Lose the Weight Correctly

Most people are so caught up with losing weight that they forget the real prize at stake. The real prize is to keep the weight off. Losing weight is the easiest part of any weight loss initiative. Keeping it off is the real challenge.

Just starve yourself and you will eventually have weight loss. It could be water loss or muscle loss but there will be weight loss. Most people do not think as far as weight loss maintenance. When asked, most people just brush it aside and insist that they will be able to maintain it once the weight is lost. In losing weight, you may have activated your body’s starvation response or compromised your metabolism. This makes it that much harder to maintain the weight that has been lost.

Unfortunately or fortunately, in order to maintain weight loss, the weight must be lost correctly. To achieve correct weight loss, all of the weight loss or a large portion of it must be attributed to fat loss. While muscle loss is unavoidable, it must be minimized to an absolute minimum. Only when most of the weight loss is fat loss, can the weight loss be sustainable.

Fat loss cannot be achieved quickly. It requires patience. Most experts agree that the most fat you could lose in a week is 2 pounds. Fat loss cannot be achieved via dieting alone. It requires exercise. It also requires the cultivation of the correct habits that help sustain the weight loss.

The cultivation of the correct habits is what ensures the weight stays off.

Here are a list of recommended articles to understand what it takes to achieve long term and sustainable weight loss;

1. What Does it Really Take to Maintain Weight Loss
2. When Losing Weight, Slow is Fast and fast is Slow
3. 10 reasons Why People Who Lose Weight regain All of It and More
4. Weight Loss Itself Is Not Impressive, Keeping It Off Is
5. Dropping Weight and Keeping It Off
6. Why Do You Keep Falling Back In Your Weight Loss Efforts – Part 1
7. Why Do You Keep Falling Back In Your Weight Loss Efforts – Part 2
8. Why Do You Keep Falling Back In Your Weight Loss Efforts – Part 3
9. Why Do You Keep Falling Back In Your Weight Loss Efforts – Part 4

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