Written by Cristi Adkins
Fat loss is very different from weight loss in that anyone can go on a diet and fast to lose weight. In fact, you can lose 10 pounds in 10 days by doing just that. However, there are problems with that.
Think about it; you may know someone who has been on a diet and lost weight. You may also know someone who has been on a diet, lost weight, quit the diet and afterward looked and felt fatter than when they started dieting in the first place. Have you ever wondered the reason for this phenomenon? This ‘yo-yo’ response can actually be due to the dieting itself.
When you go on a diet for the purpose of losing weight, the body does not know you are trying to lose weight. Metabolically, the body thinks you are starving. The human body will do everything in its power to prevent that from happening and preserve your life.
This is where dieting and weight loss get complicated. If the body doesn’t receive enough energy, it will store and refuse to release as much fat as possible to keep you from starving to death. So, your body becomes conditioned to store fat, while you are trying to lose it. This ‘yo-yo’ effect dieters despise is actually a natural life-saving mechanism designed for life preservation.
On any diet with the sole purpose of losing weight, during the first two to three weeks, 90-95% of the weight lost is water and protein (muscles, nails, hair). Why is that so bad? This is counterproductive for you because every cell in your body is made up of water and protein. Yes, with weight loss the body may appear to be thinner, you may wear smaller clothes, and look smaller in the mirror… but you just may lose your hair, eyesight, or liver function. In order for the human body to function optimally, both water and protein are vital. Thus, the subconscious mind kicks in again to keep you alive and sabotages your efforts to lose weight.
So, if you want better health and to look and feel better, get rid of something that is causing an enormous amount of stress on the human body… get rid of fat. Instead of dieting and trying to lose weight, focus on getting rid of the fat that’s weighing you down.
There are those whose excess weight is due to physiological causes. Other times it may be psychological; suppressed, buried in some incident or event of the past for which overeating provides a sense of compensation, or relief from pressures or anxieties, something lacking in life, grief, anger or other emotions, sometimes dating back to childhood.
Mind therapy is often effective in ferreting out causes, and sometimes even the simple understanding of causes can result in healing. So, what’s the biggest fat burning secret that no one will tell you about - your mind.
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