Strategies for Best Weight reduction
Since you may not know, every pound of bodyweight contains 3500 calories. If you want to lose one pound a week, you’d just consume 500 calories less than you expend every single day (7 x 500 = 3500).
This is accomplished by controlling your calorie intake and burning calories through exercise, day-to-day activity, and by raising your resting metabolism (RMR) through added muscle, frequent meals, and also the post-workout rise in RMR.
Losing 0.5 – 1.5 lbs a week is optimal. If you are very overweight, you should be closer to 1.5 pounds per week (750 calorie daily deficit), and if you only have a few pounds to shed, 0.5 lbs per week is good (250 calorie deficit daily).
Taking your time and effort may prevent muscle loss and increase your chances of keeping the weight off permanently. Don’t surrender to the temptation of refusing to eat or doing tons of aerobic exercise both of which will cause muscle loss, and therefore counteract your ultimate goal of long term fat loss. Ideally, you want to build muscle in order to increase your RMR. You have to do my way through your capacity to prevent the loss of muscle while losing weight. If you try to lose weight naturally too rapidly, you won’t just prevent muscle growth, you’ll cause your body to breakdown its existing muscle for fuel. This is pointed in the wrong direction.
Remember, it’s not simply about weight. It’s about body composition less fat and more muscle.
Key Points for weight loss:
- Lose .5 – 1.5 lbs each week by eating 250 – 750 less calories than you burn daily.
- Eat 5 meals daily, every 2.5 – 3.5 hours.
- Increase your calorie expenditure by building muscle through consistent, short, intense strength training.
- Eat a diet that gives you 1.5 grams of protein per pound of your ideal bodyweight, and split the rest of the calories between mostly unsaturated fats and carbs having a low glycemic index. Avoid processed sugars; they’re everywhere!
- Don’t starve yourself and do not overeat.
Besides, going hungry to some restaurant or party is also a common pitfall that may lead to some major overeating. A great secret to not overeating at restaurants and parties is to simply consume a small meal before you depart home. This way, when you get there, you’re centered on having fun, instead of awaiting food to fill your belly. Concentrate on having fun, the company you’re with, and also the party or restaurant not on dieting or gorging yourself. You order less, spend less money, and often really enjoy what you eat because you’re eating to satisfy your tastebuds, not your empty stomach.