Muscle builds metabolism and burns calories and fat. However, dieters often overestimate their calorie burn and underestimate their intake.
Beck Busis advises against viewing a diet as a temporary hardship. Make permanent diet changes to lose weight and keep it off.
Hunger anxiety hinders weight loss for some women. Alpert says they always carry snacks and eat when they don't need to because they hate being hungry.
Weight loss is simple: eat less than you burn. Food matters. "A calorie is not just a calorie," Dr. Aronne says. He says inflammation from processed food.
Weight loss is simple: eat less than you burn. Food matters. "A calorie is not just a calorie," Dr. Aronne says. He says inflammation from processed food.
Frutchey says crash diets and fasts don't teach you to eat healthier, adjust portion sizes, or address the cause of your overeating, so the weight quickly returns.
Focusing on your food helps your brain recognize fullness. Beck Busis says psychological satisfaction is linked to physical satiety.
Beck Busis says the scale is the best indicator of success. Seeing the numbers change motivates you to keep going or change your strategy.
Frutchey says fatigue increases cortisol production, which can lead to carb cravings. Sleep deprivation increases hunger hormone ghrelin and decreases fullness hormone leptin.
Slimming reduces leptin, the fullness hormone. Dr. Aronne says leptin drops 50% if you lose 10% of your body weight.