For many of us, diet is a four-letter word that sounds like punishment. It is associated with giving up sweets and many foods that you like, feeling hungry and deprived, and eating only healthy products.
But that’s not true. According to Michelle Adams-Arent, a sports nutrition consultant, diet is not just about limiting your intake of foods; It is mainly about the distribution of these foods between meals throughout the day.
We uncover the secret to healthy eating that will help you lose weight without giving up your ice cream or chocolate joys.
How Often Should We Eat?
Different diets have different ideas about what to eat and what to avoid. Some of them recommend that we leave the chips and sweets; Others require that a person eat only protein or only fruits and vegetables.
All these food deprivations, however, can cause us harm, if not physically, and then certainly mentally. In fact, it is not as important as we eat, but when we do this.
Our body is designed so that each time we eat, we receive a certain amount of energy. If that energy is not spent in the time it should, it turns into fat and accumulates in the body.
But if we eat small portions that don’t keep us full for long, our bodies won’t store any fat in those meals. As a result, we can eat what we want (within reason, of course) and still not gain weight.
“As strange as it may seem, eating 6 meals a day is better for weight management than eating 3 meals,” says Michelle.
When we eat every few hours in small portions, we absorb much more useful substances from food, and our bodies are more willing to lose weight.
However, the quality of our diet is still very important: you will no longer be healthy eating, say, six hamburgers a day. So be sure to eat healthier foods like fruits and vegetables.
If you want to calculate everything that enters your mouth, here is a little table to help you determine how many carbohydrates, fats, and proteins you should be consuming each day to stay fit and healthy.
To get a general idea of how many calories you should eat each day, multiply your current weight by 25 (if you are a woman) or by 28 (if you are a man).
Remember this is the minimum amount of calories your body uses to do absolutely nothing, aside from run itself – it is the number of calories you would burn every day if you didn’t move all day.
“There is nothing new in this theory,” says Michelle. Most people just don’t understand how they can eat what they want and still have the body they dream of.
That is why they restrict their food intake or even starve. Of course, sometimes you will have to fight the temptation to eat another cookie, but you won’t be hungry for sure.
Author Michelle Adams
Based on materials from Michelle Adams Training
