The Larger Picture Of Weight Loss

By Rey Vetangelo


Many looking to lose a lot of weight are looking for a one time fix all. They want a diet that will work no matter what. They want weight loss surgery. They want liposuction.

One of the first roadblocks to losing weight is not having enough muscle. While both fat and muscle burn calories throughout the day, muscles consume more calories than fat and the lack of muscle tissue in the body means that calories are not being burned at the same rate that they could be if there were more muscle tissue present in the person.

Typically, men have more muscle tissue than women and that is why men can burn more calories than women on average. But for both genders, overcoming the first roadblock to losing weight will be to put on more muscle through strength training and weight lifting.

People drop pounds when they take part in these plans. The consistent exercise combined with healthier eating make all the difference. The weight stops dropping as soon as the fad is over though, and that is where the problem lies. They are driven more by the excitement of the community rather than personal progress.

Their focus is so much on the perceived single answer-exercise, food, or weight loss surgery-that they lose sight of the bigger picture: you lose weight when you consistently exercise and eat right. That's the single answer that many forget about. It's the consistent exercise and balanced diet over an extended period of time that will help you return to a more healthy weight. The exercise does three important things for you.

They think that if they just keep worrying, than they will eventually come to a solution to whatever problem they are facing. They hold on to their worrying because they're afraid if they stop worrying, than something terrible will happen.

One of the big reasons it slows down in the first place is because it's not needed. Your body is an efficient machine that will only expend as much effort as is necessary. When you refuse to exercise, your body won't expend the effort to burn the fats for energy it'll never use. Instead, it'll slow itself down to a comfortable pace.

Returning to a lifestyle of exercise will often incite it to pick back up again to keep up with the demand. Finally, a lifetime of exercising will strengthen your body to last in your old age.

The availability of food itself is actually one of the major inhibitors for many people who are trying to lose weight. Because the human body is designed to survive starvation, the presence of regular food only increases the bodies signals to itself to increase food intake as a precaution against the times of little or no food, which rarely happens in the days of supermarkets and convenience stores.

If you turn your lifestyle into one filled with consistent exercise and a balanced diet, you'll notice a healthy shedding of pounds without weight loss surgery or extreme diets. You'll return to a healthy, normal weight that you can be happy with.




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