Almost everyone I see in a consultation wants to lose weight, very few (and I mean very few) come to me with a specific body fat percentage they would like to be at, just a specific weight.  The thing is losing weight is NOT what you want to do, you want to lose FAT and fat alone.  Most weight loss approaches are exactly that, weight loss, body fat, water weight and lean body mass.  The problem here is that more often than not people lose more water and lean body mass than they do body fat.  In the end they are left with a smaller version of their original body or an even softer or flabbier body than before they lost the weight.  The only way to become toned or leaner is to lose fat alone. As well, it is your body composition (body fat level) that determines your risks for diabetes, heart disease, hypertension etc.  If you lose weight for health reasons but you maintain a high body fat percentage you have accomplished nothing from a health standpoint.

When people lose weight the traditional way
they tend to put it back on
and then some REALLY FAST.

  Why is this? Simple, when you lose lean body mass you slow your metabolism down.  Your organs and your lean body mass require calories to function properly.  The more muscle someone has the more calories they burn while sleeping let alone exercising.  Most people that follow your typical low calorie diet with cardio or no exercise end up losing up to 70% of the weight from lean body mass.  This results in a higher body fat percentage at the end of the diet and a slower metabolism, making it very hard to maintain the new weight. Often they end up eating less than they did before starting the diet yet they continue to gain weight at a record rate. This is the basis for “yo-yo” dieting.

At Emerge we never have clients lose muscle when losing weight, we have them lose fat only and maintain or build muscle through the process.  At the end the client is left with a much leaner body with a lower body fat percentage and a faster metabolism than when they started the program.  As a matter of fact they have to increase the amount of food they eat in order to maintain the results because of the faster metabolism. This ensures that the new body is easier to maintain and that all health risks related to the original weight are taken care of.

We also look at fat loss as a lifestyle change, one that has to happen and stay changed for the rest of your life.  Your present lifestyle has left you with a body image you do not like and if you return to this destructive lifestyle after achieving you desired body image the old body will eventually return.  That is why the Emerge Lifestyle approach is for life, it isn’t a quick fix to lose weight at all costs for the short term.  It is a healthy way to look and feel your best for the rest of your life.

Now let’s look at the right way to lose BF using the same scenarios, only this time we will use the Emerge diet approach. 

As you can see from the above examples how we lose weight is very important, figure 1 shows us a typical diet approach followed by most overweight people.  This is the basis for Yo Yo dieting, your metabolic rate drops so much by the end of your diet that you gain fat back quickly once you go off the diet.

Notice the different results when we compare figure 1 to figure 3, this individual has gained LBM increasing their metabolic rate so they actually have to eat more to maintain their new body.  BF levels have been cut by more than half and health risks have been lowered dramatically. 

If you are tired of losing weight only to gain it back it is time to learn how to lose fat and keep it off.  Contact Darrin Robinson today and book your free consultation and see how fast you can start to look and feel your best!