Permanent Fat Burning 2: Re-Engineering

Written by Pablo Ferrero

Tuesday, 30 December 2008 16:29

With all of what’s out there these days, a lot of those who are working to control their diet or dealing with weight loss goals are asking about how it’s done. There are posters, pills, twelve step guides and other how-tos, but there’s also a lot that’s getting overlooked. One aspect of dealing with diet is in realizing the natural way that our bodies and our minds work.

Basically, we are like any other system, structure or organism. Computer programmers or others who work on ideas like data modeling can probably relate to the idea that we can get closer to our goals by thinking about ourselves as “machines” or “systems”.

One part of this that related to diet and weight loss is in a “methodical” moderation our current diet and behavior. Think of it this way: your current eating patterns are part of something that your overall mind and body “system” has developed. It may be “natural” in the sense that you are going toward it without any special thought or effort, but it may not be healthy. Just like managers guiding a company away from failure, or engineers modifying machines to perform most effectively, you can “re-engineer” yourself to eat better, lose weight and turn toward health.

When it comes to this kind of “re-engineering”, slow and steady wins the race. Slow means that you build new behaviors into your schedule over a period of time; steady means that you take small and incremental steps. New behaviors can include:

Drinking sufficient water each and every day to keep your metabolism moving
Lowering your daily carbs to a range between 50-100 grams
Cutting out fast foods and current diets that are high in calories or cholesterol
Replacing processed foods with green produce
Making an omnivore’s diet into a “vegetarian” or “vegan” diet

So, knowing that many goals and diets fail because they are taken on too quickly, you can avoid this by creating a “game plan for re-engineering” that will introduce these behaviors in ways you can easily implement and analyze.

Lots of dieters who take this idea to heart can see how it helps them do what may not have been possible without the “slow ands steady” approach. Dieters can enjoy the same foods they ‘naturally’ tended to before as they slowly wean themselves off of whatever they want to cut out of their diet eventually. You can start with a raw vegetable or green salad meal one day and cheeseburgers or pizza the next, and gradually draw down your junk food days while increasing the number of days you experiment with new foods. What you will probably find is that you end up realizing there are healthier ways to eat that can still grab hold of your taste buds.

Dieters who try new foods often wind up really enjoying the full flavors of foods that rely on whole, natural spices and herbs for taste rather than monosodium glutamate and canned chemicals that can drag your body and mind down. So think about getting your own “system planning map” and embarking on a trip like this, and you’ll thank yourself later!

By Steve,FitnessFuture Expert.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 February 2009 18:11