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This is due to the metabolism running at a high pace, with the sudden reduction in calories, the body responds with drastic weight loss. Eventually though after a brief accommodation period (2-3 weeks) the body lowers it’s metabolism to a level matching the caloric intake. Fat slows at this point and eventually comes to an end!

The diet solution to this scenario is to use short term fluctuations in calories to keep your metabolism running high, while avoiding survival mode which causes your body’s built-in defense mechanisms to retain fat and burn away at precious muscle tissue.

Where you begin depends on where you are currently at with your diet. If you are just starting a weight loss program and have been eating at regular intervals abundant in calories, your body is primed for a low calorie phase. Start with slashing your calories in half for 5 days to quickly ignite the fat burning effect.

If you have been dieting and have reached a plateau, it is time to increase your calories and restore your metabolism, so that you can enter another effective fat burning phase. Double up on your calories for 3-5 days to prime your metabolism and satisfy hunger pangs.

A 2:1 ratio of high/low calorie phases has been proven optimal. You can diet for 4 days, to trigger fast fat burning, then follow with 2 days of indulgence to restore metabolism and avoid metabolic crash associated with long-term low calorie diets.

You get steady weight loss results through enhanced metabolism. Studies have proven that the body runs more efficiently when exposed to short-term cycles, rather than long, dragged out periods of excessive deprivation.

Try this method of calorie cycling and experience the benefits of eating foods you enjoy (at certain times), while appreciating the will-power necessary to diet “hard”, but for a short period of time. You will find out that it is much easier and effective to follow a diet for a few days than for months at a time.

Just remember that this is an extreme program designed to be used for only 2-3 months at a time. At which point you should balance your calories and diet. The most effective long-term approach to sustain your target weight is to eat a well-balanced diet consisting of healthy fats, good carbs, and moderate protein.

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is it better to work out for 30mins in your lunch break or try and go after work for a bit longer?

I’m on a bit of a tight schedual but i’m just wondering what would be better…or reccommended…

to go for a 30 mins cardio session on your lunch break and do strength training with dumbells/yoga/squats etc at home – say about 4 times a week

or risk leaving it until 5.30 when you might be tired and lost your mood and probably not be home til about 8-8.30 but having done a good 2 hours workout cardio and strength… so many times a week?

i’m trying to find a happy medium!

i’ve just got a bike so i’m trying to cycle once a week to work whilst I get my fitness levels up (8 miles hilly) and because i’ve paid a lot of money for a bus pass so i dont want to feel that i’m wasting money…
i’ve bought a helmet and waterproof jacket (i need lights) to encourage me to go when the weather is a bit wet but i’m paying for the gym and want to make use of it… i just find that some days i’m too tired to go and others i’ve worked into my lunch.

i can eat around my lunch break but i’m just wondering if going to the gym at lunch will be better then going after work when i might be too tired (i have chronic fatigue mdue to ill health). will this be enough to lose weight and increase my fitness in just half hour? i used to do 2 hours a day/5 days a week last year so it doesnt seem like enough but it might be, i dunno.

also, what’s better, counting calories or doing the slimming world plan?

i just dont know what to do for the best as i did lose weight but put a bit back on due to grieving and a job change and i’m just finding it difficult to lose weight again – motivation wise.

thanks for any advice, help and tips

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first of all hi ya and i really want to say how much credit you should be giving your self right now as you are so doing all the right things your excercising watching your food etc and are interested and sensible enough to do it the right way im getting married next year and am trying to do the same all these fad diets are tempting but i know there not the way to go

I quallified as a massage therapist earlier this year and am interested in diet and nutrition and i do know that you burn more carolies by working out in 10 minute intervals with a small break another 10 etc etc or spliting that up during the day but i think in your mind it feels like you have achieved more by going for 15 or 20 at a time but still that is what the research says.

i deffo think tha the exercise on the lunch break is the way to go because getting home at 830 every evening is unaccepable its not good to put yourself under that much presssure and your body needs the time to wind down and relex as well to work at an optimum level and burn calories.

But what i will say too is that you need to look overall at the amount of time you are putting into this because you have the bike too and that is a great workout and as you may know by exercising in the morning it is almost twice as effective as any other time of the day so to be honest you could enjoy a meal or a leisurely walk at lunch the day you do that if you dont put effort into creating a balance your overall energy level will drop and lead to tiredness and flucuating moods for you you should think about that because you need to look after your llong term health as well

also slimming world is the way to go because it is really good i have seen a good friend of mine have great success with it you can enjoy really good food in the right combinations and really learn about your nutrition and what your putting into your body.

plus be a bit kinder to yourself will you cause if you have had a sad time personally and job changes etc give yourself a break cause if you wont give yourself a break sometimes lifes not nearly as much fun

theres lots of fun activities out there you must look great with all your efforts so why not take your fine bod out salsa dancing or something like that where you can have good fun get a gentle fun workout and make some new friends while having a laugh all the best good luck