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• Metabolism Magic - How To Ampl … Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:04:00
  We have all heard it or even said it one time or another: “I’m not able to lose weight because of my metabolism.” It is convenient to blame our unwanted weight on an abstract idea like metabolism, but let’s learn about the real importance of metabolism - and better yet, how to get the most “burn” for your buck by recharging your metabolism.

  In the most basic sense, metabolism encompasses all of the chemical and physical changes that take place inside the body’s cells. Most often, however, metabolism refers to the manner in which the body gets and uses energy from what we eat, so it really does play an important part in weight loss and gain.

  Not everyone is given the same metabolism, and our rates actually vary during our lives, so someone who blames their metabolism isn’t necessarily making excuses. Age affects metabolism, which will slow about 5% every 10 years after age 40, and by sex, as males typically burn more calories at rest than females, and by the quantity of muscle mass you have (more muscle generally means a higher rate of metabolism). Heredity also affects metabolism, not to mention pregnancy, as well as whether a woman chooses to breast-feed.

  In spit of all of the wild cards, the simple fact is that when your calorie intake surpasses your metabolism, surplus energy will get housed in the body as fat. Though some of the issues affecting metabolic rate cannot be helped, fortunately, there are methods to rev up the metabolism you’re born with.

  The first directive is to take in the correct foods in the correct quantities. When you omit a meal, your body switches to starvation mode, which slows metabolism to keep calories, because it does not know when it will get to eat again. And when the metabolism slows, so does your weight loss.

  When you finally do get food after skipping a meal, instead of burning the calories in the food you’ve just eaten, your body transfers them to body fat to keep for the next “fast.” To keep your metabolism efficient, eat 4 - 6 small meals spread evenly throughout the day and try to eat close to the same times each day. Most importantly, never skip a meal.

  You can also step up your metabolic rate with exercise, including both aerobic workouts and strength training. Aerobic activities, such as dancing, biking and running, burn more calories in the short term, while strength training will create more muscle, which increases metabolism and burns more calories in the long term - even when you’re sitting still, muscle needs more calories to function than fat.

  In fact, each pound of muscle burns 35 calories a day, while each pound of fat burns just 2 calories per day. Despite this, you may be surprised that the more weight you have, the faster your metabolism is likely to run. Simply put, the extra weight makes your body work more to maintain its processes.

  
  

  
  This is partly why it is almost always easiest to drop weight when you start dieting, and becomes more difficult as you go along because, if you are significantly overweight, your metabolism is already at an elevated rate, so that even a minor reduction in calories will bring about an immediate weight loss.

  But what happens after that immediate loss, when a plateau occurs and motivation seems to go by the “weigh” side? Persistent cravings and compulsions can suddenly come back, and when they do, do not neglect a valuable resource - lose weight hypnotherapy. Hypnotherapy can actually retrain your unconscious so that, in essence, you can eliminate food cravings. When we look at why we snack, understanding why weight loss hypnosis works so successfully becomes evident.

  For many of people, snacking has become a habit - perhaps you do it unconsciously when you’re driving or watching TV or when you’re under stress. Hypnosis can actually reprogram your thoughts to stop those associations, leaving you to watch TV or drive without having the need to eat.

  One of the most successful weight loss hypnosis techniques for curbing the snacking cycle is Neuro-Linguistic Programming, or NLP, which relies on working with the unconscious mind and getting it to use the same thought processes that are creating your appetite, to eliminate your appetite. NLP entails many years of study and practical experience for a hypnotherapist to learn and master, but positive results can come very quickly and seem almost magical to a person who has always fought against cravings.

  NLP can be equally as essential as motivation and exercise because, as you learned above, it can help make sure that you eat the right kinds of foods at the right times, and this is a main part of turbo-charging your metabolism. If you wish to keep your metabolism at full speed and make sure that all of your exercise and hard work aren’t being wasted by surrendering to your food temptations, weight loss hypnosis and NLP can be a secret weapon to eliminate your cravings once and for all.

  Alan B. Densky, CH has been assisting clients with appetite suppression and weight loss since 1978. Visit his self-hypnosis website to watch his Free hypnosis videos, or learn about his exclusive lose weight hypnosis DVDs.