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Weight Loss Myth #2
The “Simple Equation” Weight Loss Myth:
Eat Less & Exercise More
Plus Weight Release Tips #2. (For your immediate action.)
Last week we shared with you Weight Loss Myth #1:
“The Warfare Weight Loss Myth”
We asked you to consider:
1) Your body is a highly intelligent bio-computer that rarely makes mistakes
2) Your body knows EXACTLY how to achieve it’s ideal weight
3) Your body WANTS to be at your ideal weight.
4) Your body waiting for you to provide the proper fuel and proper conditions to spring into action and begin releasing unnecessary weight.
And then we posed the “million dollar questions”…
1) What is the proper fuel?
2) And, what are the proper conditions?
And I didn’t give you a straight answer.
Instead I asked you to first apply Weight Release Tip #1:
“Make Peace with Your Body and Your Body Fat.”
So many of you chose an oppressive food or exercise rule to reverse, and then took on a loving, powerful nourishment goal for your bodies.
I applaud you for taking on an intelligent approach to your weight release goals, and now its time for Myth and Tip #2, which exposes a COMMON and seriously devastating WRONG answer to those million dollar questions.
If you struggle with your weight, and are confused about why, this just might be the “AHA!” moment that sets you FREE… finally giving you access to your body’s natural ability to release excess body fat, for good.
Weight Loss Myth #2
“Eat Less & Exercise More”
The Simple EquationWeight Loss Myth
What is the proper fuel and what are the proper conditions that will turn on your body’s metabolic power to readily shed unnecessary, unneeded and unwanted body weight?
Well, the diet and fitness industry would have you believe the devastating myth that you simply need to:
1) Eat less (fewer calories), and
2) Exercise more (especially on treadmills and elliptical machines)
This is simply NOT true!
Buy into this myth and there is a good chance you’ll end up even FATTER.
How could that be??
Remember that the body is hard-wired for survival and rarely makes mistakes. We haven’t been around on planet Earth for so many years for nothing.
You see, the “Eat Less” Myth unwittingly triggers
a Fat STORAGE Survival Mechanism.
Do you skip or skimp on breakfast and/or lunch?
Well, instead of burning more calories, the body responds as if it is a survival emergency. It releases chemicals that urge us to search for food, NOW! Do you know that feeling?
In the meantime, the body decides to conserve precious energy by increasing fat storages and slowing down fat burning.
“But I lost weight this way!”
You may have lost weight this way. But did you KEEP it off?
You will lose weight by under-eating and exercising like mad, but there is a problem:
At least half that weight will be muscle.
Burning off your muscle mass is like shooting yourself in your foot.
Why?
Because muscle burns 70 times more calories than fat. Burn off your muscle and you destroy your body’s ability to burn fat.
And THEN, when you can’t take the hunger, cravings and mood swings that come with skipping and skimping, and you CRASH off the diet, the weight that is gained back comes in the form of fat.
Now, you are in an even tougher situation than before: with less muscle and more fat – and much less fat-burning capacity for the next round of dieting.
Weight Release Tips #2
Be in Action
Did you fall for the “Eat Less, Exercise More” Myth?
a) Stay Satisfied and Sated
Keep the body from releasing the “Find food NOW!” chemicals, which slow metabolism and fat burning throughout your body, while setting you up for snacking and overeating later in the day.
Never skip meals or leave a meal hungry, especially breakfast and lunch.
Prioritize 3 meals per day full of whole foods that satisfy and satiate you.
Hint: If you are eating out of boxes, bags and cans on a daily basis, consider getting some support to master fast and delicious cooking.
b) Exercise Smarter, NOT Harder.
Prioritize movement that will build fat-burning muscle like weight lifting, power yoga, pilates, etc. Think slow movement with more resistance for your major muscle groups in ways that are completely natural: squating, lunging, pushing, pulling.
I personally love Paul Chek’s “Eat, Move and Be Healthy” for a very clear and helpful guide on how to create a personalized exercise program that is simple, fun and effective.
3 programs to Release Excess Weight, NOW:
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Weight Loss Myth #1
Your Body Fat is the Enemy
Diet, supplement, and fitness companies want you to believe that your body fat is a cunning and ruthless adversary you must be ever be on guard against, even at war with.
People say, “I’m battling my weight! It’s like my body hates me.”
The reality is that your body is a highly efficient “bio-computer.”
It rarely makes mistakes.
All the way down to the level of DNA, it is checking itself for errors constantly and repairing any damage.
Weight gain is a natural and intelligent response the body is genetically programmed to make under certain conditions.
And… your body knows EXACTLY how to achieve it’s ideal weight.
Even better, your body WANTS to be at your ideal weight.
It’s waiting for you to get on board- to provide the proper fuel and proper conditions.
It will instantly spring into action, and release unwanted, unnecessary weight, so you can function at your peak.
So, there is no need to fight your body or the fat that is part of your body.
Warfare Weight Loss is like a group of people oppressing another group of their own countrymen, falsely thinking they are bad or inferior.
Ultimately, there will be lack of cooperation and eventually a major backlash.
That’s what happens when we do deprivation dieting, force ourselves to eat boring, bland foods, or endure torturous workouts…
You’re inevitably left with uncontrollable craving, snacking and overeating, and distaste for exercise and physical movement.
So the million dollar questions are…
What is the proper fuel?
And, what are the proper conditions?
Well, there are lots of myths and misinformation about these questions too, and we will cover that over the next 4 weeks, so stay tuned.
Weight Loss Tip of the Week
But for this week the Tip is to stop doing battle with yourself, your body and your body fat.
The key to success is getting all parties on the same page – which is the way we are designed, so it’s not that hard to do.
So your tip for the week:
1) Take an inventory of a number of things you do or don’t do to lose weight.
Your list might include:
What you eat.
What you don’t eat.
How much you eat.
When you eat.
Whether you do eat.
How you exercise.
When you exercise.
What type of exercise.
2) Review the list and mark a star next to all the ones that seem more like a weapon in a war than a loving, delicious and fun way to live your fabulous life.
3) Identify the one that feels most oppressive and give yourself a break from it this week.
4) Ask yourself, “If my body really does know how to find my ideal weight and it wants to be at that weight, and its just waiting for me to make friends with it and give it proper nourishment and care…
What is one simple way I can nourish and care for myself this week?”
5) And then when that answer comes, if it makes you smile, follow the advice.
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