To Lose Weight Stop All Dieting

     The number of overweight people around the world continues to grow and it is now estimated that approximately two thirds of the population is overweight. We have been conditioned for so long that the only way to get body weight under control is to go on a diet. But it has now been well proven there are major flaws in this mindset.

One of the main flaws is the fact that if you cut your calories back even just a tiny weeny bit too far you will send your body into 'diet shock' which triggers a survival response. This tells your body to hang on to every gram of fat as it assumes a famine is approaching. And the trouble is you have absolutely no idea of where this set point lies and just how much food restriction will activate it. Any wonder 95% of all diets fail.

Trying to lose weight and get thinner through dieting is a bit like trying to budget your way to wealth. Just by cutting back on expenses does not create wealth. To create wealth more is needed; more value, more on offer or by producing more. It is the same with weight loss. Instead of eating less and less which does not work anyway consider taking some real action and doing more 'work'. Create more energy output.

Start to think of the opposite of dieting which means more food, more energy, more activity and more weight loss results. To do this you need to stop thinking of how much less food you need to eat each day to burn less, focus on burning more fuel (calories) each day instead.

When you can burn more fuel with a proper exercise program made up with mostly strength training you will lose all the body fat you want. And you will end up with a stronger, leaner, more energized healthier body as well which is a much better deal.

Instead of trying to get through the day eating as little as possible take that pointless wasted energy and worry about when you are going to fit your exercise session in. Take some more of it and worry about whether you have eaten enough high quality food over the day so you can put some 'effort' into that exercise session.

The changes you need to make to your slowed down feeble metabolism through food restriction are going to take some 'real' effort to put right. Otherwise you had better get used to being overweight as this is what you will have to live with.

Although you will need to make some major changes in the way you eat and how active you are the biggest change is what is going to have to happen between your ears, your mindset. This is the bit that controls and directs everything else and if this is not right, forget it.

But like anything worthwhile this is a journey that is made up of 100's of small steps and is never ever complete. Keep in mind that every workout, every small healthy meal eaten every 2-3 hours that contains a protein source is a firm step to getting you back into shape. Do it this way and this time it will be forever.

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