Everybody knows the story of the hare and the tortoise
where the moral is that the chances of success are more
possible if something is undertaken in small steps instead
of rushing into things.
Never was this truer than in the case of weight loss. When
it comes to losing weight, everyone wants to get results as
soon as they possibly can. Now nobody can be blamed for
wanting this. It's in our nature as humans to create our
desires as soon as possible.
However if you are looking to lose weight quickly, then the
ultimate result will end in failure. Don't get me wrong, it
is indeed possible to lose large amounts of weight in short
periods of time. The results of quick weight loss will mean
short term results and any weight that you may have lost,
eventually returning. Often with a vengeance.
The human body is not like a car or a house where a lick of
paint or a good clean up can alter the appearance after a
couple of weeks. Your body is a living entity, and this
being the case it needs time to change. It needs time to
adapt to the changes in diet and it needs time to adapt to
increased activity.
From our beginnings as a race, it has taken hundreds of
thousands of years to evolve into what we are today, it
didn't happen overnight. When we want to change the way our
bodies look, we are basically evolving into something else.
This evolving is obviously on a much smaller scale; it
won't take thousands of years for you to get thin. It will
however take longer than a few weeks or a few months. This
is a fact you need to accept, because once you understand
and accept this concept, you won't give up or start to
panic if you haven't lost a pound for a couple of days.
So many people fall into the trap that is set by certain
companies that sell weight loss products. How many times
have you seen adverts that promise you that you can lose 30
pounds or more in a month? Because we want to lose weight
quickly we buy into this. What people don't realise is the
effect that this type of weight loss will have on their
bodies.
To lose 30 pounds in one month means that you will have to
find a way of dropping or burning over 21000 calories a
week. To lose a pound of weight you will need to get rid of
3500 calories through diet or exercise. Of course you will
lose weight for a few weeks, and you will feel happy about
the results. However after this short time your results
will slow down or probably stop. This happens because you
have taken such a huge drop in calories, your body will
fight back by completely slowing down your ability to burn
calories.
Just think about it; if you are used to eating a certain
amount of food, and then this is cut down drastically, it
comes as a shock to your body. This leads your body to
defend itself from the shock by stopping you burning
calories efficiently. Hence the weight loss comes to a
standstill.
On top of this problem there is another problem that is
going stop you losing weight. This other problem is your
mind. Your brain uses 30% of the glucose that you consume.
Glucose is converted from the carbohydrates that you
consume. So if you decrease your calories by a large
amount, it means less glucose for your brain. This will
result in you getting mood swings, feeling irritated and
short tempered, feeling miserable and often depressed.
These types of feelings will quickly make you give up any
weight loss program and revert to your original behaviours.
Traditional dieting methods rarely work. If his wasn't the
case then why do people find it so hard to lose weight? You
need to coax your body into losing weight and not force it.
This is done in small stages, which will not put too much
stress on your body or mind.
You should be looking at losing between 2-3 pounds a week.
Your body can cope with this type of change without too
much of a problem because you are not shocking it in any
way. It can easily get used to losing a couple of pounds a
week because compared to its whole; it is such a small
amount. I know people will say that 2 pounds of weight loss
sounds too small, but it is those same people that have
tried to lose weight in the past quickly and found
themselves back to square one.
2 pounds a week over a 12 month period equates to a loss of
104 pounds. I know a year sounds like a long time but the
truth is that doing it this way will be a workable
situation. If you don't do it this way then you will
continue to use fad diets which work for a short time and
then stop working. So the chances are that in 12 months
time you will be back to where you started from.
The simple truth is that by using some crash diet will
result in your body crashing after a few weeks. Give your
body the time it needs to adapt to any changes. Take your
time and do it in small steps. It will be easier on your
body and it will be easier on your mind. Most importantly
the results will be much longer lasting. Of course on the
other hand you can keep doing what you have been doing, and
keep getting the results that you have been getting.
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