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LOSING FAT vs. BURNING FAT

March 8, 2010 By Brad Pilon

Here is something that I think a lot of people overlook in their quest to lose body fat:

There is a major difference between BURNING Fat and LOSING fat.

Burning fat involves using your body fat as a fuel.

However this does NOT guarantee that you are losing body fat…

This is a common misconception.
If you are eating more than you need to, the fat your burned simply gets replaced by new fat.

That’s a WHOLE LOT of work, for ZERO results.

LOSING fat is just that, you burn body fat, AND you don’t replace it.

So they are very similar but they are NOT the same thing.

Lots of things can cause you to BURN more fat without guaranteeing you LOSE body fat.

Exercise comes to mind.

Think of all the claims you read:

“Burn 5 times more fat!”

“Increase fat burning by 120%!!”

They don’t really tell you that you will actually LOSE fat.  (It’s just implied.)

So here’s the truth:

You are ALWAYS burning fat, and YES you can burn MORE fat with exercise, but it takes a diet to actually cause you to LOSE body fat.

If you want to lose body fat you have to eat less.

This is the best way to get a WHOLE LOT of results with ZERO work.

This is the magic behind Eat Stop Eat.

It is the Simplest way to get results from doing NOTHING.

No stress, no calorie counting, no crazy food combining.

Just a break from eating that lets your body burn and LOSE body fat.

Exercise is great…but for fat loss, nothing beats an easy diet.

BP


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