Lose Weight

In the video game of life, the scale is the final big boss. This is not just for you: Nearly 1/3 of the world’s population are overweight or obese and many are looking for methods to finally achieve and maintain their goal weight long-term. Each of us knows about countless diets and diet products – from friends, from advertising, and from the internet. Unfortunately, many of these diets are unscientific, ineffective, and unhealthy. What you will not find is a diet or diet Plan for weight loss that works without a calorie deficit.

Eating less than your body needs and still not being hungry all the time – how does that work? Your body gives signals of satiety when it registers a filling of the stomach on the one hand and the intake of certain nutrients on the other. To lose weight is therefore important:

• Choose foods with low energy density: For example, chocolate bars have a high energy density, while vegetables generally have a low energy density and bring with them a high satisfaction factor due to their high fiber content. The energy density of a food refers to the ratio of calories to volume.
• Drink a lot of water—a minimum of 3 liters per day. Water promotes weight loss—plus you’ll fill your stomach without extra calories entering your body.
• Avoid foods that affect your blood sugar: For example, things like white bread, cake, and soda should be avoided, as these can lead to increased feelings of hunger. These “fast” carbohydrates are unsuitable for weight loss.
• Pay attention to optimal food choices: Of course it takes discipline to lose weight, but with the right food choices, you will be less likely to be at the mercy of your food cravings. Get your daily calories (for weight loss, this would be your normal calorie requirement minus about 500 kcal) from low-fat protein sources; oils and nuts with healthy fats; some complex carbohydrates; and 2/3 vegetables.

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Every person burns a certain amount of energy per day. The daily energy you get from food allows you to think and move, and for your organs to function properly. If you compare this daily requirement with how much you actually eat, you either have a surplus of energy (calories) or a deficit, which means you will either gain or lose weight. If your diet covers your daily energy requirement exactly (i.e. you eat neither too few nor too many calories)—you will maintain your weight. The theory then, is a very simple one: if you eat fewer calories than you burn daily, you will lose weight. When the energy your body needs is not available in the form of calories, your body takes the necessary energy from its own reserves. So in a diet, the goal is for your body to take its energy out of your fat stores and thus cause you to lose weight. When you eat a surplus of calories, your body puts the energy into its fat stores, in order to use them later—which means you gain weight.

The basal metabolic rate is a theoretical rate for how much energy your body needs to while at rest to maintain its vital functions. This amount of calories is necessary to provide the vital functions (e.g. breathing and organ functions) with energy. This is calculated as follows:

Your daily calorie requirement, that is your daily need for energy, is affected by everything that burns calories. This means all your everyday activities, for example: exercise, intensive work, and even thinking. Each of your workouts increases your calorie needs, because during training you burn more calories. All of this activity taken together represents your overall caloric needs. These are the calories you actually burn, while the basal metabolic rate is just the hypothetical amount of calories your body needs at rest to maintain vital functions.

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The Low Carb diet is a diet that reduces carbohydrate intake. In most Low Carb diets, short-chain carbohydrates are partially or completely dispensed with. The idea behind it is relatively simple: your body should “burn” the fat reserves instead of carbohydrates. The desired result: weight loss.

A low carb diet dispenses with carbohydrates, as your body converts carbohydrates into sugar and raises your blood sugar levels. This process not only inhibits the burning of fat but also triggers hunger in the brain. Properly done, the low carb diet and the resulting weight loss are very sustainable and following a low carb diet is safe over the long-term.

However, your weight loss success also depends on how extreme the carbohydrate reduction is and whether the whole diet has been carried out properly. If the carbohydrate reduction is just too high, there is an increased risk that you’ll regain some weight after the diet is finished. In addition, extreme low carb diets can lead to a lack of energy or to fatigue. This in turn impairs your performance, weakens your immune system, and harms the regeneration processes in your body. However, when the low carb diet is carried out properly, your body will continue to be adequately supplied with all the essential nutrients and you won’t suffer from any nutrient deficiencies.

We need to know our bodies and learn to regulate them. It is in our nature to only believe what we can see and explain. However, neither our psyche nor our hormone balance is easy to observe. There are therefore some things that you should keep in mind when losing weight:

• Do not try to lose weight by abstaining from food entirely or starving. It is neither sustainable nor healthy, and is even dangerous for your body. Possible symptoms here include tiredness, dizziness, and nausea.
• Follow a daily routine and be sure to get plenty of good sleep. This helps establish healthy new habits and increase your energy for everyday life
• Get lots of exercise to positively affect your body, hormonal balance, and psyche

A variety of other tips can be found in the Coach article “The Ultimate Tips & Tricks for Weight Loss without Dieting.”

First and foremost, it is important to realize that everyone has abdominal muscles. The only question is how high your body fat percentage is: if your body fat percentage is too high, you simply have to reduce it to reveal your abdominal muscles. This happens through a healthy and balanced diet with a calorie deficit. A low carb diet is recommended, as it is the fastest way to reduce fat and get a flat stomach. In addition, there is not just fat under the skin, but also fat that lies in the abdomen itself. To burn this, a long-term healthy diet is a must.

Additional fitness training is the best way to burn fat sustainably. This not only consumes energy but also builds muscles that burn extra fat. Unfortunately, you cannot reduce body fat in certain isolated areas in the same way that you can build muscle in isolation. But here’s a selection of exercises and activities that work out your largest muscle groups — and thus consume a lot of energy:

You finally made it. You reached your desired weight, and suddenly a new opponent appears on the horizon: the yo-yo! Unfortunately, many people lose weight and gain it right back. Why is that exactly? The yo-yo effect is a common consequence of crash diets. It is especially likely to happen after a radical starvation diet. As described above, your body perceives rapid weight loss as a threat and adjusts its metabolic rate and activity levels to regain the lost weight.

Or you finally reach your goal weight and indulge in a victorious winner’s meal, then a victory celebration with a few drinks… then take a one week break from strenuous exercise… because you deserve it… the list goes on. The sad truth is that after dieting, many of us return to the bad eating habits and ways of life that got us overweight in the first place.

At the same time, weight loss reduces your energy consumption and lowers your metabolism for a while. This means that the effects of bad eating habits will now be doubled. You can avoid the yo-yo effect altogether if, after reaching your goal weight, you maintain your discipline, routine, and follow your Meal Plan.

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