Monday, June 22, 2009

You Don't Need the Gym to Lose Belly Fat

By Jack Spencer

You would be surprised with the number of individuals who are trying to lose weight at any given time. There are some people that only try on occasion, perhaps buying some diet foods or joining a gym and then quickly losing interest in the entire process. Other people, however, may obsess over the idea of the weight loss trend that they are currently trying and jump from one weight-loss system to another without ever letting the one that they are using take hold.

There are a few reasons why people are having such a difficult time with their weight, and more than likely you are probably familiar with those reasons. We live busy lives and as a result, we tend to eat the wrong things because they are readily available. We also tend to lead lives which are rather sedentary and a lack of exercise certainly can contribute to a considerable amount of weight gain.

Fortunately, you're not left without options as far as how you can lose weight but it is necessary for you to understand the basics about weight loss before you do anything else. Weight loss is more of a science than an emotional necessity and at times, it is necessary for you to forget everything that you know about weight loss in order to fill your mind with accurate ideas. Here are a few that may have escaped you.

The main problem that is occurring has to do with the way that the body handles the sugar that we put into it. I'm not only talking about processed sugar but any type of sugar, even what comes from vegetables and fruits. Whenever sugar enters into our body, the body amazingly produces insulin in order to assimilate the sugar and to use it effectively. If there is too much sugar in the blood stream, the insulin simply grabs it and stores it as a fat cell. It plans on getting back to it eventually, but we don't give it the opportunity to do it.

That is why it is important for you to watch the type of foods that you are eating, not necessarily restricting yourself from too much eating. If you're able to eat foods that release the sugar slowly into your bloodstream, your insulin will not have a difficult time overcoming the problem of additional sugar. Your body will kick into gear and will do exactly what it was meant to do. We need to eat the right types of food in order to achieve this.

The glycemic index is an often forgotten list of foods which indicates how quickly the sugar from the food is released into your body. If you only eat foods that are low on the glycemic index, your insulin level will remain steady throughout the day and weight loss will be much easier. Not only that, you will avoid many of the highs and lows that you're probably feeling right now.

Although there is more to weight loss that eating properly, it is been proven that it is the most important aspect of it. Make sure that you stay away from the foods that you shouldn't eat but eat plenty of those that are low glycemic and healthy for you. The weight will begin to come off naturally very quickly.

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  1. Nice post with great information. Balance diet and simple exercise can keep you in great figure.

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