If you have been overweight for a long time or you have a past filled with yo-yo dieting, then you may be finding it very easy to gain belly fat and very hard to burn it off. Being overweight for a long time, eating a diet high in processed foods, and putting your body through the ups and downs of multiple diets can spell disaster for your metabolism. But, with a few strategic tricks you can teach your body to burn belly fat first when it needs energy.
The trick to keep in mind is that you don't want to completely cut out carbs, but you do want to cycle them. Have you ever noticed that Hollywood stars and fitness models stay lean and cut all year round? Do you think they get this way by following a diet that they clipped out of a magazine? Not a chance.
These famous few have trainers that understand the secrets to getting the body to burn fat for energy. One of the tricks that is now available to everyone is cycling carbohydrates, as opposed to cutting them out completely.
Low carb diets do make the body burn fat because you are not feeding your body carbs, which is your body's top choice for energy. However, it does not take long on a low carb diet for your body to get the signal that something was wrong.
You know what I mean if you ever stayed on a low carb diet for more than a week because your weight loss slows down dramatically. This is because your body puts the brakes on your fat-burning hormone called leptin. It drops leptin production in order to keep you from starving to death. So instead of burning fat, after a week of low carbing it you are not burning any fat and your brain is in a fog.
Carb cycling allows you to eat carbs at strategic times during the week to keep your fat burning leptin levels high. This keeps your body burning fat all day and all week. You also get the benefit of feeling great because you are giving the body what it needs to keep the metabolism high.
There are many parts to carb cycling, but the easiest to start with is having one "Cheat Meal" a week. This one meal should be high in your favorite carbs. This one meal convinces your body that all is okay, which returns your fat-burning hormone, leptin, to maximum levels. When leptin is high your body targets stored fat, such as in the belly for energy. It also gives you a much needed mental relief so you are able to stick with your diet long term.
Adding a weekly cheat meal to your low carb diet is a great way to stick with your weight loss plan. But what if I told you there was an even easier way to keep your fat-burning leptin levels high and boost your metabolism?
Is that something you might be interested in?
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