Lose The Fat Through Metabolism Management

By the time that we reach adulthood most of us are very much aware of the fact that extra pounds can sneak up on you. All through my childhood and my teen years I was skinny. I was even embarrassed at how small and boney my wrists were; but times do change. After almost 30 years of marriage and surviving parenting four children I certainly am not underweight.

But fortunately I have learned about controlling my weight, or more importantly, the excess fat that I had acquired. My background is in nursing and a fringe benefit of nursing school is learning about nutrition and the digestive system. You see, what we weigh is determined by what we eat but only to a degree.

If we understand enough about our metabolic rate we can learn to work with it or even manipulate it in ways to help us lose fat and lose it very quickly. In essence, this is shifting calories, but that is not the topic of this article.

Let us begin with basics. Metabolism is what balances the energy that is in our body. Keep reading and you will understand what I mean. Metabolism begins with plants. Think back to grade school because that is where you learned about this. Plants absorb energy from sunlight and it is used along with the molecule chlorophyll to build sugars from water and carbon dioxide (photosynthesis).

When you eat plants or animals that have eaten plants you are consuming that energy (sugar form) plus other cell-building chemicals. Your body will break the sugar down so the energy released can be used as fuel by your body.

Enzymes in your digestive system break down proteins into amino acids, fats into fatty acids, and carbohydrates into less complex sugars. Amino acids, fatty acids, as well as sugars can be used as needed as energy sources by your body. These elements are absorbed into the blood and transported to the many cells of the body.

There are also other enzymes that work to regulate the chemical reactions involved. These processes create a release of energy that can be either used by the body or stored in body tissues.

So you see, metabolism is really a combination of building up body tissues and energy stores (anabolism), and of breaking down of body tissues and energy stores to generate needed fuel for body functions (catabolism). With this basic understanding we can more easily see how important it is to eat the right foods; foods that will be used for energy rather than being stored.

After learning about foods that are high in nutritional value it is much easier to determine menus that will help you to lose fat. It is important to keep in mind that your metabolism rate will adjust according to whatever is normal for you and your typical eating patterns so to keep your metabolic rate functioning at the best it can you should eat more than 3 meals per day, try 5 to 7 smaller meals. And it is a good idea to eat about the same times each day. The right foods at the right intervals will help you to lose that excess weight very quickly.