I often get asked what are the best ways to lose fat fast. So I thought I would write an article to answer this question.
Here are my 5 TOP tips to get you losing fat fast.
1) Drink Plenty of water - Being dehydrated will slow your metabolism down so you burn less fat. Every chemical reaction in your body requires water. To work out how much water you should drink take your bodyweight in kg and multiply that by.033, that is how many liters of water you should drink per day. For example if you weigh 80kg multiply by.033 = 2.64 liters. This is the minimum amount I would recommend.
2) Really do reduce your carbohydrates - Carbohydrates are probably the number one reason why people are retaining more fat than they should be. No matter what the source of carbohydrates is, every 100g is equivalent to 4 teaspoons of sugar. Yes you read that correct, whenever you eat a potato, a bowl of cereal or half a plate of rice you might as well just eat 4 teaspoons of sugar. If your anything like my personal training clients before they start training with me then your average days nutrition is probably like the below.
Breakfast - cereal and fruit juice both heavily processed carbohydrates lacking in nutrition and hugely high in sugar.
Lunch - Sandwich or pasta salad which again is carbohydrates.
Dinner - Possibly meat and vegetables, if so this is the first proper meal of the day. If its pasta then again it's a carbohydrate meal.
When you give you body more carbohydrates than it needs for your activity levels it will store it as fat. You are not only storing carbohydrates as fat but you are also under eating fat and protein which further cause you problems.
You see when we consume this sugar it goes into our blood supply. Insulin then comes and removes this excess sugar and stores it as fat for when we need it. Unfortunatly because we have registered having sugar and then lost it we crave more. So you eat sugar, store it as fat, crave more sugar store it as fat. You see It's a viscous cycle that only ends when the excessive carbohydrate intake is reduced.
3) Restricting fat - Fats DO NOT make us fat. They are vital for our bodys and the fat soluble vitamins A, D, E and K only come in foods that contain fat. Saturated fats is in eggs, meat and butter are all very nutritious healthy foods. Saturated fat is not your enemy. Hydrogenated fats and vegetable oils are the ones to avoid. Get some Coconut oil it is a miricle fat it will reduce huger cravings and help you to burn fat fast
4) Resistance, resistance, resistance training do it and build some muscle - Doing resistance training does not only burn calories during your workout but also for the few days after your training session while your muscles are repairing themselves. You see having more lean muscle will raise your metabolism whether your watching television, at work, travelling to work and even when your sleeping. Resistance training also causes far less trouble with your hormones than if you were to do cardiovascular training
5) My last top tip that I really do emphasise with my clients is Keep cardiovascular training for a minimum. Its far more important how many calories you burn during the day as opposed to during your workout. As mentioned above mainly focussing on resistance training is best and finishing it off with a minimal amount of cardiovascular interval training with increase fat burning potential even more. By overdoing cardio you will stress your body out and a stressed body stores more fat.
So there's my 5 tips to help you get optimum fat loss.
Hope you have found the article useful to your success and achieving your dreams
Harry Pointon
Health Coach
If you would like my free super fast fat melting report visit our Manchester Personal Trainer website where you can receive it for free for signing up to our newsletter.
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Here are my 5 TOP tips to get you losing fat fast.
1) Drink Plenty of water - Being dehydrated will slow your metabolism down so you burn less fat. Every chemical reaction in your body requires water. To work out how much water you should drink take your bodyweight in kg and multiply that by.033, that is how many liters of water you should drink per day. For example if you weigh 80kg multiply by.033 = 2.64 liters. This is the minimum amount I would recommend.
2) Really do reduce your carbohydrates - Carbohydrates are probably the number one reason why people are retaining more fat than they should be. No matter what the source of carbohydrates is, every 100g is equivalent to 4 teaspoons of sugar. Yes you read that correct, whenever you eat a potato, a bowl of cereal or half a plate of rice you might as well just eat 4 teaspoons of sugar. If your anything like my personal training clients before they start training with me then your average days nutrition is probably like the below.
Breakfast - cereal and fruit juice both heavily processed carbohydrates lacking in nutrition and hugely high in sugar.
Lunch - Sandwich or pasta salad which again is carbohydrates.
Dinner - Possibly meat and vegetables, if so this is the first proper meal of the day. If its pasta then again it's a carbohydrate meal.
When you give you body more carbohydrates than it needs for your activity levels it will store it as fat. You are not only storing carbohydrates as fat but you are also under eating fat and protein which further cause you problems.
You see when we consume this sugar it goes into our blood supply. Insulin then comes and removes this excess sugar and stores it as fat for when we need it. Unfortunatly because we have registered having sugar and then lost it we crave more. So you eat sugar, store it as fat, crave more sugar store it as fat. You see It's a viscous cycle that only ends when the excessive carbohydrate intake is reduced.
3) Restricting fat - Fats DO NOT make us fat. They are vital for our bodys and the fat soluble vitamins A, D, E and K only come in foods that contain fat. Saturated fats is in eggs, meat and butter are all very nutritious healthy foods. Saturated fat is not your enemy. Hydrogenated fats and vegetable oils are the ones to avoid. Get some Coconut oil it is a miricle fat it will reduce huger cravings and help you to burn fat fast
4) Resistance, resistance, resistance training do it and build some muscle - Doing resistance training does not only burn calories during your workout but also for the few days after your training session while your muscles are repairing themselves. You see having more lean muscle will raise your metabolism whether your watching television, at work, travelling to work and even when your sleeping. Resistance training also causes far less trouble with your hormones than if you were to do cardiovascular training
5) My last top tip that I really do emphasise with my clients is Keep cardiovascular training for a minimum. Its far more important how many calories you burn during the day as opposed to during your workout. As mentioned above mainly focussing on resistance training is best and finishing it off with a minimal amount of cardiovascular interval training with increase fat burning potential even more. By overdoing cardio you will stress your body out and a stressed body stores more fat.
So there's my 5 tips to help you get optimum fat loss.
Hope you have found the article useful to your success and achieving your dreams
Harry Pointon
Health Coach
If you would like my free super fast fat melting report visit our Manchester Personal Trainer website where you can receive it for free for signing up to our newsletter.
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