{"id":2149,"date":"2022-03-12T12:22:25","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T12:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tapasyamundhra.com\/blog\/?p=2149"},"modified":"2026-03-10T09:16:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T09:16:47","slug":"bursting-5-major-myths-about-weight-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tapasyamundhra.com\/blog\/bursting-5-major-myths-about-weight-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Bursting 5 Major Myths About Weight Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><b> Weight loss is a linear process.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weight loss is not usually a linear process, as some people think. On some days and weeks, you may lose weight, and on other days you may gain weight. This is not caused for concern. It is normal for your weight to fluctuate up and down a few pounds.\u00a0 For example, it can carry more food into the digestive system or hold more water than usual.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><b> Food Supplements May Help You Lose Weight\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The weight loss supplement industry is huge. Various companies claim that supplements have impressive effects, but when studied, they are rarely effective. The main reason supplements work for some people is the placebo effect. People succumb to marketing tactics and want supplements to help them lose weight, making them more conscious about what they eat so don&#8217;t go for myths just have a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tapasyamundhra.com\/weight-loss.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>weight<\/b> <b>loss dietician in Delhi<\/b><\/a><b>.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><b> Eat less and move more\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fat is just stored energy.\u00a0 To lose fat, you need to burn more calories than you burn. So, it seems very logical that eating less and moving more makes you lose weight. While this advice works in theory, it&#8217;s not a good recommendation for anyone with severe weight problems, especially if you&#8217;re constantly making lifestyle changes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><b> If you are fat, you will gain weight.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fat provides about 9 calories per gram compared to 4 calories per gram of carbohydrate or protein.\u00a0 Fat is high in calories and is often found in unhealthy foods. However, as long as your calorie intake is in a healthy range, you will not gain fat.\u00a0 Additionally, many studies have found that a high-fat, low-carb diet causes weight loss.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0In fact, your body needs healthy fats to function properly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><b> You must eat breakfast\u00a0 to lose weight<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Studies have shown that people who skip breakfast tend to weigh more than those who eat breakfast. However, this is most likely due to the fact that breakfast eaters are more likely to have other healthy lifestyles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a myth that eating breakfast speeds up your metabolism and that eating small portions of several meals can help you burn more calories throughout the day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is better to eat when you are hungry and stops when you are full. Eat breakfast if you want, but don&#8217;t expect it to make a huge difference in your weight.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weight loss is a linear process.\u00a0 Weight loss is not usually a linear process, as some people think. On some days and weeks, you may lose weight, and on other days you may gain weight. This is not caused for concern. It is normal for your weight to fluctuate up and down a few pounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[14,52,31,10],"class_list":["post-2149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dietician","tag-best-weight-loss-dietician-in-delhi","tag-dietician","tag-weight-loss","tag-weight-loss-dietician-in-delhi"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tapasyamundhra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tapasyamundhra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tapasyamundhra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tapasyamundhra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tapasyamundhra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2149"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tapasyamundhra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2399,"href":"https:\/\/www.tapasyamundhra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2149\/revisions\/2399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tapasyamundhra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tapasyamundhra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tapasyamundhra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tapasyamundhra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}