Eating By Design is healthy. Losing weight is not
necessarily the healthiest state for your body to be in. Weight loss is a very
touch-y subject for many people. Most people assume that if they are eating
healthy foods, which are congruent with the design of their body, that they
should naturally lose weight and achieve the body composition that they are
aiming for. Unfortunately that is not always the case.
We at Eat By Design often point out that what is good for one human being to eat is good for all human beings to eat. This is true. Grains are not healthy for anyone. Protein and animal fats are healthy for everyone. Every cell in every organ and tissue of every human body has the same basic requirements. Meeting these requirements and not ingesting toxins is a fundamental step in achieving maximum function of your body and living an extraordinary life. However, meeting your requirements and not ingesting toxins does not automatically make you a fat burning machine with 10% body fat and washboard abs.
Functioning optimally and having the physique you want is not the same thing.
The healthiest state for your body to be in is balance. In this state you are neither excessively bulking (storing fat) nor cutting (breaking down stored energy). It is a frustrating reality for some people to face that being very healthy might mean visibly not having the exact body dimensions that they want.
In order to loose weight, or push your body into a catabolic (break down) state, it requires challenging your metabolism and stressing out your system a little bit. There are ways to do this that incorporate eating only foods that fall within the parameters of Eating By Design. However, there is a big difference between altering your current eating habits for weight loss and Eating By Design. Eating by Design is good for everyone and good for a life time. You cannot sustain any habit indefinitely that allows you to consistently loose weight, nor should you want to.
In future posts we may explore habits that can be implemented that may help some people to achieve their body composition goals. Strategies that work for some people for fat loss do not work for everyone. This is another clear sign that loosing weight is not the healthiest state to be in. To break down body fat, the focus shifts away from meeting the universal requirements for optimal expression of life and becomes about finding the trigger that pushes your body into break down mode.
We understand that loving the way that you look and feel is important. We support you in your goals to achieve your desired body composition. But we also really, really want you to know that the essence of Eat By Design is not about weight loss. It is about you being extraordinary in all aspects of your life.
We at Eat By Design often point out that what is good for one human being to eat is good for all human beings to eat. This is true. Grains are not healthy for anyone. Protein and animal fats are healthy for everyone. Every cell in every organ and tissue of every human body has the same basic requirements. Meeting these requirements and not ingesting toxins is a fundamental step in achieving maximum function of your body and living an extraordinary life. However, meeting your requirements and not ingesting toxins does not automatically make you a fat burning machine with 10% body fat and washboard abs.
Functioning optimally and having the physique you want is not the same thing.
The healthiest state for your body to be in is balance. In this state you are neither excessively bulking (storing fat) nor cutting (breaking down stored energy). It is a frustrating reality for some people to face that being very healthy might mean visibly not having the exact body dimensions that they want.
In order to loose weight, or push your body into a catabolic (break down) state, it requires challenging your metabolism and stressing out your system a little bit. There are ways to do this that incorporate eating only foods that fall within the parameters of Eating By Design. However, there is a big difference between altering your current eating habits for weight loss and Eating By Design. Eating by Design is good for everyone and good for a life time. You cannot sustain any habit indefinitely that allows you to consistently loose weight, nor should you want to.
In future posts we may explore habits that can be implemented that may help some people to achieve their body composition goals. Strategies that work for some people for fat loss do not work for everyone. This is another clear sign that loosing weight is not the healthiest state to be in. To break down body fat, the focus shifts away from meeting the universal requirements for optimal expression of life and becomes about finding the trigger that pushes your body into break down mode.
We understand that loving the way that you look and feel is important. We support you in your goals to achieve your desired body composition. But we also really, really want you to know that the essence of Eat By Design is not about weight loss. It is about you being extraordinary in all aspects of your life.
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