Unfortunately,
many people are misinformed and are also misled by the many promises of
the weight loss industry. Everywhere you look, you see or hear of people promising
"Dramatic Weight Loss" with products such as "The Fat Trapper", or
"Exercise in a Bottle".
Then you also have the hundreds of diets
out there such as "The Zone", "Sugar Busters" or "The Atkins
Diet". I’m sure you have heard of many of these yourself. You might have even
tried some of them. Unfortunately, these products and diets are not the quick fix, or the
miracles they are portrayed as. They are also usually very dangerous.
Below are some common misconceptions
among people with regard to exercise and nutrition.
1. You need to exercise to burn fat.
The truth is you don’t gain
body fat because of a lack of exercise. You gain it because your blood sugar
levels exceed what you are using. Basically, you are eating too many calories at one time.
2. Your metabolism slows down once you
hit 30.
WRONG! Actually,
hundreds of research studies have shown that the slow down in metabolism is due to a loss
of muscle tissue. And the loss of muscle tissue is directly related to a lack of hard
physical activity!
3. Pasta and bread are fattening.
Anything is fattening!
Lettuce can be stored as fat! Any food or drink, which contains calories, can be stored as
body fat if it causes your blood sugar levels to exceed what the body needs at that time.
Bread and pasta are actually great sources of complex carbohydrate! The key is how much
you eat and when you eat it.
4. Eating after 7pm will make you fat.
Absolutely false! It all
depends on whether or not the body needs that amount of calories at that time. Keep in
mind your body is constantly burning calories, 24 hours per day, just the amount varies.
5. Strength training will make you bulk
up.
Another NO! It seems as
if mostly women are concerned with this one. Muscle size is primarily affected by genetics
and hormone production; therefore, most women don’t have the potential to build very
large muscles.
Muscle burns calories, so the more muscle
you have, the more calories you burn which makes easier to burn fat and harder to gain it!
By no means is this a complete list!
There are so many I could write a whole book just about them. The key is in education, but
not by reading fitness magazines!
Jesse Cannone is a certified personal trainer and author of the best-selling fitness
ebook, Burn Fat FAST. Be sure to sign up for his free email course as it is full of
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