Why Your Weight Loss Program is Failing

     Usually, weight loss programs fail for similar reasons. It usually starts like this. An individual wants to lose weight for a specific reason. For example, a wedding is coming up, and the bride wants to look good during the wedding. So to get results fast, she goes on a starvation diet.

A starvation diet here means skipping meals or consuming just a tiny amount of food for each meal. The body goes hungry throughout the day due to the minimal consumption of food. In the short term, this seems to work very well. The weight loss starts to happen.

But the bride doesn't know that she is losing her health as well. How does that happen?

You see, when the bride to be goes on a starvation diet, she is losing muscle mass and fat at the same time. Without a constant source of energy (due to the meals skipping), the body has to tap into existing sources of energy to continue functioning. But most people don't know that the body is also responding to these new eating habits.

As it is not receiving adequate nutrition, the body starts to store fat whenever possible. In other words, the metabolism drops. When that happens, the bride needs only to eat a little to gain weight. The body stores the food as fat because it doesn't know if it's going to have enough to eat the next day!

So the wedding comes, and the bride is happy because she gets to look slim during her big day. But as soon as the event is over, she reverts back to her normal diet. And guess what happens? She puts back all the weight that she had lost, plus a few more extra pounds! That's not surprise. After all, she did get her metabolic rate to nose dive during the last few weeks.

Hopefully, the bride learns an important lesson here. When it comes to losing weight, it's all about how much fat you burn. And how much fat you burn depends on your metabolism. You want your metabolism to be high so that your body will continue burning calories throughout the day.

Going on a starvation diet is always a poor short term strategy. The weight loss program is never going to work for the long term. In the long run, you want your metabolic rate to be high so that you can enjoy your daily meals, and yet feel strong and look great.

Having fitness affects all areas of your life. You will have more energy for work, for friends, and for your family. Remember that there is no short cut to losing weight. You have to increase your metabolism or your program is going to fail. Workout regularly, eat well, and start leading a healthier life.

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