Why Weight

How We Lose Weight

By Nataly Orlova

Everybody who tried to succeed in weight loss knows the following situation very well. You chose the diet that suits you best, followed it carefully, lost some excess weight… and no results!

Pointer of your scales literally froze. Weight loss stopped what ever you do. Your mood sinks with every day passed. You loose your hope of weight loss…

Why do things happen this way? Listen. Weight loss is a very complicated physiological process.

Your organism must switch on a new way of functioning. You see that at first your organism looses a pair of kilos (~4.5lb) easily. Why so easy? This is because to loose liquid is much easier than to get rid of fat cells. You loose liquid first days not fat. Weight loss through fat burning goes much slower.

At this point many people loose their patience and decide that the diet they are using is ineffective. In fact it is not so. You must have patience and proceed with your weight loss process. Weight loss process usually goes this way. Let’s see how it works.

1. You loose weight easily.

You limit food consumption and your stomach purge itself. As a result you have a weight loss of 2-4kg (~4.5-9lb).

2. Your weight becomes stable.

Your organism adapts itself to limited calories quantity and switches to economy regimen. At this point you may feel strong hunger.

3. You continue to loose weight.

You organism begins to use its first spare source of energy. It is glycogen – sugar that was concentrated in your lever and muscles. Together with this process you loose liquid. To burn 1kg (2lb) of glycogen means the loss of 3-5l (5-9 pints) of liquid.

4. Your weight becomes stable again.

Your organism goes in economy regimen and prepares itself to burn fat to receive energy. At this point you gain some liquid again as ballast.

5. Your weight slowly decreases.

Your organism receives energy from fat burning. At this point fat cells “loose weight”. The quantity of fat cells remains the same but cells’ mass decreases. It is a slow process cause your organism does not know how much time will last this state. Your organism will try to use sparingly the stock it has.

6. Your weight again becomes stable.

Your organism becomes accustomed to a new weight. Your metabolism slows down.

7. Weight loss goes slowly again.

Your organism consumes fat reserves. The cycle goes on and on till you achieve desired weight.

8. Weight becomes stable at desired by you level.

You strengthen achieved results.

As you see each stage of weight loss is accompanied by stage of stabilization. It is absolutely normal.

Have patience and believe in yourself. Don’t expect quick results. Than your weight loss is guarantied.

Be healthy,

Nataly

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Nataly Orlova is a recognized authority on the subject of overweight and obesity problems. Her articles published in http://www.overweight-info.com provides a wealth of information on everything you'll ever need to know about overweight, obesity and other health problems. Food/points table can be found here http://overweight-info.com/foodpoints-table/

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