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Why Metabolism is Important
Read through any diet success story and you will see the
true secret to that person's success. At some point, the
person always integrated exercise into their plan. The same
holds true the other way around. How many times have you
heard someone say that they work out all the time, but just
can't seem to lose those last ten or fifteen pounds?
The truth is, in order to achieve lifelong results,
nutrition and fitness need to go hand in hand to optimize
your metabolism.
What is Metabolism? Metabolism is the process your body
uses to break down the food that you eat, convert it to
energy, or store it. Your metabolism is based on several
cues that you give your body by the way that you eat and
the energy you use in your daily routines.
To achieve lifelong fitness, you need to raise your
activity level to start burning more calories, while
feeding your body the right amount of food to sustain
itself. That means eating enough throughout the day to let
your body know that there will be plenty of food around to
sustain a higher caloric burn. Once your body acclimates to
both of those signals, your metabolism will start to
change. You will be burning more calories by increasing
your activity level, but you will also increase the amount
of calories you burn when you are not working out - while
you work, watch television, and even when you're sleeping.
Understanding your metabolism is the reason that low
calorie diets don't work. When you feed your metabolism
your body burns more calories. A great example of this is
on a weight loss network tv show that the people who won't
follow their eating plan and kept eating less calories
actually gain weight. Your body will burn fat as your main
source of energy if you eat 5 small meals during the day
balanced with the proper calorie range.
One thing to keep in mind is that the faster your
metabolism gets and the more fat you burn the more you need
to eat. This concept is one of the hardest for people to
understand which is evidence why 60% of Americans are
overweight or obese. Without increasing your calories as
your metabolism increases you burn away your new muscle
tissue for energy which keeps you staying at the same
results no matter how hard you workout.
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About The Author: Charles Carter, BS in Exercise Science is
Fitness Research Director for
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