When I grew up I remember going on diet after diet trying to lose weight. That was back in the day (late 80’s to early 90’s) where you tried to eat as lowfat as possible, filling up on sugary, fat free food items, avoiding eggs like the plague, and Lord help you if you ate more than three times a day. In fact, skipping meals and starving just meant you lost more weight, right?
The funny thing is that it is a horrible way to live and people are still convinced it’s the best way to lose weight!! Well, it is the best way to lose weight but it certainly is the worst way to lose fat. Come on people! These ideas are now twenty freaking years old and we are still convinced that lowfat, high sugar Snackwells are the best thing since sliced bread. Let’s not even start with 100 calorie-quantity controlled-still laden with high fructose corn syrup-snacks marketed to those of us stuck in Fat Girl Thinking. We all know that we’ll die during PMS if we don’t have our stinking Oreos. (Corinne is letting out a huge sigh at this moment.)
I spend too much time with people convincing them that eating is the best way to burn fat off of your body. I literally can’t get people who have been stalled at thirty to forty plus pounds overweight, who exercise regularly, and starve themselves believe my system is better than their starvation diets.
All of this led me to an article that discusses starving yourself to lose weight and how it keeps you fat. Read it and see if you relate at all. If so, please take the advice the writer gives. It’s similar to the eating guidelines I give my own clients and I know in my heart that learning to properly fuel your workouts and lifestyle is the ultimate key to fat loss success.
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/core_march_8.htm
Happy reading and happy eating!