There are three types of calories and each has a specific function in
the human body. Understanding how each works will give you an
advantage in your weight loss planning.
Types of Calories: Fats, Carbohydrates, & Proteins.
Here are several features about calories you should always remember.
1. All calories can turn into fat.
2. All calories not used for energy are stored as fat (over-eating).
3. The primary goal of protein is to be used as the building blocks of muscle and repair.
4. There are 2 types of carbohydrate calories, vegetables and starch.
5. The body wants carbohydrates for fuel before fat and protein.
6. When you consume too much protein, the amount not used for muscle
repair is turn into fat and stored on your body (weight gain). Proper
protein intake is vital.
7. When you consume more carbohydrate calories than the body needs at
a specific time, the extra calories will be converted into fat and
stored on your body (weight gain).
Let's start with our base concept. The human body needs food to
sustain life. Whenever we make any movements, we burn carbohydrates and
fat calories as fuel for the energy to make the movements.
Here comes the tricky part. The big question is, how to get your body
to burn more stored fat? The answer is always to increase exercise.
However, its a little more complicated than just exercising. Let's look
at the correct way.
Firstly, you have to consume enough food, secondly, you need to eat
often, and thirdly you need to stay within your daily recommended
calorie intake. If you break these rules, you'll burn less fat or none
at all.
When you exercise, you increase the need of additional calories to
provide energy. Increasing your calorie intake by 50 to 100 calories
should be enough to cover most exercise programs.
If you follow the above nutritional recommendations, your metabolism
will stay elevated. Your metabolism will prevent your body from storing
fat, and it also will open up the metabolic pathway from your muscle
cells to the fat cells. This will burn off your stored fat and increase
your energy from the fat being burned.
Exercise combined with the above recommendations will maximize the
number of fat calories you burn. The end result would be more of a lean,
shapely body.
The opposite of this could be, trying to lose weight by dropping your
calories too low. The end result will be a smaller body but not firm or
shapely, plus you will stop losing weight at a certain point.
To get the very best results you need to work out more frequently and
maintain a moderate to high intensity. Your ultimate results are based
on how much time you can invest into your workouts.
Follow these workout guidelines for your best weight loss results:
1. Work out frequently
2. Work out at moderate to intense level.
3. Drink a lot of water.
4. Make sure you have adequate recovery time after a workout.
Let's look at the best way to replenish your body after a workout.
When you exercise you burn glucose and fat. The glucose needs to be
replaced after your workout. This process is referred to as fuel
replenishing. The purpose is to refill the muscle cells with glycogen.
(glycogen- stored glucose) This will keep your metabolism elevated so
your body will continue to burn fat. This requires you to eat a small
healthy portion of carbs after the workout or a combination of protein
and carbs (25% protein/75% carbs).
This is a confusing concept for a lot of people. Let's look at why
this works. Remember, the body needs food to fuel movement (exercise).
The body needs food for nutrition to supply vitamins, minerals, glucose,
and for muscle repair. The body should never be deprived of the proper
amount of food because it will decrease the nutrition your body needs
This will cause your body to slow down your metabolism. Eating after a
workout is one of the best moves you can make.
If you deprive your body of food, it will break down muscle to use as
fuel. This is not what you want. Muscle is what burns the fat, and if
you make your body burn it for food you will slow your metabolism down.
Weight loss slows down and then stops.
You might want to reread this blog. It has some important knowledge within it.
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