Two Top Reasons Low Calorie Diets Don't Work

When you are trying to lose weight and stomach fat, and of course get rid of love handles, you might start by thinking "I'll eat fewer calories"! There are lots of low-calorie plans on the market, so it should be easy to pick a good one. You think. But before you do that, please read on and discover why a low calorie plan by itself will not work!

It does seem logical that if you eat less and exercise more, your body will burn the excess fat and then you'll be slimmer .... surely it will work??

Well, yes, sort of ... but, there are some extra considerations that complicate things just a wee bit though ... You'll find you'll become skinny and unhealthy if you just try to eat less without thinking through all aspects!

Here are two basic reasons why low calorie diets don't work:

Firstly, the fact is that all calories are different. The calories that are in fat, sugar and artificial food additives are much worse than the calories in - for example - apples and vegetables. You should not avoid calories per se, you should avoid "bad" calories. There's a vast difference in nutrition and benefits between processed food, rich in artificial additives and natural foodstuffs.

Because you don't just want to lose weight, lose that stomach fat and get rid of your love handles, you want to became slimmer and fitter. Even if you cut down on calories drastically you would not achieve that.

A dramatic example would be to ONLY drink "Zero Coke" - there's absolutely no calories in that drink. Would you lose weight? Certainly. Will you be healthy? Absolutely not! You'll be malnourished and feeling pretty bad quite soon .....

Calories is the fuel your body needs to live. If you eat foods rich in "good" calories your body will burn more energy digesting these than what the calories give to you.

Three strips of bacon and an apple are roughly 100 calories each. Think of the difference for your body eating an apple or eating bacon ... will you get fat from the apples or from the bacon?

The second reason has to do with the fact that muscle burns more calories than fat. In fact, fat is sort of "dead tissue", that is, it doesn't do anything for your metabolism while muscle tissue actually consumes energy just to maintain itself. That is the reason why people with a high ratio of lean muscle to fat can eat more, and still stay slim - whilst fat people stay fat even though they might just pick at their food.

Now there are obviously other things to consider when you want to lose love handles and stomach fat, or simply lose weight. For example, fat obeys the same rule as the unions - last in first out. The fat you first put on - most often found on your thighs and around your midriff - is the last to disappear!

In other words, to get rid of love handles it is necessary to build some muscle and be patient. You didn't put on weight from one day to another, nor did the love handles appear overnight. The good news it will melt away far quicker than you put it on, but it will still take time.

If you don't eat enough calories - energy - your body will use your muscle tissue as fuel, not the fat. Since you don't have enough lean muscle tissue your metabolism is low, and so your body can't burn the fat.

You will se some "results" from most low calorie diets - you lose muscle tissue and you lose water, so you appear to slim down. But long term they don't work!


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