Have you ever felt like your metabolism was working against you? Or that it was sputtering and puttering like an old car dying for a tune-up? I’ve heard my patients express this many times. Many believe that their metabolism is the reason they haven’t achieved successful weight loss. Take Margaret, for example.
Margaret, age 46, had been a serial dieter for most of her adult life. She was convinced when she came in to see me that her ability to lose weight was lost due to what she called her “slow, barely breathing metabolism.” Margaret tried to convince me that she either was going to have to give up on her metabolism altogether or become a marathon runner to revive her ability to burn.When I discussed the best way to lose weight with her, she questioned me with disbelief but agreed to try it. Margaret had always complained of having cold feet and hands, but in 2 weeks, she noticed that her circulation seemed to improve, as did her ability to move without pain and strain. After 1 month, Margaret was sleeping better, her cravings for sugar and salt were no longer an issue, and she had lost 16 pounds! The plan had kicked in her metabolism and I never heard Margaret complain about it again.
I tell my patients this all the time, but it’s so true: your metabolism is not trying to conspire against you. It’s quite the opposite. Your body has an infinite wisdom - trust it! It was built to serve you.When you overly limit food intake or skip meals, your body will probably move into storage mode. But if you feed it well and at regular intervals, it will respond by burning the fuel with metabolic excellence. Your metabolism has a profound effect on how much weight you will lose over a period of time, so in order to lose weight fast, you need to maximize your metabolism - and on the nutrisystem diet, you will become a powerful, fat-burning machine in no time.
Maybe you’ve tried many different diets, which probably means that your metabolism may be in need of repair, especially if you’ve been on any of the extremely low-calorie diets that often lead to a quick return to your original weight and then some. Soon after the diet begins, you experience a calorie debt that prompts your metabolism to slow down in an effort to conserve and preserve energy and life. Your body thinks it’s starving, and it does everything it can to conserve fat for survival. Your metabolism is then further disturbed when you eventually decide to quit that low-calorie diet and resume a reasonable calorie plan, which requires your metabolism to adapt once again.
If you’ve been on these diets and your weight is constantly going up and down, your metabolism has likely slowed down, and I’m sure it has become harder and harder for you to lose weight. But don’t despair! This diet understands all that, and it was designed specifically to help you reconfigure your metabolism and get your body burning fat again.
If you answer yes to any of these questions, it may be time for a metabolic tune-up:
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