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Increase metabolism naturally to speed fat loss

Increasing your metabolism beyond its normal rate is the quickest way to succeed in losing excess stored BODY FAT, this is fact!

If you wish to lose body fat continuously for many months until you reach your target weight, then you'll be better off if you work at increasing your metabolism rather than switching from one diet to another. Do not be fooled by any crazy claims made by new diet programs. Most diets generally work by creating a way for you to ingest fewer calories than required, and you'll lose weight in the beginning, there will be a time when further weight loss will NOT occur because your body has adapted to that new level of calorie intake.

An increased metabolic rate works better because it automatically reduces your caloric intake even before you start a diet or decrease daily food intake. This means you should lose some excess fat even before any form of dieting.

If you are sceptical about this, then just think about a body builder. The majority are super lean yet they can eat huge amounts of food. Body builders develop incredibly fast and efficient metabolic rates, and as a result, they never have a FAT STORAGE problem!

The problem with dieting alone is that many of the diet plans on the market may cause the metabolism to slow down. A decreased metabolic rate is often the very reason that weight loss suddenly stops. Increasing exercise frequency may not have much effect at this stage. Plus, reducing food intake further often doesn’t help because there is a net loss of protein in the overall muscle mass, and this net loss continues to lower your metabolism even further. This is when the body has adapted to the lower calorie intake.

What are the Benefits of Increasing My Metabolism?

Permanent fat loss will occur if you increase your metabolism before dieting!

It’s a physiological fact that when we lose weight, we also lose protein from our muscles. The quicker the weight loss the greater the loss of protein. This is simply because there is less protein eaten when dieting and thus, protein in the muscle must be broken down and used to provide energy or to create new proteins for our immune systems. Unfortunately, a net loss of protein will always decrease the body’s metabolic rate.

As protein is eventually lost from millions of cells, it gradually lowers the total lean body weight. This affects the body composition and lowers the metabolism. Because of this process, we gradually require fewer calories to maintain body weight. If the current energy intake is continued, weight loss will eventually stop. In fact, it’s even possible to SLOWLY GAIN BACK WEIGHT if a dieter sticks to a very low calorie diet!

Increase the metabolism for less chance of water loss!

As more protein is lost from the muscles, the more fluid is also lost because protein holds around four times its weight in water. Therefore, losing lots of weight within a few weeks is mostly a loss of fluid, and not fat. If someone lost five pounds in the first week, for it to be all fat loss there would have to be a deficit of 17,500 calories! To reach that kind of energy deficit in that short period of time would require constant exercise! Over the period of a week, about only one pound of the five pounds lost is fat, the rest is mostly water. Protein and its fluid replacement is the main reason that many dieters regain weight after a diet. In other words, the fluid is replaced once the physiology of the body stabilizes.

An increase in the metabolism would result in a gain of fluid. Therefore, weight loss would be more gradual. This is one reason for the recommended weight loss of only one to two pounds per week. By increasing your metabolism, you are giving your body a reason to hold onto protein, so that less water is lost.

Why the Speed of Our Metabolic Rate Matters
 

Even if more exercise is undertaken, a net loss of protein can occur if caloric intake is too low.

Remember that dieters reduce their caloric intake. But, since exercise uses extra carbs, the body must break down MORE protein in order to convert into more carbohydrates. More carbs are needed because an unfit person has an untrained cardiovascular system, and cannot supply enough oxygen for cells to burn fat for energy during exercise.

Exercise will increase the metabolism, but the trick for those trying to lose weight is to perform the right exercises for their specific body type, and not to cut too many calories too soon. To lose fat fast, you should prepare the body by increasing your metabolism before cutting calories. This enables your body to establish a major fat burning energy metabolism while regulating the protein metabolism.
 

An increase metabolism provides many benefits to help maintain continuous and permanent weight loss:

• less exercise would be needed - gain more time for yourself

• less effort when you did exercise - no need to spend hours of exercise to burn sufficient calories!

• less chance of weight regain later

• still enjoy your favorite foods - no more strict dieting

• less time spent preparing low-fat recipes

• save money by not buying the expensive low fat varieties

• experience a higher percentage of fat loss over water loss

A step by step program to increase metabolism is beyond the scope of this article. Leading fat loss expert Tom Venuto's new e-book is highly recommended!

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