My Diet’s Working Against Me! Share
Sep 27th, 2008 by Henry John
Whether you’re for or against diets, unless you really go out of your way to bend the rules, you will see some sort of result for all your pain and discomfort. If there is a positive outcome, no matter how small, those who have had to put up with your short temper and changeable moods will be mighty relieved.
Going on a diet gives your body a bit of a shock. It has got used to the daily excess of calories and knows that it’s not going to get stressed taking exercise because you don’t do any. When all of a sudden you decide to go on a diet and move yourself a little more than usual, it comes as a bit of a rude awakening.
Weight loss stoppage might also be because your calorie intake is already in balance with the calories you use up. When a system achieves equilibrium, no matter what you do, it will stay that way. You have to lessen your calorie intake or exercise more.
Your body’s reaction to having its usual large helpings of high calorific food cut off, is to react as if the end of the world is nigh, and close down. It tries to protect itself from what it thinks is famine and slows down your metabolism - in other words you become less efficient at burning calories.
This is our body’s built-in survival instinct. You could take in more calories, but then again your metabolism might still be slow and you’ll end up with more fat than before.
This is the time when you begin to lose hope. You bin the scales, not believing what they’re saying. You question the wisdom of going on a diet in the first place. It all gets very depressing indeed.
To lose weight effectively you need to change your habits. You need to develop slim habits. Only by doing this will permanent weight loss be possible.
Best of all, it is the healthy option to burn fat. It is not your diet that will make you lose weight, but it’s what you do. If you change your behavior and way of thinking then you can achieve something without the help of any special diets and supplements.
