*no dieting, Just exercise*
this is not an easy post...
I feel I consumed so much time thinking about my weight and every little flaw in my body (or my head which is more likely) that for a period of time I was living my life more worried than really being living it.
even tho I felt happy looking into my reflection, a part of me was sad.
I convinced myself that, unfortunately, such sacrifice like passing up tasty carbons should be done in order for me to keep a slender figure.
but this could never last that long.
not for a person as myself that adores the simple pleasures of life;
food and drinks.
so, different measures had to be taken at once!
I decided to take a leap of faith and try to get back to my normal eating habits.
but with a different twist:
more exercise and more diversified.
and then suddenly I realised that, not only was I happier on my everyday routine but my night time binging was naturally cut down to almost 90%
and the best thing about it is that I really saw a weight loss of 1 pound, maintained and actually got my curves firmer, and all I had to do was to be less sedentary.
you see,
the trouble with diets is that you are basically denying your body food that your brain perceives as a pleasurable activity, and therefore it is much harder to maintain control over cravings and to keep an overall high level of satisfaction.
people do see results when dieting and exercising, of course, the trouble is when people reach their weight goal and think "I believe I can afford myself to live/eat normally again!" and they fall into old eating habits, which will automatically result in a complete weight gain of the previous number and sometimes even more.
so you're in fact sabotaging yourself.
(unless you're able to diet for the rest of your life... but I don't think most people can do that)
the best thing to do is to have healthy eating habits, with allowance for salads and cheeseburgers, the trick is to have variety and teach your body to work out for longer periods of time and with as many different styles of exercise as possible.
your body will burn calories for hours and hours after the workout, and with more exercise your metabolism will get used to run on a faster mode.
thus being able to consume more calories and burning more calories.
and that is it.
you can see for yourself my results :)
disclaimer:
I am not saying that everyone should give up on dieting, I'm just saying that for many people there's no real need to get so aggressive on calorie fighting.
