Have you ever found yourself eating like a bird for days before a big event, in the hope that you'll lose a few pounds? Or maybe drinking less water to see if you can shed a pound or two of water weight?
There's a better way to lose weight than this. In fact, the entire premise that weight loss is about starving yourself is flawed. There's more to the story, and I'm not just talking about the conventional wisdom that you should eat a balanced diet with lots of fruits and vegetables.
Consider this: if you consume fewer calories than you expend, you will lose weight (and depending on the degree, it can happen quite rapidly). You can try to consume fewer calories... but did you know that when you consume fewer calories, your body will actually start expending fewer calories as well? It's an automatic reaction designed to protect us if food becomes scarce, and there's nothing we can do about it.
