Hi ya Gorgeous,
In this season of transition as I am moving into full time film making and part time blogging - I post on Mondays. But! This guest post of information on dieting is so good, I needed to share now. Enjoy!
An
estimated 45 million Americans go on a diet each year, and Americans
spend $33 billion each year on weight loss products. Yet, nearly
two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese. With all of this money
expended, why are so many people unable to lose weight?
Dr.
Christopher Calapai is, a New York City Osteopathic Physician board
certified in family and anti-aging medicine. He says that, “People are
dealing with dieting information overload. It is hard to know what is
sound weight loss advice and what is a myth.” He sets the record
straight on some of our most commonly held diet and weight loss myths.
You can eat whatever you want if you workout
Unfortunately,
a half hour on the treadmill isn’t going to help you lose weight if you
reward yourself by downing a few slices of cake and an order of French
fries. The treadmill told you that you burned off 500 calories, but
those estimated machine readouts are not always accurate. It’s near
impossible to out-exercise a bad diet unless you plan to spend half your
day in the gym. You must workout and eat smart to see results.
Organic food is diet food.
The
word organic is enticing, but it’s also misleading. Organic means a
food is grown without pesticides or other chemicals and is not
genetically modified. But it says absolutely nothing about the nutrient
value of the food itself, or whether it’s a good dietary choice, or
whether it has excessive fat, sugar, or starch. Organic sugar is still
sugar. Organic white flour is still white flour. Organic butter is still
butter and organic lard is still lard.
You Can Lose 10 Pounds in 2 Weeks.
You probably can lose 10 pounds in two weeks if
you crash-diet, but that pace is rarely sustainable. Most of the
weight will return once you start eating normally. To truly lose 1
pound, you need to “eliminate” 3,500 calories—the amount stored in a
pound of fat—by eating less and moving more. If you cut 500 calories (or
cut 300 and burn 200 through exercise) every single day of the week,
you’ll lose about a pound a week. And that’s real weight loss.
amount
stored in a pound of fat—by eating less and moving more. If you cut 500
calories (or cut 300 and burn 200 through exercise) every single day of
the week, you’ll lose about a pound a week. And that’s real weight
loss.
Cleanses and detoxes are a good way to jump-start a diet.
Nobody needs to detox.
Unless
you've been poisoned, you have a built-in, super-efficient system for
filtering out most of the harmful substances you eat. It's made up of
two toxin-bashing organs: the liver and the kidneys. Our kidneys filter
our blood and remove any waste from our diet, and our livers process
medications and detoxify any chemicals we ingest. Paired together, these
organs make our bodies natural cleansing powerhouses.
You can’t eat after 8pm
It
doesn't matter what time of day you eat. It is what and how much you
eat and how much physical activity you do during the whole day that
determines whether you gain, lose, or maintain your weight. No matter
when you eat, your body will store extra calories as fat. If you want a
snack before bedtime, think first about how many calories you've eaten
that day.
You must keep your blood sugar topped up, and eat little and often to achieve it
This
is one of the least accurate bits of advice. Every time you eat a
carbohydrate, and your blood glucose levels rise, the body needs to
release a substance called insulin (from the pancreas) to return your
blood glucose levels to normal. Any “topping up” simply places a demand
on the body to get the blood glucose levels back down again. This might
be the reason for the explosion in type 2 diabetes – the body is asked
to release insulin too much, too often and has no way of recognizing
some of the foreign substances we consume in modern man-made food.
Wait Until You're Hungry to Eat.
Myth!:
By waiting to eat until you're very hungry, your hunger simply builds
and builds until it's all consuming, causing your appetite to spiral out
of control. In fact, new research reveals that by skipping breakfast,
you'll end up eating more calories in total and making less healthy food
choices throughout the day than you would have otherwise. Research also
shows that forgoing breakfast activates your body's insulin response,
triggering fat storage and weight gain.
Remember: you are beautiful!
Thank you for visiting the blog and check back for promotions and beauty giveaways!
