Fighting Metabolism to Lose Weight
Fighting Metabolism to Lose Weight is one of the bigger battles dieters face. The metabolism is the subconscious system that distributes energy to all the necessary functions that keep us vital.
When the metabolism senses energy sources are depleting (calories), it starts reducing services to the body. It preserves the main high energy consuming functions of digestion, heart, and brain and lowers it to luckily things like inflammation.
Negative calorie balance is necessary to lose weight. There is a fine line between reducing calories through diet and exercise and keeping the metabolism burning energy. The metabolism is responsible for 60% of our caloric burn each day.
Balancing Negative Calorie Burn and Losing Weight
The body gives up the first fat loss pounds easily from a moderate diet and a minimum amount of exercise. Then most dieters reach a plateau in which the metabolism is holding onto fat because it fears starvation.
A moderate negative calorie balance of 250 to 500 calories a day is tolerated by the metabolism because the dieter is still consuming adequately. Increasing water consumption to a minimum of half our weight in water ounces makes it easier for the body to shed fat. (A 160-pound person would consume 80 oz of water a day.)
One great way to ease the burden of the metabolism is to restrict consumption to a limited number of hours. The digestive system then has more time to process food and may use both calories and fat to operate. Consuming during an 8-hour period and resting for 16 hours is a good start.
A second great way to accelerate calorie burn and assist the metabolism is a meal replacement shake. The body is getting vital nutrients and minimum calories. Instead of having a 1,000- calorie breakfast, the shake with fruit might be 400 calories.
Breakfast is the best time to consume calories and especially carbohydrates because it may limit appetite the rest of the day and the carbohydrates will be consumed for energy. The advantage of a meal shake for breakfast is it extends the fasting period. If our last meal is at 5 p.m. and the next morning we have a shake and lunch at noon, we have a 19-hour window of no meals.
Exercise in the morning after a meal replacement shake accelerates the calorie burn and may force the body to consume fat for fuel. Followed by a protein lunch of chicken and cheese or other healthy fat like avocado and the metabolism continues to utilize fat for energy.
These three steps of calorie restriction, increased water consumption, and intermittent fasting plus exercise are a balanced way to work with the metabolism to accelerate dramatic weight loss. I used this process to lose 40 pounds in a five-month period. The process helped me fight the plateaus and consistently lose weight.
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