Why did Your Diet Stop Working?
April 6, 2009
You are on a diet to reduce your weight; this is a recent diet and you had some fantastic results in the first month. Afterward, you found that the rate at which you were losing has slowed down drastically. You feel tired, hungry and frustrated. This is mainly because you need to exercise in addition to dieting.
Your body has noticed the reduction in calories and has adjusted itself to compensate for this caloric deficiency. This is known as “starvation response.” In this state, the rate at which your body metabolizes has slowed down considerably. To make up for the deficit in calories, your body burns fat as well as muscle for its energy requirements indiscriminately.
Your objective is not to burn muscle but to burn fat. Dieting without a proper exercise routine will cause a loss of 50% from your muscle mass that is already lean. Lean muscles consume calories even when you are sleeping.
You can burn fat and gain muscle by combining a proper exercise routine with a balanced diet.
The only method for losing weight is creating a deficit of calories in your body. There are two methods by which you can bring a caloric shortage to your body. The first one is to eat less, thereby reducing calorie intake.
Alternately, increase consumption of calories by practicing physical exercises. You must take a moderate approach for calorie intake as well as burning of calories.
If you are in a position to increase the rate of metabolism, it is possible for you to lose weight; this can easily be done by practicing weight and aerobic exercises. You will not face “starvation response” if you create a deficit of calories by exercising more. Exercise such as weight training causes your body to retain your lean muscle and not to spend it for energy.
If you perform your exercise routine consistently, you not only lose weight but also your heart gets strengthened. The chances of having a stroke or heart attack are minimized. Your joints become extremely flexible. Exercise stimulates the brain and also produces endorphins which are responsible for promoting the feeling of wellness.
The primary objective of performing exercises is to maintain overall fitness and health. One of the aspects of this objective is to lose excess fat. By building muscle, you reduce fat faster. The key to weight loss and reducing fat is a regular exercise routine and proper nutrition.
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