Your body has four compartments of energy from which to draw to meet its metabolic needs: blood glucose, glycogen (stored glucose), muscle, and fat. It draws on these energy sources in a very specific order - first burning the glucose in the blood and next the glycogen reserve.
Once your glycogen is exhausted, then and only then will your body turn to the muscle and fat compartments.This means that every time you replenish your glycogen stores, the fat-burning stops until it the glycogen is once again depleted.
This is one of the big reasons we have to cut calories in order to lose weight.
Everyone agrees that it matters how many calories you’re taking in – but there are a few crucial secrets that can make all the difference between success and failure.
If we take the standard USDA recommendations of approximately 60% of calories derived from "good carbohydrates", 25% from protein and 15% from "healthy fats" and simpy go on a diet and cut those amounts in half, we will have a "balanced diet" with one-half the calories. Yes, you will lose weight. This is why most popular weight loss programs base their programs on a "balanced diet".
WHEN USING IDEAL PROTEIN YOU ACTUALLY EAT AN “UNBALANCED DIET” INSTEAD OF A BALANCED ONE.
We keep the minimum daily protein requirement the same (roughly 1/2 gram of protein per pound of lean body weight) and build your diet around this.
Understand, this is not a "high protein diet". We give only the minimum and we do this to spare the muscle. Loss of muscle is unacceptable to us during a diet. (This is one of the reasons you'll get a weekly body composition scan. By doing this, we'll confirm that your body is maintaining muscle mass as you lose fat.)
Next, we'll eliminate most fats from your diet, but supplement your new, healthy diet with ample amounts of essential fatty-acids and proteins.
By now, you probably have plenty of questions that one of our weight loss coaches can answer. Take the first step to lose the weight and give us a call to learn more about this program.