“I want to lose weight”

Trying to lose weight is stupid. What you actually want to lose is body fat, and there’s a massive difference between the two. If you cut your arm off, you’d lose weight, but that probably isn’t going to get you any closer to your fitness goals. Let’s be clear: unless you are competing in a sport that requires you to do so, you don’t want to lose weight. What you want to lose is body fat. It’s all about body composition. It’s even possible to gain weight (as a result of muscle growth), despite losing body fat, and look a million times better for it.