Getting rid of the Extra Pounds and losing Body Fat for Good - By: Dave Fraser

How come most diets never provide long term results? We can lose some weight at the beginning but a month or two down the road we're sitting at the same weight or more then we were before? How can you stop the cycle, and reach a healthy weight and stick to it? The answer is not in quick fixes but rooted in long term change. How's that you ask? You need to make some lifestyle changes first before you can enjoy long term fat loss success.

The key to losing weight and keeping them off is by making some changes in your lifestyle. There is no magic solution to your weight problem, and you should know that. You have to be responsible enough to take charge of your own life and take your future body shape into your own hands by making some changes to your diet, like what you eat, how much you eat, how often you eat, and how fast you can burn the calories.

Get rid of more calories then you eat

The only secret that exists in the weight loss industry is that you must eat fewer calories each day then your body is naturally going to burn. So why not just stop eating all together then? Well a couple of reasons, besides the unhealthy part, one is you won't lose as much as you think because your body goes into starvation mode and holds onto the calories it has. When it does need energy it will burn not only fat but also lean muscle. The second reason not to starve yourself is because you'll almost certainly eat enough to gain all the weight back when you do eat.

Another danger in not eating is that if you reduce the number of calories you consume each day by to much your body will compensate by holding onto those calories you consume longer, almost as a survival mode. When you body does begin to use those calories it doesn't just burn the fat but it takes with it lean muscle, this is the number one issue with most fad and crash diets. The second spin off of this is that after following a crash diet for any length of time you're usually pretty hungry and ready to eat a horse. You'll tend to gorge for a day or two reversing a lot of the results you'd worked hard to get.

Play it safe when losing weight

To ensure you're only burning fat and not muscle I suggest you take it slow and steady. A healthy amount of weight loss is 1-2 pounds every 7 days. You can reach this goal quite easily by reducing the calorie intake you currently each each day, by eating more frequently but in smaller amounts through out the day and also by reducing your carb and red meat intake, and instead replace it with vegetables and lean meats.

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