We have all been there before. You've dieted hard and you've done tons of cardiovascular activity but you step on the scales and nothing has changed. You reach the conclusion that you just can't get in shape, that you simply can't lose weight on a low calorie diet with regular exercise. Today you'll find out why this happens and how to sort it out.
The general rule for those looking to drop some pounds, of course, is to eat less calories and exercise more. However, there are thousands upon thousands of people out there who are doing too much of one thing and not enough of the other. In rare instances, you even find people who are doing too much of both things.
To ensure that you not only lose unwanted body weight but also keep it off forever, you need to ensure that you do not follow these trends and end up on a near starvation diet coupled with endless hours of cardiovascular exercise. That is a sure fire recipe for failure.
We all know somebody who has fallen victim to that particular trend, due to the fact that it's often featured in celebrity magazines and pushed as the number one method to lose fat.
The reality is very different from those theories, of course. If you have ever followed one of those diets you will know that you cannot operate on a 500 calorie diet and exercise for two hours per day. You will run your body into the ground. These individuals usually go through a very specific cycle:
After experiencing a quick weight loss for a period of about a week while their body reacts to being starved, they quickly hit a wall. They mistake that quick loss for progress, so they continue restricting calories and hammering cardio sessions on the gym floor. They suddenly realize that they can't lose any more body fat no matter how much they try. This leads to frustration, causing the person to eat lots of junk foods in anger and pile on any pounds they had lost in the first place.
Of course, once the individual ends up in that situation they often blame themselves and begin a new diet, adding an even greater calorific restriction and increasing cardiovascular exercise as a punishment for their previous failed effort.
You may wonder how on earth the body can not lose any unwanted pounds despite barely eating and working out all the time, but the answer is very simple. The metabolism is slowed by the body in reaction to the starvation diet and extra high workload being placed on it by the individual. The body is concerned that it is being starved, therefore it refuses to let you burn off any of it's valuable fat stores because it needs them to keep you alive.
In most cases you'll simply be losing lean muscle tissue, which is why crash diet addicts often look quite ill when they reach their end result. In order to fix this regime you simply need to rethink your diet and training. Forget the outdated notion of long cardiovascular exercise and replace it with a HIIT routine combined with regular weight training.
The more lean muscle you can encourage in the gym, the easier you will find it to burn fat outside of the gym, too!
Your daily diet should be fun, not punishment. You need all three macro's and you need a good number of calories to see any results otherwise your body will enter starvation mode and revoke your control, which has already been documented. If you have previously put yourself through yo-to dieting tactics you will need to slowly increase calorie intake over a period of weeks and months to get yourself back on track. Once the issue is fixed, it's fixed permanently.
If you had two people that weighed the same but one individual ate 400 calories while the other ate 2500, which one would find it easier to drop unwanted pounds? Clearly, the second individual would easily be able to achieve more results because the first case is already starving themselves.
If you have reached a point where you think you can't lose weight on a low calorie diet and want some answers, the first thing to do is look at your present diet and your training regime. If you recognize any of the signs in today's post then correcting this issue has to become a priority before you cause serious damage.
The general rule for those looking to drop some pounds, of course, is to eat less calories and exercise more. However, there are thousands upon thousands of people out there who are doing too much of one thing and not enough of the other. In rare instances, you even find people who are doing too much of both things.
To ensure that you not only lose unwanted body weight but also keep it off forever, you need to ensure that you do not follow these trends and end up on a near starvation diet coupled with endless hours of cardiovascular exercise. That is a sure fire recipe for failure.
We all know somebody who has fallen victim to that particular trend, due to the fact that it's often featured in celebrity magazines and pushed as the number one method to lose fat.
The reality is very different from those theories, of course. If you have ever followed one of those diets you will know that you cannot operate on a 500 calorie diet and exercise for two hours per day. You will run your body into the ground. These individuals usually go through a very specific cycle:
After experiencing a quick weight loss for a period of about a week while their body reacts to being starved, they quickly hit a wall. They mistake that quick loss for progress, so they continue restricting calories and hammering cardio sessions on the gym floor. They suddenly realize that they can't lose any more body fat no matter how much they try. This leads to frustration, causing the person to eat lots of junk foods in anger and pile on any pounds they had lost in the first place.
Of course, once the individual ends up in that situation they often blame themselves and begin a new diet, adding an even greater calorific restriction and increasing cardiovascular exercise as a punishment for their previous failed effort.
You may wonder how on earth the body can not lose any unwanted pounds despite barely eating and working out all the time, but the answer is very simple. The metabolism is slowed by the body in reaction to the starvation diet and extra high workload being placed on it by the individual. The body is concerned that it is being starved, therefore it refuses to let you burn off any of it's valuable fat stores because it needs them to keep you alive.
In most cases you'll simply be losing lean muscle tissue, which is why crash diet addicts often look quite ill when they reach their end result. In order to fix this regime you simply need to rethink your diet and training. Forget the outdated notion of long cardiovascular exercise and replace it with a HIIT routine combined with regular weight training.
The more lean muscle you can encourage in the gym, the easier you will find it to burn fat outside of the gym, too!
Your daily diet should be fun, not punishment. You need all three macro's and you need a good number of calories to see any results otherwise your body will enter starvation mode and revoke your control, which has already been documented. If you have previously put yourself through yo-to dieting tactics you will need to slowly increase calorie intake over a period of weeks and months to get yourself back on track. Once the issue is fixed, it's fixed permanently.
If you had two people that weighed the same but one individual ate 400 calories while the other ate 2500, which one would find it easier to drop unwanted pounds? Clearly, the second individual would easily be able to achieve more results because the first case is already starving themselves.
If you have reached a point where you think you can't lose weight on a low calorie diet and want some answers, the first thing to do is look at your present diet and your training regime. If you recognize any of the signs in today's post then correcting this issue has to become a priority before you cause serious damage.
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About your author: Established online personal trainer Russ Howe PTI teaches effective weight loss facts on his blog for free. If you believe that you can't lose weight on a low calorie diet he will show you how to correct this issue.
