Diets actually can work against you. The reason is that diets slow down your metabolism. When you’re on a diet, your body’s metabolism thinks that you are starving and will slow down your metabolism. Thus, all calories are redirected towards fat storage and your metabolism decreases to prepare for survival mode.
When you go on a diet and reduce your caloric intake, your body thinks that you are starving. Even though you know your intentionally not eating, your body thinks differently and thinks you are unable to find enough food. This triggers your body to slow down its metabolic rate and store fat for future “fuel”.
Eating less actually does not help your body. Some people who diet might gain weight, rather than lose weight. The reason is that once your metabolism has established itself in “starvation mode”, you will burn fewer calories and store more body fat.
You need to eat more to lose weight. When people think they have to eat more, they get confused because they think that more food will cause you to gain weight. Yes, you have to eat more, but you also have to eat healthy and smaller portions. When you feel hungry, eat something. Your metabolism will be trained to think you’re not starving and that there is enough food around. Thus, your will speed up your metabolism and burn calories faster. This leads to faster weight loss.
Once you’ve trained your metabolism to burn calories quickly, even eating fatty foods once in a while will not be a problem. Since your metabolism burns calories faster, it will burn heavy fattening foods at a faster rate than it would if your body was in survival mode. Unlike diets, once your body’s metabolism has increase, even slipping up once in awhile will not be a problem.
