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hey guys dr. Burke here in this video I

want to talk about this concept of

losing inches but no weight loss okay

let’s dive right into this the majority

of people when they start to lose weight

are retaining a tremendous amount of

fluid and that’s why they can lose you

know 3 4 5 pounds in a week consistently

for several weeks and then in all of us

in the plateaus down to nothing and in

your mind if you don’t realize that’s

just water weight you’re going to be

very upset when you stop losing weight

and you might even stop what you’re

doing when in fact it was successful

because especially if you’re doing a

ketogenic diet you’re doing in a minute

fasting that’s like a diuretic it’s

going to dump a lot of fluid that

shouldn’t be there in the first place ok

the most you could possibly lose of

actual fat per week is 2 pounds but

that’s for a really healthy person the

majority people that I see especially in

the 40s or 50s if they’re lucky they can

lose a half a pound a week that is

normal for them initially so don’t take

it as a loss but that is a normal thing

and it’s a good thing take it as

something that’s working because if you

don’t think it’s working then you stop

then also now you’re back to square one

when it actually was working because it

takes time to build a healthy metabolism

so especially if you have a history of

doing a lot of diets so so we have this

thing where you lose a lot of water

weight and then we also go down to fat

burning I don’t even like to go by

weight because when you put someone on a

ketogenic diet or in a minute fasting or

a combination of both you’re going to

spike growth hormone that is the main

fat burning hormone growth hormone

basically it preserves and makes protein

it helps you build lean body mass so

what will happen

you’re burning some fat you’re

converting some of it to energy but then

you’re also holding on to your muscle

protein a lot better you’re beginning

you becoming less atrophied and that

protein is a lot heavier than fat so

what will happen is like some people

even they’ll loose they’ll lose their

size they’ll shrink but they’re gaining

a little weight sometimes make

think it’s fat when it’s really not so

one of the best indicators is you actual

size you have to go by like your

midsection size that would be the most

important and also your thighs and

things like that so if you’re shrinking

it’s working give it more time even if

you’re losing an eighth of a pound a

week or whatever just ride the wave and

it’ll start to work more and more and

more but the fact that you’re not losing

a lot of weight just tells us that

you’ve probably had a very low

metabolism for years and now you’re just

kind of you’re finding it out and you’re

probably more shocked so what you want

to do is you want to realize the level

of effort it’s going to take is maybe a

little bit more than you expected okay

so oh well that’s just what it is it’s

you know but people protest this and

they get really upset they’re like it

shouldn’t be that hard to lose right

well I understand that but that’s what

you that’s what we have to work on but

if you do a ketogenic diet and you don’t

lose weight okay just focus on the

inches lost because this is the most

important thing right now over time it

will get better and better whatever if

it’s if you’re losing inches and you’re

eating the same all you have to do is

continue that okay and then all of a

sudden you’ll start losing you’ll lose

start losing some more weight as the

metabolism gets better alright thanks so

much for watching