FAT LOSS VS.
WEIGHT LOSS
We tend to use the term “weight loss” generally when we go on a diet. And while
some are content with simply watching the numbers of the scale go down, it is
important that you focus solely on losing fat rather than precious, lean body mass.
If you want to simply lose weight…and you don’t care where the weight comes from
(body fat, bones, muscle, organs, etc.) then the fastest way to accomplish that is
through dietary fasting (not eating anything). Fasting is the fastest way to lose
weight…but it comes with a hefty price, up to and including death.
After about a day of fasting, your body is getting 80-90% of its energy from its own
body fat, which is a very good thing.
However, when the body goes several
hours without protein (amino acids
needed to sustain life), it begins to
attack its own protein stores. Sooner
or later, lean body mass is attacked to
a point where you are unable to move
and your organs malfunction, which
will later result in your death.
The fact is, there are certain diets
out there that have great success in
helping people achieve weight loss—
with studies to prove it—however, by the way those diets are structured, a large
portion of the weight that are lost is not body fat, but instead, lean body mass. Lean
body mass is basically everything that is not body fat. This includes skeletal muscle,
organs and bones. Remember, a decrease in lean body mass equates to a slower
running metabolism. A slow metabolism will make it harder to lose weight and easier
for you to put weight back on once it’s lost. The 2 Week Diet is designed to not only
keep your metabolism churning along, but also works to reset and increase its ability
so that you are constantly running at your body’s maximum potential.
The diets that focus solely on the numbers of the scale do more harm to your body
than good. These types of diets actually slow your body’s ability to lose body fat and
they force your body to attack itself for the essential nutrients it needs.
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