Muscle, Fat, and Water

Do you know that you lose not just fat but also muscle tissue when you lose weight by going on a weight loss diet? There have been umpteen studies in the field of weight loss and one of the proven facts is that you lose 75% fat and 25% muscle tissue in this process. Moreover, you lose IMMENSE amount of water too during this process of weight loss.

Water makes up more than 75% of our body weight. Even fats and muscle tissues contain large amounts of water.

All through the day, your body burns calories to generate energy for doing activities. When you walk up and down the stairs, when you lift things, when you sit down and type, and for just about any little activity that requires movement, you are burning calories.

When the intake and expenditure of calories is in balance, your weight remains constant and everything remains fine. But when you start consuming more calories than what you can expend, you start piling up weight.

Your body piles up fat wherever it finds it easy to, like your buttocks, waist, thighs, chest, neck, etc. As soon as you find yourself gaining fat, start working on it. If you continue to ignore the buildup of fat, soon you’ll get to a point where it becomes very difficult to lose it all.

A correct balance of diet and exercise is what you need to lose fat. The right combination of healthy diet and exercise is what really makes a big difference. A high fiber diet is the first thing you should adopt. Also drink 8-10 glasses of water every day. Water helps your system remain clean of toxins.

So this was a primer on weight loss. Now let’s find out the various different types of diets in the next posts.