In this article I hope to convince you that quick diet loss will not be achieved by using quick fix or “fad diets”, as they are sometimes known. Yes, we’ve seen them all usually made popular by a famous celebrity who has survived on carrots for a month. Well what I am about to show you will help you understand these diets do not work in the longterm.
What I am going to describe next is what you need to do to lose weight, why and how it happens.
Keep on reading because at the end of this article you will realise the truth about all those quick fix diets.
The cornerstone of any successful weight loss is to burn off calories. Yep your probably thinking well we know that but without burning these you will not lose weight. You will burn off calories even if you didn’t move a muscle all day.
I am sure by now you are thinking that when I consume calories how come my body isn’t just cancelling these out. Well your body is burning calories but it depends on how many you have consumed compared to how many you are burning off. You could have 3,000 calories a day but your body only burns off 2,000 – this will leave you with a defecit of 1,000 excess calories. This is the calorie maintenance level.
Sustainable weight loss will only be achieved by using the calorie maintenance level.
Once you know what your calorie maintenance level is you will suddenly be totally in control of your weight loss. Rather like having your own “login” code. I will explain a secret, well I think its just plain obvious but only when you know what it is.
Well basically this is it – if your diet contains the same amount of calories as your maintenance level your weight will stay the same. If you have more calories you will gain weight, and if you reduce your calories, you will lose weight.
Yes I told you it was simple and it really does work. After the birth of my first baby I created a calorie deficit. I burnt off more calories than I was consuming. So it’s goodbye to the crazy quick diet loss plans that will only work for a few days.
Here is what you need to do to start losing weight slowly and sensibly. You need to subtract 500 calories from your maintenance level. Please don’t go mad and reduce your intake too much otherwise you will feel ill, dizzy,tired and ratty. Yes I am speaking from experience and if you do this you might as well be on a quick fix diet.
The next thing you have to do is exercise. This combined with cutting your calories down will shift those extra pounds. Exercise is a key component of this working as the body is rather clever, when you reduce your calories it thinks its being starved and starts to hang onto its fat stores. Exercise will give it the push it needs to burn them off, oh and not only will you be slimmer but toned as well.
Well there you go. No fancy packages, no cabbage soup for the rest of your life and defintely no diet pills (my absolute pet hate)! just a simple and logical way to lose weight. You must give this a go. No-one is promising you will lose a stone in a week but you will lose weight without using a wacky quick diet loss plan.
