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The Problem With Diets...

The failure rate of most diets is astronomical - yet we keep chasing that illusory magic answer. There is a Magic Answer: Eat Real Food and Move Around.

 

Low calorie dieting slows your metabolism, making it progressively more difficult to lose weight and keep it off.

The failure rate of most diets is astronomical - yet we keep trying diet after diet, chasing that illusory magic answer.

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The body’s natural response to a shortage of metabolism-fueling calories is to conserve fat. This is a basic human survival trait from your very early ancestors. It’s called the ‘starvation response’ and it results in hormonal changes and, eventually, muscle loss.

Once the ‘starvation response’ is activated and the body goes into famine mode, it will conserve fat and begin to break down muscle tissue for fuel. The protein in the muscle tissue releases nitrogen into the system, which is quickly washed away by the body releasing water from tissue cells - and all of this results in a drop in ‘weight’ on the scale.

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The water weight is quickly regained as fluids are consumed, but the lost muscle lowers your metabolism and is difficult to build back without a healthy diet, weight training, and a recovering metabolism.

This process is the reason why people can lose ‘weight’ but not look much different. Or lose ‘weight’ and look worse! It’s a syndrome called ‘skinny fat.’

When a person loses pure fat every pound lost is noticeable. Five lbs of fat is the size of a large loaf of bread. Five pounds of muscle is about the size of one large fist. When longtime dieters heal their metabolisms and lose fat for the first time, they are always amazed at the difference in their physique.

It’s a completely different world. The eyes are bright and shiny, the skin is clearer, the person feels and looks better than they ever have.

The Magic Answer

There is one! And it’s not a secret! You’ve seen it everywhere - in the unreliable media, from your doctor, in health publications, from health aficionados everywhere. It goes like this: Eat Real Food and Move Around.

For more information or to get started on your individual fat loss plan to health, contact Peggi @ pci729@comcast.net or call (224) 217-1490. Visit the website at www.genesistransformation.com.

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