Eating less and fasting are a short term weight loss methods. That means you may end up regaining your weight as soon as you stop doing it.
All you require is a little bit of balance with several aspects
You need to balance calorie deficiency and the level of hormones particularly insulin and cortisol. Why? Because they are greatly involved in easily in the loss of your weight.
Insulin
Insulin resistance means cells can not allow any more glucose to enter the it. That is common in overweight people. We definitely don't want that, because it causes glucose levels to increase in the blood stream and excess of it is converted and stored as triglycerides(fats). Hence you get bulged.
Cortisol
High levels of Cortisol in the blood stream causes adipocytes(fat cells) to bulge or have premature growth. This upgrades your level of hunger and appetite(cravings especially for sugary foods).
Cut down on processed foods which contains a lot of simple sugars. Simple easily converted to fats when in excess. Nevertheless, you can still eat natural carbohydrates such as starch which are more compex but in lower amounts. They take time to get digested and hence less glucose spikes. Make sure to continue reading for more tips.
Have enough Sleep and reduce stress. However, stress is more of an involuntary response by the body.
What can you do to reduce stress?
Employ more of
1, vegetables
2, proteins in
3, relieve some time of your work like taking a leave and visit some beautiful places. Just take you time to think about good things.
4. Watching green nature either on TV, computer, smartphone or simply in person
Have enough Sleep and reduce stress. However, stress is more of an involuntary response by the body.
What can you do to reduce stress?
Employ more of
1, vegetables
2, proteins in
3, relieve some time of your work like taking a leave and visit some beautiful places. Just take you time to think about good things.
4. Watching green nature either on TV, computer, smartphone or simply in person
5. Exercise also tends to relieve you of stress.
You don't have to go on a keto diet, if you can follow it properly .Keto diet is hard to follow and it needs a professional dietitian to guide you.
Keto diet has got some disadvantages that goes along with it, such as unbalanced diet leading to constipation due to luck of fibers. Its not a bad diet persay. However, there is a better diet you can undertake to get the best of your health and eventually loss weight with have to limit carbohydrates completely.
So sum its up, you need moderate protein rich foods, lower carbohydrates and a balance of hormones. Some of the hormones depend on what eat and may affect your entire body system.