Misconceptions about weight loss (Part 2): Eating carbohydrates can make you fat

[Key Points]: Losing weight is not as hard as everyone imagines, it may be because you are using the wrong method. If you find it particularly difficult to lose weight, check whether you have fallen into the following weight loss misunderstandings:

Does eating carbohydrates make you fat?

wrong! Just choose low GI carbohydrates and pay attention to the calories!

"Eating carbohydrates is the easiest way to gain weight" is not a rumor, but a misunderstanding. This is because most people know very little about carbohydrates. In the eyes of many people, carbohydrates refer to foods high in starch, such as bread, rice, or sugar and desserts.

Carbohydrates are also found in foods that people generally think of as healthy, such as fruits, vegetables, beans and whole grains. So, it is wrong to lump all these foods together and claim that they cause “fattening”. Does this mean that carbohydrates in healthy foods won’t make you fat? And the carbohydrates in staple foods such as bread will cause obesity? In fact, there is no such thing as healthy or unhealthy carbohydrates, but there is a distinction between the degree of processing.

Some well-made foods, such as refined cereals, packaged biscuits and breads, or other highly processed snacks, contain a lot of calories, but they don’t make you feel hungry after eating them. As a result, you keep eating them. How can you not gain weight?

Although vegetables, whole-wheat bread, beans and fruits that have not been highly processed also contain carbohydrates, they are rich in fiber and water, so they can satisfy hunger better than refined foods and are less likely to make you fat.

Does weighing yourself every day affect your mood for weight loss?

wrong! It depends on the person and the time!

Many weight loss experts will tell you that if a person works hard to lose weight but does not see a continuous decrease in weight every day, he will feel that his efforts are in vain and may even give up losing weight.

But the fact is, multiple foreign studies have shown that people who consistently record their daily weight have a greater chance of successfully losing weight than those who do not, and experience fewer fluctuations during the weight loss process.

If people see the number on the scale go up, they realize it's time to do something. Because weight is monitored frequently, the change in weight is not large. Making corresponding efforts to control it at this time will be more likely to succeed than making efforts after the weight has soared a lot.

It is not surprising that daily weighing leads to weight loss success, but daily weighing is a help for people who can lose weight smoothly, but it becomes a problem for those who lose weight slowly or fail to lose weight.

Therefore, for people who want to lose weight, the most important thing is to find their own weight loss schedule, and then conduct regular and timely monitoring.

Will eating before bed make you fat?

wrong! The key is whether the total calories consumed in a day are greater than the total body needs!

Many people believe that eating more at night than in the morning makes them more likely to gain weight. They believe that by scheduling eating in the morning, these calories will be burned over the course of the day, while eating before going to bed will store these calories. But the fact is that no matter when you consume calories during the day, when total intake exceeds total needs, the excess calories will be stored.

Everyone knows that the reason why people gain weight is that they consume more calories than the body needs. The excess calories are all converted into fat and stick to your stomach, buttocks, and thighs. Therefore, as long as the calories you consume are less than your body needs, it is easy to "lose weight". In this case, if you have been hungry for half a day before going to bed, your stomach is rumbling, your brain is not working, and you are obviously lacking calories, it is definitely unreasonable to insist on not eating at this time.

Many people claim that they have successfully lost weight after "not eating after noon". This is only because the total calorie intake is reduced, not because you have dinner earlier. If you skip lunch and only eat dinner, you can also achieve this goal.

If you really can't help eating them, you can supplement with natural, unprocessed sunflower seeds or walnuts, but only a little bit. If organic vegetables can be eaten raw, it is best to eat a variety of vegetables in one meal for a balanced diet. Just wash the vegetables and blanch them slightly. Do not add any seasoning except salt. (Continued…)

Source: 39 Health Network www.39.net

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