| Mirror, mirror on the wallThe mirror, more than the | | | | few days to catch on to our nefarious plan to reduce |
| scales, makes me want to lose weight. It is true | | | | its fat stores, we have a chance to mask our |
| that there are numerous reasons such as strokes, | | | | intentions by cycling our caloric intake with a calorie |
| heart disease, diabetes, and hypertension to try | | | | cycling plan. But does calorie cycling work better than |
| something new like calorie cycling weight loss, but | | | | other weight loss plans? |
| what stares back at me from the mirror is the most | | | | Does calorie cycling work better than other |
| compelling reason--unless I get one of those other | | | | diets?Yes, it does. Now having said that I am not |
| conditions. Now before you go out and start looking | | | | going to make the claim that it works better than all |
| for that brand new BMX bike, we are not talking | | | | other diet plans, but it definitely works better than all |
| cycling as in bicycle. We are talking about a weight | | | | of the traditional low calorie plans. Remember rule |
| loss plan that is easier than traditional dieting, gets | | | | one: The body adapts to patterns of behaviour. If |
| faster results, and avoids the pitfalls of plateauing. | | | | you are doing the same thing over and over to lose |
| It is an exciting way to lose weight for those who | | | | weight, gain muscle, or change your body in anyway, |
| have struggled with weight loss in the past and for | | | | your body will adapt to that pattern and then |
| those who are going on a weight loss diet now. | | | | plataue. That means it will stop changing in the way |
| Caveman woesOur bodies are very frugal when it | | | | you want it to for a long period of time no matter |
| comes to their fat. Fat is the body's safety net in | | | | how faithful you are to following your plan. This can |
| case of famine or deprivation. You see, our bodies | | | | be really discouraging! But when we cycle through a |
| do not realize that we are living in times of | | | | set of mini-plans we keep the body in the dark as to |
| comparative plenty, they still are operating under the | | | | our intentions to reduce its fat depositis. |
| DNA that we had as cavemen which instructed the | | | | Every Other Day Dieting |
| body to convert any excess food into fat and tuck it | | | | If you do calorie cycling every other day or so you |
| away in its fat cells. This made sense in caveman | | | | can keep your resting metabolism high which burns |
| days because you could never be sure when you | | | | fat, you will not become bored with a routine and |
| would be able to club your next mammoth and the | | | | you will lose weight at a rapid rate. Some calorie |
| body needed stored fat to survive those lean | | | | cycling plans are better than others and I would |
| times. As a result our bodies will quickly adapt to a | | | | encourage you to use the one that includes foods |
| reduced calorie cycle. i.e. Low calorie dieting. The | | | | you'd normally think of as "cheating" when on a diet. |
| metabolism slows as the caloric intake falls because | | | | This makes the whole dieting process a lot more |
| our caveman DNA signals starvation to the | | | | fun. When you know that you have only a day or |
| hypothalamus which in effect turns down our | | | | two before you can cycle your routine. |
| metabolism thermostat. | | | | A New You |
| What is calorie cycling?Calorie cycling is a way to | | | | Just imagine what you will look like 4 weeks from |
| keep the body fooled about what we are trying to | | | | now while actually enjoying calorie cycling weight |
| do: lose weight. Losing weight is a high crime against | | | | loss. If you keep that imagination before you, you |
| our survival according to our bodies, so we need to | | | | will easily follow your calorie cycling weight loss plan |
| keep our bodies in the dark about our intentions | | | | to a new you. |
| concerning fat stores. Since it takes the body a | | | | |