Myths About Weight Loss

Actually fats are the ones that make you feel full. They add the satiety value to your diet. And remember that crabs have half calories as fats, so adding 100gm of rice is as good as eating a slice of cheese cake. A good diet should contain about 10-15gm fat. People generally feel that consuming lot of fats is good for the body, but actually they do not realize they are the most harmful ones.

A Few Myths:

Exercise would make you slimmer: Exercising is good for the body, but it also increases your hunger. To loose weight, you must moderate your diet along with all the exercises.

Eating after seven in the evening will make you fat: no! What you eat during the entire 24-hour span is what matters a lot. Having a heavy lunch and going to bed with a hungry stomach is no good. In fact it may lead to different sleep disturbances.

High protein diets are good: No doubt, those proteins are good for weight watchers. They will used as a last option for our energy needs. So probably the extra fats are burned out firstly and then proteins are used. But sadly most protein sources like chicken, milk and eggs contains fats. One should go for plant proteins like legumes and pulses instead of animal proteins.

Nuts are Fattening: Nuts even though consist of high amount of fat, but most of the fat is unsaturated. At times, occasionally fats are necessary and make you feel full. In fact, recent study has shown that peanuts can be very good for dieters since they keep hunger away for long duration.

You cannot have this and only eat that: A healthy diet would in fact contain a variety of stuff. No food is bad. Everything has its own merits and demerits. But you should surely not overindulge in any kind of food. That is the reason diets cannot be our daily lifestyle. It’s difficult to stick to any kind of diet for a long duration for any person and that too if he is working. In addition, it is no surprise that you quickly regain the weight, which has taken you so hard to lose those fats.

Include all foodstuffs in your diet. Everything in moderation is the key. The main quotient should to remain and stay fit for an improved lifestyle and well-being.