Avoid Fast Weight Loss Plans

But why do you want to lose weight fast, did you gain it fast? are you into modelling with your present weight? do you know why there are fast weight loss plans?

The only reason there are that large number of fast plans is the ease with which one can get into a huge industry and earns good money, by tuning the already present themes. Cutting on calories may go from the normal daily requirements (about 2000 calories/day), to 1500, 1200, 1000, 800, or..500 calories/day(!!!). Food categories may be alternated to involve reducing carbs or fats, increasing proteins, or shifting calories.

Others play the exercise game by modifying physical activity to involve sophisticated devices designed for different parts of the body, so that you may (sculpt) your body according to your taste.

Revising the trends of these fast plans, we find that:
- Trimming down the calories may shed off the extras on the short scale, yet it has a negative impact on health on the long run. Decreasing calories below the basic daily needs will result in energy shortage, and to spare it the body slows down its metabolism, resulting to fatigue and weakened resistance. Reducing calories over a longer period of time may result in the body burning muscles which burn calorie sall-day round, thus they burn fat while you are sitting to your computer, or watching the television.

- Taking slimming pills is an artificial alternative that did not prove that much better way to lose weight , not to mention the possible side effects.

- Strenuous exercise is not for every one and needs loose limits of place, time and money.


After all, after stopping any of these fast plans you will regain the lost weight and may be more.
The best known way is to change your lifestyle that led you to gain weight, do not eat excess food and keep physically active, and ... be patient.

No Targetted Fat To Lose, Either All or None

Specific exercises and devices to target fat in certain parts of the body do not work, you lose fat from all the body by exercise and diet or one of them.

This study reveals that diet alone is as effective at reducing fat as equal to a combination plan of both diet and exercise, as long as calories in aquals calories out. Researchers found that the best way to lose weight is a combination of diet and exercise, since exercise improved aerobic fitness, which has other important cardiovascular and metabolic implications.


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Newswise Medical News | Fewer Calories or More Exercise: the Effect on Body Composition is Identical


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Endocrine Society

Over 60? Exercise Or You Lose Muscle If On Diet Alone

Among old people (60-75 years), exercise produces metabolic changes that require the expenditure of fewer calories during physical activity, it also allowed them to more preferentially burn fat.


In this study, the diet plus exercise group was the most efficient at the exercise task at the end of the experiment, compared to other groups.



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Older People Who Diet Without Exercising Lose Valuable Muscle Mass


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Journal of Applied Physiology

Break Exercise and You Gain Difficult Weight

If you want to lose weight, avoid seasonal and interrupted patterns.
In this study, it was found that people who break exercise can not lose the same weight gained during exercise layoff by simply resuming the same exercise regimen.

If you decrease running distance from 5 to zero miles per week, you gain 4 times as much weight as one who decreased running distance from 25 to 20 miles per week, and if you want to lose this gained amount after exercise interruption, your running should exceed 20 miles per week.

If you include exercise in your weight loss plan, you should be consistent and never stop exercise to keep maintaining your weight.


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Irregular Exercise Pattern May Add Pounds


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Medicine&Science in Sports and Exercise

How to Lose Weight if You Hate Exercise

Although a diet and exercise plan is ideal for weight loss, yet exercise requires a space, time and will. If you hate exercise or you do not have the facilities it needs, then you only have calculations to make the balance between calories in and calories out.

The most important thing for you to lose weight is, be persistant!

Drop Pounds Without Exercising Shaister Miester Do Da

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International Views of the Best Way to Lose Weight

What is the different views of the best way to lose weight, how people in different places of the world evaluate different ways to lose weight like exercise, dieting, taking drugs, and surgery.


BBC gives us a feedback from different countries about the risks of obesity and the different ways for losing weight. Listen to this programme:
BBC World Service | Globesity