Apply the Science for a Healthier Fat-Burning Body

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Do you want to lose weight? Skip the fad diets and follow the science behind permanent weight loss. Personalizing a healthy eating plan and making a commitment to a routine exercise program to keep it off for the long haul.

When the number of calories you consume equals the number burned, you maintain your current body weight. Science says that a deficit is needed in how much energy you consume or how much you burn or both.

Despite the common statement that you should workout harder to lose weight is really misleading. That’s because the real goal is to reduce body fat while maintaining or building muscle for a healthier fat-burning body.

Tips for a Successful Weight Loss Journey

The factors affecting weight loss are complex. Consider the weight loss tips below and apply them to your weight loss and weight management journey:

1) Focus on Lifestyle Modifications – A study by the American College of Sports Medicine, suggest making a lifestyle modification to increase physical activity only marginally increased short-term weight loss but was critical for long-term weight management.

2) Be Creative in Meal Prep - There are many different meal-prepping methods that can be mixed and matched depending upon your own needs and food situations. Choose the most appealing approach first, then experiment as needed.

3) Something Sweet & Something Savory – From a homemade bag of trail mix to a roast pork dinner with all the fixings, creating a menu plan with healthy choices for foods to satisfy your sweet and savory sensory appetite can reduce food cravings and boost satiety.

4) Self Monitor Your Body’s Feedback – Monitoring your body’s feedback as you eat requires more mindful attention to the dynamic sensation of food intake. Some foods may energize you while others make you feel sleepy or groggy.

One of the benefits of working with a weight loss specialist is that you will be following a personalized menu plan to support healthy weight loss. This is always a safer and more sustainable approach than following the latest fad diet.

Change the Environment that Promoted Overeating

Creating a personalized menu plan can immediately improve your food choices, including the intake of micronutrients and macronutrients that your body needs to lose weight, and then manage your target weight for the long-term. In the long run, environmental restructuring may need to occur in the home, workplace, community, place of worship, restaurants, movies, and anywhere food is served. Science suggests emphasis on low density foods with higher nutritional values.

You do not want your body cannibalizing muscle tissue. There is scientific evidence that the body can add muscle while in a calorie deficit but feeding the body the protein it needs to recover is crucial. Evidence of weight regain suggests that a significant part of long-term weight loss and the ongoing need for weight management may involve restructuring the individual’s environment that initially promoted overeating and underactivity.