How You Can Diet For Fat Loss

The focus of a diet for many people is to try and "lose weight".

Actually, you should diet for fat loss instead of worrying about the numbers on a scale.

Keep in mind?br />
A person weighing 185 pounds can still have a fit, lean, and muscular body, whereas a person weighing only 115 pounds can be flabby, soft, and out of shape.

Ultimately, the big difference you will face with a diet for fat loss vs. a diet for weight loss comes down to the effect on your lean muscle mass. If you have a lot of muscle mass, you will look fit and trim, even if you weigh more because of it.

Ultimately, if you weigh 140 pounds but have a lot of lean muscle mass, you are going to look better and fit easily into smaller clothes than someone else who might be 140 pounds, but with more fat and little definition. This is why you should not merely diet for weight loss (which traditional dieting focuses on), but you should diet for fat loss instead.

Even though you might only lose a few pounds per week if you diet correctly, the truth is that you're swapping out your light but ugly fat for heavy but attractive lean muscle mass. The great news is that this muscle will aid you in keeping fat off without additional dieting because muscle naturally burns more calories than fat.

So, you'll look great, fit into smaller clothes, and have the added bonus of a muscular body that's working to burn calories in a way your old body never could.

So what makes traditional diets fail?

If you reduce your caloric intake too severely, your body will lose water and muscle mass instead of burning the fat that you're so desperate to lose. At the end of the month, even though you may have lost weight, you will still be as soft and flabby as before.

Plus, if you are not building your muscle mass and letting your body burn more calories naturally, you're going to be stuck on a restrictive diet forever if you want to keep the weight off. If you simply diet for fat loss while working on a steady muscle building program, you can lose fat and maintain your weight long term without ridiculous dieting.

Honestly, not everyone can sustain a difficult diet over the long term, and once that weight comes back, it comes back with a vengeance. You may even end up weighing more than before since your body has been starved and will now want to hold on to more calories as fat in order to be prepared for the next 'famine.'

If you really want to change your body composition, improve your appearance and always diet for fat loss and not for weight loss. You will be on the road to long-lasting and permanent fat burning results when you diet for fat loss.

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