Here\u2019s a simple truth that\u2019s hard to swallow \u2013 most people who embark on a weight loss program will fail miserably. Their New Year resolution of losing weight and getting fit is often left to with wither and turn into dust by March\u2026 and only comes back to life in December, in anticipation of the next New Year.<\/p>\n
This cycle repeats itself over and over while they keep getting fatter and fatter and seeing no results or improvement. One of the main reasons why people quit on their weight loss journey is because they don\u2019t see results, or they don\u2019t see them fast enough.
\nThis is perfectly understandable because when you\u2019re exerting effort and sweating your butt off, moving that needle on the weighing scale becomes an obsession. It shows you that the juice is worth the squeeze\u2026 and progress will inspire you to stay on track and keep going.<\/p>\n
But, what does all this have to do with the ketogenic diet?<\/strong> It will get you results much FASTER. Now you\u2019ll be motivated to keep going and will not quit on your weight loss goals.<\/p>\n The first step is to understand that you MUST eat natural fats to lose fat. Back in the day, it would have been anathema to tell people to use coconut oil in their cooking. They\u2019d gasp and envision impending heart attacks. Coconut oil was the devil incarnate. The commercially-sold hydrogenated vegetable oils that you see parading on the shelves in supermarket aisles looking all clean, healthy and golden \u2013 those oils wreak more havoc on you body that you could ever think possible.<\/p>\n Inflammation, obesity and many other health issues are directly and indirectly linked to these supposedly \u2018healthy\u2019 oils. The truth of the matter is that these oils will kill you slowly, while the fat in coconut oil will benefit you and help you to lose weight.<\/p>\n How does eating fat make me lose fat?<\/strong> There\u2019s a reason they call it \u2018stubborn fat\u2019\u2026 your body is fighting your attempts to get rid of the fat. It views your fat stores as \u2018stored energy\u2019 that could be used for future needs. This is the body\u2019s way of self-preservation.<\/p>\n When it sees that you\u2019re constantly feeding it with \u2018energy\u2019, it will realize that there really is no need to \u2018save for the future.\u2019<\/p>\n Ketosis \u2013 the secret to shedding the fat!<\/strong> This is the key to burning fat – to train your body to use fat instead of glucose for its energy needs. When you\u2019re on a ketogenic diet, since your carb intake will be very low, your glycogen stores will be low too.<\/p>\n The body will not have access to glycogen and will have no choice but to burn fat for fuel. On another note, the reason why so many people gain weight is because they keep eating carbs and when their glycogen stores are full, the body converts the excess glucose to fat. Give it a try and you\u2019ll be amazed at how effective it is. Don\u2019t knock it until you try it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here\u2019s a simple truth that\u2019s hard to swallow \u2013 most people who embark on a weight loss program will fail miserably. Their New Year resolution of losing weight and getting fit is often left to with wither and turn into dust by March\u2026 and only comes back to life in December, in anticipation of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":412,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,2,28],"tags":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theketodepot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theketodepot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theketodepot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theketodepot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theketodepot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theketodepot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5446,"href":"https:\/\/theketodepot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402\/revisions\/5446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theketodepot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theketodepot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theketodepot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theketodepot.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nEverything. The ketogenic diet is one of the most effective diets on the planet and has been proven to work. Millions of people have shed their excess pounds much faster with this diet.<\/p>\n
\nThis was erroneous thinking. Do you want to know the real culprit?<\/p>\n
\nFor starters, you\u2019ll only be eating heathy, natural fats. Secondly, you\u2019ll be seriously restricting your carb intake. If you stopped to think about it, most man-made foods are high in carbs and sugar. This is exactly why obesity has reached epidemic proportions.
\nWhen your diet is mostly comprised of fats, your body realizes that it has a constant supply of fats coming in. This makes it much readier to burn off the fat stores that is stubbornly clinging on to your belly and hips.<\/p>\n
\nOnce you get over the hurdle of getting 80 to 90 percent of your calories from natural fats, your body will enter a state of ketosis. Your blood sugar levels will stabilize. Inflammation will decrease, and your body will be in a state where it burns fat for fuel instead of glucose.<\/p>\n
\nNow you\u2019ll understand why the body treats it as stored energy. It uses glucose for fuel, and any excess glucose is stored as fat. The ketogenic diet will put an end to this fat storage and turn your body into a fat burning machine.<\/p>\n