Stop Playing the Weight Loss Game

You cannot outsmart your metabolism. Eat less and you burn less fat, exercise more and you will become more hungry. Cut back on your sleep and watch your cravings escalate. The weight loss world has tricked you into believing it is possible to win a battle of wills against your own physiology. The metabolism will always win. This is why research shows 2/3 of those playing the weight loss game end up fatter 2 years later than they were before the diet. To escape the weight loss trap you need an approach that works with, not against your physiology. That means eating more of the right things more often and exercising in a way that does not result in compensatory eating. Stop playing the weight loss game!

Fat Loss Insights

1) Excessive cardio may work for some, but it is not the most efficient way to burn fat. It burns fat and muscle and makes you hungry= not an efficient strategy for fat loss.
2) Nutrition not exercise will be what delivers the result. The idea is to use exercise to maintain muscle and proper diet to burn the fat.
3) Doing weight training that is fast paced and rest-based will give you both the muscle building stimulus and fat burning effect and saves on time
4) There is no magic supplement you need or that will make it so you don't need to change your diet
5) What is your stress reducing strategy? Leisure walking can be done without limit and does not make you hungry and lowers stress hormone production. If you must do cardio, do this.
6) If you are not ready to make a meaningful, consistent change to the way you approach food then you simply will not be successful period.
7) If you are still counting calories as your primary method of body change, that is likely your problem right there.

Weight loss vs. fat loss

A pound of muscle and a pound of fat each weigh the same amount, but muscle is denser than fat, which means that it takes up less space on your body. If you are putting on muscle and burning fat, your body-fat percentage will decrease, but your weight won’t drop considerably at this point. This means the body will not only shrink in size, but will also improve its shape and tone, another major difference between fat loss and weight loss. When the focus is only on weight loss, your body may get smaller, but its shape won’t change. If you’re pear shaped, you’ll become a smaller pear shape, and we’ve all seen people who’ve lost a lot of weight, only to find that their skin becomes loose and saggy.

"Eat less and exercise more"

"Eat less and exercise more" is a weight loss mantra NOT a fat loss tool. If you want to be hungry all the time, lose muscle along the way and gain the weight back ending up fatter than you were to begin with, then follow this advice. If you want fat loss and sustained body change, then you should eat more of the right things more often and exercise efficiently and smarter. The result is hunger is gone, cravings controlled, energy stable and fat goes while muscle stays. Stop playing the weight loss game and escape the weight loss brainwash of "eat less & exercise more".

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Change it up

Change it up. Get that metabolism going! Change up your workouts with a little high-intensity strength training. Increase the weight, reps and/or sets you lift (and decrease the amount you rest in between) and you’ll start to see some sculpted, lean muscles (and you’ll keep your metabolism humming post-workout!)

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