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Habits of Highly Fit People - pg. 3
process and regulate a healthy body weight naturally. Stop skipping meals; it just makes you hungry so when you do eat you might end up consuming too many calories.
5 - Switching to 100% No Fat Foods
For the umpteenth time, your body needs fat to function properly. Of course, it needs to be good fat, found in olive oil, coconut oil, walnuts, almonds and fish like mackerel and salmon. Saturated and trans fats are certainly not needed in your body, but when you attempt to eat nothing but fat free-foods, you send the wrong message to your brain.
When humans were evolving, they did not always have the opportunity to eat every day. When they did, they ate as much as possible and their bodies stored excess fat away for those periods of time when no food was on the schedule. Your body works the same way. When your brain sees that you are not taking in any fat, it begins converting things like sugar to fat and hording it. Eating an entirely fat-free diet is almost a guaranteed way to cause multiple health problems, as well as pack on a few extra pounds. That is because when you see the phrases “fat-free” or “100% no fat” something has been added for flavor when that fat was removed.
This is usually tons of unhealthy sugar or chemical sweeteners made in a laboratory. They immediately turn to fat in your body, which is why you see people drinking fat-free diet drinks and sports drinks for years, and yet they are still incapable of losing weight, actually gaining it in most cases.
Fortunately, there is one weight loss shortcut that will naturally drop your weight until you reach your personal, healthy weight. And the thing is, it delivers tons of energy, a lean, muscular and toned body, your brain works better than ever before, and you find yourself happy, successful and productive in every area of your life. this miracle shortcut for weight loss and so many health benefits? It’s simple, stop putting garbage into your body. Everybody knows by now that fast food, simple carbohydrates, processed food, refined sugar and salt are killers. You also know that fruits, vegetables and whole grains make for a super healthy body, which automatically and effortlessly regulates your perfect body weight.
In recent years, scientists have discovered that 60% to 70% of your level of physical fitness is determined entirely by your diet. That is why you may have been working out like a fanatic, and still not realizing your weight loss goals. You are simply eating the wrong things. Start eating smart, get physically active whenever you can, and steer clear of the 5 dangerous and ineffective weight loss shortcuts listed above in every situation.