I often hear people say that they are “dieting” or otherwise restricting their food intake in order to lose weight. Lame. You need food to lose weight.
I’m not going to get into the science of it right now. It’s getting late and I don’t want to spend any time looking up facts. But really, it’s simple. If you don’t take in enough calories throughout the day, your body will go into crisis-mode because it will think it’s being starved. I’m speaking generally here, but you can, by restricting your intake, make your body try real hard to store calories — just the opposite of what you want.
So how do you do it? How do you lose that fat you know is there (you look at it every day and try to hide it with the clothes you wear)? The first thing you need to get through your thick skull and washed brain is that food is not the enemy. Food is your friend. Without it, you’ll die.
Don’t look at food as a problem, but rather the solution. Food will give you the energy you need to meet your fitness goals, lose that fat you don’t want, and give you some culinary delights along the way. Remember, food doesn’t suck. You suck for making poor food choices. Eat right, enjoy food, and live well.
It’s that simple.
