Lately I have been really concerned about my metabolism. I seemed that no matter what I was eating, I was still continuing to gain weight. It really didn’t matter if I was on a diet or not. This is why I felt it’s about time to properly understand things about my metabolism, as it seems to be the main suspect in my weight fluctuations.
Reading a lot of materials related to this made me realize a few things about my past fights with extra pounds. I used to have a normal weight until I was about 35. After a period when I was sick and had to take medical treatments and then anti-depressives I started noticing that I was gaining weight from one day to the other, even if I’ve never been a gourmand. The tests I took showed I’ve also developed problems with thyroidal glands. I’ve tried numerous methods, treatments and natural weight loss diets that I hoped will do wonders for me and that they will make me stop gaining weight. After 2-3 weeks of dieting I would notice I lost very little weight or sometimes not at all. This personal experience proved me that the metabolism can be activated and can be helped to function better, but it can not be changed with a wonder natural weight loss diet in a few days, because our metabolism is in the end something we were born with. At the same time, our metabolism suffers some variations throughout our lives, and it can become more active or lazier…depending on things we are doing. Clearly I’ve done something that made it quite lazy.
In a medical dictionary, I’ve found a definition of metabolism that seemed quite explicit and relevant. They defined it like the multitude of physical and chemical processes in our body, through which substances are produced, maintained or destroyed and energy is distributed to cells. In other words, metabolism includes all the changes that take place in the human body. After reading this, I had to ask myself, can a process that is so complex and involves millions of cells be changed in a matter of days with some natural weight loss programs…when sometimes the “natural” is fading away, because we are given numerous pill alternatives to fight with our extra pounds.
I’ve tried to take the wonder diet that claimed to change my metabolism in 12 days. I was at first impressed by the results they claimed: more than 80% register a natural weight loss after ending the diet. When it was over, I did lose some weight, but then I’ve put everything right back on so fast, that it was clear it hasn’t changed my metabolism, just starved my body. I found out soon after that only 10% of those that were losing weight after finishing the diet continued to lose weight, and that they were mostly in their 20’s when changing the metabolism is easier.
The main idea is that there is no natural weight loss diet that can change instantly metabolism, but some good ones can activate it. This means it becomes aware of changes in alimentation. This is why I immediately gained weight after stopping these diets. My metabolism, remaining the same, was aware that there might come periods with poor alimentation and tried to made deposits. It was simply defending my body against bad times.
A nutritionist told me that all hope is not lost. That metabolism can be changed, after being activated. That natural weight loss diets can contribute in changing the metabolism, but that I will have to take such a non-restrictive diet for the rest of my life. I had to go to a nutritionist to find about all the alimentary delegations in my body. Since I was already having trouble with my glands, I took some herbal supplements to keep that under control. I made my own changing metabolism diet… I gave up on red meat; I only eat it very rarely on remote occasions, and mainly eat a lot of vegetables and fruits and chicken or fish. Also, I am trying to eat non prepared aliments as much as possible. Comes very naturally actually. The only stuff I really can’t give up is soups, but I’ve heard that if they are not made out of fat meat, they are also very beneficial. And let’s not forget that I’m pushed by my family to go and walk the dog…for at least one hour a day. Basically, I’m running, if you had a dog like mine you’d understand why I’m saying this.
