Eat more and lose weight

Why is it that so many things, turn out to be the opposite of what we would expect?

If you are having difficulty dropping those unwanted pounds, perhaps you just are not eating enough. I'll bet you've never heard that before? Turns out that losing weight is easier than we thought.

Heres how it works; when you reduce the amount you eat, you are sending a message to your body to go into survival mode. When your body goes into survival mode it wants to preserve all it can. It fights to retain it's reserves (fat). So losing weight becomes a struggle (and at Truthteller we don't like struggles).

When you eat, you actually expend a great deal of energy to digest the food. This burns calories. Nothing you can do will burn more calories than the process of digesting your food. You can run for an hour and you won't burn as many calories as you will by eating.

Now of course by eating you are taking in calories. The trick is to burn more off than you take in. So when it comes to eating it is best to eat smaller amounts and to eat more often. What you want to do is graze instead of eating big meals. Each time you eat you start the calorie burning process.

And do you know which foods burn the most calories when you digesting them? It's protein, foods like meat, beans and eggs. So you can see why diets like the 'Atkins Diet' which feature low carb consumption and high protein meals have been proven to most successful.

The biggest mistake people make is missing a meal like breakfast. Try eating 5 times a day (smaller portions). DON'T send starvation messages to your body by skipping any meals. Your body needs to know that you love it and that you live in abundance!

Now add a little exercise and watch the pounds disappear. And the same theory applies to exercise. It's better to do a little, more often, than just one big exercise session. Each time you exercise enough to elevate your heat rate you start your metabolism working and it keeps on working burning those calories, for awhile even after you quit the exercise. A good brisk walk 3 times a day will do wonders for you, even if it is only for 10-15 minutes at a time. Simple and easy.

Try to consume fresh vegetables and fruit, whole grains and drink plenty of water. Drinking water will give you that full feeling and take away cravings.

And finally, picture yourself exactly as you would like to be. Don't compromise by saying I'd like to lose 10 pounds when you know you would be happier losing 20 pounds. Settle only for what is best for you! You deserve nothing less than a perfectly happy and contented body. Love it and it will love you right back.

BONUS TIP; Everything is possible (losing weight) if you can find the fun in it. Let me give you an example. I just returned from the gym where I played 5 games of squash. When I came off the courts I was soaking wet with sweat from my head to my socks. And I was happy and can't wait to do it again. Why? Because it was fun, it was a game. Now I just need to figure out how to make eating smaller amounts more often fun? It shouldn't be that hard!

"life was meant to be fun, easy and over-flowing with abundance"

Eduardo

P.S. Most people could triple the amount of exercise they get, if they put the refrigerator and the TV at the opposite ends of the house.