Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle – Easy Steps To Achieve Optimum Weight Loss Using the Calorie Cycling Theory
Most people know that to lose weight the last thing you want to do is starve yourself. In his popular weight loss book Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle Tom Venuto teaches you how to use calorie cycling as a way to keep your metabolism burning hot which will help you lose weight more quickly and keep it off.
You have to provide your body with enough food at regular intervals otherwise your fat cells will send out a warning to the rest of your body telling it to slow down and conserve resources. In order to lose weight you need to burn more calories than you take in, but if your body is burning virtually no calories because it’s in ‘starvation mode’ you will still not be able to get your caloric intakes low enough to lose weight.
Burn the Fat Feed The Muscle actually shows you how to modify your normal eating patterns into a cycling eating plan. Here are a few basic steps to follow:
1. For 3 days write down the calories and all nutritional information on everything you eat. Don’t alter your eating patterns, just keep track of everything.
2. Create your meal plans; your meal plans should be 5 meals per day for female and 6 meals per day for male. Each meal will centered around lean protein such as meat and fish so the macronutrient breakdown is 30% protein, 50% carbohydrates, and 20% fat. These meal plans should have 20%-30% calorie deficit for 3 days, followed by a maintenance day with 5-10% calorie surplus with all the calorie increase coming from carbohydrates.
The 20% calorie deficit means you have to cut 20% of your daily calorie intake. For instance; if your daily calorie intake is 2000, then you have to modify it to 1600 calories, the same applies when increasing calorie intake on the maintenance day. A maintenance day is required to assure your body that you are not starving, so your body metabolism will stay at steady high level and you will keep loses significant weight. It can also be used for special event such as birthday party or eating out where you need to eat more than your usual diet; the only thing you need to do is adjusting your maintenance day schedule to match the event day.
Keeping your metabolism boosted is one of the best ways to help you lose weight more quickly and calorie cycling is the best way to do that. The closer you get to your goal weight the more likely you are to ‘plateau’, the best way to get past your plateau is with this eating technique.
