There are always rumours that fly around a bit like old wives tales that never seem to go away these are commonly known as myths or urban myths.

If I slash my calories will I lose weight quicker ?

I’m afraid it doesn’t quite work like that, a lot of people try this when first trying to lose weight, this is one of the worst possible things that you could possibly do.

When you’re trying to lose weight you need to burn fat if you start to slash your calories dramatically your body will go into starvation mode.

When this happens it holds on to fat in order to use it as fuel later on if needed. When you are eating reasonable amounts of food, then your body knows that there is no crisis so that it won’t hold on to it’s fat stores. This might work for a short term solution but not for long term weight loss.

If I exercise until I am physically exhausted will I lose weight more effectively ?

In order for your exercise programme to be effective, it is far better to do a warm up and go through your exercise routine until you start to become hot and your heart rate goes into the fat burning zone. If you start exercising until you’re exhausted each time, all this will do is cause muscle fatigue and nothing else, the actual thing that you are trying to achieve is gradually warming your body up this is how fat is burned within your body.

And will bee far more effective in the long run because you will build muscle which is active tissue and burns fat even while you rest.

If I buy slimming products will this be an effective route to my weight loss plan ?

I wrote a post about a week ago about this very subject and really the best thing to do with this type of myth is do some research, and find out whether their claims do actually work.

It’s very easy to be sold on testimonials and other recommendations from doctors whom will recommend products.

Really in my humble opinion I would say steer clear of anything that says it will help you to lose weight unless it has been actually proven in trials and tests.

It’s very easy to buy these type of products and have the placebo effect coming into action, because you are taking something you naturally assume that it is working.

And don’t ask me why but one particular thing comes to mind as regards this is, bit of a quick digression from what, I’m talking about but it’s all relevant.

I can remember once watching a episode of Judge Judy, and a woman was trying to sue somebody, whom she bought some breast enlargement pills off and her argument was they didn’t back up their claims and work.

But then Judge Judy turned round and said “how can you be so dumb you think that if these pills worked lots of women would be walking around looking like Dolly Parton”. You get the point.

What if I buy low-fat foods

This is something else that needs to be approached with caution reason being as fat doesn’t necessarily, make you fatter eating more calories than you need is what makes you fatter, eating fatty foods doesn’t help but it all depends on the type of fat some fats are better than others.

Monusaturated fats are healthy than saturated fats another problem with this is how do you classify what is low-fat, even a product having 5 g of fat per 100g is still a lot of fat, plus a lot of these so called low-fat meals can tend to have lots of sugar in.

To compensate for the lack of fat which is not very good either because this eventually will turn into fat, sugar enables the fat storage hormone within your body.

So it’s probably best to avoid these at all costs stick to fresh food at least you know what you’re getting.

I have a slow metabolism

Another good one which becomes a good excuse for most people the thing about this is almost everybody has the same metabolism it isn’t necessarily a genetic thing. Or people say that some people have fast metabolisms and other people have slow metabolisms, in the real world though all you need to do is eat regular meals, aim for six small meals a day.

And build your muscle definition up and really that is all you need to do in order to speed your metabolism up. In a nutshell you will only have a slow metabolism if you believe in yourself.

If I eat late at night will I gain weight

It doesn’t matter what time of day you eat food this won’t necessarily cause you to gain weight, one other important thing to remember here is don’t skip breakfast, if you do this you are far more likely to eat more food during the day rather than if you didn’t eat breakfast.

If your metabolism is kept going and you concentrate on building muscle tone then you will continue to burn fat even while you are resting.

I’m not allowed to eat certain foods any more

There is nothing wrong with having some foods that you enjoy, but you just need to make sure you do it in moderation we all need treats as small rewards, otherwise we are denying ourselves some pleasure in life, so eating a bit of a something you enjoy won’t hurt just as long as you’re sensible with it.

You tend to eat more food when you’re hungry

This will not make you eat more food, you tend to eat more food when you’re feeling emotionally stressed, because of the calming effect of food when you’re feeling stressed you’re far more likely to reach for fatty foods, so recognize when you are feeling emotional and do something else this will train your brain to stop reaching for food when you’re feeling emotional.

Starchy foods can tend to make you fat

Depending what kind of carbohydrates you eat a general rule of thumb is to avoid things like, refined carbohydrates which tend to be in things like cakes and other high sugar products.

Starchy foods are a great thing to eat as far as weight loss is concerned, sweet potatoes are a great example of this as they contain lots of fibre as well.

I shouldn’t eat dairy products because they are unhealthy

It all depends on the particular product if you drink semi-skimmed milk, and low-fat cheese and make sure it is low-fat cheese, there is nothing wrong with eating dairy products especially yoghurt as it has been known to help eliminate fat from the body.

Also cheese is a very good source of protein if you don’t want to give up eating it.

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