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The crucial difference between weight loss and fat loss.
What is Weight Loss?
If you have ever gone on a flash diet, lost weight only to gain it right back, or starved yourself to get results you are one of the many frustrated dieters in the weight loss category. The first important thing to understand about weight loss is a break down of the words. Weight really refers to the mass of your entire body; your bones, your organs and your fluids all count as weight that your body is carrying. Knowing this, it is very easy for you to understand how most of the diet programs leading to weight loss.
Most diets reducing or eliminating your intake of carbohydrates, which are used by your body to store and hold water. Keep that in your mind. 60% of your body weight is just water. So, when your water-storage is depleted, the water has nowhere to go but out of your body and that leads to weight loss. That doesn't sound like a very reliable weight loss plan. It raises plenty of questions about dehydration & other potentially harmful signs. Mostly the water weight you lose is not all that significant; perhaps 10-15 pounds maximum & it is only a matter of time before it comes right back.
What is Fat Loss?
Now we know what weight is, and most of us have a pretty good idea of what fat is already, so let's elaborate on what we know. Excess fat, whether it's on our bellies, legs or arms is a nuisance and can be a significant threat to our health. In other words, it's fat that overweight people want to lose more than just any kind of weight.
The only way to measure your fat is through determining your body fat percentage. For men, a healthy range is between 8-22% and for women between 8-22% always depending on age. It's a valuable tool because it helps you understand where you are and where you need to go to achieve real and lasting fat loss. Losing fat mass is what makes you leaner and more athletic. Further, losing fat improves virtually all aspects of your general health, especially your metabolism, which makes it harder for the weight you've lost to return!
In Conclusion.
Weight Loss and Fat Loss are two totally different things.
- Losing water weight actually makes your weight problem worse in the long and short term. It leaves you hungrier and more likely to go back to poor eating habits that make you gain weight.
Reducing your body fat percentage will yield the physical improvements you seek and improve your overall health.