Weight Loss Facts

Weight management is all about balancing the number of calories that you consume with the number of calories that your body uses or burns off. The weight loss guides and the various nutrition therapies which you find in magazines and online may not always work.

This article will explain the reason why the weight loss formulae are not always right. The important allegories on the Weight Loss facts are listed below.

1. It takes approximately 3,500 calories below your calorie needs to lose a pound of body fat. To lose 1 to 2 pounds per week, you will need to reduce your caloric intake by at least 500-1000 calories per day. 
2. It is clearly said that physical activity is a vital part of weight control. Hence, controlling the number of calories actually depends upon your normal daily physical activities.  Physical activity to burn off calories is necessary for all age groups to maintain good health as well as shed extra weight.
3. If you drastically reduce the variety of foods in your diet without consulting a physician or dietician you could end up sacrificing vital nutrients and will not be able to sustain the diet for a longer duration.  The weight may also return.
4. Some fat-free and low-fat foods have extra sugars, which push the calorie amount right back up. 400 or more calories in 1 serving of a single food are way high; 40 calories is low, based on a 2000 calorie per day diet. It is better to know the calorific value of foods to eat a balanced diet for healthy weight loss.
5. Skipping meals will never help to lose weight. Skipping meals will make you eat more munchies. A doctor’s study reveals that persons who eat breakfast are healthier than those who skip breakfast. 
6. Foods never burn fats. There is a common thought that some foods can burn fats. This is not true. There are foods that increase the metabolism rate for a while; however, those foods will not help in weight loss. 
7. Most people avoid nuts and some kind of meats during their weight loss program. This is good but partially. Avoiding all types of nuts and meats is not necessary. Some nuts contain fiber, proteins, and are cholesterol-free. They help to lose weight if consumed in small amounts.  Similarly red meat, fish, chicken, and pork contain cholesterol but they also contain protein, zinc, and iron. Lean meat is perfectly okay for a weight loss program. 
8. Vegetables and fruits, both fresh and frozen, are healthy. It is wrong to say that frozen vegetables, fruits are bad. Fresh vegetables and fruits, because of light exposure, sometimes lose nutrients. 
9. Fast foods are very unhealthy. This point is correct at almost all times as the ingredients added to them are usually unhealthy. Fast foods should be avoided to bring the weight under control.