Fat-Burning Diet and Nutrition Guide

you get cravings due to stress hormone release. Oh, and one
big meal a day is worse, as your body hordes even more
bodyfat because it thinks it’s starving all day long. When the
starvation mechanism kicks in, your body shovels muscle into
th e e ne rg y fur n a c e co nt i nu all y. A s f a r as y o ur b o d y is
concerned, muscle is expendable; it’s denser than fat, so off it
goes. You must do things—like lift weights and get plenty of
p rotein—to convince your body that it needs to hold onto
muscle and jettison the fat like the excess baggage that it is.
Having five to six smaller protein-based meals a day is the
best way to do that. Sure, you’ve probably heard that, and you
may even believe it, but do you do it? You have to make it a
priority. Understand that it’s the only way to continually provide
your body with the elements it needs for building muscle, and
that it will keep your blood sugar stable to prevent cravings. Do
it! And if those meals are the right percentages of carbs, protein
and fat, insulin will be held in check so there’s very little, if any,
fat storage and you’ll have that X-treme Lean look faster than
you can say six-pack (we’re talking abs here, not Budweiser).
Notice that we said every meal should include some protein.
Why? Well, it keeps muscle-building amino acids circ u l a t i n g.
That will protect muscle tissue, keeping it in a building mode
instead of a burning one—for energy. It also signals your body
that more muscle is okay.
You probably figured that
out. But did you know that
it also has a higher energ y
cost? That recent discovery
explains why higher- p ro t e i n
d ie t s are so e ffe cti v e at
b u rn i n g f a t as we l l as
building muscle.
A “higher energy cost”
More protein in your diet
helps you burn more
calories.