Burning Belly Fat
Burning belly fat isn’t as easy as the sellers of diet books would like for us to believe. Fad diets continue to rise in popularity in spite of their obvious ineffectiveness. Have you ever known someone to go on one of these diets, lose weight, and keep it off for years to come? Neither have I. In fact as I write I am reminded of a conversation I had with my wife a couple of days ago. She had seen a friend at the grocery store that we had not seen in a couple of years. She had always struggled with her weight but my wife commented to her that she looked as if she had lost considerable weight. She said she had been on a diet. A fad diet no less. Was she successful in burning belly fat while on this fad diet? There’s more to the story. She told my wife that she had actually gained some weight back from her original weight loss. This is so typical of fad diets. You lose belly fat, get excited, build momentum, lose momentum, lose excitement, and then gain belly fat. Our friend told my wife that she had completely given up fruit and other foods as a part of her diet. Her body was now craving the kinds of foods that she had eliminated. Diets never work. By their very definition they call for a severe restriction of food or calories. Most fad diets restrict you to 800-1200 calories for women and 1500-1800 for men. Most men and women will certainly lose weight on these low calorie intakes. Here’s the problem. You won’t be burning belly fat with these numbers. You will be losing weight from fat and muscle loss. This is not good. You want to restrict your weight loss to fat only. Here’s why. You can’t stay on these low calorie consumptions indefinitely. Eventually you have to start consuming more calories to sustain a healthy life. If you have lost muscle while on your diet you have decreased the effectiveness of your body to burn calories. The same number of calories before you went on the diet will now cause you to actually gain body fat. For long term success you need to learn how to lose stubborn belly fat and keep it off. Recent data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) reveal that about two-thirds of adults in the United States are overweight and almost one-third are obese. Obviously fad diets don’t work. So, where can you get reliable information on burning belly fat? There are several good sources available. You can
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- Dr. Lawrence Lamb, Author of "The Weighting Game: The Truth About Weight Control" Return from Burning Belly Fat to YOUR WAIST
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