Common Sense Approach To Weight Loss

     The foods in a diet for fat loss help you to burn fat, reduce hunger, suppress cravings, and increase your energy so you eat less without even trying. These are foods that are rich in protein, fiber, and water. They are nutritious and low in calories.

Eating for fat loss is different from a weight loss approach to food which focuses on calories. Fat loss not only focuses on calories but puts more focus on hormones. Fat loss is about eating in a way that controls your metabolism.

Hunger, cravings and energy are greatly influenced by hormones. When your hormones are balanced, these sensations will stabilize with a result of less food intake without much conscious effort.

Two things are required to turn weight loss into focused fat loss and they are fewer calories and balanced hormones. The quality of the food you eat, rather than the quantity, will allow you to control your hunger, energy and cravings.

By breaking the day into two time frames, 12 hours of eating and 12 hours of fasting, there will be very little impact on hunger, energy and cravings because you'll be sleeping for a large part of the 12 hours without food.

If we know that insulin is a fat storing hormone, then any excess calories will be stored as fat which can't be used for energy, but what many do not know is that insulin is also a muscle building hormone and a hunger suppressing hormone. So now the trick is to find the right starchy foods you need for high energy, to maintain muscle, and to balance your hunger, energy and cravings without slowing down fat loss.

The production of insulin is greatly affected by starch and sugar while fat by itself has little impact on insulin. But the combination of fat and sugar/starch creates a bomb of fat storing hormonal activity. The foods we are talking about here are bread and butter, cakes, pastries, ice cream and the like.

Burning fat doesn't have to include eating organic kale and wild Alaskan salmon. You can quickly reduce cravings, stabilize energy and curb your hunger with a variety of protein bars and shakes on the market today, though they may not be ideal, you can use them as needed to fit your lifestyle.

A good trick that works fantastically to know if a food will be effective at helping you manage your fat loss goals is to subtract the fiber and protein from the total carbohydrates on the label and that should equal ten or less. The lower the number, the better. Also, the fat content should be less than 15.

Your body gives you signals that you need to learn how to read and adjust your approach. When you feel hunger, low energy and cravings, these are very reliable sources of biofeedback and by correcting these, you will see lasting change. So work to create your own program, by you and for you, and stop looking for the right plan or relying on food lists or meal plans and supplements. Educate yourself to create the perfect plan for you and do what really works for you.

Exercise, which is so healthy for everyone, will definitely have an impact on your hunger and cravings depending on how intense your workout is. Also dramatically impacting your fat loss or gain is sleep and stress. Always remain aware of how your actions are affecting your eating habits.

To summarize, the best rules for fat loss are the ones that you will create for yourself because you understand your unique metabolism, sensitivities, and personal preferences.

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