There are many common
weight loss myths that people live by when it comes to their health. It is
difficult at times to separate the weight loss myths and fact from what is
true. Many sound true while others are just laughable. I once read somewhere
that if you drink water at night that you are going to gain weight or that if
you scratch your head too often you are going to lose your hair....
Weight Loss Myth # 1
The more weight that I have to lose the more intense my exercise routine should
be
Weight Loss Truth:
Although having an intense workout routine is great, there are a few things you
should consider: the first being that everyone is at a different level when it
comes to their fitness and how much intensity they can actually handle. If you
have been physically inactive for a number of years, an intense work out for
you might be, walking half a mile a day. After you walk that half mile you
notice that you are sweating bullets and that you are tired. However, for
someone who has been physically active for many years, walking half a mile can
be done without a sweat. Everyone has a different definition of what
"intense" is.
If intense for you is
working out for an hour a day, but due to life's busy schedule you only have
time for 20 minutes a day, then those 20 minutes will go an extremely long way.
It might not necessarily be classified as "intense", according to
your definition, but those little cardio moments will have positive health
altering effects.
Fat Loss Myth # 2
Stress and weight gain do not go hand in hand
Weight Loss Fact: This
is one of those "laughable" myths. To learn more how stress is adding
lbs. to your life please download my free E-Book, "Psychology of Releasing
Weight"
Weight Loss Myth # 3
I can lose weight while eating whatever I want
Weight Loss Truth: Sir
Isaac Newton once said " What goes up must come down." There are
natural principles that govern our lives. If you throw a ball up in the air, it
is going to come back down. You can sit on your couch and imagine and visualize
that the ball will staying afloat in the air, but natural principles teach us
that it will come down. Same goes when it comes to our weight.
This is one of the
most common weight loss myths out there. It is illogical to think that your health
and weight are going to be in balance if your nutrition consists mainly of
twinkies, chips, and donuts. Sure you can burn it off by exercising, but most
people whose diet consists of mainly junk food are probably not disciplined
enough to stick to a workout routine. I do know a few people who, from the
outside, look like they are in good shape, because they are not "fat, but
who have high cholesterol.
Just because I feel
sorry for crushing the hearts of so many twinkie lovers out there, I would say
this. You can eat junk food, cookies, chips, ice cream, pizza, burgers.... All
of those "soul satisfying foods", but it should be in moderation.
Anything in excess is never good.
Fat Loss Myth # 4
Skipping meals is a good way to lose weight
Weight Loss Fact: There
are numerous studies that show that people who skip breakfast and eat fewer
times during the day tend to be a lot heavier than who have a healthy
nutritional breakfast and then eat 4-6 small meals during the day. The reason
to this might be the fact that they get hungrier later on in the day, and might
have a tendency to over eat during other meals of the day.
Weight Loss Myth # 5
I will not lose weight while eating at night
Weight Loss Truth: You
can over indulge in food during the day and not eat a single thing at night and
you WILL gain weight. As is the fact that you can starve yourself during the
day and eat all night long and you still will gain weight. The key here is
balance. If your body is telling you that it is hungry then perhaps you should listen
to it. The truth is, that over eating, while not exercising, will cause you to
gain weight; no matter what time of the day that you eat. Whenever I am hungry
at night, as is my habit with other meals during the day, I try to select
something that is natural in nature. Something like fruits, vegetables, or I
might even make myself a fruit smoothie. During those moments that I am craving
ice cream or something sweet, I allow myself to get some, and DO NOT feel
guilty about it. Many people who are overweight live their life in guilt and
shame. I allow myself to get some, however, WITH MODERATION.
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Fat Loss Myth # 6
I'm not acceptable until I lose weight
Weight Loss Fact: The
person who doesn't feel acceptable because they are fat is because they are not
acceptable to themselves first. The way that you think others view you is based
on your view of yourself. I honestly believe that one must become emotionally
fit before becoming physically fit. I have gone through these self-limiting
emotions before. Once I realized that I was ALREADY ENOUGH in the eyes of God
and that I had no need to prove myself to anyone or to receive external
validation for my self-worth, that made all the difference for me. Once you
accept yourself as who you are RIGHT NOW and realize that you are already
enough in the eyes of God, you will not feel like you are not acceptable
because of your weight.
Weight Loss Myth # 7
I need to cut calories to lose weight faster
Weight Loss Truth:
Cutting your calories down might be a great thing, if you are drastically
overeating and stuffing your face. However, if you are eating proportionally
then cutting calories might have an aversive affect. If you are cutting
calories and are starving your body, then that will lower your metabolism, or
in other words slow it down, which may result in you actually not losing any
weight at all, even if you are "cutting calories"
Fat Loss Myth # 8
Skipping meals will help me lose weight
Weight Loss Fact:
Skipping meals may actually cause you to gain weight! You will become too
hungry and will eventually have to eat. This will knock your metabolism off
track and will eventually slow it down. Think of a car running low on gas
(food), if you do not fill it up, it will eventually stop working. Same goes
for our body, we need to keep it fueled constantly.
