If you have been working on your fitness for any length of time then this will come as only a reminder - 80% of your results will come from your nutrition. Nutrition and weight loss go hand in hand. There's no way around it.
Exercise allows you to up your metabolism so that you burn more fat when you're not working out. You use exercise to get a greater calorie defecit without starving yourself for a defecit. If your jump started metabolism now burns 50 more calories an hour than it did before then thats 500 more calories you will burn in 10 hours that you get for free! This is what people get confused about when dieting. They assume you need to starve yourself to lose weight. When in fact you may need to eat more. It's just WHAT you eat more of that makes the difference. Actually, when you skip a meal, you are choosing to store fat.
But, its more than just eating something, its eating the right foods that actually cause you to burn more calories from simply eating.
Protein takes more energy(calories) to process than either carbohydrates or fats so it takes calories to break it down. This is why you may see the first phase of P90X high in protein. Roughly the experts say that you burn 30% of the calories when you eat just protein due to your body processing the protein. Carbs and Fat only burn 5-10%.
Make sure you spread out that protein you are eating. Your body will typically run out of protein in 3 hours. Since your body can not produce protein, once you run out...your muscles are used as a protein source. This is why people who exercise first thing in the morning should have something to eat before they exercise. Because if they don't they are most likely using lean muscle to fuel their workout.
Exercise allows you to up your metabolism so that you burn more fat when you're not working out. You use exercise to get a greater calorie defecit without starving yourself for a defecit. If your jump started metabolism now burns 50 more calories an hour than it did before then thats 500 more calories you will burn in 10 hours that you get for free! This is what people get confused about when dieting. They assume you need to starve yourself to lose weight. When in fact you may need to eat more. It's just WHAT you eat more of that makes the difference. Actually, when you skip a meal, you are choosing to store fat.
But, its more than just eating something, its eating the right foods that actually cause you to burn more calories from simply eating.
Protein takes more energy(calories) to process than either carbohydrates or fats so it takes calories to break it down. This is why you may see the first phase of P90X high in protein. Roughly the experts say that you burn 30% of the calories when you eat just protein due to your body processing the protein. Carbs and Fat only burn 5-10%.
Make sure you spread out that protein you are eating. Your body will typically run out of protein in 3 hours. Since your body can not produce protein, once you run out...your muscles are used as a protein source. This is why people who exercise first thing in the morning should have something to eat before they exercise. Because if they don't they are most likely using lean muscle to fuel their workout.
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