Weight Loss vs Fat Loss: What's the Difference?
Ever wondered why achieving your fitness goals is a never-ending struggle? Well, there could be various reasons, the most imperative being lack of clarity. Most people tend to workout with the purpose of fat loss, but end up losing weight instead. Sure, they are in better shape, but not necessarily fit. So, with the help of experts, here's helping you understand the difference between fat loss and weight loss, and how to go about it to achieve the desired results.
Weight loss
Your body weight can be defined as the sum of the weight of your muscles, your bones, your organs and the amount of water your body retains. Weight loss is the sum loss of your total weight.
Weight loss = Muscle loss + Fat loss + Water loss
Fat loss
As the term suggests, it's the loss of the fat that your body carries.
Fat loss = Reduction of stored body fat
Let's focus on fitness
Remember when we said, losing weight doesn't always mean you are fit. A fit body has lower levels of fat percentage, 10% to 15% for men and 15% to 20% for women. Your fat percentage is the true measurement of how fit and in which shape your body is.
Bodyweight is essentially the weight of the water your body carries. Hence, after dieting you feel you have lost weight because you lose water weight. Also, carbohydrates tend to bind with water, which leads to weight gain. Hence the reduction in carbohydrate levels leads to loss in weight
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