We all get times when we want to burn more fat and lose weight quickly.

You know, when you’ve got a holiday coming up, or a party where you want/need to look amazing and make people want to ask “hey, you look great. What’s your secret?”

The question is…has this ever actually worked for you?

Really??

Honestly???

If it has then well done to you! You’re one of the elite in this world that can eat better and lose weight on demand.

Quick question – how long did it take to lose the weight?

Did you have to starve yourself, fight off cravings and strictly count calories for 4-6 weeks before the big event?

Yes? Thought so.

That meant you had to really work to get the body to burn fat and lose weight. The reason you had to work at it for so long is quite simply your body wasn’t ready to lose weight.

The problem lies with today’s modern society.

• We breathe air full of pollution.
• We eat far too much processed food.
• We get bombarded with adverts for fast food.
• Every shop you go into has shelves stacked up with fizzy drinks.
• We’re led to believe that if something’s got fruit in the name, or says it’s low calorie then we should eat more & more of it.

Sadly this isn’t good for the body. All of the above are full of toxins that we pump into the body daily without a second thought.

When these toxins get into the body they stay in the body.

Now pay attention for “the science bit” to explain what happens next.

Each cell in the body (and we’re made of about 50 trillion of them) has a small layer of fat around it to protect it from harmful chemicals in the body.

Now, when these toxins enter the body each cell simply thinks “I don’t want that to affect me, I’ll wrap it up in fat and protect myself”, and that’s exactly what it does. The toxins that get near to the cell get coated in fat to bind them and maintain the cellular health.

Now think of this – what happens when all the cells in the body coat toxins in fat to stop them harming the body, what happens?

I’ll tell you – the cells get a little bigger (and so do we) and eventually the fat-wrapped toxins break away and get stored as fat.

“Where does this happen?” I hear you ask.

• Your stomach
• Your arms
• Your legs
• Your butt
• Anywhere from your nose to your toes & everywhere in between!

So, as you can see, our lifestyle makes us bigger & fatter!! Now with this in mind we need to think of why you struggle to lose weight.

If you are filling your body with toxins, and all of your cells are surrounded by fat-wrapped toxins, these cells can’t perform their normal activities. These include using calories for energy, cleaning up infection and of course breathing. When this happens your metabolism slows down at a cellular level.

A slow metabolism while you still eat plenty will do one thing – make you fatter!

“Ok Simon, I think I get it. I need to cut these toxins out then, yeah?”

YES! Exactly. To allow the body to work as you want it to, and to get it ready to lose weight, you need to eliminate the toxins in the body.

Sounds easy, right? Just don’t eat processed foods, drink sugary drinks, don’t believe the hype about low calorie foods, oh yeah and from the list above – don’t breathe!

Hmmm…that may be difficult. Not breathing again so you don’t fill up with toxins again.

There must be an easier way (at least we hope so!)

Stay tuned for the next instalment of this series “Is Your Body Ready To Lose Weight? Part 2″

Yours in fitness,

Simon Caddy

http://www.simoncaddy.com

http://www.simon-caddy-nutrition.com