So, I've been kind of stuck on how to really get my blogs going. Luckily for me someone posted on my Facebook page and gave me a jumping off point. Let's get to it shall we.
Basically they posted on one of my photos saying I look like I have an eating disorder. Let me just say this is one of the reasons MILLIONS of people the world over are overweight. When you begin dieting and training to get your body into the best shape of your life, people are going to see the results (maybe easier than you can see them). They will also realize that you have something they don't. You know something they don't. There is some reason your weight is going down while your energy levels are going up and theirs isn't. There is some reason you are accomplishing your goals while they still look the same.
This simple fact will trouble them because they don't have the will to do the same. So what will they do? They will try to drag you back to their level. Why is this? It is simple really, it is easier in most cases to bring someone back to your level than to surpass someone. You see it all the time in movies. Someone in a race where they are clearly outclassed will sabotage the other racers equipment or do something else that will keep him from finishing. This is what is going to happen to you. People will begin telling you how you are too thin, or how you don't eat enough, or how having that little fat can't possibly be healthy.
Well guess what people, they are wrong. I have not dropped my calories to 600 a day. I have not been throwing up my meals. I have not been dehydrating myself, skipping meals, or over exercising. I eat 5 - 7 times a day and lose weight.
Let's take a look at some of these common accusations so we can understand why they are mistaken. I eat 5 - 7 times a day with an intake of between 2100 - 3000 calories depending on what kind of work out I do that day. Obviously I am well within the limits for both my resting metabolic rate as well as active metabolic rate. I don't throw up meals because that would be a waste of all of the vitamins and nutrients which were the reason I was eating healthy in the first place. I don't skip meals because that would simply make my body hungry and once your body goes into starvation mode (which doesn't take much skipping meals) you will want to eat a lot more junk food and you will. I eat nutrient dense WHOLE foods that provide my body with the fuel it needs to keep my metabolism going throughout the day. My metabolism has become such a well oiled machine that I can pretty much eat as much WHOLE food as I want without gaining weight. So that covers the accusations on eating disorders I think.
Now for that other comment about having such a low amount of fat being unhealthy. This is another misconception. What people don't understand is that there are different kinds of fats and I get plenty of what I need. The difference is that the kind of fat I take in is healthy fat and doesn't simply stick to my body adding weight. It is used by my body as fuel instead of being stored. It is easier for my body to digest and thus my overall body fat percentage is very low. What I'm talking about are fats known as Monounsaturated and Polyunsaturated fats. In my organic peanut butter there is something like 8 grams of Monounsaturated and 4 grams of Polyunsaturated fat as opposed to the unhealthy Saturated fat of which it contains only 2.5 grams. Most of what the people around you are consuming is a high amount of Trans fats (the worst kind of fat) and Saturated fats. These fats clog your arteries and cause weight gain. Poly and Monounsaturated fats cause weight loss due to helping your metabolism function properly. So as you can see I take in plenty of fat. It just doesn't make me fat like everyone else out there.
One thing most people fail to realize is that I actually don't look underweight or anorexic. Most people are just so used to seeing fat all around them that they actually have deluded theirselves into thinking it is the natural weight one should be at. Well... I've got news for you. Those crap foods you are eating were never made for your body and you are the weight you are for a reason. They are manufactured cheap and carry little to no nutritious value. They WILL KILL YOU in the long run. This is a huge problem in the United States. Take a trip to France or Germany or many of the European countries and you will see that the average size of an American is not the average size of a human being. We have more junk food and therefore a lot more weight issues. So I'm sorry to say it, but I am not anorexic, and when you scoff at the numbers that tell you you are overweight even though you don't think so, you are wrong... You very likely just don't have anyone who is within their healthy weight range to compare to. Just food for thought...
I hope you learned a little something from this discussion. Don't let everyone around you drag you down to their level. I promise you they will try. This goes much deeper than just your dieting unfortunately. Once you begin showing signs of success in any area of your life, others will start trying to belittle you or make fun of you. Recently someone called me an "Over achiever"; however, I don't like to think of it like that. The reality is that I am simply achieving a normal amount while everyone else achieves very little to nothing in their own lives. Just remember, once you have achieved your goals you will be in a much better state of being than others and you will be very happy. Your life will have completely changed while theirs continues down the same path which eventually ends with an early death in most cases. Don't be a slave to the junk food. Don't be a slave to your weight. You have to break those chains if you want to achieve a Life Health Machine!
Until Next Time...
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