Fat loss: The stages involved

Now that you know about the difference between weight loss and fat loss, as well as the different types of fats in your body, let us explore the process a bit deeper.

Losing fat means burning fat as a source of energy by the body. But before we can get to the burning stage, there are a lot of other things to consider. Imagine a huge sticker that has been pasted onto your living room wall by a naughty kid. Now, to get rid of the sticker once and for all, you would do the following steps. First, get the sticker off the wall – this might require wetting, scraping, peeling etc. Now the second step would be to take this sticker to the bathroom, balcony or any suitable place where you can burn it. Finally, you would need an incinerator, bin, container or any such thing in which the sticker can be burnt.

Fat loss works pretty much the same way. Firstly, the fat that has been ‘stuck’ onto the tissues needs to be separated from them. Then it has to be transported to the burning site. And finally, the fat has to reach the ‘incinerator’ in which it can be burnt.

Essentially, fat loss or fat burn is a three-stage process. We will look at each stage in detail in my upcoming posts…