Weight loss guide

Two of the most common goals when entering the world of fitness are to gain muscle mass and lose weight. In the last lesson, we talked about the first aspect, and as you might guess, this lesson will be dedicated to weight loss.

There is a lot of misinformation on this subject available to everyone. Just open a browser and search for "How to lose weight", and you will find a thousand answers to this question. However, as we have been saying, many of the pages that talk about this topic, either spread false data, or are not proven by science or simply others that if they work, but are not beneficial to health.

That is why in this lesson we will teach you how to lose weight, from a scientific basis and without harming the welfare of your body.

Adjusting calories

As we have said on several occasions, one of the most effective ways to lose weight is through a controlled consumption of daily calories. Looking for a diet design low in this unit of measurement of energy content, will undoubtedly give positive results in a short time, especially if your previous eating habits were not good or you were overeating.

The calorie-based diet allows us to balance our meals by integrating foods not included in traditional diets. That is, you can eat a pizza once a week if this does not alter your daily or weekly calorie intake. In this way, we can enjoy foods that are undoubtedly delicious but in excess are harmful.

Calories and nutrient density

A low-calorie diet can make you lose weight, however, this is no guarantee of good nutrition. Nutrient density is something you should always keep in mind. There are a variety of low-calorie products, but when we look at the nutrients they have, we realize that they are simply not enough. The consequences of not taking this factor into account are many, and some of them are serious. First of all, there is a high chance that you will never feel satisfied when you eat. If you consume low-calorie products that do not provide fiber, you will not satiate your appetite. This can lead to the fact that, in the end, hunger leads you to break the diet and eat uncontrolled food that you should not eat.

Beyond this, a diet without sufficient intake of micronutrients and macronutrients can seriously affect your health. Just think about what we have talked about in other lessons about their importance. Proteins, carbohydrates and fats fulfill functions in your body; they provide you with energy to face your daily activities, especially if you do some kind of physical training.

Proteins, for example, are a key element to include in your diet if you want to enhance the growth of muscle mass in your body. On the other hand, vitamins and minerals are necessary for the normal development of the basic functions within your body. The consequences of having a deficit of these can lead to serious diseases.

That is to say, it is not enough to follow a low calorie diet, you must pay attention to the nutrients provided by each food that composes it to ensure that you are achieving a healthy weight loss.