Inch loss and body sculpt programme - why eat 6 meals
a day?
You need to eat 6 small meals a day to burn fat and build muscle mass. With a proper resistance-training regime you will be well on the way to achieving the body of your dreams.
Follow this plan and have regular gym training reviews with your instructor to truly succeed at losing body fat and keeping the fat off long term.
Commit to eating six nutritious meals every single day, we know this takes time and commitment and you will need to be very organised. We recommend you buy a flask and a few microwave-to-freezer plastic containers. We have several recipes to help you achieve your weight loss, if you join our 12 week inch- loss programme you will be spoilt for choice with recipes and tips to shed those excess pounds for good. We recommend you make larger quantities of fat- free soup so you are prepared for the week ahead and they will keep you full.
We have all inherited our genetics from our ancestors, and they never knew when they would be getting their next meal. Our bodies are designed to store calories in case of starvation. Lets be honest the chance of this happening these days are very slim. We all know when our next meal is coming from and if we don’t we are just a phone call away from a take away meal or the ever-tempting quick and easy fish and chips or sandwich /burger bar, so we are not going to starve in this day and age.
The three main reasons our bodies store fat are:
1 Eating a very large meal this tells the brain that this could be the last meal for some time, so it preserves as many calories as it can (as body fat of course) just in case the next meal does not come for a long time.
2 Going too long between meals is the next reason we put weight on, because this also kicks the “I am going to starve” mode on and once more the body stores calories as fat. The body does this as a safety mechanism just in case it hits bad times as its not sure when it will be eating again.
3. Severe restriction in calories is probably the biggest culprit these days in weight gain. I know this sounds ridiculous, however what happens is just like point 1 and 2, your body is thrown once more into starvation mode; it stores more calories and once again these calories are stored as body fat.
Lets be honest these things are what we all do when we go on a diet and although this will work at first, eventually the exact opposite will happen. Which will result in your metabolism slowing down and the body will store fat even on very few calories a day.
At least half of the weight lost on this type of diet will result in loss of muscle, not fat, which slows down your metabolism even more. This is a true recipe for disaster.
If you restrict your calories too severely, even if you are weight training, a high percentage of your weight lost will be muscle, as your body doesn’t have enough calories to sustain the muscle it has let alone build new muscle.
So you can see why it is so important to not go too long between meals, not to reduce calories too severely and not to eat big meals. It’s straight forward when you see the damage that can be done by these three very common mistakes.
Ok so this is what we will encourage you to do from now on; to turn your body into a calorie efficient furnace using calories to survive which is what it is designed to do.
So you will start to eat smaller meals more frequently every two to three hours, always having a prepared nutritious meal, shake or protein bar handy. This will mean you are less likely to binge.
By adding weight training, you will lose body fat, not muscle, thereby not preventing your metabolism from slowing down, but speeding up your metabolism due to the added muscle from the weight training.
Remember cardio work burns off calories and works all your major internal organs. Weights and any form of resistance training will tone and sculpt the muscles making you look leaner and more defined. You need a good combination of both to achieve results and regularly changing the way you train is essential to avoid hitting a plateau.
To make an appointment please call: 01325 360040 or email
firststep2@btconnect.com
You need to eat 6 small meals a day to burn fat and build muscle mass. With a proper resistance-training regime you will be well on the way to achieving the body of your dreams.
Follow this plan and have regular gym training reviews with your instructor to truly succeed at losing body fat and keeping the fat off long term.
Commit to eating six nutritious meals every single day, we know this takes time and commitment and you will need to be very organised. We recommend you buy a flask and a few microwave-to-freezer plastic containers. We have several recipes to help you achieve your weight loss, if you join our 12 week inch- loss programme you will be spoilt for choice with recipes and tips to shed those excess pounds for good. We recommend you make larger quantities of fat- free soup so you are prepared for the week ahead and they will keep you full.
We have all inherited our genetics from our ancestors, and they never knew when they would be getting their next meal. Our bodies are designed to store calories in case of starvation. Lets be honest the chance of this happening these days are very slim. We all know when our next meal is coming from and if we don’t we are just a phone call away from a take away meal or the ever-tempting quick and easy fish and chips or sandwich /burger bar, so we are not going to starve in this day and age.
The three main reasons our bodies store fat are:
1 Eating a very large meal this tells the brain that this could be the last meal for some time, so it preserves as many calories as it can (as body fat of course) just in case the next meal does not come for a long time.
2 Going too long between meals is the next reason we put weight on, because this also kicks the “I am going to starve” mode on and once more the body stores calories as fat. The body does this as a safety mechanism just in case it hits bad times as its not sure when it will be eating again.
3. Severe restriction in calories is probably the biggest culprit these days in weight gain. I know this sounds ridiculous, however what happens is just like point 1 and 2, your body is thrown once more into starvation mode; it stores more calories and once again these calories are stored as body fat.
Lets be honest these things are what we all do when we go on a diet and although this will work at first, eventually the exact opposite will happen. Which will result in your metabolism slowing down and the body will store fat even on very few calories a day.
At least half of the weight lost on this type of diet will result in loss of muscle, not fat, which slows down your metabolism even more. This is a true recipe for disaster.
If you restrict your calories too severely, even if you are weight training, a high percentage of your weight lost will be muscle, as your body doesn’t have enough calories to sustain the muscle it has let alone build new muscle.
So you can see why it is so important to not go too long between meals, not to reduce calories too severely and not to eat big meals. It’s straight forward when you see the damage that can be done by these three very common mistakes.
Ok so this is what we will encourage you to do from now on; to turn your body into a calorie efficient furnace using calories to survive which is what it is designed to do.
So you will start to eat smaller meals more frequently every two to three hours, always having a prepared nutritious meal, shake or protein bar handy. This will mean you are less likely to binge.
By adding weight training, you will lose body fat, not muscle, thereby not preventing your metabolism from slowing down, but speeding up your metabolism due to the added muscle from the weight training.
Remember cardio work burns off calories and works all your major internal organs. Weights and any form of resistance training will tone and sculpt the muscles making you look leaner and more defined. You need a good combination of both to achieve results and regularly changing the way you train is essential to avoid hitting a plateau.
To make an appointment please call: 01325 360040 or email
firststep2@btconnect.com
