With all of the different diet and health information out there, it's easy to become lost in a sea of "This is better, that's better."
But the question still remains - What's the best way to eat when trying to lose weight?
In this author's opinion, the answer is calorie cycling (also known as shifting calories and zigzag diet).
The reason for this is because it's a completely natural and healthy way of losing weight. There are no pills, no patches, no restriction of food groups, and no gaining the weight back as soon as you stop this way of eating. All that one does with shifting calories is vary the amount of calories that they eat on a daily basis. It's simple enough, right?
Because the body can't get used to what it's being fed, it can't adjust accordingly, and it can't plateau. With other diets that have the same amount of food per day (for example, diets that say to stay under 35 grams of carbohydrates or to stay on a 1200 calorie diet), the body anticipates this ahead of time. Weight loss comes to a complete halt.
With calorie shifting, there's no anticipation on the body's end, and pounds continue to be melted off. This diet is also the best way to eat because it's so psychologically inviting. There are "cheat days", so people don't feel miserable and restricted. This is generally one of the biggest reasons why people quit diets in the first place. They have eating patterns that are not conducive to their normal way of life, and the "shock" of the change frustrates them.
You can check out more about calorie cycling on my website at http://tinyurl.com/yayFOODlifestyle
This blog is not intended to treat, diagnose or mislead anyone concerning their health or weight.
These posts are merely a way to bring information, reviews and first-hand experiences to you.
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Sunday, September 27, 2009
Tricking Your Body With Calorie Cycling
There's a new sort of calorie cycling trick out there that allows people to quickly lose weight.
This trick works when one switches up the amount of calories that they eat on a daily basis.
This works so well because the body never knows how much food it's going to get, so it can never adjust accordingly. You actually "shock" your system by constantly giving it different amounts of calories, and one is almost forced to lose weight over and over.
The great thing about this calorie cycling trick is that it's completely healthy.
People get to still eat normal amounts of calories, and they even get "cheat" days.
How this works is different for different people. Some people like to eat low calorie all week, and then at the end of the week, have a gigantic cheat day.
Some other people (this way is more recommended) like to vary their calories on a daily basis - for example, go from 1300, 1300, 1900, 1300, 1800, 1100, 1400. As you can see, there are two days that are higher than the others, which people tend to love. They love this because they still get to eat more food on some days, and they don't feel neglected or restricted.
For years, bodybuilders have successfully been using this calorie cycling trick... but the mainstream public hasn't found out about it. This is probably likely due to the lack of money that can be made from it, as there are no special foods to buy, and there isn’t anything to make.
You can check out more about calorie cycling on my website at http://tinyurl.com/yayFOODlifestyle
This trick works when one switches up the amount of calories that they eat on a daily basis.
This works so well because the body never knows how much food it's going to get, so it can never adjust accordingly. You actually "shock" your system by constantly giving it different amounts of calories, and one is almost forced to lose weight over and over.
The great thing about this calorie cycling trick is that it's completely healthy.
People get to still eat normal amounts of calories, and they even get "cheat" days.
How this works is different for different people. Some people like to eat low calorie all week, and then at the end of the week, have a gigantic cheat day.
Some other people (this way is more recommended) like to vary their calories on a daily basis - for example, go from 1300, 1300, 1900, 1300, 1800, 1100, 1400. As you can see, there are two days that are higher than the others, which people tend to love. They love this because they still get to eat more food on some days, and they don't feel neglected or restricted.
For years, bodybuilders have successfully been using this calorie cycling trick... but the mainstream public hasn't found out about it. This is probably likely due to the lack of money that can be made from it, as there are no special foods to buy, and there isn’t anything to make.
You can check out more about calorie cycling on my website at http://tinyurl.com/yayFOODlifestyle
How To Shift Calories
After reading so much about calorie cycling and calorie shifting, most people want to know - How do I shift calories?
There are two answers here.
Actually, it's a very simple process.
One can either eat the same amount of low calories all week, or then cheat like crazy for the last day. The body will be expecting the same amount of low calories at the end of the week, and when it doesn't get it, it'll be "shocked". Going from the high day to the low day again will catapult weight loss.
A way that more people do it is to eat moderate calories for most of the week, and have two higher cheat days throughout. This is good because people don't need to wait a long time to cheat, and because they're not miserable 6 days out of 7.
They're happy 5 out of 7 and very happy for 2 out of 7.
The reason why people are happy:
There's no feeling neglected, no wanting to get off the diet, and no resentment. In fact, psychologists as well as doctors strongly recommend this diet for these reasons.
The other reason that this works is because the body can never get used to a single eating plan, such as low carb or low calorie. This means it can never adjust accordingly as it normally would. Because of this, weight keeps flying off.
