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Calorie Shifting Diet - Is This Another Fad Diet Or Does It Work?
Using the tradtional starvation diet, the body tends to slow down its natural metabolism so that its fat stores - which it holds back for emergendcies - isn't depleted. A calorie shifting diet is designed to fight this tendency in the body. Its entire purpose is to keep the metabolism rate from decreasing.
Using the tradtional starvation diet, the body tends to slow down its natural metabolism so that its fat stores - which it holds back for emergendcies - isn’t depleted. A calorie shifting diet is designed to fight this tendency in the body. Its entire purpose is to keep the metabolism rate from decreasing.
Whereas with the traditional approach, the body protects its fat reservoir, a calorie shifting diet works against nature to counteract this effect. By using this method, your metabolic rate will not decrease because your body will never catch on to the fact that your fat stores are in jeopardy.
Take for example; if you were following a strict 1000 calorie a day diet you would probably not lose any weight. So instead of this you alter the amounts of calories that your body gets. So you could have 100 calories one day and then the next day eat 1200, then you could go back down to 900 a day and so on. This way your body does not become militant to the specific amounts of calories and as it never knows what it is going to get; your metabolism works at its normal fast rate. You are in effect playing a trick against your body.
Many people who have used a calorie shifting diet have raved about the results it produced. Another advantage to changing your calories is that you are less likely to snack as you can eat more some days than others. You can also have a wider variety of foods and snacks, so again you are less likely to abandon the diet only a few weeks later.
So let’s get practical and discuss how you can put the diet shifting approach to work. The recommended approach is 4 days on, 4 days off. This means that you spend 4 days of the week eating very few calories, and almost all should come from low-fat foods. The other 3 you can consider your reward days. On those three you eat a higher calorie amount from the foods you’ve come to knmow and love. Then go back to the 4 days of low-fat, then 3 days of more calories, etc. This will make sure your metabolism stays at peak level and will help you lose weight and keep it off.
Your body is smarter than you think; so make sure you are always changing the calorie amount on a regular basis; your body will soon learn to recognise that you eat less after a certain amount of time and will change to accommodate this. When you raise or lower your calorie intake; make sure it is different every time. Always keep track by writing everything down that you eat and the amount of calories eaten that day or week.
Give calorie shifting a try. And remember: If you start losing weight but then stop for no apparent reason, it’s probably time to change things up again.
Oh and one more very important thing - drink lots of water! Yes, water is good. It helps to flush out toxic wastes in your body and ensures that your body is not retaining water because of the lack of it.