If there is one thing you need to know about healthy weight loss, it is that it takes time.
Yes, you probably have seen people lose 25 pounds a week on television, but the reality is that when you lose that much weight, that quickly, most of that weight is water weight, and you are starving yourself to do that.
When this happens, you are not doing yourself any favors.
When you lose weight by starving yourself, there is only so much your body can take until you get massive hunger cravings.
Additionally, your body has a starvation response, which means that your body will adjust and burn less calories when it did when you were eating a lot of food.
Above and beyond that, when you starve yourself by not eating as much as you should, you aren't burning fat.
Instead, you are often losing lean muscle mass.
The end result of starving yourself is that eventually, you are going to crack, and you are going to start eating lots of food again.
When this happens, you are going to gain the weight back, and in many cases, you will gain more weight then you lost.
Of course, you won't be as strong, because of the loss of muscle mass.
Realistically, if you want to lose weight at a healthy pace, you can expect to lose about 1 to 2 pounds a week.
If your goal is to lose 1 pound a week, you will need to create a calorie deficit of 500 calories a day, and if you would like to lose 2 pounds a week, you will need to create a calorie deficit of 1,000 calories a day.
In order to create a calorie deficit, you will need to cut back on calories, exercise, or both.
Usually, it helps to do both as the exercise factor makes it a lot easier for you to burn excess calories, and also allows you to eat more, which is a much better alternative to starving yourself.
Yes, you probably have seen people lose 25 pounds a week on television, but the reality is that when you lose that much weight, that quickly, most of that weight is water weight, and you are starving yourself to do that.
When this happens, you are not doing yourself any favors.
When you lose weight by starving yourself, there is only so much your body can take until you get massive hunger cravings.
Additionally, your body has a starvation response, which means that your body will adjust and burn less calories when it did when you were eating a lot of food.
Above and beyond that, when you starve yourself by not eating as much as you should, you aren't burning fat.
Instead, you are often losing lean muscle mass.
The end result of starving yourself is that eventually, you are going to crack, and you are going to start eating lots of food again.
When this happens, you are going to gain the weight back, and in many cases, you will gain more weight then you lost.
Of course, you won't be as strong, because of the loss of muscle mass.
Realistically, if you want to lose weight at a healthy pace, you can expect to lose about 1 to 2 pounds a week.
If your goal is to lose 1 pound a week, you will need to create a calorie deficit of 500 calories a day, and if you would like to lose 2 pounds a week, you will need to create a calorie deficit of 1,000 calories a day.
In order to create a calorie deficit, you will need to cut back on calories, exercise, or both.
Usually, it helps to do both as the exercise factor makes it a lot easier for you to burn excess calories, and also allows you to eat more, which is a much better alternative to starving yourself.
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