You can check out more about how to shift calories, visit my website at http://tinyurl.com/yayFOODlifestyle
There are two answers here.
Actually, it's a very simple process.
One can either eat the same amount of low calories all week, or then cheat like crazy for the last day. The body will be expecting the same amount of low calories at the end of the week, and when it doesn't get it, it'll be "shocked". Going from the high day to the low day again will catapult weight loss.
A way that more people do it is to eat moderate calories for most of the week, and have two higher cheat days throughout. This is good because people don't need to wait a long time to cheat, and because they're not miserable 6 days out of 7.
They're happy 5 out of 7 and very happy for 2 out of 7.
The reason why people are happy:
There's no feeling neglected, no wanting to get off the diet, and no resentment. In fact, psychologists as well as doctors strongly recommend this diet for these reasons.
The other reason that this works is because the body can never get used to a single eating plan, such as low carb or low calorie. This means it can never adjust accordingly as it normally would. Because of this, weight keeps flying off.
You can check out more about how to shift calories, visit my website at http://tinyurl.com/yayFOODlifestyle
Low Calorie Foods - Stop Eating Them!
If you're looking for low calorie foods, there is good news and bad news for you.
The good news: You're in luck. There are plenty of them available.
The bad news: Eating too much low calorie food can actually hurt your weight loss efforts... sometimes forcing you to both plateau and not lose any weight, or worse case scenario, gain weight.
There are a lot of problems that come with eating very low calorie that people don't know about.
Now, don't get me wrong... watching what you eat is a great move and is one that any healthful person should do.
But be warned... if you eat too few calories, your body goes into hunger mode.
Doing this leads to a plethora of bad news, including:
• Lean body mass is lost.
• Loss of muscle, which directly makes metabolism slow down and hinders weight loss efforts
• Fat burning hormones slow down and release leptin (anti-starvation hormone)
• Leptin refuses to release the amount of fat-releasing and fat-burning enzymes as it used to
• You feel tired
• You have less energy
• You're more likely to get frustrated and give up. Once you do this, it often leads to binges, which leads to more frustration.
A great alternative to this all-too-common problem is to implement calorie cycling. With calorie cycling, you still need to watch the amount of calories that you take in, but you get to alternate your low calorie days with your high calorie days. Because of this, your body never knows what to expect, and it can't go into starvation mode. Also, you won't feel frustrated and likely to give up, and you'll stay on the diet even longer.
These reasons are why doctors and psychologists heartily recommend calorie cycling.
You can check out more about calorie cycling on my website at http://tinyurl.com/yayFOODlifestyle
The good news: You're in luck. There are plenty of them available.
The bad news: Eating too much low calorie food can actually hurt your weight loss efforts... sometimes forcing you to both plateau and not lose any weight, or worse case scenario, gain weight.
There are a lot of problems that come with eating very low calorie that people don't know about.
Now, don't get me wrong... watching what you eat is a great move and is one that any healthful person should do.
But be warned... if you eat too few calories, your body goes into hunger mode.
Doing this leads to a plethora of bad news, including:
• Lean body mass is lost.
• Loss of muscle, which directly makes metabolism slow down and hinders weight loss efforts
• Fat burning hormones slow down and release leptin (anti-starvation hormone)
• Leptin refuses to release the amount of fat-releasing and fat-burning enzymes as it used to
• You feel tired
• You have less energy
• You're more likely to get frustrated and give up. Once you do this, it often leads to binges, which leads to more frustration.
A great alternative to this all-too-common problem is to implement calorie cycling. With calorie cycling, you still need to watch the amount of calories that you take in, but you get to alternate your low calorie days with your high calorie days. Because of this, your body never knows what to expect, and it can't go into starvation mode. Also, you won't feel frustrated and likely to give up, and you'll stay on the diet even longer.
These reasons are why doctors and psychologists heartily recommend calorie cycling.
You can check out more about calorie cycling on my website at http://tinyurl.com/yayFOODlifestyle
Free Low Calorie Recipes - Should You Be Looking For Them?
If you're looking for free low calorie recipes, there are plenty of them available. A simple Google search will find hundreds of them for you.
But beware before you eat any of that low calorie food!
Many people mistakenly think that following a low calorie diet will be the answer to all of their weight loss prayers.
And while people who follow low calorie diets are still being a lot healthier than those who subscribe to all of the latest fad diets...
They're still making a grave mistake.
See... following a low calorie diet and looking for free low calorie recipes will certainly help you lose weight in the short term. There's absolutely no doubt about that.
The problem, however, comes in the long run.
See, when the body takes in too few calories, it eventually goes into what is called "starvation mode". Starvation mode is a very dangerous place to be. Besides the body not allowing you to lose any more weight, your metabolism slows down (due to the loss of muscle).
