6 REASONS YOU’RE NOT LOSING BODY FAT
This is sort of a synopsis. There will be a much more detailed
series of articles soon covering each point in much more detail. Watch for it
soon.
One of the biggest reasons people
go to the gym is to lose body fat. But a lot of people have little or no success.
It’s never easy but it’s a lot harder if you are committing these mistakes.
1.
You Eat too
Much
You
would think this would be obvious but most people really don’t know how many
calories they are actually eating. Even they have some idea of their calories
it’s usually what we call SWAG (Scientific Wild-Ass Guess)
Even
if they do come within a reasonable estimate of their calories they have no
idea of their macros. The kind of calories you eat matters. You need the right
combination of proteins, fats and carbs to build muscle and burn fat. If it
were just a matter of burning more calories than you eat you could use all your
calories on nothing but ice cream and cheese cake and lose weight. How’s that
working out for you?
2.
You Don’t Eat Enough Protein
Studies
show that even though 2 groups consume the same calories, the group that
consumed more protein lost more weight.
Protein
increases satiety at meals, which can make you feel less hungry. Proteins also
take more calories to digest. Digestion alone makes up more than 10% of the
calories you burn at rest.
Protein
also has a positive effect on blood lipids, glucose levels and muscle-to-fat
ratios.
3.
You Think Healthy Food is Calorie-Free
It
doesn’t matter if you eat whole foods, organic, fair-trade, non-GMO food fertilized
with angle poo it still has calories. If you eat too much of it you’ll still
get fat. And the food companies totally understand this. Read the nutrition
label- not the flashy wording on the front of the package.
4.
You Don’t Train Hard Enough
If
fat-loss is your goal, you have to create an extreme energy demand for your
body to change. Lifting those cute little pink dumbbells that weigh less than
your I-Phone won't cut it.
.

5.
You do Too Much Low-Intensity Cardio
Low –intensity
is a poor choice for losing fat. One hour of heavy lifting will burn more
calories and more fat than a two hour low-intensity slog on a treadmill. Read this former article-The Myth of Steady-State Cardio and Fat Loss
I
have watched people (we call them “Cardio Queens”) slog away on the same
treadmill for 3 years now and watched them actually gain weight!
6. You Don’t
Get Enough Sleep
Too
little sleep elevates Cortisol and decreases insulin sensitivity. Both of which
wreak havoc on fat loss efforts. Get 7 to 9 hours of sleep per night.
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