Improve Your Body with Resistance Training

If your goal is to look thinner and healthy; you need to increase muscle mass while reducing stubborn fat deposits. This can be done rather quickly by eating the right foods for your body and adding the simple forms of resistance training to your daily regimen. The quality of food that makes up your daily menu plan is directly related to body fat, muscle mass, and water weight. In addition, it is your macronutrient intake and balance of protein, carbohydrates and fat that helps to restore good health and wellness. Your body is composed of differing types of body fat. When someone says they want to lose weight, it is the non-essential fat stores that most people want to shed. Once you know your body mass index, height and weight, you can measure the circumference of your waist, hips and limbs to assess body composition.

Tips for Burning Stubborn Fat Deposits

As you may have noticed, millions of Americans have added pandemic pounds while sheltering in place. Although it could be tempting to set lofty weight loss goals, there’s a good chance you would end up skinny fat. Check out the tips listed below that focus on burning fat deposits, such as:

• Drink More Water - According to The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the average adult should be drinking eight glasses of water each day. Moreover, it is important to drink these between meals, not during your meals, as water can dilute the digestive juices in the foods you consume. Try adding water-filled vegetables and fruits to your menu plan.
• Fast Between Meals - According to researchers, fasting between 10 to 16 hours can cause the body to release ketones into the bloodstream, which causes the body to convert fat stores into energy. Generally speaking, this should encourage fat loss particularly in more difficult areas of the body.
• Think Before You Eat It - If two healthy people eat the identical meal at different times of day, experts say the one who ate a later meal will store more fat. Blood glucose levels tend to stay high for one to two hours after a morning meal compared to three or four hours after late-night dining.
• Front Load Your Meals - In a twelve-week weight loss study, women who ate their larger meal in the mornings lost two and half times as much as those eating their larger meal in the evening. Moreover, metabolic factors based on fasting glucose levels indicated women in the large breakfast group also lost more belly fat.
• Keep a Positive Mindset - If you are struggling with a bad mindset, read some success stories written by people just like you. Typically, the difference in a sustainable weight loss plan and absolute failure comes down to adopting a positive mindset and solving problems along your journey.

In the grand scheme of things, having to self-quarantine and live life social distancing doesn’t sound in-sync with living a healthy lifestyle, but you have to prepare for your new normal. Adopting some better habits while sheltering at home is the quickest way to get your life back on track.

Shed Pandemic Pounds with MRC’s Remote Support

Metabolic Research Center has provided one-on-one counseling for three decades and now offers clients virtual weight loss support as well as in-center sessions. Moreover, our weight loss specialists deliver the same level of encouragement and education to keep your program on track and working for you. Sudden weight gain, like that experienced by millions of Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic, pose serious challenges to your health and well-being. At MRC, we offer enhanced virtual weight loss support as well as our traditional in-center programs for education and encouragement. Our patients shed pandemic pounds by following a personalized weight-loss regimen with menu plans designed to meet their specific nutritional needs. Health professionals have said that a 5% drop in body weight is a major achievement and can lower your risk of some weight-related illnesses.

Contact MRC today to learn more about our one-on-one virtual support services.