| A good low carb diet can actually have you eating | | | | metabolically active. This means that you need |
| more food than you're eating right now. | | | | energy to support muscle which helps to keep your |
| Think about it, when most people want to lose | | | | metabolism running at a higher pace. Higher |
| weight what's the first thing they do? They tend to | | | | metabolism means more calories burned even in a |
| stop eating or cut way back on their food intake. | | | | resting state. |
| Well my friends I'm here to tell you that it doesn't | | | | Fat, on the other hand, doesn't need any energy to |
| have to be that way. | | | | support it. It's simply "dead" weight. |
| A healthy diet should consist of eating less of the | | | | Secondly, the body will start storing more fat |
| foods that contain calories from simple carbohydrates | | | | because it's preparing itself for the worst. Your |
| (sugar and processed flour) and more whole grains, | | | | survival is your body's most important concern so it'll |
| fresh fruits and vegetables and good sources of | | | | do whatever it can to stay alive. |
| protein. This is the basis of a good low carb diet plan. | | | | So what can you do if you want to eat less without |
| In fact, a good diet should have you eating more | | | | starving yourself and sending your body into this |
| instead of less! Not more food, but more often in | | | | defense mode? |
| smaller portions. | | | | Eat smaller meals more often throughout the day. |
| Your body's a truly wonderful machine geared | | | | This works on two levels. |
| towards one important goal. Survival. When you cut | | | | By eating more often you won't get hungry as |
| way back on your food intake your body feels | | | | quickly and your metabolism will stay raised because |
| threatened and automatically assumes that you're | | | | you'll be digesting food more often. Digesting food |
| starving. | | | | uses calories just like any other physical activity. |
| This built in survival mechanism dates back to the | | | | So here's a simple low carb diet plan that anyone can |
| stone age and is simply nature's way of keeping you | | | | follow. Eat four or five small meals a day, each |
| alive for as long as possible. Long enough to get to | | | | consisting of a small portion of protein along with |
| your next meal. | | | | some fresh fruits and veggies. |
| To combat this condition the body will start breaking | | | | Try to eat every three hours or so to keep your |
| down muscle tissue to use as energy and saves its | | | | metabolism and energy up. This'll help you stay away |
| fat stores for the last ditch effort to save itself | | | | from those snacking binges too. |
| from what it thinks is immanent death. Fat is just | | | | Also, drink lots of water. Water will help to cleanse |
| that, a storage material. | | | | your body and make you feel full. |
| This is not good because first, by using muscle tissue | | | | So you see, with a little planning and by adhering to a |
| for energy you're losing precious lean mass which is | | | | low carb diet plan eating more can actually be better! |