Hamilton Personal Trainer Tips on Weight Control

Murray — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:53:50 +0000

Size and Time of Meals: The size of meals play a role in weight reduction. It is not healthy to eat most of your daily calories in one large meal for two main reasons: (i) not eating all day long is basically a form of starvation to your body which will slow down your body’s metabolism to conserve calories, and (ii) as a result, your body will store most of the calories from this meal as fat in order to prepare for your next day’s “starvation”. Instead, it is much easier to maintain a healthy weight by spreading out your daily food intake over many smaller meals. This allows the calories you eat to be burned gradually throughout the day instead of being stored as fat. Frequent meals also help to maintain blood glucose levels which will prevent mid-afternoon feeling of fatigue. Snacking is fine, as long as the snack-foods are healthy and they don’t increase your overall daily caloric intake beyond what is healthy for you.

Principles of Weight Control – Part Three

Murray — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:27:22 +0000

Weight Gain and Weight Loss

The important point to realize about weight gain is that it occurs gradually. It is physiologically impossible for someone to put on 2 (let alone 20) pounds of fat over night. It takes months and years of “slightly too much food” and “not quite enough physical exercise” for the weight gain to occur. Therefore you should realize that losing the weight (fat) can’t happen overnight either. The only healthy way for your body to lose weight is gradually, no more than 1 kilogram (2.2 lbs) per week. If you lose more than one kilogram per week, it will be easier for you to gain the weight back later. In addition, any excess weight that is lost (greater than one kilogram per week) will likely be lean tissue/muscle, which is not the type of weight you want to lose.

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Hamilton Personal Trainer Tips on Weight Control

Principles of Weight Control – Part Three

Weight Gain and Weight Loss