Foods That Will Destroy Diets (Weight Loss and Whey Protein)



Posted: Tuesday, June 23, 2009

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Even if you are a workout fanatic, you still need to watch your diet in order to lose the weight that you want.  There are many different programs and diets to choose from.  All of them are promising results and each have a different theory involving different types of foods.  Yet, most all of them agree that some foods need to be avoided in order to lose weight.

    When you are trying to lose weight you should look to limit the amount of fat and sodium that you have in your daily diet.  This means that you should try to stay away from red meats that are high in fat, and you should also try to avoid foods that contain a high percentage of oils.  When planning your diet be sure that you are trying to get a sufficient amount of daily calories.  It doesn't do you any good to starve your body as it will generally cause more overall weight gain.  When planning your daily calorie intake, women should try to get at least 1200 calories and men should try to have 1600 calories.  That should be a sufficient amount for your body to use and keep your metabolism from slowing down.

    You should also try to increase your daily intake of protein.  Adding protein to your diet is a great way to help your body produce lean muscle.  Lean muscles are like calorie burning factories in your body.  For your body to create lean muscle it takes a large amount of calories, and then your body must also use a large amount of calories to maintain the lean muscle in your body.  People who do resistant based workouts and build lean muscle have more weight loss success compared to those who do cardiovascular exercise and dieting alone.  Protein is the building blocks that your body uses to create lean muscle. 

    To get a large amount of protein in your diet in an efficient way you should take a whey protein supplement.  You should try to avoid taking bars as they are normally very high in sugar, and don't contain the same amount of protein that a whey based supplement shake contains.  Also, you should try to avoid soy in favor of the dairy based whey (unless you have a lactose based allergy) as the body is able to digest and use whey protein more effectively than soy.  When you are purchasing whey protein find an isolate mixture and not a concentrate.  Isolates contain 90% per protein, and don't contain the fats and carbohydrates that concentrates contain. 

    People can add protein to their diets is to eat more eggs.  While eggs can be a very effective way to add protein, it is important to eat them in moderation.  Eggs are very high in cholesterol, and also contain a high percentage of fat.  The best way to add eggs to your diet is to just use the egg whites.  
    Another way to improve weight loss through dieting is to increase the amount of water that you are

drinking a day.  A person trying to lose weight should drink at least a gallon of water each day.  Drinking alcohol should be avoided as they are normally very high in calories and are detrimental to muscle growth.
 
    Fast foods and junk foods should be avoided in any attempt to lose weight.  The amounts of fats and carbohydrates in a single fast food meal are usually well above your daily allotment of calories.  Bake goods such as cakes and donuts are high concentrated calories, which will ruin any diet.  The best advice for the sweets is to stay away from them.

    You can spend hours at the gym to get into shape, but the best push-up that you can do it to do a push-up away from fatty foods.

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