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Fat Loss Thinking:
Distinctions 5 Key
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lifestyle, because it is the only form of activity that drives extra calories into muscle gain.
2) Food is information Fat loss seekers see food differently. A
doughnut and a chicken breast have the same number of calories, but they realize the macro-nutrient ratio (protein vs. carbs vs. fat) has a ton to do with the metabolic outcome. One food will give sustained energy and more favorably impact muscle metabolism. The other will provide less consistent energy and speak more to your fat than your muscle. Quality of food mat- ters to fat loss people while weight loss people only see amounts.
3) Every action has a compensatory reac- tion
People who focus on weight loss look
he fat loss lifestyle requires a very different thought process compared to weight loss thinking. These dis- tinctions get lost on many people, yet are perhaps the most important concepts to understand in switching to a fat loss mind- set. Here are the 5 key thought differ- ences between followers of the fat loss lifestyle and weight loss followers.
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1) Calories have more than one destina- tion
Weight loss practitioners have a sin- gular focus and see calories as directly related to fat. They believe if calories are lowered fat is lost and if calories are raised fat is gained. Fat loss seekers understand that calories are related to not just fat, but also sugar stores (glycogen) and muscle stores. In other words, there is more than one destination for a calorie, and your choices determine which dominates. Decrease calories and you may lose
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fat. But, you may also lose muscle. In- crease calories and you may gain fat, but you could instead gain muscle. The type of activity you do goes a long way to de- termine which occurs. This is one of the reasons weight training becomes the dominant form of activity in the fat loss
at meals as separate and distinct. Breakfast has nothing to do with lunch, which is separate from dinner. Practitioners of the fat loss lifestyle know choices at one meal directly impact choices and metabolic outcomes at the next meal. Choosing to have a tiny salad for lunch or skipping an afternoon snack to save on calories has consequences later. Fat loss seekers know this. They can connect the dots between
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