Stretch Both the Stomach & Muscles When Losing Weight!

There is some research showing that when the stomach is stretched the nerves send messages to brain to stop eating because it is now full. An overweight person who has gained weight through regularly overeating will have a large, stretched stomach. If the research is correct then, the stretched stomach could be causing problems when they attempt to lose weight. Ingesting fewer calories by eating smaller portions means the stomach walls don’t get stretched enough after each meal. This means there will be no trigger to cause a halt in the appetite. The result is the dieter will have a constant feeling of hunger, and this may hinder the possibility of losing weight successfully over the forthcoming years.

Getting Fat From Muscles

There are some scientists that are claiming some obese people have muscles that are "programmed" to collect fat.

The phenomenon, dubbed metabolic memory, could explain why slimmers find it difficult to lose weight AND keep it off.

Instead, dieters would be better off exercising, as this seems to be more effective at reprogramming the muscle memory syndrome.

The scientists claim that a fat-building enzyme was three times more abundant in muscle taken from obese people than that taken from thinner people. It showed there was a link between obesity, diabetes and fat build-up in muscle.

The cells of obese people seemed to remember their metabolic programme, which explains mostly why people with obesity find it so difficult to lose weight from dieting alone. Experts believe its possible to reprogram the cells and their metabolic memory through regular exercise.

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A New Recipe with Low Calories

I have found a new recipe this week, it's chicken soup. I feel I have to tell others about it because its low in calories and tastes delicious.

Here are the ingredients:

2 Chicken breasts
2 tablespoons olive oil
Half chopped onion
Half crushed garlic clove
Half stick celery
1 teaspoon grated ginger
4 cups hot water
2 beaten egg whites
Chopped flat leaf parsley
salt & pepper

Method for cooking low calorie chicken soup

Firstly, cook the chicken in order to shred it into the soup later. I heat up some oil in a frying pan, add chicken breasts (small pieces) and cook for several minutes until browned and cooked through. Once they reach this stage I then remove them from the pan using the correct utensil and leave to cool a little ready to shred up into soup soon.

Then I add separate olive oil to the pan, along with garlic and onion and cook until the onions are soft. I add the celery and ginger and continue to cook for a further 5 minutes. I then add the water and I shred in the chicken(providing its cooled a little so I can handle it). Continue to heat it up and then stir in the egg whites, parsley and salt pepper.

Here are a few more low calories recipes to try out for free!

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