When you think of a diet what do you think?…take a second and
really think about what that word triggers in your mind??
Eat tiny meals? Eating food you hate? Always feeling hungry?
Try to reduce the amount of calories you eat each day? - This is exactly what I
think of and I'm sure you probably thought of at least one of those. This is
not healthy. This will not get you the results you truly want and most
importantly it is damaging your body on a level that cannot be seen.
So where do I begin? The word. Diet what can you see. Look
at the word and what can you see?
DIET
Those first three letter, its there, written out for us all
to see, its telling us what is happening and we blindly look past it in the
ever constant battle to look our best and impress people, to gain acceptance
from society about the way we look.
STOP IT! PLEASE!
You cannot diet, you have to change your lifestyle, its
about making small adoptions to our eating habits in our day to day lives that
will allow those Lb’s to just drop off us.
And now for the Science bit!
If we look at restricting the amount of calories we need
each day in order to lose weight what will happen? I'm sure you have all seen
it, a friend goes on a diet and loses a shed load of weight in the first couple
of weeks, they start to look amazing, really thin and you start to think that
maybe you should try that diet? Don’t! and I shall tell you why.
If we restrict the amount of calories we eat a day by over
250cals our body if the first two weeks will not really realise or understand
what is happening
“what's going on?”
“I don’t know!”
“well just carry on as normal and we’ll see if anything changes?”
So Yay for you! You have tricked your body into losing loads
of weight in those initial couple of weeks, but! Now your body is starting to
clock on to what you are doing.
In our adipose tissue (fat) there is a chemical hormone
called leptin, leptin levels are directly proportionate to that of our adipose
tissues levels. Now, when we lose all that fat due to our calorie restricted
diet our leptin levels are going to plummet. The Hypothalamus
(Hype-o-thal-a-mass) which is a detector in our brain, this will then sense the
rapid fat loss in our body and initiate the “Starvation Response”.
This means our brain realises that we are starving
ourselves, and our body will try and keep us alive for as long as it can (it’s
pretty smart like that), which is why our body will then decrease our BMR
(Basal Metabolic Rate (how many calories we burn at rest)) which means we will
hold onto the food more, making us store more fat in our adipose tissue from
all of our food, making us put on the fat we have lost. It will also increase
our hunger, which means obviously we will want to eat more. Now our body is
getting its own back! What will happen now most likely is you start to eat
slightly more than before, and the more you eat, the more you store in the
event you decide to starve yourself again. It’s a vicious cycle that ends with
you weighing more than you did in the first place.
Now you say to yourself: “That diet was rubbish! I haven’t lost any weight! Hmmm what
one shall I try next!?”
I'm sorry to say this Ladies and Gentlemen.
There is no Pill, there is no Diet, and there is no secret
ingredient to making you super skinny with your perfect abs, or bum or legs.
It’s hard work! Its dedication! Its looking at what you are eating and
questioning its values to you and your lifestyle.
Now get out there and spread the word, nutrition is coming
back and we are the ones to lead the way! We will make a fitter, healthier and
happy generation then those before us and it all starts here!
Information is the biggest weapon!
For any more info, or questions you have about what is said,
leave a comment in the comment section below and I will be sure to answer it as
soon as I can!
Matthew Grant
Personal Trainer &
Nutritional Adviser
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