How I Cracked the Code On Weight Loss: Copy This 1 Technique

From a professional yo-yoer

Weight has always been a struggle for me. Ever since I was little, I remember being self-conscious about my weight and body.

I know I’m not unique in this, either. Body insecurity, shame, and guilt have been on a steady incline. Somehow, this incline perfectly correlates to an overall decline in the average person’s health.

We’re getting unhealthy, we’re feeling ugly, and there’s no end in sight.

It’s gotten to the point where having what was considered just an average body a decade or two ago is now seen as the baseline of being “hot.” Yet, we still struggle.

Why does it seem that nobody is able to figure out how to get in shape?

Navigating the Misinformation

The internet is a blessing and a curse. The world’s information is at your fingertips, but at the same time, you have to swim through an ocean of opinions and misinformation to get to it.

Even with this article, you have no reason to believe that I have any more validity than anything else you’ve heard or read, but I hope that you’ll hear me out.

I’ve gone from fat to obese, to underweight, to buff, and then, with the recent birth of my baby, to obese again. Now, I’m on the way back down. I’m doing it the same way I’ve done it before, with the same simple trick, and you can do it too.

The first thing you have to understand, however, is that almost everything you will come across is, to be blunt, complete crap.

Fad diets don’t work.

A specialized workout routine won’t save you.

Supplements are a waste of money.

Don’t even give attention to any topical treatments.

All these things are BS, and the ones that do work only accomplish what they do because in a roundabout fashion, they help you reach the only metric that actually matters. But what is that? What actually matters?

Okay, I’ll stop blue-balling you…

What Matters, Like For Real

A caloric deficit.

Yeah, that’s it.

It’s the Law of Thermodynamics. There’s no getting around it. There’s no escaping it. There’s no alternative. The change in your weight is entirely dependent on calories in vs calories out.

Why Some Fads Work

The only reason any fad diet or workout program works, is because the strict regimine that you stick to while using it, you end up in a caloric deficit without realizing it.

Yes, even Keto. I’ll admit, Keto is a little different, because your achieved weight loss will specifically target fat, but if you’re consuming more calories than you’re burning, you’ll still gain weight.

How to Lose Weight

The only way to actually and finally lose it is a caloric deficit, but there are different angles to how you can approach it. I’ll go over the most straightforward way, and how you can leverage physical activity curve things in your direction.

The Only Path

Count your calories. With the abundance of apps and websites available, it’s easier than ever to do. Calculate (or guesstimate, really) how many calories your body uses in a day, decide how quickly (vs comfortably) you want to lose weight, and don’t go over that number.

Some people, especially those who might’ve had food-related trauma in their past, might struggle with this. That’s fine. The most straightforward way around this is to clean up your diet and stress portion control.

If you CANNOT count calories, try to eat “healthier” food in less volume, then after a week, estimate how many you consumed in a day AFTER the fact. This will give you an idea as to if you’re in a good window, and you can adjust from there.

Cardio

No, you don’t have to do cardio. You actually don’t have to exercise at all (even though it’s good for you and you definitely should). Cardio seves a single purpose in weight loss and that’s a one-time calorie burn.

Cardio workouts use a lot of energy, but don’t really build a lot of muscle. If you do it regularly, you’ve effectively expanded your daily calorie allowance by increasing how much you regularly burn. The issue with this mindset is that if you ever stop doing cardio, you need to adjust your daily intake accordingly.

Otherwise, you can see cardio as an intermittent boost in your weight loss. Keep tracking your calories assuming a non-cardio expenditure and know that you’ll be losing a little faster when you work out.

For reference, 3500 calories equates to about a pound in either direction.

Resistance Training

Resistance training, or strength training, or whatever you want to call it, is the other kind of exercise. This is any type of exercise where the goal is to build muscle as opposed to just getting your heart rate up.

In general, this doesn’t burn as many calories up front, but it can do something else.

Having a higher muscle mass increases your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR).

Your BMR is how many calories you burn entirely passively. If you laid in a bed all day and didn’t move a muscle, this is how many calories you’d be burning just to keep yourself alive.

Muscle increases this number.

Think of strength training as investing and cardio as working a 9–5.

In general, cardio is an upfront calorie burn, while gaining muscle increases the passive burn.

The Takeaway

The only thing, and I mean the ONLY thing, that matters in weight loss (at least for 99% of the population) is calories. You need to be in a caloric deficit. There are thousands of strategies and techniques to get you there, but all that matters is a caloric deficit.

Please let me know what you thought about this article. Do you agree or disagree? What history do you have with weight loss? What techniques did you use?

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Peace ✌