Trying to get your beach body ready for summer? Susan Peirce Thompson, President of the Institute for Sustainable Weight Loss, has some advice for you:
slip into some slippers.
Wait, what?
According to Thompson, trying to lose weight is exhausting. Even
without those punishing visits to the gym. And there are two very good reasons for your fat-fighting fatigue:
- Fat cells are crammed full of toxins. When you diet, your body burns these "garbage can" fat cells for fuel and the toxins literally flood your bloodstream. So you get tired. Very tired.
- At the same time, you're consuming a lot fewer calories. In fact, you're not getting the fuel you need just to function normally. To use your fat cells for fuel your body runs at a deficit. Which makes you more tired.
So here you are, depleted, tired, and hungry...now you're supposed to use your
willpower to stay away from unhealthy fat-building foods? Under the best of circumstances human willpower holds out for about 15 minutes. When you add the stress and physical fatigue of exercise, your willpower is outgunned. Instead of exercising you should be laser-focused on building new eating habits.
Bottom line, her advice for
sustainable weight loss is this: "Drink a lot of water. Rest. Keep your eating immaculate. Imagine yourself shuffling around in bedroom slippers all day." According to Thompson, you can "watch your bulges melt away" if you just kick off your sneakers and kick back in your slippers.
You don't have to tell me twice!
Your "Sneakers Off!" Gift Guru,
Linda
