Regular exercise is a well-known essential way to lose weight. But in addition, your life and eating habits will also be important factors in the success of weight loss. The following are five common living habits that will reduce your fat burning efficiency. In order to avoid your hard exercise being in vain, let’s take a look at the problems you should get rid of!
1. Strange eating schedule
In a 2012 mouse experiment at the Hebrew University of Israel, it was found that there was a significant difference in fat accumulation between regular and irregular eating schedules (regular ones were lower). Researchers suspect that this is because fixed time can train the body. Use energy more efficiently between meals.
2. Not enough sleep
If you sleep less, you will move less. It is easy to imagine that when you don't get enough sleep the night before, your energy will be poor the next day, and you will naturally be too lazy to move. According to a 2012 study in Germany and Switzerland, when the body lacks sleep, it will automatically reduce its resting metabolic rate, which means reducing your calorie burning.
3. Insufficient iron intake
"Iron is an important element that helps red blood cells combine with oxygen. Therefore, when there is a lack of iron, the body's oxygen transport efficiency will be low, and the muscles will not be able to get enough oxygen, which will reduce the number of calories burned. Especially during women's menstrual period, more attention should be paid to iron Quality addition," said Tammy Shames. (Shames is the author of the book: Increase your metabolic rate)
The best way to supplement iron is dark vegetables.
4. Ignore breakfast
When the calories you eat are lower than your basal metabolic rate, your body will enter starvation mode to control your metabolism and reduce calorie consumption as much as possible, especially when you skip breakfast. Not only does this mean you’re likely to eat more at noon, but it also “reminds” your body that it’s time to reduce calorie consumption!
5. Don’t drink water
The human body is composed of 70% water, which affects many basic metabolic mechanisms, including the energy supply of cells. According to research from the University of Utah, if there is insufficient water in the body, calorie consumption will be reduced by 2%, so you must replenish water appropriately.