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May 6

Stop Grazing and Lose Weight Fast

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Why & When Did People Start Grazing - I first learned about grazing when I read Sliced by Bill Reynolds Editor in Chief of Flex Magazine (at the time). That book was published in 1991 but the meal plans in the book that included anywhere from 6-8 moderate size meals per day had been the norm for decades for anybody competing in bodybuilding and even for some athletes. Eating 6 meals a day for weight loss eventually became the norm for everyday people when the book Body for Life by Bill Reynolds was released in 1999. Since then virtually every diet book that has hit the shelves has recommended 6 meals a day for weight loss.

Who CAN Benefit from Grazing? - Hunger may or may not be a dieters worst enemy. That really depends a lot on your metabolic type and the eating habits that you've learned over the years. If hunger is something that you struggle with when you reduce calorie intake for weightloss then eating 6 small meals per day can help prevent diet meltdowns. The key is to keep it small and do the calorie math. If for example your calorie intake for weight loss is 1500 calories per day then divide that by 6 to figure out how much to eat at each meal; 1500/6=250 calories per meal which is not much. When you do the math for a 1200 calorie intake it's even smaller; 1200/6=200 per meal (1 egg, 1 slice whole grain toast, 1 cup black coffee).

How Grazing Can Prevent Fat Burning - If your body is constantly in a fed state it never really has a chance to burn it's fat stores. In other words your glycogen stores never have a chance to become depleted which means your body never has to tap into its fat stores for energy. Depletion typically happens 4-5 hours after a meal so if you're eating every 2-3 hours you are basically blocking fat burning. In addition researchers have found that grazing all day stresses all your major organs including your liver, pancreas, blood vessels and heart which makes it even harder for your body to burn stored fat. There is also a psychological downside to grazing which is that you never truly feel full with tiny meals. This often leads to non-stop grazing which results in unintentional high calorie intake. The reality is that humans were designed to be fed and fasted not constantly fed like cows.

How to Stop Grazing to Burn Fat Faster - An easy way to stop grazing is to drop two meals from your eating schedule. The best ones to drop are your mid-morning snack and your after dinner snack. The easiest way to do this is to either merge those meals with other meals or to just drop them all together if you can afford to lose those calories. This will take some conscious effort on your part since changing established habits is hard but your body will thank you by burning more fat. If you find this feels great you may even want to drop the 4th meal or make it optional and only have it on days when you are feeling super hungry. Just make the switch gradually and you will soon begin to see the difference both on the scale and in the mirror.

Give up grazing and get back to a more natural way of eating with The Warrior Diet: Switch on Your Biological Powerhouse For High Energy, Explosive Strength, and a Leaner, Harder Body or learn how to graze for weightloss with help from BodyMedia FIT LINK Armband Weight Management System

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