Lose 15 Pounds Fast Safely and Naturally

A lot of people have a weight loss goal to lose 15 pounds or more in a month fast. Few people, however, don’t realize that by going on an extremely low calorie starvation like diet that losing 15 pounds of weight fast can be weight lost from lean muscle tissue and not from stored fat. In this article, I will discuss why severely lowing your calorie intake is actually working against your weight loss goal, what to do to fire up your metabolism to burn calories more efficiently, and a weight loss plan that is designed to help you lose 15 pounds in 30 days safely and naturally.

Why going on an extremely low calorie diet is a recipe for failure.

When you severely limit the amount of calories you eat for any given length of time, you are causing your body to go into survival mode. The human body is designed to be self preserving. When it believes that food is scarce, it instinctively reacts to conserve its vital energy it needs for survival. Metabolism is slowed way down, and food is converted to fat and stored. The weight that is lost is from lean muscle tissue. When you go off your diet, the weight that you had dropped is put back on, and in some cases, more is gained. This makes for long term weight loss success extremely difficult if not impossible.

What you can do to increase your metabolism.

One pound of fat is equivalent to 3500 calories. If you cut out 500 calories from your diet a day, for one week you will lose only one pound of fat. In order to lose 2 - 5 pounds safely a week, you need to be able to burn more calories more efficiently without restricting your caloric intake too much. You do need to reduce calories but…you must reduce the percentage of total calories you get from fat.

If by eating less slows your metabolism, then eating more will speed it up. The key is to eat more of the right foods, the best foods for weight loss. Increase your intake of low calorie, low fat non starchy vegetables, fresh fruits, lean proteins, and whole grains. Specific foods that are paired together create a thermogenic effect. That is, they increase the body’s metabolism to burn off fat.

By increasing your activity level will also speed up your metabolism. You just can’t increase your metabolism by changing your eating habits alone. Weight and resistance training also need to be added to your exercise program. By building lean muscle, your body will burn more calories to maintain the added muscle mass.

Which would you rather have: short term weight loss, or long term weight loss success?

To have any type of personal goal, even if it’s to lose a few pounds, the success doesn’t only lie in reaching that goal, but also maintaining it, if not surpassing it. For any weight loss to be permanent you will have to change your eating habits, your food choices, and your activity level. Does it sound hard to do? Maybe for some, but that’s probably due to the fact of not having a good understanding of how the body works and the best food choices for effective weight loss.

Jayson Hunter is a registered dietitian and author of The Carb Rotation Diet. His Diet program is designed to help you learn the safest and most natural way to lose weight and learn to keep it off. This program is not about sacrifice, it is about getting the most nutritional value from natural whole foods that improve your overall health as well as get you to your weight loss goal. The Carb Rotation Diet is a simple but effective plan for long term weight loss that is easy to incorporate into your lifestyle. To download your free report from Jayson, Click Here!

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