Why is lipolysis harder than burning the calories you eat?
Have you ever wondered why losing weight is harder than simply burning the calories you eat? Well, the answer lies in how your body works and its survival instincts. Yes, your body has its own logic, and that changes everything! Here's why lipolysis (burning fat) is more complex than simply using immediate calories for energy.
1-The body prefers sugar! When you eat, your body prefers to use carbohydrates (sugars and starches) for immediate energy. Why? Because carbohydrates are faster to digest and transform into energy. As soon as a little glucose arrives in your blood, it's like a super fuel that directly activates your cells. • Lipolysis: But fats take longer to be transformed into energy. The body must first break them down into fatty acids and then transport them where they are needed. In short, it's slower, and your body doesn't like to do things slowly when it can do things quickly!
2- Your body loves storing fat! For thousands of years, your body has been designed to survive periods of famine. As a result, it prefers to store energy in the form of fat, rather than burning it right away. It's a kind of emergency reserve. • The problem? When you try to lose weight, your body interprets this as stress. It will then slow down the metabolism and try to store as much fat as possible, even if you want to burn it!
3- Lipolysis requires special conditions! For lipolysis to work well, there must be an energy deficit or intense physical activity. That is, your body must be in a state where it no longer has available carbohydrates and must draw on its fat reserves. But if you continue to eat carbohydrates in large quantities, your body will use them directly before starting to burn fat. • Basically, the more carbohydrates you eat, the more your body prefers to use them before touching its fat reserves. Not cool, right?
Conclusion
The lipolysis process, while natural, is more complex and slower than burning energy from the calories you eat immediately. But it's not impossible! By cutting back on carbohydrates, moving more, and creating a reasonable calorie deficit, you can activate lipolysis and encourage your body to use its fat stores.
So, ready to put your body into fat-burning mode? Remember, it's all about balance and patience!
