5 Myths About the Best Diet to Lose Weight
Myth #1 – A good weight loss programs needs to be complicated, with calorie cycling and special charts and graphs telling what to eat and when to eat based on your specific metabolic type / blood type / birth stone / horoscope sign.
WEIGHT LOSS FACT: A true weight loss plan does NOT have to be complicated. In fact, the simpler the program the better the results will be. The more restrictive the diet, the more likely it will fail you.
Myth #2 – You must be in total control of what you eat. After all, weight loss comes from WHAT you eat, not HOW MUCH you eat.
WEIGHT LOSS FACT: This is probably the most pervasive and perverse nutrition fallacy of them all. The bottom line is that to lose weight you MUST create a caloric deficit (Eat less calories than you burn off). As soon as you find a simple way to eat less calories you’ve won the battle, stressing over special ways to eat and special types of food to eat will NOT improve your weight loss beyond a simple calorie deficit.
Myth #3 – Intermittent Fasting is only for young people and it’s just another type of diet fad
WEIGHT LOSS FACT: Flexible Intermittent Fasting (the kind used in Eat Stop Eat) is supported by a large amount of research and is effective for many people of all different ages and walks of life. From professional fitness models to 53 year old Doctors, an amazing amount of people are switching to the Eat Stop Eat lifestyle every day.
Myth #4 – Some macronutrients are better than others for weight loss, because of the effect they have on rare or recently discovered ‘fat burning hormones’.
Weight Loss Fact: Fat is not BAD, and protein isn’t really that special, and carbohydrates are perfectly fine to eat, (even sugar). The amount of fat, carbs, or protein you eat in your daily diet will not drastically effect your ability to lose weight, as long as you are eating the right amount of total calories you need to lose fat.
Myth #5 - You lose significant amounts of muscle if you don’t eat every two to three hours.
WEIGHT LOSS FACT: You will not lose muscle if you miss a meal. In fact, you won’t even lose muscle if you miss an entire day of meals. The biggest things that determines how much muscle you have is your genetics and your workouts. As long as you are following a well designed workout plan you will not lose any muscle while dieting.
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