Cravings Guide
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Overcoming Your Cravings Your body craves what it burns, meaning your cravings are a good sign of your overall metabolism or what your body is utilizing as its main fuel source. While many of us are stuck in the sugar burning state, it is known that our body prefers fat for fuel. Becoming fat adapted means freedom from cravings, mood swings, low energy and a change in food preferences. The good news is you can become fat adapted. Here are five simple strategies to convert your body to a fat adapted state.
1. Eat More Healthy Fat
One of the quickest and easiest ways to transition from being a sugar burn to fat-adapted is to simply eat more healthy fats. Besides for that, healthy fats are the foundational principal of the body. They aid our immune system, they are the foundation of our hormone functioning, help our nervous system as well as brain health. We must have healthy fat in our body in order to have a well functioning system. GOAL: Eat more healthy fats.
2. Eat Less Sugar Besides for being highly addictive in many cases there are only two main functions of sugar in our body. One, to be burned as energy and a quick source at that. Or two, to be stored as sugar in our liver and muscles cells or converted to fatty acids to be stored in our adipose tissue. Burning sugar takes most precedence in our body and will always be burned or stored in its presence. Our body must store or get rid of it quickly. As long as sugar is present, it will put fat burning on hold. GOAL: Eliminate added sugar and consume your carbohydrate or sugar sources only from natural sources such as fruit, vegetables.
3. Pay Attention To Meal Timing Eating within a set period of time throughout the day, what I like to call the “12 hour window” is critical in the natural flow of hormones that help convert your body into a fatadapted state by allowing the natural flow of hormones to be released. Not only is there a physiological response to eating in the right time but this eliminates some of the emotional response to eating as well. GOAL: Consume all of your calories within a 12 hour window daily.
4. Focus on Meal Structure Food pairing seems so complex, yet it is pretty basic. The foundation of this principle is the macronutrient ratio or the amount of carbohydrates, protein and fat consumed within a day. Instead of being so focused on getting the right ratio on the overall day, stay focused on the meal. Getting a healthy balance of these in each meal is a key. GOAL: Make sure you consume a good amount of healthy fat and protein at every meal.
5. Exercise Right Muscle is metabolically active and can be a key in overcoming cravings as well as becoming fat-adapted. Utilizing the “train-low, race-high” principle or basically exercising smarter not harder and using meal timing can help you become fat-adapted quicker. GOAL: Use interval training or quick burst of energy followed by slower.
Want step-by-step instruction on overcoming your cravings along with fat-adapted meal plans? Check out my 21 day cravings challenge to learn more. ALEXA SCHIRM | SIMPLE ROOTS WELLNESS
WWW.SIMPLEROOTSWELLNESS.COM
Overcoming Your Cravings Your body craves what it burns, meaning your cravings are a good sign of your overall metabolism or what your body is utilizing as its main fuel source. While many of us are stuck in the sugar burning state, it is known that our body prefers fat for fuel. Becoming fat adapted means freedom from cravings, mood swings, low energy and a change in food preferences. The good news is you can become fat adapted. Here are five simple strategies to convert your body to a fat adapted state.
1. Eat More Healthy Fat
One of the quickest and easiest ways to transition from being a sugar burn to fat-adapted is to simply eat more healthy fats. Besides for that, healthy fats are the foundational principal of the body. They aid our immune system, they are the foundation of our hormone functioning, help our nervous system as well as brain health. We must have healthy fat in our body in order to have a well functioning system. GOAL: Eat more healthy fats.
2. Eat Less Sugar Besides for being highly addictive in many cases there are only two main functions of sugar in our body. One, to be burned as energy and a quick source at that. Or two, to be stored as sugar in our liver and muscles cells or converted to fatty acids to be stored in our adipose tissue. Burning sugar takes most precedence in our body and will always be burned or stored in its presence. Our body must store or get rid of it quickly. As long as sugar is present, it will put fat burning on hold. GOAL: Eliminate added sugar and consume your carbohydrate or sugar sources only from natural sources such as fruit, vegetables.
3. Pay Attention To Meal Timing Eating within a set period of time throughout the day, what I like to call the “12 hour window” is critical in the natural flow of hormones that help convert your body into a fatadapted state by allowing the natural flow of hormones to be released. Not only is there a physiological response to eating in the right time but this eliminates some of the emotional response to eating as well. GOAL: Consume all of your calories within a 12 hour window daily.
4. Focus on Meal Structure Food pairing seems so complex, yet it is pretty basic. The foundation of this principle is the macronutrient ratio or the amount of carbohydrates, protein and fat consumed within a day. Instead of being so focused on getting the right ratio on the overall day, stay focused on the meal. Getting a healthy balance of these in each meal is a key. GOAL: Make sure you consume a good amount of healthy fat and protein at every meal.
5. Exercise Right Muscle is metabolically active and can be a key in overcoming cravings as well as becoming fat-adapted. Utilizing the “train-low, race-high” principle or basically exercising smarter not harder and using meal timing can help you become fat-adapted quicker. GOAL: Use interval training or quick burst of energy followed by slower.
Want step-by-step instruction on overcoming your cravings along with fat-adapted meal plans? Check out my 21 day cravings challenge to learn more. ALEXA SCHIRM | SIMPLE ROOTS WELLNESS
WWW.SIMPLEROOTSWELLNESS.COM
