Three behaviours that can make you fat

There are some behaviours that if you keep doing them will cause problems for your waist line. While you can list an almost endless source of bad things that one could do I outline three major factors for you to consider, two of which are considered healthy by most people:

Eating whole grains – The grains food group contains foods such as rice, barley, oats and of course wheat. Grains are the basis of the western diet and one of the causes of our ridiculous obesity rate. If you are looking to get in shape then one of the better places to start is right here by eliminating grains. These can be replaced by the many types of legumes which provide a similar textured food yet with a significantly different nutritional content. Although some people do fine on grains the most common grains within the diet are now negatively affecting the majority of the population. If you want to keep grains within the diet then help your body by not relying solely on the main few grains that the supermarkets promote. Look to add in other options such as quinoa, amaranth, triticale amongst others. You may have to go to a health food shop for these over a standard supermarket.

Eating sensitive foods – If you want to get in shape then you need to reduce or eliminate any sensitive foods within your diet. Sensitive foods are any food that causes an irritation within your body. The difficulty with this issue is that it is very hard to spot the foods while they are in your diet. Unlike a Type 1 allergy where your throat swells up immediately after eating the negative effect of sensitive foods are much more subtle and they may display themselves as being overweight or having low energy. These traits may be explained away by many other reasons. ANY food can be sensitive towards your body, this includes all “healthy” food and even vegetables! Though some foods are more likely to be sensitive than others as mentioned above such as grains. The easiest way to identify food sensitivities is through elimination and food rotation experiments. If you never change your eating you will almost certainly not spot any developed food annoyances.

Doing aerobic fitness (cardio) – If there is one thing a stressed body does not want is a long cardio session. Exercise is a stress, which can be a good thing or a very bad thing if not used correctly. Long aerobic sessions are a left over from the calories in versus calories out game. The body responds to intensity, how hard you go, and not so much volume, how long you do it for. If your body is tired, stressed from life and also stressed from the foods in your diet it does not want to be smashed in a long cardio session. Try shorter cardio session and adding in more resistance training.