We’ve learnt so far that skipping meals pushes our body into conserving fat.

To tap into that locker of fat and start burning it, our body should never reach conservation mode and this can be achieved ONLY BY EATING ON TIME EVERYDAY.

Next, let us understand the concept of calories.

Long story short, our food gets converted to calories (energy) and gets used up for the various activities we do through the day.

When we ingest more calories, our body stores the extras as fat (also called surplus).

When we ingest just the right amount of calories we need, our body uses up everything (also called maintenance).

But when we eat LESSER calories than we need, our body is forced to tap into that locker of fat for the remaining calories and start using it up! (also called deficit).

Think of it like this – you’re facing an unexpected pay cut (calorie deficit) but your expenses are the same (calories needed by your body). An immediate solution to the problem is taking out a bit of your savings (fat). Right?

So to sum it up, CALORIE DEFICIT is the only way for weight loss!

But in this cycle, small amounts of muscle is also lost because along with fat, some glycogen is also used up for the remaining calories our body needs. This means that along with fatloss, a deficit also leads to muscle loss.

How do we prevent muscle loss and direct our body to only use up the fat? I  shall speak about this in my next article!