Three Weight Loss Myths To Stop Believing There is a lot of erroneous information out there--the truth is, any program one takes par in with the intention of losing weight can only be successful when you do one thing, coupled with another: Eat less, and exercise more.
The point is to lower your calorie intake (including foods that are high in sugar and fat, and carbs = sugar), and increase your metabolic rate by using your body to move, each and every day.
A plethora of myths grace our media today.
Three that I find particularly scandalous are the following: 1.
Sugar has no fat; therefore, you can't gain weight from eating as much as you like.
Not so, sugar turns into weight simply because it is a carbohydrate, and feeds the body's desire for MORE, therefore, because of the high calorie content, you are taking in a gross amount, should you overindulge, and this necessitates increasing your metabolic rate even more than usual.
If you don't "work off" the sugar sufficiently, you're in for a weight gain.
2.
Don't eat after 7:00 p.
m.
and you'll lose weight.
I suppose this depends on exactly WHAT you eat before 7:00 p.
m.
and what you do afterwards.
This is just a "time frame game" that assumes we all plop into bed at a certain time of night.
The myth is also assuming we eat a big, hearty dinner, and then sit for two hours watching TV, and then roll onto our mattresses and don't move again for eight hours.
If one eats a "clean salad" at midnight it's not going to cause a fluxuation in weight.
It depends on your daily movement and your calorie intake--OVERALL--in a 24-hour time frame that impacts your weight loss or weight maintenance.
[A clean salad is translated into a healthy salad without heavy, creamy dressings] 3.
Weigh yourself daily on a scale to keep your weight under control.
The scale, the all-knowing, all-shaming scale, with numbers that can ruin my day is no longer a threat to me.
I have had countless arguments with my Sunbeam (and other brand types) at 6:00 in the morning, complaining as I stood upon it and the dial edged further around the arc of numbers, that I couldn't possibly weigh THAT MUCH! I have thankfully stopped playing the game of "what I weigh I think", and "I think therefore I am...
FAT", and have retired the scale onto a shelf in my walk-in closet.
The point is to lower your calorie intake (including foods that are high in sugar and fat, and carbs = sugar), and increase your metabolic rate by using your body to move, each and every day.
A plethora of myths grace our media today.
Three that I find particularly scandalous are the following: 1.
Sugar has no fat; therefore, you can't gain weight from eating as much as you like.
Not so, sugar turns into weight simply because it is a carbohydrate, and feeds the body's desire for MORE, therefore, because of the high calorie content, you are taking in a gross amount, should you overindulge, and this necessitates increasing your metabolic rate even more than usual.
If you don't "work off" the sugar sufficiently, you're in for a weight gain.
2.
Don't eat after 7:00 p.
m.
and you'll lose weight.
I suppose this depends on exactly WHAT you eat before 7:00 p.
m.
and what you do afterwards.
This is just a "time frame game" that assumes we all plop into bed at a certain time of night.
The myth is also assuming we eat a big, hearty dinner, and then sit for two hours watching TV, and then roll onto our mattresses and don't move again for eight hours.
If one eats a "clean salad" at midnight it's not going to cause a fluxuation in weight.
It depends on your daily movement and your calorie intake--OVERALL--in a 24-hour time frame that impacts your weight loss or weight maintenance.
[A clean salad is translated into a healthy salad without heavy, creamy dressings] 3.
Weigh yourself daily on a scale to keep your weight under control.
The scale, the all-knowing, all-shaming scale, with numbers that can ruin my day is no longer a threat to me.
I have had countless arguments with my Sunbeam (and other brand types) at 6:00 in the morning, complaining as I stood upon it and the dial edged further around the arc of numbers, that I couldn't possibly weigh THAT MUCH! I have thankfully stopped playing the game of "what I weigh I think", and "I think therefore I am...
FAT", and have retired the scale onto a shelf in my walk-in closet.