How To Attempt To Lose Weight But Actually Put On Weight

Every year more and more people are now becoming overweight or even clinicaly obese. This is not only due to poor eating habits, but fad diets and wonder pills are contributing to this growing problem.
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If you've tried dieting before which usually means eating less than you did before you should now realize that this doesn't work, and in fact, will help you put on more weight.
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If you eat less, your metabolism slows down because your body learns that it doesn't need to burn as many calories as it used to. Eating less also causes your muscles to begin to break down which is something else that slows down your metabolism.
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Once you've got bored with eating less ( because no one can do it forever ) you'll start to eat normally again. When this happens you just start putting on weight which is all fat. Your metabolism has slowed down due to your diet, and now you're eating more your body can't burn it off so you get fatter.
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Your metabolism won't increase when you start eating more because your muscles are now smaller. Muscle burns more calories than fat even when your sleeping.
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Diet pills that suppress your appetite work in exactly the same way as the type of diet explained above. As soon as you stop taking the pills and your appetite returns, you eat more, and then you put your weight back on. Companies are making millions of dollars a year from these pills, and in the long term they don't work.
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Skipping breakfast is another favorite for people trying to lose weight. Some dieters even go the whole day without eating, and then have a big meal at the end of the day to make up for what they haven't eaten. They believe that they can have a big meal because it won't take them over their daily calorie intake.
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This is another great way to put on weight. Skipping meals slows your metabolism, and also causes your body to release enzymes that will cause your body to store fat.
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Your body also learns that it's not going to get any more food until the following night so it will learn to burn of the calories from your meal slower. This causes most of the calories that you have eaten to be stored as fat.
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Low carb diets are another way to help your body put on weight. Carbohydrates are fuel for your body, and they feed your muscles. If you don't eat enough carbohydrates your muscles begin to break down, and you'll soon suffer especially if you want to exercise or have a job that requires a lot of lifting.
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When your muscles break down your metabolism slows down, and then when you start to eat normally you'll put on weight. No one can stay on a low carb diet forever, and it's definitely not healthy to try and do it.
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The only way to lose weight for good is to learn how often to eat and what to eat. Do this with an exercise program and the weight will drop off of you and stay off.