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make us eat. So to avoid that evolutionary mechanism response we
need to work in alignment with our body and feed it good food, and
frequently. Your body won’t think that it’s being starved or deprived
and it will allow you to lose the weight.
So how can we lose weight by eating? By monitoring our caloric
intake. Did you know that if you can create a 500 calorie deficit every
day from just your diet and exercise that you will be able to lose
around a pound of fat per week?
A pound is great, it doesn’t sound like much however remember how I
mentioned before that volume for volume fat by far takes up more
room than muscle tissue. That means that every pound you lose you
are losing bulk and rolls from your body. This is why that even if you
lose 3 pounds of fat that you notice your clothes getting looser
because even though muscle is heavier than fat, fat actually occupies
more space than muscle does. Keep that in mind when you weigh
yourself. The scale isn’t always an accurate reflection of your true fat
loss.
The Number Of Calories You Consume
Every food you consume has a caloric value associated with it.
To really lose weight you need to create a deficit of calories every day.
For example, if you eliminate 250 calories less each day from your diet
either by eating a little less or by removing high sugar, high fat foods
from your diet and you exercise and burn off 250 extra calories per
day you can lose up to 3,500 calories per week which totals one pound
of fat lost.
To do that you have to be burning 500 extra calories per day. This is
500 calories over and above what you are eating. If you simply burn
off what you eat you are maintaining your weight level. If you are
burning over and above what you are consuming then you begin to
burn your excess fat stores.
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