How To Lose Weight Fast?
Maybe you’re thinking that if it’s not fat that makes you fat, then consuming a lot of calories must be the culprit. Indeed, many diets claim that the magic formula to weight loss is “fewer calories in than calories out.” This is sort of true in a famine situation—it is possible to starve yourself thin, at least for a little while, and if you lock someone in a metabolic chamber in a lab, you can achieve a true caloric deficit by measuring their actual caloric output and providing food accordingly.
But we now know that crash diets mess with your hunger hormones and your metabolism, making it easier for you to gain weight later when you begin eating normally again. Insulin resistance, leptin resistance, low testosterone, and thyroid problems are all potential consequences of low-calorie diets. Regardless of calories, a diet’s number one purpose should be to fuel and nourish your mind and body.
Did you know that your brain actually uses up to 25 percent of your daily calories? With that in mind, is it any surprise that you feel tired and lose motivation if you exercise more and cut calories to lose weight? Your Labrador brain takes all the calories, and your human brain is left running on fumes. I’m not saying that calories don’t matter—quite the opposite. In order to feel in control of your biology, it’s essential to eat enough calories. Your Labrador brain responds to the stress of restricted calories and intense workouts the same way it would to a famine or other natural disaster—by conserving energy. This leads to brain fog, fatigue, weight gain, and a broken thyroid. It also leaves you feeling hungry all the time.
Besides the fact that cutting calories too much does not help you lose more weight, the formula “fewer calories in than calories out” has some pretty big loopholes—ones biohackers can take advantage of! In the animal ranching industry, there is a measure called “feed efficiency.” By giving estrogen to cattle, the cattle can get fat on 30 percent fewer calories. This saves a lot of money for the ranchers, and leaves you eating beef with added estrogen that might make you fat just like it did the cattle. So if a tiny dose of a hormone can make a cow fat on 30 percent less calories, clearly the number of calories you eat isn’t the only factor determining whether you’ll gain or lose weight.
It’s also important to know that up to 50 percent of your individual calorie burn is related to things that can’t easily be tracked, such as room temperature, sleep, altitude, and how hard you breathe. So for most people, there’s no accurate way to deduce the number of calories used daily or even whether those are fat calories or sugar calories. It’s also important to take into account the fact that different foods do different things to your body.
This is a simple and seemingly obvious concept that goes against what most diets tell you. But think about it this way—if a calorie was just a calorie, you’d be able to lose weight eating just high-fructose corn syrup or a bottle of canola oil. What we’ve found instead is that over time these foods destroy your body, your brain, and your performance, and they don’t necessarily lead to weight loss even if you’re technically consuming fewer calories. When you start focusing not on the number of calories you consume but rather the quality of your food and the nutrition it provides, your body will respond in kind, revving up its fat-burning and nutrient absorption and naturally regulating your caloric intake. This results in the weight loss and mental clarity that so many people are already experiencing on the Slimroast Optimum Diet.