High Protein Diet Works! - Lose Weight the Right Way

     Are your weight loss diets failing time and again? If you have been browsing health forums, you must have heard of a high protein diet. Everywhere you go, as long as you continue to hang out with fitness enthusiasts, you will see them consuming high protein diets.

Now why is having a high protein diet so important?

As you know, protein is what your muscles need to grow. When we workout, we are trying to increase our lean muscle mass. Having more lean muscles will boost our metabolism. You will feel better as your metabolism improves. Energy conversion is more efficient as a result of your super charged metabolism. You have more energy for work, family and other social activities.

Your muscles are not growing as you are exercising. While you workout, stress is placed on your muscles, forcing them to respond. To cope with the additional demand, your muscles will start to grow. However, remember that muscles grow only after the workout - while you are resting.

Ever experienced soreness the next day after your workout? It's a good sign - your muscles are building up. To keep pushing on with your exercise program, you will have to recover quickly. Never force your muscles to work if you are still feeling very sore. Try working on another body part. You risk injury if you continue to force your muscles to work.

The key here is to get plenty of rest and consume the necessary amount of protein so that your muscles repair and grow quickly. The fitter you become, the faster you recover. That is what you will experience.

In reality, not everyone takes in the amount of protein that they need. Protein already exists in our daily meals. Usually, most people don't keep track of the amount of proteins they consume. As a general guide, you should eat 1g of protein for every pound you weigh. If you weight 100 pounds, your daily protein intake should be 100g.

Professionals always take smaller meals each day to condition their body. This is another way of improving your metabolic rate. A body that is used to starvation will start to store fat. The reason is simple - the body stores fat as an alternative energy source as it doesn't know when it's getting it's next meal!

You don't grow fatter eating more meals. You grow slimmer because your metabolism increases! That means you will be eating a small meal every 3 hours or so. Divide the protein you need by the number of meals you will take each day and you will get an idea of how much you should eat.

In the midst of your daily activities, you can always sneak in one or two shakes to supplement your protein needs. This will ensure your protein intake never fall below what you really need. Don't skip a meal just because you don't have the time. Find the time.

Protein shakes are one of the easiest supplement to prepare. Just mix the powder with water or milk and you are good to go. Some people even get addicted to the great taste!

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