Sunday, February 21, 2010

Diets don't work and it never will + issue on hormones

Ask yourself this:
1. Are you on a diet?
2. What diet?
3. Why that diet?
4. Okay, how many Calories are you eating?
5. WHY are you eating that many Calories?

Next issues - hormones
leptin - anti-starvation hormone, it controls the rate of fat loss
- the more body fat u got, the more leptin will be produced by the fat cells

Insulin - inhibits fat loss

Cortisol - stress hormone
- associated with fatigue and lack of sleep and related to high level of belly fat
- excessive cardio exercises

Estrogen - associated with lower body fat storage

Counters hormone through exercises by doing weight-training