No Diet Day, or the secret to longevity

For some 3bikes.fr readers, it’s not uncommon that you once started exercising to lose weight. You later found other fabulous benefits that diverted you from this initial goal, but controlling your weight is still just as important. Yet, you still enjoy life. And eating or eating badly mindfully is a pleasure that, despite the guilt, does you a lot of good. This article is for you…

By Jean-François Tatard – Photos: DR / Depositphotos.com

There’s no point in creating frustration. On the contrary, it’s even counterproductive. When you deprive yourself of what you love, you send signals of frustration to your brain and body. One day, both will get their revenge!

To avoid the big crash that will eventually hit you, have regular small crashes. It’s all about where you set the bar. Make it festive! Associate it with a reward. Or with something a little more exceptional than usual. Share it! Reward your brain! This will impact your mood and well-being, and it will also strengthen your resolve to eat even better the next day.

Who’s the weak one?

Who’s the weak one? The one who gives in to temptation? The one who holds on no matter what? Or the one who knows how to reason and adapt? When you allow yourself a deviation, you are not showing weakness, rest assured! Weakness is more to be found in the one who imprisons themselves in a ritual. Trust yourself, we have formidable resources and our capacity for adaptation is far superior to what we can imagine.

Physiology lesson

We haven’t always eaten our fill throughout history. There were times when our ancestors cried famine. And do you know how they got through it? Metabolism adapts to our energy intake. That’s the magic. When our body no longer has food, it will slow down to conserve its reserves and store more quickly. Did you know that? Try a drastic diet. Not only will you quickly stop losing weight. But also, the day you start eating normally again, your body having gotten used to operating in economic mode, you will gain even more weight.

A deceptive enemy

Deviations in food thus make our body understand that it lacks nothing. And do you know what the benefit is? This will prevent the establishment of any fat storage. For me, who has tried just about everything in terms of nutrition, I can guarantee you that a body fed too healthily is more likely to see its immune defenses drop. Thus, junk food acts like a vaccine! I’m simplifying it, but imagine that said junk food is perceived by the body as an external aggression, well, you teach it to defend itself. That’s the principle of a vaccine!

Conclusion

Eating well is often the key to good health! Thus, it is important to have a good basic diet. But in essence, life is mostly about enjoying it and the pleasure of savoring and having fun. And if we have to go through the eating badly phase to endure, then let’s make the event exceptional. Let’s share it with our friends and associate it with a reward. Let’s not exaggerate anything, but let’s make this moment a joyful and delicious one. In short, know how to enjoy yourself to last.

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