Reversing The Evolutionary Imperative To Store Body Fat
But when your body does get the message that food is scarce it responds according to a set of survival instructions that were programmed into our genes over the two million year course of our evolution. For most of that time food was in short supply and we had to work hard to ensure that we did not go hungry. On the occasions when food was in good supply it made sense from an evolutionary point of view to store any left over calories as body fat, so that when the lean times arrived again( as they always did) there would be an energy reserve for the body to draw from.
Moreover, when food in the environment is scarce it makes sense for the body to burn food reserves more slowly, so as to conserve its store of energy for as long as possible. In other words, your metabolism drops when you starve yourself— you burn fat more slowly, and you pack it on whenever you get a chance to eat. This is the exact opposite of your intentions if your goal is to lose weight.
So every day that you eliminate calories from your diet you are signalling to your body that it should hang on to every extra calorie it can latch onto. When you break your fasting again, your body will work hard to store as much of your meal as possible as extra body fat. You know, for another of those rainy days that seem to be plaguing you so frequently right now.
Reversing The Evolutionary Imperative To Store Body Fat
Well, my body never gets that message. By reducing the size of my meals, and eating more often, I am telling my body every day that food is in constant supply and that there is no need to store extra fat reserves for a famine. I eat the same number of calories as my hypothetical twin who sticks to her“ three squares a day”.
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