They say that you need to eat a more balanced diet in order to lose weight.
I disagree with the suggestion that you eat a more balanced diet, because to me balance means no change. Take a balanced company; it neither makes nor loses money.
“Balanced”, in the strict sense of the word, means that you’ll eat better. It also means that you won’t lose any weight, but you won’t gain any either.
Insulin is a hormone secreted by the pancreas when you eat, especially if you eat sugar.
Insulin has two roles: lower the amount of sugar in the blood, or glycemia, and store fat.
And as long as you don’t understand that each pound has its story, you’ll always regain the pounds.
Remember, a diet is not a vaccine against weight gain.
But it’s actually all about metabolism as it is linked to your hormonal and genetic make-up.
If you want to lose weight, you’ll first have to eliminate something.
What do you think I should eliminate: fast sugars or slow sugars?
I should eliminate both.
If I want to lose weight, I must not only eliminate what causes me to gain weight - fast sugars and fat – but I also must stop eating the foods that cause me to gain weight. What will happen if I do these two things?
Well, I won’t gain any weight; however, if I’m not gaining weight I’m not necessarily losing weight.
Therefore, I must also eliminate the foods that prevent me from losing weight.
For example, everybody knows that a small apple won’t cause weight gain, but it may prevent weight loss in some cases.
Everybody knows that a slice of bread or Melba toast won’t cause weight gain, but it may prevent weight loss in some cases.
Why? Because when your body needs energy, it burns all its fast and slow sugars before it burns its fat.
If the human body could do the opposite and burn fat before it burns sugars, no one would have a weight problem!
When I lose weight, I lose two things: fat and muscle. But when I regain the pounds, I gain fat but no muscle.
It just so happens that the muscle I lost is the motor that burns the calories I eat.
Muscle loss can be prevented through exercise combined with adequate protein intake.
I think a normal weight is a weight at which there is no physical or psychological suffering.
It’s a weight that allows you to wear what you want and not only what fit