Living A Healthier Lifestyle: Focusing on Fat Loss Not Weight Loss
The number that appears on the scale when weighing your self doesn’t really indicate much. A lot of times people try to lose weight and get discouraged when they step on the scale and see that they are the same weight they were two weeks ago. Their confused because none of there clothes fit anymore but the number is still the same. That’s because when you’re losing body fat but your gaining muscle. Your weight may stay the same but you will be losing the inches an indication that you’re moving in the right direction. When focusing on what the number on the scale reads is misleading because we can’t indicate what the weight of our muscles are. We also can not tell what the fat, water, bones and organs weigh separately in our body. That’s why knowing your body composition is so important if you really want to get results.
What Is A Calorie?
A calorie is a unit of energy. A good way to control your weight gain or enhance your weight loss is controlling your calories. Really it is how many you consume (how much energy you take in) compared to how many calories you “burn” during resting or working out. If you want to lose fat you should reduce your calorie intake in the range of 300-500. The reason being is because if you eat more calories than you burn then your body will store the extra energy as fat. Buy if you eat fewer calories than you need then your body will burn the fat to provide extra energy.
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