Over the holiday season, all of us eat and drink too much. Your day of reckoning will arrive soon. You will look at the mirror and you will feign shock about what you see. You will decide to go on a diet immediately. At that point, this article will be important to you.
Too many people think that they can fix what they are seeing in the mirror, by going on a diet. Unfortunately, this is not the case.
You dont see weight when you look at the mirror. What you see is fat. It could be around your waist, hips, thighs, legs, arms or face. This is what persuades you to go on a diet, but you dont lose fat by dieting.
The way you have gained fat is by consuming more calories than you used. For every 3,500 calories you eat, but dont use, you gain 1 pound of fat. Its not hard to add fat to your body, over the holidays season. In addition to eating and drinking more than you usually do, you probably are less active than usual.
If all you do is eat 3,500 fewer calories that you use (this is called dieting), you will not lose the fat. There is only one way you can lose fat and that is by exercising. Unfortunately dieting, without exercising, is prevalent because people think that weight loss and fat loss are the same thing; they are not.
What Happens If You Diet, But Dont Exercise?
Weight loss can occur by dieting, without exercise. Your scales will vouch for this. If you dont also exercise, the weight loss comes about because you will lose water from your body. But you will not lose fat. You are likely to regain the weight when you stop the diet, because your body will replenish its water level.
What Is the Answer?
To lose the unwanted fat that you see in the mirror, you must do a regular exercise routine that burns fat. You should also adopt a way of eating that helps your body to lose fat, from the exercise. There is much for you to learn about fat burning exercise and eating routines that help you to lose the fat.
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