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5 Odd Facts about Fat Loss:
1. Even if you are disciplined with your diet, your weight loss will NOT be linear
One interesting trend Ive seen in the data from my clients is that weight will always drop sharply every 10-14 days
1. Even if you are disciplined with your diet, your weight loss will NOT be linear
One interesting trend Ive seen in the data from my clients is that weight will always drop sharply every 10-14 days
You'll get squiggly downward line where weight goes down, up, down, up, down a bit more, up
And then right around 10-14 days, there will be a significant drop thats a new Low
And then right around 10-14 days, there will be a significant drop thats a new Low
2. Hunger is not the challenge when strictly dieting, its the CRAVINGS
I shall explain:
If you are follow a serious calorie deficit, yes, you'll be hungry, that will 100% happen
But the hunger can be dealt with
What drives people crazy is specific CRAVINGS
I shall explain:
If you are follow a serious calorie deficit, yes, you'll be hungry, that will 100% happen
But the hunger can be dealt with
What drives people crazy is specific CRAVINGS
Cravings for what? Anything
People will start dreaming about food: pizza, lemon drop sugar cookies, fried sushi, fried chicken and ranch dressing, apple pie
It will be some specific food that they suddenly want, and if they happen to smell it they go crazy
People will start dreaming about food: pizza, lemon drop sugar cookies, fried sushi, fried chicken and ranch dressing, apple pie
It will be some specific food that they suddenly want, and if they happen to smell it they go crazy
The way to "handle this" is simply to not expose yourself to your cravings AT ALL
One of the strategies to diet successfully is to simply stay out of the environment where the cravings might happen
Dont go near the bakery in the supermarket. Stay away
One of the strategies to diet successfully is to simply stay out of the environment where the cravings might happen
Dont go near the bakery in the supermarket. Stay away
3. Water Retention is REAL
There's something called the "whoosh" effect in fitness literature, its not really well understood
Basically, its commonly scene where people's weight loss will stall out, even with a proven calorie deficit
And then suddenly it drops, but why?
There's something called the "whoosh" effect in fitness literature, its not really well understood
Basically, its commonly scene where people's weight loss will stall out, even with a proven calorie deficit
And then suddenly it drops, but why?
The culprit is water retention. Your body can be burning excess bodyfat, but with stress hormones being elevated, its also retaining more water
As a result, this masks the fat loss
Until eventually the water "releases", and you have a day where your weight drops dramatically
As a result, this masks the fat loss
Until eventually the water "releases", and you have a day where your weight drops dramatically
4. Peeing a lot is the best sign you are losing bodyfat
Fun fact within a fun fact:
Most of the fat loss happens during SLEEP
Fat is metabolized into carbon dioxide, which your BREATHE OUT while sleeping
And as water, the waste product
Fun fact within a fun fact:
Most of the fat loss happens during SLEEP
Fat is metabolized into carbon dioxide, which your BREATHE OUT while sleeping
And as water, the waste product
So if you are losing fat, you should be urinating a lot, especially in the morning when you wake up
5. The first place you gain fat is the LAST place you lose it
This one is not weird so much as it headtrips people:
Wherever you gain fat FIRST, thats where you fat stores will be thickest
When you start losing fat, you lose it from secondary storage sites...
This one is not weird so much as it headtrips people:
Wherever you gain fat FIRST, thats where you fat stores will be thickest
When you start losing fat, you lose it from secondary storage sites...
So if you gain weight in your stomach, and then legs, chest, arms, and face
Your face will get thinner, then arms, then chest, then legs, then finally your core,
The problem is that most people focus mentally on where they store the most fat...
Your face will get thinner, then arms, then chest, then legs, then finally your core,
The problem is that most people focus mentally on where they store the most fat...
For most people, thats stomach, and that can seemingly take forever to be burned off
There is a reason for that as well, which leads to the next fact...
There is a reason for that as well, which leads to the next fact...
6. STUBBORN FAT
So this is entirely real. Not all fat cells are created equal
Fat cells have receptor sites on them that respond to different hormones (adrenaline/noradrenaline
is the main fat burning hormone), these are divided into alpha and beta receptor sites
So this is entirely real. Not all fat cells are created equal
Fat cells have receptor sites on them that respond to different hormones (adrenaline/noradrenaline
is the main fat burning hormone), these are divided into alpha and beta receptor sites
Your body will always try to store some bodyfat, and stubborn fat cells wont open up when adrenaline/noradrenaline tries to unlock them, rather they "shut off"
Basically they wont allow themselves to be burned
FYI-This does NOT mean all your fat stores are stubborn fat
Basically they wont allow themselves to be burned
FYI-This does NOT mean all your fat stores are stubborn fat
Stubborn fat is most common in women, and is predominantly found on the lower body
Its less common in men.
And you wont realize you have it until you've lost a significant amount of bodyfat to begin with and are getting LEAN, not just "healthy"
Its less common in men.
And you wont realize you have it until you've lost a significant amount of bodyfat to begin with and are getting LEAN, not just "healthy"
But it if you wondering why is so difficult to get lean in the abs or lower body or lower back, stubborn fat storage might by partly responsible
