Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle – Easy Steps To Achieve Optimum Weight Loss Using the Calorie Cycling Theory
Most people know that to lose weight the last thing you want to do is starve yourself. In his popular weight loss book Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle Tom Venuto teaches you how to use calorie cycling as a way to keep your metabolism burning hot which will help you lose weight more quickly and keep it off.
The problem with starving your body is that fat cells will send out a signal that tells the rest of your body to conserve energy since there’s not enough food coming in. Your body will try to save itself by slowing down your metabolism. The slower your metabolism the fewer calories you will burn and it will become impossible to burn enough calories to lose weight.
Through Burn The Fat Feed The Muscle program you will learn how to make simple changes to the way you already eat meals. In order to lose weight you don’t have to completely alter your food habits. A few simple changes can make all the difference. Just follow these simple guidelines:
1. Track your calories intake; if possible track your calories intake and your macronutrient breakdown too. You can do this by eating like usual for 3 days and record all the calories information, this way you will know your daily calorie intake.
2. Create your meal plans; your meal plans should be 5 meals per day for female and 6 meals per day for male. Each meal will centered around lean protein such as meat and fish so the macronutrient breakdown is 30% protein, 50% carbohydrates, and 20% fat. These meal plans should have 20%-30% calorie deficit for 3 days, followed by a maintenance day with 5-10% calorie surplus with all the calorie increase coming from carbohydrates.
To figure out what your caloric deficit should be just deduct 20% from your normal daily calorie intake. For example, if your normal daily intake is 2000 calories you would deduct 20% from that amount which would be 400 calories leaving you with a new daily calorie amount of 1600. You do the same thing when you are increasing your daily caloric intake on your maintenance day except you add 10% on to your normal number of calories. A maintenance day, will keep your body from thinking it’s starving so it doesn’t slow down your metabolism. You can also use your maintenance day if you have a special event where you know you’ll eat more than you should.
Think of your metabolism like a furnace and to help you get the best results from your weight loss efforts you want to keep your furnace burning hot. Calorie cycling is the best way to do that. Keep your furnace stoked and you will lose weight with virtually no effort.
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