To slim down and tone up, wait until later in the day to eat. The technique is called intermittent fasting. It’s the secret that Hollywood stars have been using for years to make major body transformations in a short period of time. By delaying eating, the body is encouraged to switch to burning fat cells for energy rather than carbs and glucose.
The Myth About Eating Early In The Day
Most people who eat a modern diet are used to eating shortly after waking up. It’s a common misunderstanding that you should eat the majority of your calories early in the day so that you can “burn them off” before the day ends.
While this makes sound logical sense, it isn’t the way the body works. It doesn’t matter when you eat carbs and sugar. If you’re eating them in any significant quantity, and you’re prone to gaining weight, you will continue to gain weight, or at least stay the same size. Waiting to eat until later in the day gives your digestive system a bigger window of time to heal and repair and primes the body for fat burning.
How To Make The Switch From Burning Sugar and Carbs To Burning Fat
To experience the fat-loss benefits of intermittent fasting, you need to last at minimum 14 hours without food. So, if you go to bed at 8 pm, you can’t have your first meal until 10 am. Not that bad, right?
At first it can be hard, but eventually, you’ll begin to feel energized. You only have to intermittent fast once or twice a week to experience significant weight loss benefits. If you want to go all out, eat only one large meal a few hours before going to bed. Now comes the hard part, laying off the carbs and sugar.
Avoid Sugar and Eat More Healthy Fat
Intermittent fasting helps burn fat. Eating carbs and sugar, however, encourages the body to burn glucose instead. This is counterproductive to getting that toned physique you’re looking for. By eating very few carbs and sugar, ideally less than 20 grams a day, you will start to go into ketosis. Ketosis is the state of burning fat instead of glucose for energy. It has a lot of cognitive and weight loss benefits.
The most efficient form of high-fat energy is MCT oil. MCT stands for medium-chain triglycerides. It’s a form of saturated fat derived from coconut and palm oil. It’s easily digested by the body and doesn’t require energy resources to break down. Other forms healthy fat include grass-fed beef, grass-fed whole milk, grass-fed butter, olive oil, eggs, and macadamia nuts.
Conclusion
Hollywood stars are human just like you. If intermittent fasting can help Halle Berry and Chris Hemsworth get in shape for those sizzling close-ups, it can work for you too. Breaking the sugar addiction is the hardest part. From there it’s smooths sailing to a get a tight body.