Guide To Weight Loss - Dieting And How To Lose Weight Fast

Diet... a four letter word

What are the first three letters of diet... die. That is exactly what will happen to your metabolism if you keep yo-yoing off of different diet plans. Each time you fall off of the band wagon, it's harder to get back on. Here's why: When you cut calories and cut them fast, your body goes into starvation mode.

Your metabolism slows to a snail's pace because it thinks that there is a period of famine, so it is trying to conserve, conserve, conserve! This makes it hard to lose fat because your body is trying to store it. Not only that, your body dumps the most energetically expensive tissue... muscle! So you end up losing muscle and storing fat... the complete opposite of what you really need to do to lose weight!

Aha moment: muscles are your body's metabolic engines. The more muscle you have, the faster your metabolism. The less you have, the faster you gain weight.

By the way, here's something I want to clear up:

THE GENETICS MYTH: You are not fat because of your genes.

Did you ever watch the show "The Biggest Loser? These people have everything stacked against them, and with the proper training they literally transform their bodies and their lives without drugs or surgery!

After watching that show, you can't tell me that genetics keeps you from losing weight. Their focus was to lose weight and they put action and energy into that focus and look at their end result. In my opinion, the media saying that genetics keep people from looking the way they want is just a way to shift responsibility off of the individual to sell them more drugs, supplements, gimmicks, etc.

Genes are like light switches... something has to turn them on and off. That something is the environment. If you eat chocolate and Twinkies all day, what type of environment are you creating inside your body?

So remember that there is only one thing that is responsible for your weight, and that is YOU. It is through your own actions that you lose weight, nothing else. The only thing that can stop you is a negative mindset. So start thinking positive, and start taking action.

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