Weight Loss Myth # 9
I think I have genetic weight gain, it runs in my family!
Weight Loss Truth: Can
someone say E-X-C-U-S-E-S? I will not deny that there might be tendencies for
heavy parents to raise heavy children who will remain heavy their whole lives,
but I don't believe that there is actually a "fat" gene or DNA out
there. What we do inherit from our family, primarily those who directly raised
us, are our views and beliefs. Your views about food, money, religion, politics,
education, etc. are based upon how you were raised. If you were raised in a
home where the primary meals cooked where fried foods, then you might have a
tendency to continue cooking and eating fried foods throughout your life. If
that is the case then you might be a little heavy around the waist. The easy
thing to do is to blame it on those who were in charge of your upbringing,
however, you ALWAYS have a choice to change.
Fat Loss Myth # 10
Eating healthy is too hard
Weight Loss Fact:
Eating healthy is the simplest thing in the world.....once you have trained
yourself to do it. How many times have you placed a goal to lose weight or to
"eat better"? The first few days you are doing great, eating all
kinds of foods which you normally wouldn't eat. Then something funny started to
happen, you went back to your old habits and behaviors. This has happened to
you in other areas outside of your health. It could be with making money,
looking for a new job, or in your relationships. Creating a new habit takes
time because our brain's do not like change. Change to the brain is dangerous.
Anyways, if you would like to learn more about how our brain attempts to
sabotage us from creating new habits then please download my free E-book,
"Psychology of Releasing Weight"
Weight Loss Myth # 11
You have to give up your favorite foods to lose weight
Weight Loss Truth:
What would a world without chocolate and without pepperoni pizza be like??? I
think it would be a torturous world to live in!! lol, now on a real note I
completely disagree with this myth. You are definitely able to eat your
favorite foods. Depriving yourself of this kind of pleasure is not fun, and
quite frankly you probably WILL eat it anyways. As has been mentioned before, the
real key is moderation. If you are a steak lover, then perhaps it might not be
the best things to eat it every single day, but perhaps once or twice a week.
Those who know me personally know that I LOOOOOOOOVE chicken wings with pizza.
In a perfect world where I wouldn't gain any weight and my arteries were
clog-less, I would love to eat it several times per week, well more like every
day. However, I know that those aren't the healthiest of food choices so I have
it about 2-3 times per month. I am not giving up my favorite foods, I am just
eating it in moderation so that it doesn't catch up to me in the form of excess
weight.
Fat Loss Myth # 12
Overeating is caused by hunger
Weight Loss Fact: Nice
try there. If only we could blame "hunger" for it. In fact, this
person we call hunger has nothing to do with you OVEREATING. It might have
something to do your body telling you that it is time to "fuel up"
and that it needs food, but that is not an indication that one should overeat.
What causes many people to overeat are different reasons. One of the main ones
is feeling of stress, depression, loneliness, anxiety, fear, and other down
grading emotions of that nature. Many times food can be a means of satisfying
your needs. You might be actually getting your needs met through your foods.
For example, if you live a lonely life, and aren't very happy, then food could
perhaps be a means of you feeling happy and comforted. There are other articles
that I have written on this subject but suffice it to say that overeating is
NOT cause by being hungry.
Weight Loss Myth # 13
Only drastic diets work
Weight Loss Truth:
There goes that word again...DIEt....those "drastic diets" are only
good for quick weight loss and rapid weight gain once you get of it. These
drastic diets range from the "cookie diet", lol.... All that way to
"the water only diet"..... I am sure you can lose weight while on
these DIEts, however the weight will be gained right back and usually with some
added weight as a bonus
Fat Loss Myth # 14
I am too fat and too far down the road to begin
Weight Loss Fact: A
long journey begins one step at a time. It is natural to expect instantaneous
results and to even fear the road ahead of you; especially if you are extremely
overweight. The secret here is to make SMALL incremental changes. Don't expect
perfection because that will lead you to disappointment. You are never too far
down the road to where you cannot see the sun's light......
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Weight Loss Myth # 15
I can't do it, I have tried many times and have failed
Weight Loss Truth: The
great Henry Ford once said "Whether you think you can, or you think you
can't- you're right.'"......It is 90% mindset, and 10% actually getting
off your butt and doing something about it. You fall down, you get back up....
you fall down again, you get back up again. If you have tried to lose weight in
the past then it is time to keep trying. Discouragment is to losing weight as
is a piece of fried chicken to a vegetarian......they DO NOT go hand in hand.
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