In this day and age, we hear a lot about energy efficiency. It's everywhere. Gas prices go up, and everyone goes out and buys a Prius. People want solar panels on their rooftops. Wind farms dot the landscape like pinwheels in the meadow. We multitask with Blackberrys and Trios and allat to fit more work into less time (this example actually doesn't fit but I like it anyhow, so we'll go with it.)
So efficiency is a great thing. Right?
Well when it comes to your fitness goals, and more specifically your metabolism, efficiency is very bad. An 'efficient' metabolism stores everything! It's that Hybrid Prius. Takes it forever to burn through a gallon of gas, where your body will take forever to burn through a pound of fat. Needless to say, you probably don't want this.
What you DO want is for your body to operate like a thermonuclear blast furnace. You want it to burn EVERYTHING that goes into it and crave more. Think "hungry Pit- Bull". As you attain this monster metabolism, the amount of food you consume will go up. You member those stories this summer about Michael Phelps eating like 6000 calories a day? He had to fuel his activity and his metabolism just that much during training cycles.
You can attain a faster metabolism simply by increasing your ratio of muscle to fat. This means some weight lifting, ladies. You won't be able to do it all on the elliptical. Lift a little and get large results. Fact is, muscle tissue will burn calories even AT REST while fat will just sit there. There may be some truth to losing weight in your sleep after all!
I wholeheartedly endorse a good FREE online calorie counting site like www.myfitnesspal.com to keep track of what you're putting in your body, and staying on track.
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