Losing weight is an achievable goal for anyone, but what really matters is doing it in a healthy way and finding a balance that allows us not to regain the lost pounds.
To understand how to lose weight we must first understand why we gain weight. Essentially there are two factors that lead to weight gain: too sedentary life and poor diet.
The combination of these two aspects leads to several negative consequences, including: reduction of energy expenditure, increase in calorie intake, lower efficiency of our body and reduction of basal metabolism.

Basal metabolism
Basal metabolism is the energy expenditure our body needs to keep vital functions active. It represents about 70% of the total energy expenditure and can be influenced by many variables such as: age, sex, climate, genetics, body composition and muscle mass, hormone levels, lifestyle, physical activity, but also and above all by nutrition. . In fact, a deficient, unbalanced or poorly distributed diet throughout the day can contribute to slowing down the metabolism with all that follows (see also what is written on the page “How to lose weight quickly”).

From these premises it can be deduced that: for a person with a fast metabolism it will be easy to lose weight, find and maintain their ideal weight, on the contrary, a person with a slow basal metabolism will be more predisposed to gain weight.

Diet for weight loss and maintenance diet
The term diet is often used improperly, it would be more correct to speak of a “food program”. Following a food program means acquiring nutritional education aimed at improving well-being and physical fitness; it is not the opening and closing of a short parenthesis of immense sacrifices (a classic of “last-minute” diets) but a set of good habits to be consolidated over time.

A correct food program is personal, has as its starting point the real needs of our body (bearing in mind all the factors that affect its activity) and aims at the well-being of the person through a balanced distribution of nutrients.

The diet to lose weight will therefore be very close to the food program that will accompany us once we reach the ideal weight. However, we will try to limit some foods, especially at certain times of the day, to stimulate the metabolism and find the desired shape.

Achieve a healthy weight
We could dwell here on a myriad of more or less effective tips on nutrition and training, but the only really valid suggestion is: rely on the advice of an expert!