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In the endless pursuit of weight loss I have my doubts on
the High Protein Diets
Effectiveness as a weight loss program. I am going to
tell a true story here that I feel proves this program is not what they claim.
I began the Body for Life fat loss
program in 2000. This is a 12 week weight loss program that focuses more on fat
loss
than weight loss. Don't get me wrong it is all about losing weight but losing
the right kind of weight FAT. My
before and after Body for Life Pictures in a 12 week period. I lost 35 lbs
of fat and went from 26% body fat to 9%.
I have done numerous articles that go into detail the difference in
weight loss and
fat loss. At that time a customer as well began the Atkins Diet. I suggested
to him to do a body fat percentage test to make sure the weight he was losing
was good weight, Fat and not muscle. We tested 1 month latter I had lost 12
pounds of fat and gained 3 pounds of muscle for a net weight loss of 9 pounds,
or my body fat went from 25% to 22%. This is ideal as losing fat is the whole
weight issue and muscle is what burns the fat.
He had lost 22 pounds so we did a fat % test on him. To his horror he
had lost 15 ponds of muscle and 7 pounds of fat, but his body fat
percentage actually increased from 30% to 32%. This is terrible as to lose
weight and actually get fatter is not a good solution on top of that he has lost
the ability to burn 500 calories a day due to the muscle loss, plus he was
lifting weights and doing cardio as I was. Needless to say he didn't believe me
so he did another test to measure his body fat being submerged in water and he
came back to me with the report. I was correct right on the money with my test
so he quit the Atkins Diet and took up the
Body for Life program.
The EAS BFL program is just a common sense one were you exercise and reduce your
portion sizes and consume 5 or 6 meals rather than 3. By adding more meals your
body actually doesn't need the amount of food you ate in the other 3 meals. The
program helps make you more aware of what not to eat and gives you a good idea
of what to eat in good portion sizes.
The
high protein diet
causes the body to
lose water thus the misconception of weight loss, this is incorrect. I know you
have heard the claims lose 30 pounds in 3 weeks or some other lie, well
99.9% of it is water and will come right back on thus you actually did piss away
the money a diuretic is all
it was. Trying to live and continue a high protein diet is also impossible so
those that do lose a very high percentage of them gain it back plus some,
remember we lose a good deal of muscle so we gain fat faster due to the reduced
calories we burn.
Learn the correct way to manage your health, nutrition, and
portion sizes.
You don't have to consume 5-6 meals a day but it does really help fuel your body
and keeps your energy levels up. The biggest help you get is a program that will last
for 12 weeks and helps teach you new healthy habits to replace unhealthy habits. I know
it was 7 years ago I did began I still continue to eat 6 meals a day and
exercise as often as possible, rest and drink plenty of water and the most
important part is I have maintained my weight body fat is about 18%. Not
bad for a 54 year old man.
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