doesn’t know why this is happening; it doesn’t know that you want to lose
weight.
It just senses that something is wrong; perhaps you’re trapped in a cave or
something, or stuck in a snowstorm. So the body, trying to help you, will
slow down its metabolism; it will do its best to slow down the conversion
rate, so that you have as much energy on hand as possible.
Now, if your body was able to read this book and you could say: look,
please just do what you normally do, but do it with 1000 fewer calories a
day for a while, then we might actually get somewhere.
But the body doesn’t work that way. It won’t help you lose weight if you
dramatically cut down on calories.
It will slow down metabolism, and (here’s the worst part), if and when
you ever increase calories again, your body will have to deal with that via
a slower metabolic engine. So you can actually gain weight if, after
cutting down your calories for a period of time, you find that you consume
extra calories (say while on vacation or something).
Myth #3: Low Intensity Workouts
It’s fair to say that any exercise is better than no exercise. So if you lead
a sedentary lifestyle, then even walking around your block for 10 minutes
a day is going to something positive for your body and its metabolism.
True, that difference may be imperceptible to the naked eye (or it may
not?), the bottom line is that exercise is good.