This is something that people often ponder over and most of them usually get quite confused because they have no clue or help as to what direction to choose: should they lose weight OR should they gain weight? One gets pretty hopeless and it's like fighting a battle with yourself when deciding what to do. Here are the consequences losing weight and of gaining weight when stuck in this rut:
Losing weight: people who choose to lose weight often spend endless hours doing on the treadmill or in the park in the hope that they may shed some pounds. They will give up food and fall prey to the presumption that by exercising this way they WILL lose weight and get that body that they want. I've got news for you: I've been down this road and this is the WORST thing you can do to yourself and that is why I've written this in red.
Consequences: What happens when you do the above is that you are depriving your body of important nutrients (vitamins, proteins, carbohydrates, calcium, fats, etc). As a consequence you become flabbier and demoralized with poor skin, irritable, anorexic and disgusted by yourself. I've actually seen people who looked better when they were fat as opposed to what they looked like after losing the 'weight'.
Reason: The reason for this is that people focus so much on losing 'weight on the scale' that they presume that every time they lose a pound (or more) they are losing fat. That is NOT the case. The main thing to consider is FAT LOSS and NOT weight loss. Here's how: bodybuilders and fitness trainers often PREFER LOSING FAT WHILE STAYING AT THE SAME WEIGHT.
Here's why: when you lose weight you are often losing muscle AND fat. Now, people who focus on losing numbers on the scale are so determined to lose weight that they would rather starve and see those numbers go down, than eat and stay at the same weight. What happens in such a situation is that people often end up losing MUSCLE rather than FAT and that is worse. This could lead to weakness, poor respiratory system ( the largest muscle in the body is the heart), osteoporosis, and other such health issues. Check out the following link for more information on this: http://www.medicinenet.com/weakness/symptoms.htm .
It would be better to go for FAT LOSS because that would mean that you would be losing fat and this is the right way to go. You can judge fat loss by loss of inches, how your clothes fit you and how you look in the mirror. This is something I often focus on myself and what I work on when working with clients. Therefore, FOCUS ON FAT LOSS AND NOT ON THE WEIGHING SCALE.
But if you DO lose weight, that does not always mean that you are going down the wrong path. However, do NOT rely on the weighing scale, rely on the mirror.
In my next post I will focus on how one SHOULD deal with the skinny-fat syndrome and the appropriate measures to deal with this issue.
Losing weight: people who choose to lose weight often spend endless hours doing on the treadmill or in the park in the hope that they may shed some pounds. They will give up food and fall prey to the presumption that by exercising this way they WILL lose weight and get that body that they want. I've got news for you: I've been down this road and this is the WORST thing you can do to yourself and that is why I've written this in red.
Consequences: What happens when you do the above is that you are depriving your body of important nutrients (vitamins, proteins, carbohydrates, calcium, fats, etc). As a consequence you become flabbier and demoralized with poor skin, irritable, anorexic and disgusted by yourself. I've actually seen people who looked better when they were fat as opposed to what they looked like after losing the 'weight'.
Reason: The reason for this is that people focus so much on losing 'weight on the scale' that they presume that every time they lose a pound (or more) they are losing fat. That is NOT the case. The main thing to consider is FAT LOSS and NOT weight loss. Here's how: bodybuilders and fitness trainers often PREFER LOSING FAT WHILE STAYING AT THE SAME WEIGHT.
Here's why: when you lose weight you are often losing muscle AND fat. Now, people who focus on losing numbers on the scale are so determined to lose weight that they would rather starve and see those numbers go down, than eat and stay at the same weight. What happens in such a situation is that people often end up losing MUSCLE rather than FAT and that is worse. This could lead to weakness, poor respiratory system ( the largest muscle in the body is the heart), osteoporosis, and other such health issues. Check out the following link for more information on this: http://www.medicinenet.com/weakness/symptoms.htm .
It would be better to go for FAT LOSS because that would mean that you would be losing fat and this is the right way to go. You can judge fat loss by loss of inches, how your clothes fit you and how you look in the mirror. This is something I often focus on myself and what I work on when working with clients. Therefore, FOCUS ON FAT LOSS AND NOT ON THE WEIGHING SCALE.
But if you DO lose weight, that does not always mean that you are going down the wrong path. However, do NOT rely on the weighing scale, rely on the mirror.
In my next post I will focus on how one SHOULD deal with the skinny-fat syndrome and the appropriate measures to deal with this issue.
