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Weight Loss Vs Fat Loss

loose fat in a healthy way under The best medical guidance for fitness, diet, nutrition & stress management by Dr Tushar Dua
get lean under The best medical guidance for fitness, diet, nutrition & stress management by Dr Tushar Dua

 

Weight loss is one of the hottest topics ever. Everyone seems to be trying to lose weight nowadays. But what’s the difference between weight loss & fat loss? People seem to use both terms interchangeably.

 

Weight Loss vs. Fat Loss. What’s the difference?

 

Weight Loss.

You want to lower your body-weight, the sum weight of your bones, muscles, organs, body fat …

 

Fat Loss.

You want to lower your body fat, the amount of fat your body carries. Healthy goals are 10% body fat for men and 15% for women.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weight is largely meaningless as an index of fitness, health, obesity, or practically anything else related to human beings. What matters is body composition, not weight. Body fat percentage is a measure of body composition. Unlike weight, body fat percentage addresses the all-important question of what your body is made up of.

 

People think that excess of weight is the criterion that they are fat .But have a look at bodybuilders, heavy weight boxers they are heavier than their recommended weight so does it mean that  they are unhealthy or obese . They move with lightning speed have a strong endurance and physically capabilities, even their blood lipid profiles are in a healthy range. Simply said obesity is not weight related only it’s the amount of Fat and how it is distributed in body.

 

For example two person can have the same weight and same fat % but one of these person is having an abdominal (visceral) fat twice more than the other and the other person has high fat deposition under skin in areas like back, hip, and thighs.

 

Let me tell you that the even though they both have similar fat and weight vitals the first one has a higher risk of developing lifestyle disease like diabetes , high cholesterol, arterial blockage etc.

Needless to say the distribution is controlled by your body and the food you eat. This also doesn’t mean that the people who don’t have high abdominal fat are not at risk- they are and if they don’t switch to a healthier lifestyle soon they will also have fat depositions on their viscera (organs). Researches have shown that Abdominal fat or visceral fat have direct correlation with lifestyle diseases like diabetes, cholesterol, CVD. Higher your range of visceral fat more risk is their of lifestyle diseases

 

Here’s How the Weight Scale Can Mislead You.

 

  • “Muscle weighs more than fat.” Everyone has heard it but how is it possible? A person with the same belly circumference at 20% or 30% fat will have very different weights. A lean person with more muscle might weight more than somebody who’s not so lean, because muscle is denser than fat that means a pound of muscle will be about 4 times smaller than a pound of fat.

 

  • “Carbs & Water” Carbs bind to water.one glucose molecule attaches with itself 3 molecules of water, so eating less carbs will make you lose weight: water loss. This is why you lose so much weight on a diet like Atkins the first 2 weeks: it’s mostly water. Of course, increasing your carb intake will make you gain weight again: water retention.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Muscle burns fat while you’re doing nothing

 

Think about that. If you want to lose weight quickly, by all means focus on a fat burning program. If you want to set your body to burn fat quickly and efficiently try having a higher Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) and burn fat passively on a regular basis. Increasing your muscle tissue raises your BMR which in layman terms means it increases your horsepower and we all know that cars with more horsepower guzzle more fuel i.e. more muscle you have more fat you will burn even while at rest.

 

 WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN?

 

It means that the correct scientific approach for people wanting to loose fat & get in shape is a three prong approach with

  • Right amount of cardiovascular exercise

  • Including resistance training in your exercise regime

  • Last but not the least is having a diet which focuses on the right amount of calories needed for you along with proper nutrition

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