Eating the Right Way, Avoid Plateau

OK .. today's lesson!! Haha, talking as if I am an expert. In fact, I am not an expert at all. My degrees don't have anything to do with goot eating habits.

Today, I read an article about the right eating habits and what will happen if we starve ourselves. Just wants to share with everyone about what I have learned.

Yeah, everyone knows eat less calories = lose weight. But sometimes, when we starve ourselves too much, we end up not losing weight, nor gaining any weight. Our weight just stay at a discrete, constant state for ages. When this happen, we lost hope and again, start our old eating habits once again.

Anyway, before we start to give up hope, let me share some of the things that I have just learned. Our body is like a machine that can think and make choices. Like car, when you see that your petrol is getting nearer to "E", you might switch off the air-con, bla bla bla. Same thing with our body. When we consume less than what we actually needed, our body metabolim will slow down assuming that there is not enough "petrol" if it continues with the normal metabolism rate. Therefore, we don't lose weight !! Instead, we might even feel tired, lazy, sleepy, bla bla bla ...

Our body need at least 1200 calories per day to carry out normal task. We need energy to breathe, to eat, to take our bath, etc etc .. All this needs energy. Energy comes from calories. So, if we eat less than per require calories, our body 'halted' and started to slows down.

Well, in the article that I read, when our body stop losing weight although we have control the eating, exercise, etc ... this state is call plateau. Plateau simply means our body has reach a constant state and we will not losing any weight anymore.

Hhmmm, conclusion, controlling our food is right. But too controlling is not right. Same like human, our body will "merajuk" (sorry, can't think of the english word at the moment, hehehe) and stop cooperate with the owner in losing weight!

So eat right, and eat smart!! Fill your days with all the necessary nutrients. Carbohydrates, protein, vitamins, bla bla bla ... and make sure you get enough calories as per needed ! Don't starve yourself!!

Another things to remember. Each time after exercising, make sure you eat something within 30 minutes to 2 hours of the exercise. Our body need some "petrol" after racing on the field!! Hehehehe ... and drink plenty of waters !! Don't get dehydration !!