What is the best way to lose belly fat? This question bothers many people. Belly fat is a subject that concerns health and fashion-conscious people. Fat is hated and called a bad condition. Nobody wants to be overweight. However, we see more and more people who barely fit in the standard bus or airplane chair. Previously I thought that these people were lazy and stupid. How did it happen to them? Do they want to be big?
Do you want to lose weight?
I can bet that everybody would like to have control over body weight. Being in good shape increases our confidence, boosts self-esteem, and most importantly, weight control keeps us healthy.
Obese people are prone to chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular problems and diabetes. Fat people are great people and human beings; they deal with additional weight and consequences from it.
You could tell that I talk about things that I did not experience. I do not know what one hundred pounds overweight is, but I know how it feels when you gain twenty pounds. It comes unexpectedly, like from thin air. Unfortunately, it was white bread and cakes. It happened when I came from Europe to the USA. I did not feel anything except my jeans which were too tight for me.
My story is just a drop in the ocean. People have more significant problems with weight gain and loss. I was bothered because it was not so easy to go back to the previous state.
What is the best way to lose belly fat?
The best way to lose weight is to strengthen our will and be friends with our fat. When we hate ourselves, we create a hostile environment around us. We blame ourselves for the little cookie before bed or the big piece of chocolate.
Blaming will not help us. We must train our will. The high will assist us in going through ups and downs. We will not be easily tempted by the additional piece of pizza or cake. We gently would tell ourselves that we eat enough today. We will pick the water bottle and fill the stomach with liquid without calories.
What is about the strong will?
The fat is the organ, a smart one. When we lose weight, we can expect different results compared with our friends or with people from work. It is advisable not to compare ourselves with models from commercials. These models survive on a few apples throughout the day. Not so much fun.
We will experience different outcomes when losing fat. Our genes are other. Gender is important. Age influences the ability to lose fat.
Without a strong will, we do not have the patience to endure the process of losing fat.
Why do we need a strong will to lose weight and belly fat?
Sylvia Tara, Ph., in her book The Secret Life of Fat, explains the reasons why weight loss is a painful and exhausting event for us.
Doctors Rudy Leibel and Michael Rosenbaum researched differences in metabolism by comparing lean and obese individuals. Scientists do not understand why overweight people eat less than healthy people and can not get rid of excessive body fat.
Finally, they(scientists) found out that hormones are involved when we lose weight. Hormones decrease, and metabolism slows down. It means that we do not burn calories fast enough.
Scientists found out that fat can alter the activity of hormones and brains. When we lose fat, the leptin levels slow down. Leptin influences secretion levels of thyroid hormones and adrenaline. These hormones increase metabolism. When leptin levels go down, thyroid hormones and adrenaline are in smaller quantities. Hormones are too lazy to participate in the burning of fat.
Conclusion
It is a tricky situation. Fat can control our minds and influence weight loss. Fat can control appetite.
Through it’s most powerful messenger, leptin, fat can influence our appetites. It can cause our muscles to reduce their energy usage. It can alter our sympathetic nervous system, and control the flow of hormones such as thyroid, adrenaline, and noradrenaline. Most profoundly, it can influence our thoughts and elicit stronger responses to food, lower our inhibition to eating, and cause us to misjudge how much we’ve eaten. Fat, it turns out, is capable of mind control!
It is a reason why we need a strong will. Strong will help us continually exercise, count calories, and check the quality of food.
Sorry guys and girls, there is no magic pill to solve all problems. You can lose weight using drugs once, and you will gain again but faster and more pounds. It is better to relax and prepare ourselves for the long journey towards a healthy weight.
If you have doubts, please check Sylvia Tara’s book The Secret Life of Fat
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