It has to be one of the major problems for anyone losing weight, but pacing yourself is a necessary aspect to the process if you want to get the most benefit from it and get yourself to a successful place that you can stay at for the long term. Many dieters are so keen to get to the goal they set for themselves, they often try to go too fast or cut corners to get there. Here is why going too fast is a bad idea and what you should be doing to avoid losing weight fast and get the best from your weight loss program.
Going for speed when losing weight is a common mistake, but one made because it is natural for people in the Western world to want to have what they want as soon as they can have it, if not sooner! We have become conditioned to expect results fast and we will go hammer and tongs at any strategy in order to get it. But that could be the very thing that brings ultimate failure, especially when it comes to dieting. That's because when you try to diet too excessively, thinking you will lose more weight faster that way, what you end up doing is forcing your body to do the exact opposite of what you expect it to do!
By restricting food, you cause the body to slow down in response, because it is programmed to do that if it is threatened with the possibility of a long period of starvation. This is hereditary and goes right back to our ancient ancestors who would go many days at a time without food. Then they'd catch something substantial to eat, when they would then gorge themselves in preparation for the next period of no food. It has been dubbed "starvation mode" and what happens is that the metabolism is slowed down to conserve the body's reserves of fuel, which are stored in those fat cells that you are trying to get rid of!
By crash dieting or severely limiting your calorie intake for a prolonged period of time, your metabolism will slow down to match its intake and your rate of weight loss will slow down as the body tries to save what you are trying to burn off. While you may actually reach your target weight in this way, you can be sure that as soon as you start eating normally again, your body will make sure it stores up as much fat as it can in preparation for the next period of starvation that it expects and that will probably not happen. Your weight will pile on just as fast as you lost it and you will probably gain an extra few pounds for your trouble!
It is also risky when exercising too hard to lose weight, especially in the early stages. While exercise is absolutely the best way to go for losing weight and keeping fit in the long term as well as to improve your body's overall tone, fitness level and great figure, if you start too fast or try to over-exert yourself too early, you risk muscle damage or joint and connective tissue damage which could put you out of action for a long while, meaning no more exercise until you heal!
So take it slowly and build up your exercises gradually, or diet more sensibly or better still, combine the two for the most effective way of losing weight. This is not just more beneficial for attaining your weight loss goals, it is also the best way to go in order to keep them in the long term.
Pace Yourself Losing Weight
Written by Terry
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