How To Get The Correct Carbohydrate Intake For Sustainable Weight Loss
by Russ Hollywood
If you were to ask one hundred gym members how to lose weight quickly you would probably be astonished at how few could give you a proven answer. While many people would quote tips such as lowering your carbohydrate intake, few know how to do this without significantly damaging their long term results.
Furthermore, you'll learn how combining this approach with high intensity interval training can massively improve your overall results.
It's pretty safe to say that carbohydrates have been given an unfair stereotype over the last few years. This is largely down to fad diets and glossy magazines promoting the idea of cutting them from your diet. Unfortunately, these drastic measures have got many people, particularly women, scared when it comes to getting the correct carbohydrate intake. Make no mistakes about it, the difference between 'low carb' and 'no carb' is huge.
Diets which contain zero of any of the three major macronutrients have been proven unsuccessful by rigorous scientific studies. Your body needs protein, fat and carbohydrates in order to survive. Contrary to popular belief, you cannot lose any unwanted fat if you are not consuming carbs or fats. These type of diets often lead to situations where people make themselves ill and eventually wind up heavier than when they started!
One of the big mistakes people tend to make with new diet plans is to simply jump in with both feet. Actually, the best thing you can do before beginning a new eating plan is to establish your current eating habits by writing a food diary for a few days before you start. This will enable you to assess your current calorific intake and will make it easier to gradually apply small but manageable changes. Anybody trying to experience maximum fat loss while not wanting to crash their metabolism should be looking towards reaching the following baseline figures:
* 1.25g protein per pound of body weight.
* 0.5g carbohydrates for each lb you weigh.
* 0.5 grams of fat for every pound of body weight.
In order to do this, however, you'll need to be careful.The body reacts negatively to drastic changes, so in order to ensure the transition from your old lifestyle to your new one you'll need to take it in steps. So instead of just switching immediately, begin changing your current intake by roughly 0.2g per day until you reach your goals. For example, if your current carbohydrate count is 300 grams per day, try lowering this by around 20-30 grams for the first week, then another 20-30 grams the next week, until you reach your goal.
This approach has been proven to yield far superior results and is a much safer way to get into a new, healthier lifestyle.
One of the extra benefits to sorting out your eating habits, of course, is that the efforts you put in at the gym will be much more noticeable. For example, if you are performing regular bouts of high intensity interval training you will be able to fully realize the many benefits of this training method with the correct carbohydrate intake. []
Without any doubt, the easiest way to work out how to lose weight quickly is to begin looking into your eating habits and making small changes. Before you alter anything regarding your gym routine, you should be scrutinizing your eating habits and making continuous small changes until you have got yourself on the right road to a fitter, healthier lifestyle.
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