Weight Loss - an explanation from SLP Slimming

Weight Loss Explained.

Our body needs energy for two reasons:

(1) To tick over.
(2) To support any additional activity.

Where do we get energy from? Our body has two sources of available energy:

(a) Energy we take in from food
(b) Stored energy.

(a) Energy from food -
Our body converts food into energy. This food-energy is measured in calories.

(b) Stored energy -
To put it very simply, when we eat more food than we need, the body stores the excess energy as fat. Women tend to store this fat on their hips and thighs; men store it around their middle.

In order to lose weight we must take in fewer calories than our body needs. In other words, if you are overweight, it is because your calorie intake is greater than your energy requirement. Your only remedy? Eat fewer calories.

Your body is not interested in being slim. It is interested only in survival. So if our food intake is insufficient, it starts to slow down in order to conserve energy and boost it's chances of survival. This is why weight loss tends to slow down as we continue to diet.

Don't just rely on eating less calories. In addition, start light exercising. Exercise raises your energy requirement. This pressurizes your body into using up your fat stores thus speeding up weight loss.

The best way to increase your chances of losing fat, is to combine eating-fewer-calories with regular exercise. Such exercise does not have to be intense or vigorous, but it must be regular and should amount to at least 20-30 minutes, per day.