We look in the mirror, try out on a whole new pair of pants, or step on the scale, and tend to be not happy with what we come across or maybe feel. Maybe we are running once a bus, walking the dog, or perhaps playing with the kids or grandkids and realize we’re rapidly out of breath where once we wouldn’t have given it a second thought.
We are officially “overweight”, and something should be done!
The reaction is automated, and also a whole business has grown up which feeds on this one thought:
“I should lose weight fast – More suggestions, weight!”
weight loss as well as “Weight loss are not the same thing. You must figure out how to distinguish between the 2. The scale can be extremely misleading in case it’s the sole standards you use for measurement.” –Tom Venuto, “Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle”
However, the trouble is not just that “weight loss” and “fat loss” are not necessarily the same. The fundamental issue, at least in my opinion, is the fact that people who don’t know a great deal about the way the entire body, physical exercise, and nutrients work, as well as the interactions between and among them, tend to assume that since the problem is “weight” the answer is “less weight”.
This usually leads the individual down two trails, usually at the same time, if you can imagine that.
The very first will be the easiest path.