Calorie Reduction is Key to Success in Weight Loss
I know the fact that ultimately, calorie reduction is the key to successful weight loss, and subsequently, weight maintenance throughout our lives, may not be the thing that everyone wants to hear since this tends to be one of the hardest perceived pieces of weight loss by most people, including myself admittedly, but it doesn’t make it any less true. I can attest to my own personal experiences with weight loss, and can tell you that it was always a serious and consistent calorie reduction that got me the results I wanted, as quickly as I wanted, and got me looking lean and mean in no time.
Because we are all still sort of in that mind set that 2,000 calories is what we should all eat every day, it’s created this idea that this calorie consumption is what is ideal for everyone, no matter what you sex and height is, but that’s not the case. In fact, most of the time men need a little more calories than women, and it does also depend on your height and your age as well, since this makes a difference in how your weight is distributed (height), and also your age makes a difference in your rate of metabolism, which means you burn calories faster or slower depending on your age.
Your calorie consumption also depends on what your goals are. Is your goal to shed weight quickly? To lose weight at a slow pace? Or is it to simply maintain a weight that you have already achieved, and ensure that you will not breech this weight again? A good rule of thumb for women who are trying to lose weight is to reduce their current calorie intake by at least 500 calories a day, if not more if the calorie count was way higher before, to start the weight loss process.
I usually try to stick to between 1200 to 1400 calories a day if I want my body to go into weight losing, fat burning mode. I’m a five foor four female, and I currently weigh 132, but I’d like to get back down into what is my own personal comfort zone, which is 125 or maybe even a little lower if I continue to have success. I do calorie count, and that has enabled me to lose about 7 pounds over the past 6 weeks, but I want to kick it into a higher gear over the next few weeks because it feels like I’ve hit a bit of a plateau, and feel like I need to start that process again and maybe make some more calorie adjustments, since I’m already working out pretty hard.
If you think you can’t cut calories dramatically to reduce your weight, try a natural appetite suppressant, as this can at least help you get into the habit of eating less, and developing a smaller stomach so you don’t need as much food to fill it eventually. All in all, overall calorie reduction and eating a common sense diet is what’s going to get your the ultimate success and health as well, not fad diets or eating a very restrictive diet that claims to have all the benefits over others. You know a diet’s not good if you have to cut out certain healthy foods totally.
