Like many people around the world, you may have a problem with
having too much weight. But did you know that when you attempt to
lose weight in a healthy manner ? in short, via educating yourself
instead of trying some fad diet - you are actually trying to
lessen the amount of body fat you have?
To lose weight fast and for good, you must boost your metabolism.
This is considered the quickest way to lose weight, as is
evidenced by the numerous bodybuilders who possess very lean
bodies.
The problem with trying out a fad diet is that these do not hasten
the metabolism. Rather, they force your metabolism to slow down
which in turn stops you from losing weight. To push himself to
lose more weight, a dieter may cut down some more on food
consumption but this is fruitless.
Why? The net loss of protein further slows down your metabolism
and your body will attempt to compensate for the lower calorie
intake. Even trying to exercise at this point will not solve the
problem and may even worsen it. Some people may even re-gain the
weight they lost as their metabolism slows down.
The reason for this weight gain is the fact that the more protein
you lose from muscle then more fluid is lost. The weight you
actually lost during the first few weeks will be mostly water loss.
Thus your body attempts to compensate for the loss of fluid by
slowing down the metabolism.
The best and permanent way to lose weight is to boost your
metabolism beyond the normal range.
Boosting your metabolism would make you lose weight at a slower,
more gentle pace of one to two pounds every week while gaining
water. It allows the body to hang on to its protein stores thus
minimizing water loss.
In addition, should you lower your calorie intake to too low a
level, you can lose valuable protein ? even when exercising. This
is because exercise requires the intake of extra carbohydrates for
fuel. Without carbohydrates, the body has to rely on protein
stores to change into carbohydrates.
An exerciser who is not in good shape will need more carbohydrates
since he has an untrained cardiovascular system. This untrained
cardiovascular system cannot provide the necessary oxygen to allow
cells to convert fat into energy needed during exercise.
Doing exercise even if you are unfit or overweight can boost your
metabolism. However, it is necessary for such individuals to do
the right exercise for their particular body type, without
reducing calorie intake by too much or before it is required.
You must boost your metabolism first prior to reducing your
calorie intake. This allows the body to prepare a major
fat-burning energy metabolism that doesn?t involve so much protein
metabolism.
By boosting your metabolism, you don?t need to exercise so much as
often, which gives you more time to do other things. It is not
necessary to put in as much effort into exercise then. It is less
likely for you to regain the weight afterwards. With a fast
metabolism, your diet need not be inflexible ? allowing you to
enjoy certain foods as well.
You don?t need to work at preparing
low- or non-fat food for yourself so much, nor do you need to buy
costly low-fat varieties of food. The last, but surely the best
benefit, is that you have a higher percentage of fat loss
compared to fluid loss.
