The Truth About Weight Loss

Our body weight has a lot of implications on our health and social esteem, particularly
for women. The percentage of fat in women is more than in men, little wonder why the
women are more conscious of their body image than the menfolk. Weight loss takes a
lot of time, dedication, and effort. In most cases, people who manage to lose weight
gain back their weight in a short period, which leads to frustration and despair. If you
have ever experienced this, this article may be the solution you need.

Scientifically, when our body digests unhealthy food, the fat becomes stored in fat
cells as chemical energy. During weight loss, most people only manage to lose water
and glycogen without fat loss. Although the fat cells become shrank, they do not
disappear, meaning that the moment we start eating normal again, the cells become
refilled, which then results in another weight gain. Weight loss is not just about
losing some pounds, but also about maintaining the result in both the short term and
long term. To achieve this, the focus should be on burning fat rather than reducing
your weight. When a fat loss occurs, weight loss becomes natural, and permanent
while weight loss does not necessarily mean fat loss.

The problem is people who want to lose weight are always chasing after aerobic
exercises and diet plans. In most cases, they end up losing only water, glycogen, and
muscle mass. Then they end up regaining their weight again in a short while. The
truth about keeping weight loss permanent is by focusing on keeping the muscle mass
rather than losing it. Contrary to most belief, muscles occupy less space than fat. So
when people base their weight loss plan on aerobics and crazy diet plan, they end up
losing their muscle mass which is the only thing that put fat at its place. Muscles
naturally burn nine times more calories than a pound of fat.

For most women, their muscle mass scares them more than fat, which is why they end
up spending all their life trying to lose both fat and muscle because of worries over
developing masculine. Muscles are natural fat burners. Therefore, a weight loss plan
should encompass both aerobics and more muscular training activities. Some
recommendations are below:

Diet

1) Cut back on sugar and refined grains. Eat more of whole or unprocessed wheat
instead.

2) Take whole grains only as breakfast and reduce frequency to not more than thrice a
week

4) Focus on a high protein diet for muscle building.

5) Increase your level of physical activity. See below

Simple ideas for scorching 100 calories:

- Add 20 minutes to your dog-walking route

- Shake your groove thing for 20 minutes

- Wash the car

- Walk an extra mile

- Swim for 15 minutes

- Hit the stairs at work for 18 minutes a day

- Swap mustard for your regular mayo

- Ditch the regular soda for diet (or even better, grab water instead)

- Use red sauce instead of creamy sauce on your pasta

- Lose one slice of bread from your sandwich

- Skip the fries, have a salad

- Drink one less 12-ounce beer

6) Commit yourself to fitness training at least thrice weekly.

Start with a warm-up( aerobics) then go on to muscular strength training and then go
into HIIT (high-intensity interval training) and then finish up with stretching.