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Methodical Body Fat Loss
Losing body fat is not unlike many other processes in our lives. When we jump off the deep end and go to extremes were almost always doomed to failure. Instead, moderation again is the key to success.
Losing body fat is not unlike many other processes in our lives. When we jump off the deep end and go to extremes were almost always doomed to failure. Instead, moderation again is the key to success.
As we know, the common sense approach to losing body fat is that we have to burn more calories than what we consume. All that we need to do then is to make sure that the balance is in the proper proportions so that we are burning just a little bit more in the way of calories that what we are taking in every day.
It is much better to go slow in the beginning with any and all lifestyle changes. People that try to make radical changes in their eating patterns find that their body reacts by going into starvation mode so that it needs less calories to function properly. The net result then is that you are eating less but you are not losing any body fat.
Forget changing your daily diet so that you only consumed 1500 calories, or 1300 calories, or, in extreme cases, only 1000 calories per day. Not only is your body quickly going to adapt as much as it can to the reduced calories but as a normal human being you will also find it extremely difficult to maintain such a dramatic reduction in the food that you eat every day.
It makes much more sense for you to do things in small steps. As one major example, consider that during the first week of your new body fat loss program your goal is only to reduce your calorie intake by 10%. It does not matter if that means you are still consuming 2000 or 3000 calories per day. The only thing that matters is that there is a small, very small, day to day reduction in the amount of calories consumed. You might even consider not making any changes for the first week other than tracking your average daily calorie intake so that you have a point from which you can work effectively.
By making many smaller reductions in your daily calorie intake week by week you lessen the danger dramatically of your body defending against losing weight. You’re also more likely to be able to stick to your goals if you are only reducing your daily calorie intake by a small amount.
In the same way when we consider exercise do not instantly launch into a major exercise routine. Instead only exercise a little bit more during the second week than what you’d normally exercise. Again, it is important that we protect against the body making changes in the amount of calories it needs day by day.
Having gone successfully through your first week with an approximate 10% reduction in the calories consumed and maybe, just maybe, a small increase in your normal exercise routine once again you reduce your calorie intake for the second week by 10%. What you are doing is manipulating your body’s metabolism so that it works with you instead of against you. Continuing with this program week after week will give you a realistic and real life decreases in the amount of body fat that you carry.