| People would lose weight a lot more successfully, | | | | After the diet |
| if they would actually do some research and find | | | | 202 pounds |
| out why 95% of people fail to lose weight. But | | | | 21% body fat |
| instead of doing that, they just do the same | | | | 42 pounds of fat weight |
| mistakes all over again and then wonder why, | | | | 160 pounds of lean body weight |
| they can't lose weight. In this article I will give you | | | | 23 pounds of lost weight |
| a very simple example, so you can see why diets | | | | 14 pounds of fat weight lost |
| ate not the best way to lose weight. | | | | 9 pounds of lean body weight lost |
| How diets make you fat | | | | Now we can see very clearly that our dieter has |
| Lets say a typical dieter who is male and weighs | | | | not succeeded at all, because he has lost only 14 |
| 225 pounds and has 25% body fat, wants to lose | | | | pounds of fat weight. The drop in lean body |
| 25 pounds. | | | | weight means that the person's metabolism is |
| Before the dietbody fat: 25%fat weight: 56 | | | | now slower, so his body burns less calories. Since |
| poundslean body mass: 169 pounds | | | | it is almost impossible to stay on very low calorie |
| So like most people he figures that the best way | | | | diet for too long, he goes back to eating the |
| to lose weight is with diets. So he goes on a | | | | same way as he did before. But now he has a |
| calorie restrictive diet. which is about 1500 calories | | | | problem. |
| per day. Everything goes very nicely and in the | | | | A few weeks after the diet has ended |
| first week he manages to shed off 6 pounds. On | | | | Weight: 225 pounds |
| the second week, he loses a bit less - 5 pounds. | | | | Fat percentage: 28% |
| So that is 11 pounds in just 2 weeks. From week | | | | Fat weight: 63 pounds |
| 3 to 6 our male dieter loses on average of 3 | | | | Lean body weight: 162 pounds |
| pounds a week, which is another 12 pounds. So | | | | The problem is that now he has less muscle |
| during the end of 6 weeks the dieter now weighs | | | | mass, so his body burns less calories. If he eats |
| 202 pounds. The man has more or less | | | | the same foods and the same amount of foods |
| accomplished his goal and the diet seemed to | | | | as he did before the diet, then now he gains |
| work. | | | | more fat. This is the reason why losing fat weight |
| But if we take a closer look, then we can see | | | | with diets does not work. |
| that, the diet was not very successful at all. | | | | |