Eatin Meat While Losing Weight

Eatin Meat whlie Lose Weight

Yes You Can Be A Meat Eater

 

Many people do not understand. Yes You can eat meat and lose weight. As a matter of fact we should eat some lean meat for health purposes. A healthy diet should include some lean meat for iron, protein and other nutritious reasons. The problem is in our society most meat is not lean and most people overeat. Too much of a good thing is not good at all. So the question is how much is too much?

Better yet, how much lean meat can I eat and still lose weight?

 

Today we consider a healthy diet should be include at least 1500 calories for women and 1800 calories for men. At these levels most people would lose weight because the average woman consumes more that 2000 calories per day, while the average man is over 2500. To lose weight we simply need to burn more calories than we consume. The nutritional information on food packages assume the average diet is 2000 calories per day. If we are burning and or eliminating 2000 calories per day then we we should lose weight reduce our eating to 1500 to 1800 daily. That seems logical but is not always true.

 

What You Eat Counts

 

The question still remains, how much lean meat can I eat and still lose weight? When we decide to lose weight we do not just count calories. We need to evaluate content. The content of a healthy diet would include a balance of a variety of necessary food groups including protein, carbohydrates and fat. We need all three groups. Sure there are good and bad of each group but, lean meat constitutes necessary protein without excess unnecessary fat. A balanced diet would be 60% to 70% fresh fruit and vegetables; 20% to 30% whole grains, nuts and beans. That leaves no more than 10% of our daily calories as lean meat.

Now if we are trying to lose weight that means on a daily basis we should not have more than 180 to 200 calories of lean meat. The average cheeseburger at a fast food restaurant is between 400 and 800 calories. That means no Big Mac’s, Whoppers or Quarter Pounders with Cheese.

 

But there are a few reasons to avoid the fast foods while attempting to lose weight. First the meat is not lean. The meat typically comes from specially bred animals that are fattened and plumped up just for the fast food chain. The truth is few people prefer the meat of a lean cow versus a nice juicy plump one if they are looking at a picture or some form of advertisement.  We have been brain washed to believe the fatter the better. The second reason to avoid fast food is because the bread and the secret sauces. They are so filled additives, sugar, corn syrup and corn starch as they add as many calories as the meat itself with no nutritional value. So not only is the meat not lean and the bread and sauces are so full of additives but the entire fast food, commercially processed,  meals are detrimental to full of sugars, sodium and starches that causes numerous health problems.

 

If you noticed you can eat 150 to 200 calories of lean meat a day and still be able to lose weight. It is highly unlikely to get that from any fast food restaurant. You could get that at home. A small fresh cut of lean beef could be about 200 calories. Poultry like chicken and turkey provide the same protein with far less calories.

There is another important factor to consider, metabolism and muscle mass.

 

Increase Your Metabolism to Lose Weight

 

The reason men can have more and actually require more calories daily is they have more muscles. The greater your muscle mass the greater your metabolism is. The greater your metabolism the more calories you burn. In other words if you exercise regularly you increase your metabolism and burn calories. If you do resistance training you turn fat into muscles, burning the fat and burning calories. Muscles continue to burn calories while you are not even exercising. But to maintain muscles you must continue to use them or they convert to fat. This is a long way of saying if you exercise daily burning more calories you can eat a little more meat and still lose weight. Keep in mind, you lose weight by burning more calories than you consume.

 

Eat Less, Eat Healthy, Burn Calories, Exercise Regularly, LOSE WEIGHT!

 

 

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Louis Jeffries, a healthy diet, fitness and weight loss professional who shares information to encourage us to live a healthy lifestyle. For more Free healthy diet, weight loss and fitness advice and tips go to http://healthyweightloss4babyboomers.com

 

 

Exercises to Lose Your Belly Fat Quickly

Got Belly Fat? – Awwww isn’t that cute?! NOPE – Nothing cute about it – I know… I hated having belly fat, and every time I’m at a beach and I see some, I’m reminded of how blessed I am to have figured out what works and that I don’t have to look like that anymore…

Ok so what are the goods you ask? How do you finally get rid of those love handles and rolls in your belly? Well first and foremost we need to get something straight. There is no perfect magic workout for you – sorry. Seriously, you’ll see tons of different claims on the quickest, the best, the newest, the ‘fill in the blank here’… It’ not rocket science you know, there can only be so many ways to workout, and humans aren’t so dumb that 2000 years have gone by only to discover a new way to crunch your abs or walk faster with weights attached… right?

Chances are you KNOW the types of exercises that your body responds well to. You know that walking alone really can help quite a bit in the conditioning department. You know that you can’t be lifting heavy weights a few times a day and get slim, you must lift much less weight for many more repititians for weights to have an affect…

The most simple old school and bonifiable ways to working that fat have been around for decades and have never ‘stopped’ working. See, all these new miracle and secret workouts are just here to spin the packaging, the delivery, and the price point your way to make you buy their products…

I would MUCH quicker buy something that was a complete guide to simple, effective, and proven techniques than a book with the hottest model on the cover that’s never had a weight problem in his or her life. This is the mentality you must have for success. If you get some poster boy diet plan and don’t start looking like that poster boy soon, you’ll get discouraged, when really it’s about your health and weight not some poster boy fake story…

The secrets to working your fat are as simple as:

Situps a few times a day, not the killer kind, but the kind where you only lift your body half way max, and you do it slowly like fast like a wild banchy.

WALKING: 55 minutes at a time, semi-fast, if you have those ankle or wrist weights, use them. Not big heavy ones, but the smaller ones at first. Do this 2-3 times a week, then 3-4 times a week.

In-House Workout: You probobly have at least a few weights, a step system (or just stack some books together), a bench perhaps? Just make sure to dedicate 10-15 minutes extra each day to small weights, and large quantities of reps.

Crunches. Hold out a book in front of you – and simply squat down and stand back up. Take a breath and do it again. Now keep going until you hit 50. You will notice burning in your thighs, and if you hold the book our for long, in your arms too.

Jogging: You’ll hate it! But your body will love you for it. If you’re not ready yet that’s ok but even when nobody is looking, and it’s only for 5-10 seconds at first, get used to walking fast and jogging in spirts. Once you are comfy with it, try jogging for 2minutes slowly. You just – might – like it!

There are probably a few hundred things you can do that does not require a club membership or home-gym. Don’t be shy to start telling your body that you are going to incrementally be changing it – and well – CHANGE IT! The exercise factor of your weight loss plan is paramount, don’t think for a second that you are going to lose weight while watching tv because you’re popping pills that make you NOT hungry… You’ll lose weight perhaps, but you’ll lose health too, and you’ll become a pill popper – nobody likes to be called that right? Instead be called a health buff, a lean machine, and again – bring back the authentic you.

Gen Wright