Blog and Ping: 02/24/09

Weigh Loss- Good article in Woman's Day this week. A real problem exists in leisure centres with so many people crash dieting. And then there are those people that do rip the fat off but make their life a misery and even can make themselves unhealthy. Of course some people eat regularly and with small portion sizes and achieve great weight loss results.

Below is a summary of the article from Woman’s Day
"By eating every three hours, you’re never hungry and constantly reset your metabolism".

Led by some of the most beautiful women in the world, those in the know have given up on the starvation-and-deprivation diets and waved goodbye to complicated, percentage-based eating plans. Carbs are back in vogue — and, miraculously, so is eating.In fact, now the most popular way to stay in shape in Hollywood is to eat all day long.

The high-profile A-listers who have opted out of dieting hell include Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Lopez, Penélope Cruz, Lucy Liu, Kate Beckinsale, Jennifer Garner, Uma Thurman, Cindy Crawford, Jessica Biel, Halle Berry… we could go on. They have their personal trainers to thank — and some scientific research — for this happy change of heart towards eating. The new way to slim is never to go hungry, eat between meals, and enjoy the foods we have previously been denied and therefore craved.

Boost blood sugar

Well, here’s the science behind it. It is all about speeding up the metabolism, explains Dan Benardot, Ph.D., professor of nutrition, kinesiology and health at Georgia State University.

"Blood sugar fluxes every three hours, so if you don’t eat something to raise the blood sugar, metabolic rate can slow down," he says.

During his research, Dan discovered this even applied to athletes. Female athletes who ate their total daily food intake in three big meals — as opposed to five or six smaller ones — tended to have higher body fat percentages and lower energy levels. Dan puts this down to the extended time between meals. He is keen to stress how important it is to keep blood sugar levels steady in order to prevent the need to binge.

"One of the stimulants to hunger is low blood sugar," he says. "If you let yourself get really hungry and find a bag of un peeled carrots and a ready-to-eat cake in the refrigerator, which would you choose?"

We are programmed to eat for energy — but if we don’t listen to that programming, we can easily upset the natural balance of our bodies, which leads to a vicious cycle of binge/starve and weight gain.On top of all that, our moods will suffer, making us even more prone to pigging out on the wrong foods.Think of your metabolism as a furnace you need to keep stoked. If you let it go out, there will be nothing to burn the fuel that goes into the body, meaning it will store it as fat.

Graze away

A speedy metabolism is what it is all about in Hollywood right now. Bobby Strom, trainer to Britney Spears and Jessica Biel, says you can easily boost your metabolism and kick-start weight loss. By "grazing" your way through the day, the weight will fall off naturally."Your metabolism gets so revved up it zaps the extra kilo joules," Bobby says.During his time spent training Jessica, he divided her normal three meals a day into six smaller ones."Because she increased her frequency of eating but decreased her portions, she actually lost about 4kg, as well as 10% body fat," Bobby says.

Valerie Waters, trainer and food guru to such stars as Jennifer Garner, Uma Thurman, Cindy Crawford and Kate Beckinsale, claims the biggest pitfall she sees in her work is people who go several hours without eating as a means of achieving weight loss."Then your body is no longer OK with a healthy salad and chicken breast," she says. "Your food cravings will override anything at that point, and your body will want sugar and fat, so you’ve chemically set yourself up to eat badly."Valerie encourages all her clients to eat regular healthy meals… and never to even think of starving.

Harley Pasternak, who honed Halle Berry into shape, preaches that five meals a day are needed to maintain blood-sugar levels. He doesn’t worry about kilo joules or carbs. His message is to eat sensibly and include a good balance of lean protein and fibrous carbs (grains, fruit and veggies). "Eat five meals a day, including fibre, low-fat protein, healthy fat and non-sugar beverages," he advises.

Jorge Cruise, fitness guru and author of The 3-Hour Diet says "By eating every three hours, you’re never hungry and constantly reset your metabolism," confirming . "My three-hour diet is about uncovering the buried concept of timing — the fact that when we eat is critical to weight loss." Jorge believes that a little of what you fancy also does you good. "I never advocate deprivation," he says. "If you want something sweet, you’ve got to indulge or you’ll just end up bingeing and regretting it. You can be smart about how you enjoy dessert. There are no bad foods, just bad portions."

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