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Low Carb Diet Plan - When More Is Better
When most people want to
lose weight the first thing they usually do is start
a diet. And a diet to most people means "stop eating".
Wrong!
A healthy diet should consist of eating
less of the foods that contain calories from simple
carbohydrates (sugar and processed flour) and more whole
grains, fresh fruits and vegetables and good sources
of protein. This is the basis of a good low carb diet
plan.
As a matter of fact, a good diet should
have you eating more instead of less! Not more food,
but more often.
The body's a wonderful mechanism. It's
geared towards one important goal. Survival. When your
body feels threatened by the lack of food it automatically
assumes that you're starving.
To combat this condition the body will
start breaking down muscle to use as energy and saves
its fat stores for the last ditch effort to save itself
from what it thinks is immanent death.
This is bad on two fronts.
First, by using muscle tissue for energy
you're losing precious lean mass which is metabolically
active. This means that you need energy to support muscle
which helps to keep your metabolism running at a higher
pace. Higher metabolism means more calories burned even
in a resting state.
Fat, on the other hand, doesn't need
any energy to support it. It's simply "dead"
weight.
Secondly, the body will start storing
more fat because it's preparing itself for the worst.
Your survival is your body's most important concern
so it'll do whatever it can to stay alive.
So what can you do if you want to eat
less without starving yourself and sending your body
into this defense mode?
Eat smaller meals more often throughout
the day.
This works on two levels.
By eating more often you won't get hungry
as quickly and your metabolism will stay raised because
you'll be digesting food more often. Digesting food
uses calories just like any other physical activity.
So here's the plan. Eat four or five
meals a day. Not what most would consider a meal (main
course with two sides and dessert!), but a small portion
of protein along with some fresh fruits and veggies.
This can be accomplished with a little
planning and preparing in your spare time.
Cook your weeks worth of meals - skinless
chicken's an excellent source of protein and can usually
be purchased in a big pack or value pack from your local
grocery store - and refrigerate it in separate packages,
one for each meal.
Egg whites are a very good source of
protein too. By mixing three or four whites with one
yolk and tossing it into the microwave for approximately
90 seconds, whipping it and tossing it back in for another
60 seconds, you can have some nice fluffy scrambled
eggs practically anywhere. Without all the cholesterol!
Buy your produce and clean it, separating
it too into meal size portions. All this can be done
in a few hours on the weekend.
Buying some disposable storage containers
can help keep things convenient and organized.
Try to eat every three hours or so to
keep your metabolism and energy up. This'll help you
stay away from those snacking binges too.
Also, drink lots of water. Water will
help to cleanse your body and make you feel full.
So you see, with a little planning and
by adhering to a low carb diet plan sometimes eating
more can be better!
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