Yes, Losing Body Fat Is Possible
Proper, healthy diet is the key to both long-term weight lose results and long-term health. Crash diets deprive your body of essential nutrients, because any less than at least 1500 calories a day and you are essentially starving yourself. Your body will go into preservation mode via slowing down your metabolism, and you won’t accomplish any fat loss and just feel weak and sick until you eat healthy amounts of food again.
Unfortunately, steadily losing body fat is not a short-term goal, and 2 pounds a week is the most that you can lose to stay healthy. Any more than that and you’ll simply be losing water weight, and/or muscle.
You should do some muscle-building exercises at least a couple times a week to avoid draining your strength, plus muscle burns more calories than equivalent amounts of fat in your body, so as you strengthen your body, you’ll actually be getting slimmer and you’ll be losing body fat. Cardio will burn calories, but it won’t develop much muscle, which is vital for your long term health.
A true measurement of your size is based on circumferences with a tape measure, not weighing on a scale. In fact, your weight may actually increase as you develop muscle, which is denser and heavier than fat.
To lose body fat, you need to eat less calories and burn more calories. Drink water all day to keep your stomach feeling full, only drink low-calorie drinks like tea, water, and lemonade, and eat as many green vegetables as you can in order to feel full while also consuming a significant amount of nutrients.
No one ever said losing body fat was easy, or there would be a lot fewer overweight people walking around. The key is focusing on the way you want to look three, six, and twelve months from now, not tomorrow or next week.
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