The Miracle Diet That Changes Lives...
Why do people gain unhealthy weight?
They consistently consume more calories/kilojoules with what they eat and drink on a daily basis, than required by their body (daily calorie needs).- Consuming foods that are high in calories/kilojoules and low in nutrient value. (E.g. Junk Food)
- They lack sufficient healthy lean muscle tissue to burn off the excess calories they eat and drink.
Weight gain can be healthy or unhealthy, depending on where on the BMI you are. Healthy weight gain (for people who are underweight) is achieved by following a diet that builds up the muscle tissue and at the same time provides more energy than the daily required (BMI). This allows the person to build healthy muscle and gain muscle weight, instead of piling on flab.
Why do people lose weight and then regain it again?
They consistently consume less calories/kilojoules with what they eat and drink on a daily basis than required by their bodies (daily calorie needs), without supplementing the required nutrients their body cells need to remain healthy.
- This way the body is forced to lose weight fast. The lean muscle mass starts burning the stored fat, and the person begins to lose weight immediately.
- However, because they starve their body cells and rob them of the vital nutrients they require to be healthy and perform at an optimum level, their muscle cells become less and less efficient, burning less and less energy, craving more and more foods which contains the nutrients that they lack.
- The “fat burning process” literally shuts down as the muscle mass begins to diminish.
- This process drains the body of vitality and most such dieters begin to feel tired, lethargic and experience head aches.
- The body goes into shock and hold on to the reserve fat cells, as it senses that you are starving the body. Most of the energy (calories/kilojoules) you now eat, are not burned up, but stored as fat. You will now not only stop losing weight, but slowing start to gain “unhealthy” weight. The brain does not know when you are going to feed the body again, and hence its drastic measures to try and protect itself.
- It will reach a point where your body will force you to “cheat”, in order to get the nutrients it needs.
- If you repeat this process, reckless as it is, you will experience the yo-yo diet effect. Over years, this will greatly damage your health.
