There are very many misconceptions that are going around especially concerning dieting. Here are a few of them that I hope will remove you from the category of the misinformed.

1. Key To Losing Weight Is By Starving Yourself

Okay starving sounds a bit harsh but that’s exactly what many people do in the hopes of loosing weight. If all you’re eating is vegetables then you are seriously starving yourself. Your body requires all the nutrients in the right proportion. Going all vegetarian denies your body from proteins, starch and if your vegetables are boiled, fat. You are required to reduce your calorie intake if you want to loose weight but don’t kill yourself in the process. Reduce it gradually but still let it remain balanced.

What happens when you cut down the calorie intake all of a sudden is that your body will mis-interpret your intention. It will view it as a period of starvation hence it will not only store everything that enters your mouth, but it will also cling to the fat it already has. If there is anything you will loose its muscles not fat.

2. Overeating

This is common among the people who either want to increase in weight or in mass. For those who want to increase weight, increase your calorie intake very gradually. I’m sure you ideal picture of yourself involved more muscles and obesity is not what you were aiming for. Increase the number of meals in a day that you normally take. I don’t mean that instead of overeating three times in a day you do so 5 times. Eat your food in the proportions that are necessary for your body.

3. Replacing Meals Instead Of Supplementing Them

The problem is not in the supplements you take, replacing you chicken roast with a protein bar is where the problem starts. The body requires whole foods a lot. No matter how many cans of supplements you take, nothing can quite replace the taste of a sirloin steak or grilled fish.

The meals you take everyday and especially for body builders may fail to meet all your nutritional requirements accurately. Supplements come in only when your on going diet is good and all it needs is just a nutritional boost.

4. Picking A Diet Cola Over Water

Water is very important to mankind and even more so to body builders. You cannot replace your water intake with a carbonated drink. I won’t get started on the cons of drinking carbonated drinks like sodas. The only thing contained in that sweet tasting drink is empty calories which you don’t need and a lot of sodium and sugar which your waistline can do without. In a nut shell, water will help you loose weight as it metabolizes fat. It cools down the body not just by making you feel refreshed after a drink but also by sweating. It is a medium through which wastes are removed from the body, nutrients, oxygen and hormones are transported and is also responsible for skin that’s as soft as a baby’s bum!

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