"Why am I not losing weight even though I'm training more?"
I'm bombarded with this question everywhere I go, even my wife asks me this on a daily basis.
First we need to make sure that everyone understands the difference between weight loss and fat loss.
What's the difference?
Weight Loss = Wanting to lose body weight on a scale - The sum weight of bones, muscles, organs, fat, etc.
Fat loss = Wanting to reduce the fat on your body regardless of weight - The amount of fat between muscle and skin.
Weight loss can be achieved through gradually reducing the amount of calories you take in or by doing repetitive exercise for any given duration i.e. walking, jogging, running, cycling etc
Weight loss problems
Weighing yourself on a scale can turn out to be a unhealthy obsession which dictates the rest of your day. For example checking your weight in the morning, and finding out that you're 6lbs heavier is probably not the best start.
Obviously you're annoyed by this you start adjusting your intake for the day. Your choices change and you end up eating less, for some people you don't eat at all! Opting for coffee to fight the hunger pangs instead.
With your energy levels fluctuating like a Yo-Yo, you get home and you're ravenous. Your body is craving, salt and sugar and junk! You end up binging without any control, causing yourself to feel sick from the sugar and hydrogenated fat.
Okay, it's exaggerated but you get the picture.
What's your goal?
It's common to believe that if you lost 7-8kg you would look exactly how you want to look. Lean and ripped.
However the mistake lies in the way you programme your training.
The majority of people lose the weight by choosing long slow duration cardiovascular exercise only, this works up to a point but after a while has little effect. Your only options are to run faster or run longer.
Choosing to run longer is a popular choice for most people and they end up running for 30 mins plus, some people....hours.
Again the question is, what is your goal?
If your goal is to lose weight, seeing the weight on the scale reduce, then great, an endurance approach is required.
This doesn't mean that losing scale weight will make you look leaner.
There is a chance that increasing cardiovascular activity will burn muscle however this depends greatly on how much protein is ingested.
Fat loss lifestyle
Fat loss requires a different approach, a person with more lean muscle on their body burns a higher number of calories due to a higher metabolic rate. A fat loss programme requires a different format, controlling the variables, such as rest time, repetition range, and type of exercise to increase your fat loss potential.
Fat loss doesn't always mean you will lose weight on the scale, some people actually end up gaining a few pounds but they end up looking leaner.
Now that we understand the differences and what the downsides are for weight loss lets look into 5 things you should be doing to promote a fat loss lifestyle.
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