TRICK YOUR BODY INTO WEIGHT LOSS
DR NICK FULLER is an obesity expert and author of Interval Weight Loss. He shares his slimdown tips
DITCH THE ‘D’ WORD
Diets are unrealistic, unhealthy and often very dangerous to follow. All diets don’t work and it doesn’t matter what diet it is. You get the same result every time – that is, regaining the weight you lost or, worse still, ending up heavier than when you started. Cutting foods out will only make you crave them more, and overindulge when you can’t stick to the diet anymore. So, don’t even say the word diet again.
RESET SCALES
Everyone has a set point. Think of the weight you’ve been for most of your adult life. This is the weight your body is most comfortable at, and it is the weight your body will defend. Whenever you put your body under stress, for example with dieting, it will work back towards its set point and protect this level of fatness. The only way to reset your set point is to trick it into a new set point by using the interval weight-loss approach.
BREAK UP FITNESS
Doing the same exercise every day is fine for general heart health benefits but it certainly won’t help you achieve your weight-loss goals. Go on a different walking route, incorporate some hills into your walk, or break up your walk with small bouts of jogging to increase your heart rate and ensure you are getting the variety you need for your weight-loss goals.
DROP SLOWLY
Interval weight loss is a scientifically proven way to trick your body into a new set point so you shred the kilos and keep them off forever. It requires you to lose a small amount of weight (about 2kg per month) then having to maintain that weight loss for the next month, and so on until you reach your goal weight.