Eat right food at the right time to achieve weight loss goals
Your body will perform much better during exercise, if you give it some kind of fuel, and that comes from food. However, the factors that need to be taken care of in food are quantity, quality and frequency of what you eat.
LOSING WEIGHT is all about eating right. It is far easier to lose weight if you find the right balance of healthy and filling foods. Eat what is required by your body whether it is at seven in the evening or midnight. It is about how many calories are needed at what time. Remember, your body is burning calories 24*7 - just differently throughout the body’s life span. The amount of calories burnt at different times by different people is obviously different due to many factors such as age, physical stature, and lifestyle, etc. There are different kinds of weight loss patterns you can choose from - eight weeks, eight months or a life-long weight loss plan. Life-long weight loss means maintaining BMI (Body Mass Index) after the actual weight loss. You can have the whole variety of typical standard food that you have been eating, but in a different form or manner. That will ensure that you eat the food you like, the right way, at the right time. This way you enjoy what you eat as well as lose weight. It is not true that you gain body fat because of lack of exercise. Gain in weight takes place when your blood sugar levels go up. This basically happens due to consumption of too many calories of high glycemic index food items such as starch, and corn, etc. Foods that lead to a rapid rise in blood sugar levels are known as high glycemic index foods. Foods that lead to a slower rise in blood sugar levels are said to have a low glycemic index. However, if you insist on eating high GI food, you have the option of reducing their effect by 30–40 per cent by adding vinegar, lime juice or pickles to the food item or dish. Age plays a big role in slowing down your metabolic rate and therefore affects weight gain and weight loss. The metabolic rate actually slows down due to a loss of muscle tissue and the loss of muscle tissue is directly related to lack of challenging physical activity and that puts lot of pressure on metabolism. Also, with age and the requirement of building and maintaining muscles, it is important that the body receives right amount of nutrients on a consistent basis. Nutritious diet will enable body organs and functions to function better. So, to keep your body the way you want till your middle age and afterwards, take necessary steps towards fitness, include some sets of exercises that put impact on your whole system such as weight training, sprints, or any other anaerobic exercises with your daily aerobics. While muscle building is important both for men and women, women require it even more – considering that most women gain weight after motherhood and lose nutrients. The logic is simple. Lots of calories are burnt by muscles throughout the day - more the muscle more calories burnt. So if you maintain your muscle it gets harder for fat to get stored - the more the muscle, leaner the look, and longer the benefit of being fit. Once you understand how your body can gain from the right combination of good eating and the right exercises, supporting your weight loss program and changing your behaviour towards it, can become a life-long habit. You can always ask your family and friends to help and support you and your commitment towards weight loss, and this can, in turn, can motivate them to adopt a healthier lifestyle. After all, being fit can be infectious. In the next article, we will discuss nutrients, amount of carbohydrates, fibre intake, protein required, time of eating, and other details on healthy food consumption to aid weight loss.
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