Why you don't want to lose "weight"

People have been asking me why I want to lose weight, and I think I should clarify my goal. It’s not that I want to lose weight; I want to lose BODY FAT. When I say that I want to “lose weight”, I really mean that they thin out the layer of fat that is sitting on top of my muscles, and add more muscle to my body.

 250lb vs 120lb woman

This image compares a 250 pound and 120 pound woman. As you can see above, body fat is yellow in color, soft, flabby, and voluminous. Fat sits on top of our muscle as a layer that is as thick or thin as we allow it to be. Having a thick layer of fat is what makes our bodies bigger, softer and heavier than most of us would like. Unfortunately, there’s limitless potential for how thick this layer of fat can get. 

The majority of people today have a fat layer as thick as several inches off the muscle, up to a foot or more. In order to control the thickness of our fat layer, we must regulate our activity level, exercise, and most importantly, what we eat!

In order to tone or define our muscles, we must thin out the layer of fat so much that we are able to see and feel the hard muscle underneath.

How to Lose Fat and Only the Fat


There are two things that absolutely have to happen to lose body fat only, while saving your valuable muscle:

1. Smart Nutrition
2. Strength Training

Every time we eat more calories than what our body needs for general energy, the excess calories go into our body fat, therefore making that layer of fat thicker. It only takes an accumulation of an extra 3,500 calories (over-consuming 3,500 calories can be in a day, a week, a month, etc.) to add one pound of extra fat to your body!

Losing body fat requires that we eat a healthy and balanced diet while creating a calorie deficit. We must consume fewer calories than what we normally consume maintain its current level of body fat. 

This means: sugary snacks and junky carbs should be very minimal!

The average woman requires about 1,200 to 1,500 calories a day to maintain a healthy body fat level, and the average man requires 1,500 to 2,000 calories a day. Athletes, strenuous exercisers and very active adults usually require more however; because they burn more calories. 

As you can see, there's not much room in there for the junk, especially when a slice of cheesecake can cost you up to 800 or more calories, or some coffee drinks up 500 calories!

Which would you rather have?