The low carbohydrate diet plan will cause a reduction in body weight within the first 1-2 weeks, but the majority of weight lost is a combination of water and muscle, as opposed to fat. This initial reduction of water and muscle actually decreases the rate at which you burn calories and, as a result, you will gain back every lost pound once you integrate carbohydrates back into your diet! It is not possible to follow an extremely low carbohydrate diet plan long term (it is unhealthy to do so), and inevitably you will find yourself introducing carbs back into your regular eating plan after several weeks, which can cause body fat to quickly increase. Never forget that losing fat is your only goal, as reducing muscle tissue and water weight does not improve your appearance, and in fact greatly slows or even prohibits the fat loss process (which is why so many are "stuck" with no further results). In addition, weight loss on a low carbohydrate diet plan produces a smaller version of your former self rather than enhancing your physical appearance (due to muscle loss, which eliminates tone, and creates a sagging, unappealing body structure).
Lastly, once you begin to follow a normal, carbohydrate based diet (a low carb diet plan is not realistic to follow long term), within several months, you will likely find yourself fatter than before you started the diet, and you'll quickly search for a new routine. Low carb diet plans are not a permanent fat loss solution!
One of the primary keys to permanent weight loss is controlling insulin, and although low carbohydrate diet plans attempt to accomplish this very goal, they simultaneously disrupt separate, but equally important, hormonal functions. Through proper caloric division, food selection, and protein/carb/fat percentages (with carbohydrates properly balanced with protein), coupled with a potent exercise routine, not only will you reduce overall insulin secretion, but also quickly and consistently encourage the release of stored calories (fat) into the blood stream. Insulin is essentially a fat storage hormone and, if it's not properly manipulated through dietary variables, will prevent fat loss, regardless of how low calories happen to be.
In summary, avoid low carbohydrate diet plans! Remember, weight (fat) loss results from proper consumption of nutrients, and not elimination of vital elements (such as carbohydrates).
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