Thank you SO much for the information! It totally makes sense. I have heard of that sort of thing before, but having it plainly explained helps.

Thanks again, and take care! =)

The first point i have to make is that metabolism is the rate at which the body burn calories to maintain itself.

You can increase your metabolic rate by taking up exercise. Lean muscle burns up alot of calories so take up some light weight bearing activities to build up lean muscles. The more lean muscle you have the more your body will burn calories at rest. Also, by doing cardiovascular exercise you will lose weight aswell. Moderation is the key.

Indead, if you take up this diet (which i dont recommend) you will not only lose body FAT (yeah!) but you will also lose LEAN MUSCLES (no!)

This is turn will decrease your metabolic rate more which you dont want to do.

The reason why people lose weight on fad diets is because of the low calorie intake. Your body will literally, and i mean literally, begin to eats itself to stay alive (catabolism) taken from the term canabal. Your body will break down protein and your lean muscle which you need just to satisfy your body’s needs.

Ok so the person has reached their desired goal on their restricted diet (say 1000 cals) and they return to eating normally (2500 cals). Because the body has lost some of its lean muscle, their metabolic engine has decreased. So instead of their body needing 2500 calories to maintain their new body mass, they might only need 2000. Thats an extra 500 cals that your body doesnt need as its metabolic engine doesnt burn up as many calories. So the body stores it as FAT.

That is why people lose fat (and lean muscle) on fad diets but also put the weight back on and then some, thus, becoming harder to shift the weight that already you lost, so you go on another diet.

By restricting your calorie intake, your body will go into starvation mode and ANYTHING you eat will be stored as fat because your body is preparing itself incase it happens again. This is why you should never use a fad diet as it is a nasty cycle that is hard to break.

Hope this helps.

Ally