Most people are unsure about how to lose fat fast. They have many questions about exercise, meal composition and food choices. In this article we will talk about how not to starve yourself whilst losing weight.
As we know, our body must burn more calories to lose fat. Our body uses most of the calories for energy when we eat, if we eat more calories than our body's usage, it will then be stored as fat. So some weight loss diets advise us to skip our regular food in order to cut down the calories intake.
The fact is although we will lose weight if we do not consume enough calories per day... but on the other hand, we will also lose energy.
1) When we lose energy (or calories), our body starts to use up the energy stored in our body to make up for the energy deficiency.
2) Let me tell you this, the energy stores used is not our stored fat, but instead it’s carbohydrates and protein.
3) Our body will take the protein and carbohydrates from our muscle cells; causing our muscle mass to reduce. This will force our metabolism to decrease.
4) At this point of time, our body requires less energy to maintain its new lower body weight. It has also adapted to the new lower energy (or calorie)intake and we will stop losing weight.
5) When protein and carbohydrates are already in our body are used as the energy source, our body will lose water weight. This is because both carbohydrates and protein hold water in the cells. As a result, we lose weight by dehydrating ourselves. 80% of the weight lost is water but not fat.
If we follow the advice from some weight loss diets... skipping our regular food to cut down on our calories intake, our body will start to store calories because it does not know when we will be eating again. The calories that are stored will be stored as fat. So bear in mind, when our body is storing energy, it is storing more fats.
These are the results when we skip our regular food and thus eating not
enough calories:
a) Dehydration
b) Slower fat burning
c) Muscle loss and
d) Our body adapts to a lower calorie intake.
As mentioned above, our weight will loss but not our body fats. So how can we enjoy our regular food to maintain our calories intake and still lose fat fast? There are some weight loss diets that will give you good advice on how to lose fat fast. They will give you some excellent advice on what food you should eat, number of meals, portion sizes and exercise regimens.