Monday, December 29, 2008

Importance of a Well Balanced Diet in Successful Weight Loss


by Ricardo d Argence

When the scale just won't budge, it can be so frustrating.
You are dieting, counting calories, and cutting back the way
you are supposed to. It seems like your best friend eats all
the time and to make matters worse she is just nice and
slim.

Perhaps you've concluded you are genetically predisposed to
be curvy. A more likely explanation is that you are eating
the wrong combination of foods, while those ideas may be a
remote possibility.

The amount of daily calories you consume is not what decides
whether you are thin or overweight. You must supply your
body with the nutrients it needs in order to work like a
well-oiled machine, burning fat calories as energy before it
turns to fat on your thighs.

It's necessary to understand why a well-balanced diet is
important and why eating food from every group is necessary.
After we understand our bodies' nutritional needs, we can
design a diet that helps us lose weight permanently.

We need to eat every day, there are basically 3 types of
calories. These are protein, carbohydrates, and fat. Your
system requires all 3 different calories, but not all in the
same amount at each food intake. You trust or do not trust,
some fat calories can really work fast on weight loss, while
some of the non fatty stuff you consume can cause increase
in weight if eaten regularly.

Sugar is commonly found in fat free foods. A sugar-rich diet
will result in your body leaving excess calories to be
stored as fat.

Many people think that eating fat is taboo and that fat free
foods are safe. The truth is that when you consume fat
calories they do not turn directly into fat on your body.
When you eat fat free foods, you will not automatically lose
weight either. To lose weight you must understand this fact
and become receptive to a different way of dieting.

Once you understand which foods have fat burning properties
and keep your blood sugar at a stable level all day you will
begin to lose weight, in many cases rather rapidly. When you
eat foods that cause an upward spike in your blood sugar
level, you will get a nice boost of energy only to be
followed by a crash. This crash occurs when the blood sugar
level drops too low, leaving you tired and hungry once
again. The higher the blood sugar level rises after eating,
the lower it drops after the spike. This is the reason that
obese people experience highs and lows in their level of
energy.

To have suitable energy levels, we need to provide our body
with certain numbers of calories from each nutritional
group. Any calories that are consumed and not used for fuel
will be stored as fat. Excess calories will be stored,
whether they came from carbohydrates, proteins, or fats
originally.

In the right combination and at the right time in order for
the body to function at its best,it is important to eat the
right calories. We can turn on the power of the natural fat
burning engine that resides within everybody, if we give our
body what it needs.

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