Reality of weight loss

What Happens When You Start A Weight-Loss Programme?
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So, you’ve got going and you’re in a Calorie-Deficit – which, as we know, is what causes weight-loss.
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(No calorie-deficit = no weight-loss!)
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The first thing to happen is your body starts shedding water-weight – mainly as you’ll be eating fewer carbs.
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(Remember, the body adds three grams of water to every gram of carbs that it stores)
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This happens regardless of whether you’re doing a Low-Carb diet or not – simply by eating less overall, you’ll likely eat less carbs.
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You’ll notice your clothes getting looser as your body rapidly changes in these early stages – and both the scales and your circumference measurements will show this.
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Indeed, it’s common to see HUGE losses in the first couple of week.
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You will also, of course, start steadily burning fat – if your calorie-intake is set to a sensible calorie-deficit, roughly 1 pound per week.
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A more aggressive deficit will probably cause your body to start burning muscle tissue for energy.
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This is not good – assuming you want to look good, be healthy and get results that LAST.
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(Because running your body down by starving is the surest route to putting all the weight back on!)
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Once your body has finished shedding excess water, your rate of weight-loss will slow down.
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Many factors affect scale-weight – well, these will become increasingly evident now.
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If you weigh yourself every day, this can mess with your head.
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Don’t freak out!
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Remind yourself of why this is happening and the truth – that weight-loss isn’t a linear process.
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It’s a wavy line.
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As long as the trend over the next few weeks and months is downward, you have nothing to worry about.
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Weight-Loss is a marathon – not a sprint.
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Go too ‘hard and fast’ at the start and you’ll burn-out.
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Pace yourself sensibly, and you’ll make it to the finish line.