One thing that’s hard to have when you’ve got serious fat issues is patience. It’s normal to want that fat gone and to want it gone as soon as possible. After all, you see all the ads that promise miracle weight loss, and you see people losing weight rapidly. Even television shows reward people for getting rid of lots of pounds in little time.

So, it’s almost universal for people to want to have fast results in weight loss. You need to realize, however, that you can develop major issues by forcing yourself to lose weight faster than you should.

One problem is that when you lose weight, you are losing muscle along with the fat: this kills your metabolism.
Furthermore, weight that is lost fast comes back fast. That’s the way it is.

Come to think of it, most of the weight problems are problems with keeping it off, rather than with losing it.

You can make your weight loss permanently and healthily by targeting about two pounds every week. Even one pound a week isn’t too bad. This is what almost any nutrition specialist will tell you. The same thing goes for professional fitness groups.

The only exception is that if you are massively overweight, you can lose slightly more than two pounds per week.

Let’s get more specific: the rule is that you can lose 1% of your weight in a seven day period: the limit would be 3 pounds if you weighed 300. There is a caveat: the importance in weight loss is losing fat: you don’t want to lose muscle tissue.

See, your weight includes fat and lean tissue. There are also your internal organs and water.

If weight loss was so important, we could just saw off one of your arms or legs, right?

Approach weight loss the right way: that way it will be gone for good.