Focus on just losing weight.

Focus on just losing weight.
There is nothing wrong with wanting to lose weight fast and it certainly
is possible to lose a large amount of weight in a relatively short period of
time. A 10kg weight loss in 28 days is quite achievable but it is important
to keep in mind that losing more than half a kilo a week is likely to be
losses of muscle, water and stored carbohydrate in addition to some fat. It
is certainly not going to be entirely from fat. Mind you, people who have
a tendency to hold excess fluid will quickly lose it by following many of
the advanced weight-loss strategies we will cover later.
Let’s face it, it has taken many years to put the body fat on in the first
place and whilst it is possible to lose weight fast, losing body fat fast is
another story. It is actually a physiological impossibility to lose body fat
quickly; your body simply won’t allow it. Our bodies have been designed
to hold on to our fat stores as much as possible. By doing so, if we are
ever faced with a famine situation we will be able to survive for a long
period of time due to the fact that we have a good source of energy to
draw from if we need it. Unfortunately, our bodies haven’t adapted to our
‘modern day’ lifestyle where famines are very rare.
When weight loss is faster than a kilo a week the body has a greater
tendency to ‘rebound’. This means you may put the weight back on very
quickly unless you can maintain the habits that helped you achieve the
rapid weight loss in the first place.
Later, we will cover how to lose the maximum amount of weight as well
as the maximum amount of fat as quickly as possible.


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