5 ways to see how fast you can lose weight

1. The more you weigh... The quicker you can lose weight.

• A heavier person will lose more weight than a lighter person doing the same activity simply because... More calories has to be to be burned (takes more energy) to move a heavier person. (see how to burn more calories)
• A heavier person can also cut more calories (or stay on a diet longer) without their metabolism shutting down. For example...
• A 300 lb person who needs 3900 calories to maintain their body weight can cut their calories to 2400 (1500 less calories) calories without a dip in their metabolism because...
• A heavier or fatter person has more fat stored in their body.
• A 200 lb person's metabolism would shut down, burn less fat and hold onto fat if they cut more than a 1000 calories from their diet.

2. Your lifestyle

• A lazy person ,believe or not, will lose weight faster than an active person if they both started an exercise program.
• An active person's body is used to being active and their bodies will not burn as many calories because they bodies are used to moving around and...
• Moving around will be a big shock for a lazy person's body and the shock to their bodies will cause them to burn more calories and lose weight faster than an active person.

3. Stress levels

Cortisol is a hormone released in your body when stress levels are high - telling your brain "you're hungry - you need to eat more to combat all this stress".

The more stressed you are... the more hungry you are and the more you will overeat and become fat.

4. The more balanced your diet is... the faster you'll lose weight.

If your diet is high in carbs your body will store fat easily and if your diet is high in protein your body will use your own muscle tissue as energy and when you lose muscle your metabolism drops making it easier for you to gain weight.

And Please Note: losing muscle makes you look uglier and losing fat makes you look good naked.

To make things simple... as long as you eat about 1/2 -1 gram of protein per pound of bodyweight you'll be okay. For example a 200 lb. person would need to eat about 100-200grams of protein a day. (see why you need protein to lose weight)

A person who eats more frequently during the day will lose weight faster than a person who eats less than 4 times a day. Every time you eat... Your body has to burn fat calories to digest the food you eat and the more times you eat...

• The more calories you burn during the day
• You keep your cortisol (the belly fat makers) levels down
• You'll never be hungry
• And You'll Keep the fat away longer.

You should try to shoot for 6 meals a day every 2-3 hours.

5. The amount of muscle and fat you have

A leaner, more muscular person will lose weight faster and keep it off longer than a fatter person because muscle burns more calories than fat.

1 pound of muscles burns 50 calories day (A pound of FAT burns none) which adds up to 5 pounds a year. So if you do go on a weight loss program... it's a good idea to gain muscle weight to burn off fat and keep off fat weight.

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