People who stay on low calorie diets too long also generally feel neglected, and therefore cranky. Most dieters end up giving up shortly after they begin diets because they can't fit their diets into their lifestyle for long-term.
One alternative to this is to use calorie cycling. Calorie cycling still accounts for healthy eating, but the dieter switches up calories so that there is no adjustment to any kind of severely low calorie routine. Because of this, the body can't go into starvation mode, and it remains healthy.
This method of eating has been used for years by bodybuilders and has recently been given a spin for "normal" dieters.
You can check out more about calorie cycling on my website at http://tinyurl.com/yayFOODlifestyle
But beware before you eat any of that low calorie food!
Many people mistakenly think that following a low calorie diet will be the answer to all of their weight loss prayers.
And while people who follow low calorie diets are still being a lot healthier than those who subscribe to all of the latest fad diets...
They're still making a grave mistake.
See... following a low calorie diet and looking for free low calorie recipes will certainly help you lose weight in the short term. There's absolutely no doubt about that.
The problem, however, comes in the long run.
See, when the body takes in too few calories, it eventually goes into what is called "starvation mode". Starvation mode is a very dangerous place to be. Besides the body not allowing you to lose any more weight, your metabolism slows down (due to the loss of muscle).
People who stay on low calorie diets too long also generally feel neglected, and therefore cranky. Most dieters end up giving up shortly after they begin diets because they can't fit their diets into their lifestyle for long-term.
One alternative to this is to use calorie cycling. Calorie cycling still accounts for healthy eating, but the dieter switches up calories so that there is no adjustment to any kind of severely low calorie routine. Because of this, the body can't go into starvation mode, and it remains healthy.
This method of eating has been used for years by bodybuilders and has recently been given a spin for "normal" dieters.
You can check out more about calorie cycling on my website at http://tinyurl.com/yayFOODlifestyle
Low Calorie Diet Plan - Be Careful, It Won't Work!
Even though most people tell you that a low calorie diet plan is the way to go, the truth of the matter is that low calorie doesn't always work successfully.
See... weight loss isn't as simple as keeping calories out all the time.
Sure, in the short term, you lose weight with that theory. You might even lose a bit of weight.
Eventually though, as any seasoned dieter will know, you'll plateau. Your body will get used to the amount of calories that you're putting into it, and your metabolism will adjust accordingly.
And if you're eating really low calorie it'll even go into starvation mode, holding on to fat storages for you. When it does that, not only will you not lose more weight... but you might even gain weight.
This might come as a shock since most people promote the low calorie diets... but think... most people promote low calorie, but one out of every two Americans is overweight. Obviously something's wrong with common knowledge (either that, or people aren't staying on their diets).
Calorie cycling is the answer to both of those answers. It goes against common knowledge because it allows you to have "cheat" days. This not only makes people like the diet (which means they stay on it), but it "tricks" the metabolism so that it can never adjust to a certain amount of calories. When this happens, weight loss continues to occur for long periods of time... unlike with the low calorie diet plan.
You can check out more about calorie cycling on my website at http://tinyurl.com/yayFOODlifestyle
See... weight loss isn't as simple as keeping calories out all the time.
Sure, in the short term, you lose weight with that theory. You might even lose a bit of weight.
Eventually though, as any seasoned dieter will know, you'll plateau. Your body will get used to the amount of calories that you're putting into it, and your metabolism will adjust accordingly.
And if you're eating really low calorie it'll even go into starvation mode, holding on to fat storages for you. When it does that, not only will you not lose more weight... but you might even gain weight.
This might come as a shock since most people promote the low calorie diets... but think... most people promote low calorie, but one out of every two Americans is overweight. Obviously something's wrong with common knowledge (either that, or people aren't staying on their diets).
Calorie cycling is the answer to both of those answers. It goes against common knowledge because it allows you to have "cheat" days. This not only makes people like the diet (which means they stay on it), but it "tricks" the metabolism so that it can never adjust to a certain amount of calories. When this happens, weight loss continues to occur for long periods of time... unlike with the low calorie diet plan.
You can check out more about calorie cycling on my website at http://tinyurl.com/yayFOODlifestyle
Low Calorie Wine Ideas - And A Warning!
If you're looking for low calorie wine, there are a few different drinks that you can go with.
There's Beringer Blass Wine Estates, which is lower in calories and alcohol than their similar California wine counterparts. They say that this is because the grapes in their wines were picked before they had time to build up a lot of sugar. A 5 ounce glass of White Lie has 97 calories instead of the typical 115, and the alcohol level is 9.8% versus the typical 13%.
Bacardi's Island Breeze is another drink that's lower in calories because they use sucralose to sweeten the rum instead of the usual sugars. The alcohol level is lower as well, as it is 18% compared to the normal 35%.
