"How
to lose weight remains the ultimate question that lingers in many
individuals’ head. Believe it or not, it may really change
ones life in
terms of self-esteem, confidence and quality of life."
In order to maintain a healthy lifestyle,
keeping your weight in check
is very important. Being overweight can lead to Heart
Disease,
Diabetes, various Circulatory and Respiratory issues, and a host of
other things that we generally try to avoid in life. Being at
a
healthy weight helps your body function properly, helps you feel better
in general, and gives you energy. Hopefully, this will help
you know
how to lose weight.
Your body constantly burns calories, they
are the fuel your body uses to function. These calories come
from
three places: the food we eat, our muscles, or our body fat.
When
answering the question of how to lose weight, a very clear distinction
needs to be made. Burning fat is good, burning muscle is
bad. What
this means is, if you starve your body of calories by not eating
(dieting) then your body draws the calories it needs from the fat and
muscle cells. As the muscle cells have a much higher
concentration of
calories in comparison to fat cells, they get burned first.
Suddenly
you are losing weight on the scale, but your clothes aren’t
much
looser. This happens because fat is a
“Quick” storage method for
calories so when we eat, those calories go straight to fat
cells. At
this point, you have lost muscle mass, gained fat mass, and
you’re
hungry, too. This is not how to lose weight.
The correct thing to do has nothing to do with fad diets or late-night
infomercials, but rather it is about minimal caloric intake with the
addition of a cardio workout plan. This is nothing new,
people have
been saying this for years, and the “New” diets try
to circumvent the
generally accepted knowledge. If you read the fine print
about any
weight loss program, they all state that it is to be used in
conjunction with proper diet and exercise. So then, why use
them at
all?
That is the point, they are simply for marketing purposes. If
you
limit your caloric intake and get your heart pumping blood quickly to
your muscles, they can transpire their waste materials back to the
blood, and your endocrine system will do the rest. Having
proper
muscle mass for your body structure is essential to healthy living.
Additionally, you can help your body remove the fat that you are
“burning” by keeping a diet that has at least
15-20g of fiber per day. Fiber is something that is missing
from much of what we eat, and is essential for maintaining optimal
health and weight. Skinless chicken, lean meat, and other low
in fat foods are very good, as well as carbohydrates.
Although many people will tell you that a no carb diet is how to lose
weight, and it can work short term, but our bodies require the calories
that are locked in carbohydrates to function. Yet another fad
diet debunked.
It is easy to get lost in all of the options that have been made
available to those looking to lose weight, it is a multi-billion dollar
a year industry, but now you know the straight facts, what the diet
program companies don’t want you to know but have been
telling you all along. Diet, exercise, and time is how to
lose weight.
