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The Fat-Loss Tightrope, Part 1 by Mark Hatmaker

  [ Excerpted from the upcoming Unleaded: Whole Hog-- The Support Manual. See Unleaded Whole Hog Conditioning for the “What to Do” side of the ledger & The Unleaded Diet Budget for How to Chow—in other words, eat well, not feel hungry and still hit your goals. The Two Roads to Fat Loss Why They Lead Back to Where You Started or, a Wee Bit in Retreat ROAD 1 “ If you wanna lose bodyfat, cut your calories big time.” This Road follows the Calories In/Calories Out Model. Consume less chow and your metabolism will get to work on that body-fat—Hurray! Does this work? Yes, definitely— but …in only two instances. Instance #1 In the beginning all diets ALL diets see an initial success of a few pounds down. This is due to two factors. Factor #1 ·         All diets limit some foods [no carbs, or no fats, or no blue foods, etc.] ·         The mere act of limitation acts as an arbitrary c...