There's also a new alcohol that came out by the brand name called The Mad Housewife and Two Wives, and an online retailer named Lola that boasts the same low calorie, lower alcohol wines.
Consider yourself warned, though - drinking low calorie wine (or following any kind of solely low calorie diet) will not necessarily help you lose weight.
Eating low calorie all the time will eventually make your weight loss stagnate, because your body will get used to what you're giving it and expect it. And as soon as you put in more calories... you'll gain weight. The only thing that you'll be able to do to lose weight is to eat LESS... and then you'll start the same cycle all over again.
Calorie cycling is just the thing that you should look into. It makes you switch your calories up constantly, so your body never knows what to expect, and it continues to churn out fat like a machine.
You can check out more about calorie cycling on my website at http://tinyurl.com/yayFOODlifestyle
There's Beringer Blass Wine Estates, which is lower in calories and alcohol than their similar California wine counterparts. They say that this is because the grapes in their wines were picked before they had time to build up a lot of sugar. A 5 ounce glass of White Lie has 97 calories instead of the typical 115, and the alcohol level is 9.8% versus the typical 13%.
Bacardi's Island Breeze is another drink that's lower in calories because they use sucralose to sweeten the rum instead of the usual sugars. The alcohol level is lower as well, as it is 18% compared to the normal 35%.
There's also a new alcohol that came out by the brand name called The Mad Housewife and Two Wives, and an online retailer named Lola that boasts the same low calorie, lower alcohol wines.
Consider yourself warned, though - drinking low calorie wine (or following any kind of solely low calorie diet) will not necessarily help you lose weight.
Eating low calorie all the time will eventually make your weight loss stagnate, because your body will get used to what you're giving it and expect it. And as soon as you put in more calories... you'll gain weight. The only thing that you'll be able to do to lose weight is to eat LESS... and then you'll start the same cycle all over again.
Calorie cycling is just the thing that you should look into. It makes you switch your calories up constantly, so your body never knows what to expect, and it continues to churn out fat like a machine.
You can check out more about calorie cycling on my website at http://tinyurl.com/yayFOODlifestyle
Looking For Low Calorie Beer?
Low calorie beer is one of the new products brought to market that many people are raving about. And while it seems like a phenomenal thing to drink compared to the normal stuff... be warned that low calorie can be hazardous to your health!
Before we get into that, though... some low calorie beers (all with 12 oz. serving sizes):
Natural Light Beer has 97 calories.
Schlitz Light Beer has 96 calories.
Miller Lite Beer has 96 calories.
Pabst Blue Ribbon Extra Light has 70 calories.
Budweiser Light has 108 calories.
Generic Beer has 104 calories.
Coors Light has 102 calories.
As far as the hazards of low calorie beer - make sure you know that eating a very low calorie diet can put your body in starvation mode. Not only will you stop losing weight, but you'll actually have the potential to gain weight.
Even if you're not eating very low calorie and just low calorie your body can (and will) plateau after you eat the same amount of calories over and over. When this happens to most people, they get frustrated, give up their diet, and binge eat. They do this over and over and it causes an unhealthy cycle for both mind and body.
There's a new style of eating that many psychologists and doctors recommend, called calorie cycling. With this way of eating, you shift the amount of calories that you eat so that your body is constantly kept "on its toes". You can't plateau because your body never knows what's being put in it. This diet has very high success rates because not only do people enjoy being on it for the quick results, but it's also healthy and psychologically sound.
You can check out more about calorie cycling on my website at http://tinyurl.com/yayFOODlifestyle
Before we get into that, though... some low calorie beers (all with 12 oz. serving sizes):
Natural Light Beer has 97 calories.
Schlitz Light Beer has 96 calories.
Miller Lite Beer has 96 calories.
Pabst Blue Ribbon Extra Light has 70 calories.
Budweiser Light has 108 calories.
Generic Beer has 104 calories.
Coors Light has 102 calories.
As far as the hazards of low calorie beer - make sure you know that eating a very low calorie diet can put your body in starvation mode. Not only will you stop losing weight, but you'll actually have the potential to gain weight.
Even if you're not eating very low calorie and just low calorie your body can (and will) plateau after you eat the same amount of calories over and over. When this happens to most people, they get frustrated, give up their diet, and binge eat. They do this over and over and it causes an unhealthy cycle for both mind and body.
There's a new style of eating that many psychologists and doctors recommend, called calorie cycling. With this way of eating, you shift the amount of calories that you eat so that your body is constantly kept "on its toes". You can't plateau because your body never knows what's being put in it. This diet has very high success rates because not only do people enjoy being on it for the quick results, but it's also healthy and psychologically sound.
You can check out more about calorie cycling on my website at http://tinyurl.com/yayFOODlifestyle
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