Pay close attention to this how-to-lose-weight article because its purpose is to boost your bottom line body fat knowledge.
Today you can solve your fat loss mystery finally and for good.
It is time to get back to body fat basics.
It remains no surprise that you may find yourself constantly struggling to lose undesired weight. And, there are three primary reasons for this:
One... The human body desperately clings to its innate design to store the excess, unused foods you eat.
Two... Unfortunately, American grade schools and high schools teach no class called, HOW TO CONTROL YOUR BODY FAT. Therefore, you grow up as an adult with far too little knowledge about what to do with the fat that has been accumulating for years of your life.
Three... The entire concept of gaining or losing weight is not a quick, simple, overnight process. In reality, you gain weight gradually and slowly, over a number of years, resulting from the combined duo of a) poor eating choices, plus b) choice of inactive, sedentary daily lifestyle.
Since it is now time for you to return to your basic body fat fundamentals, you first need to redefine and/or revisit your personal definitions of what EXCESS WEIGHT and BEING OVERFAT really are.
Weight loss is simply about food management. That is, the way you CHOOSE to process the fuel you put into your engine. In this simplified weight loss analogy, your body is your electro-mechanical engine. And, the foods you eat, provide your fuel for it.
Perhaps it may help to visualize your personal weight loss profile by picturing this... compare putting gasoline into a car, with putting food into your body. As such, gasoline is not harmful and does not cause bloating, swelling, or excess.
In fact, your gasoline usage allows your car to fire up and go places. Without gasoline, your car cannot travel long distances. And, there is such a thing called FLOODING YOUR ENGINE. This happens when too much gasoline enters your engine.
Now, compare putting food into your body, with putting gasoline into your engine. As such, food is not harmful and does not cause bloating, swelling, or excess.
In fact, your food usage allows your body to fire up, do things, and go places. Without food, your body cannot travel long distances. So, there is such a thing called FLOODING YOUR BODY. This happens when too much food enters your system and stays there.
Please be sure that the basic, overall, fat-loss point you get from this weight loss analogy is this...
You are supposed to utilize, transform, metabolize, change, or burn... your food fuels as ENERGY. And, you are supposed to emit that energy in the form of a) an action achieved, b) a physical destination reached, or c) an object moved from one location to another, different place.
Doing any of the above, gives you either: 1) a decrease in existing body fat; or, 2) deferment, displacement, and/or removal of fat that WILL form later, if ignored.
Old School Fat Loss
You can beat body fat with 'old school' style. And, what is your classic, old-school approach to fat loss achievement? It is to manage your calories. However, the tricky and challenging duality of this task lays in the fact that Calories Are Not Physical. They are merely a spatial representation of what you are eating, and where it goes.
And, there are only two kinds of calories, Negative and Positive. Following the above examples, you reach negative calorie status (better known as WEIGHT LOSS) when you successfully utilize, transform, metabolize, change, or burn off the foods you eat.
You reach positive calorie status (better known as WEIGHT GAIN) when eating activity surpasses burning activity.
So, with all of that said, how can you KNOW what calories you are putting in, plus how many calories are going out?
You can guess, you may have analysis performed, or you can calculate this for yourself.
Old school style weight loss invites you to upgrade your personal knowledge about your daily energy intake and output. Today, the technological name for it is, ENERGY BALANCE. Yet, you hardly ever see this term in popular magazines or hyped weight loss informational sources.
Why, because it is far too accurate, factual, and scientific... meaning, it works so well that popular media may no longer be successful at manipulating you emotionally, into trying new products that are guaranteed to fail.
In other words, when you are disarmed from fitness facts and left to outside dependence or guesswork about weight loss concepts, facts, or issues, almost anything starts to sound good.
Yet, old-school weight loss style puts powerful armament back in your possession, by way of simply knowing your fat loss facts. Now, you can not only defend yourself against physical fat attacks, but also against psychological dependence, and lack of courage, confidence, or skill in losing unnecessary body fat.
Losing the amount of fat you desire, plus being in control of your body weight... both are within your grasp, much more securely, just by knowing your own personal calorie consumption.
Not many people can state, with confident accuracy, how many calories they currently eat per day. Can you? And, if so, are your numbers correct? How do you check them?
Here is the combined answer to all of the above. Either you (that is, using your own brain power) or an online calorie counter can assess your daily energy balance.
For example, if you are presently consuming 2,300 calories per day, then you need to consume 1,800 calories per day. This will give you an immediate weight loss of minus 500 calories per day. This is a reasonably safe, personally attainable, and highly recommended amount of daily weight loss. Plus, it allows you maximum control, safety, increased self-confidence, and improved knowledge... more and more, as you continue, and as time progresses.
The American Dietetic Association, The American College of Sports Medicine, The American Council On Exercise, and The American Red Cross still support this very same, reliable weight loss approach and formula. Slow weight loss is best. And, documentation of your fat loss approach and your weight loss results is virtually ALWAYS an excellent tool to use.
A word of caution: Counting calories initially involves some practice on your part. Yet, by no means should you allow the possibility of encountering a difficult start-up period to discourage you... because almost all of this weight loss STUFF (when done rightly) gets easier, not harder.
Return to your recognizable, dependable, and controllable, old-school weight loss approach. Further, allow your own personal calorie counter expertise to become a significant part of your basic, plus upgraded, fat-fighting technique.
