Desperate To Lose Weight

[David Ogden]

Desperate To Lose Weight

Aiming for a weight loss of two pounds per week can be judged to be a safe, healthy and a lasting method to keep off the weight. Such a method is even advised by many exercise organizations like the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Dietetic Association apart from most of the legitimate nutritionists, dieticians, personal trainers and exercise physiologists.

There can be few exemptions from this like in case you need to go for huge amounts of weight loss, you might go for a weight loss way beyond this two pound weekly loss. Your weight loss rate can be relative to your overall weight. Generally speaking, you are allowed to aim for for a weight loss of up to 1% of your body weight in a week. For example, you can lose 3 lbs in a week if you weigh some 300 lbs (1% of 300 lbs = 3 lbs).

Look at other essential things, the amount of fat you lose is something that’s important but not the amount of weight you lose. Ever thought if the weight loss that you’re experiencing comes from the loss of body fat or from losing your lean body mass?

Recognize that weight and fat don’t mean the same. While your muscle, bone and other internal organs accompanied by lots of water comprise your body weight, what you really need is some fat loss but not a weight loss. It becomes so simple if you really wanted to go for a weight loss. Get yourself a sharp hacksaw and slice off one of your legs and you could merely lose some 20-25 pounds of weight. After all you only want some extra “weight” loss, right?

Let me try to make it more clear to you by using some numbers about this weight versus fat concept besides what might possibly result if you go for a quick weight loss (since a lot of you don’t confide in me and still want some quick weight loss).

For instance, suppose a man weighs 260 pounds and needs to shed off huge body fats (say 32%). Taking into account the 32% fat content, his lean mass tends to be 176.8 pounds where as his body fat accounts to some 83.2 pounds. With these values at hand, target loss can be 2-4lbs a week.

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