"It would make sense to stop eating [when you are trying to lose weight], but it actually works in the opposite way," says Kimberly Lummus, MS, RD, Texas Dietetic Association media representative and public relations coordinator at the Austin Dietetic Association in Austin, Texas.
Calories and Your Health
The most effective way to lose weight is to consume fewer calories than you expend, creating a calorie deficit. But if your calorie intake dips too low, says Lummus, your body could go into starvation mode. "Your body will start to store fat because it thinks it is not going to get anything," says Lummus. "You will be at a point where your body is kind of at a standstill."
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We definitely agree that the key to effective weight loss and living a long healthy life is to reduce the number of your calories. Although it's also extremely important to make sure that you are eating the most nutritious foods with the calories that you do consume.
My husband and I have been on a low calorie diet for the past 4 years and I don't think we ever enjoyed food as much as we do now. We truly developed a love for fruits and vegetables that we never thought was possible. Now we are always searching for ways to make our old recipes / foods into low calorie, healthy dishes.
We never thought it would be possible to still have Chicken Marsala, our favorite Asian Stir-fry, Pizzas, Ice Cream, Egg Burritos...etc although now we use substitutes for Butter (use Chicken Stock), Sugar (use Truvia), Bison instead of other Meats, Pasta (use Spaghetti Squash), Rice (use Quinoa) Low Calorie Tortillas and Egg Whites for our Egg Burritos and these are just scratching the surface! There's so many substitutions that we not only have our favorite foods but have so much fun taking on the challenge of creating them!
Of course it was a little difficult in the beginning like any new challenge that you are going to take on although once you start to realize how different food starts to taste and how much better you start to feel it is definitely worth the work in the beginning. As the quote goes, 'Nothing in life worth having comes easy' :-)
Thanks again for the great tips and look forward to reading more.
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