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The Formula for Weight Loss
and the simple answers to the complex questions of Life
The Formula for Losing Weight “Fast”
The formula for weight loss is simple. It is Wl/g = Gl + (ΔFi + WlEx)
Translated to English, it is:
Weight Loss or Gain equals Glycogen plus the Net Weight Gain from Food-Intake plus Weight Loss as a result of Exercise.
This means that …
If you think drinking a magic slimming tea will give you the magic abs in one week; or that you’ll wake up one morning and look in the mirror to find that you now look like Anthony Joshua, you are deceiving yourself.
If you are serious about losing weight, eat less food and exercise. Period!
Why people keep Googling “How to lose 20kg in one week” or following that notorious Mashable link with two images of the same person side-by-side is a study in understanding humans for who we really are. In that Mashable picture collage, the picture of a grossly fat, grumpy, and unhappy person is placed next to another picture of the same person, but now rake-thin and beaming. There is always a caption below the picture — a clickbait that reads: How I lost (insert a high weight loss target) in (insert a ridiculously short time).
