybe even skip meals. It seems like a simple logic, right? Eat less or starve and you have less calories intake.
Then you lose weight. Many people misconceive such sort of diets, or starvation diets. What are examples of starvation diets? Consider this scenario: A "good" breakfast is comprised of a cup of black coffee. For lunch, you try to fill up with carrots and celery sticks. Dinner, on the other hand is of “mouse – size” proportions.
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But why is it that by the end of the week, you don’t lose a pound? And on the contrary, you might even notice your belly fat becoming more prominent. The logic you used to believe in is then found erroneous. No, starvation diets don’t work. Starvation diets will not make you lose weight as quickly as you’d want to.
The body works the other way around as opposed to the common starvation diets weight loss misconception. When starving or going on a self-imposed unnecessary fasting, your body shifts into starvation mode. Your metabolism slows down and saves as much fat as it can. It is because your body is under the notion that you’re going through a long famine.
It prepares itself for survival. Your body is smarter than you think This is how it goes for starvation diets, and eating junk foods. As you may well know, junk food contains more calories than nutrients. Eating junk basically means taking in more toxins than nutrients. And these toxins make you gain weight.
The toxic burden you so bear would significantly cause havoc on your health as well. When keeping to starvation diets or nutrient deprived diets, you send your metabolism a blatant message that “Times are tough. You’d need to pack up fat to survive”. The body responds to this situation by saving calories rather than burning them off.
Muscle is burned up for energy instead of fat, so fat in stays in your body, packed up as reserve. Gaining weight would only be anticipated. You might also be complementing your starvation diet with exercise. You eat less and then exercise, so to speak. This is a massively unhealthy combination.
Eating less and exercising more increases your caloric requirements. And yet the body is deprived of the nutrient it needs. It is highly likely that your system would experience a break down. Loss of energy and ill health could then set in. That could spell more trouble for you. Not only would you fail in your weight loss effort, but you could gain an illness or a health issue in the same manner.
Your metabolism has a so-called “psychology”, and this you have to understand. The body has a mind of its own, so to speak. This “mind” controls the internal thermostat associated with your metabolic functions. If you feed your system inadequately, this thermostat is turned off. Thus, no more fat burning process, and everything you ingest is stored as fat.
But feed your body well, and it functions more efficiently, including its fat-burning agenda. A car needs gas, right? What good is a car that doesn’t run? The same goes for your body and the nourishment it needs.
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About the author
The author of this article Rose Windale is a Health and Wellness Coach who has been successful with several natural health programs for many years. Rose recently published a step-by-step guide on how to lose weight the EASY way and become totally healthy and happy. More info on her life-changing eating habits plan HERE.
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