Sunday, December 14, 2008

Tips to Burn Fat Quickly

Alright if we want to burn fat then we are going to need to crank up our metabolism. We need to turn our bodies into fat burning machines. If you have a low metabolism then you will not burn fat efficiently. This is not a good thing. So what are some things that we can do to make sure this doesn't happen? Well here are a few tips to help speed up our metabolism and turn our bodies in fat burning machines.

Make sure you eat breakfast.

Too many people skip what many refer to as the most important meal of the day. You haven't eaten in quite awhile and need to fuel your body. More frequent meals will speed up your metabolism. Remember if you haven't eaten since 7 PM the night before and you don't eat till noon the next day you are putting 17 hours between meals. This in fact slows down your metabolism. So if you want to burn fat then eat breakfast.

Eat small meals more often.

Staying on the subject of food, you need to eat more often to burn fat. I am not saying you need to eat five large meals. What you need to eat is 5 -6 small meals. Take the same amount of food that you would eat during the day and break it up into smaller meals. It will actually go a long way to making sure that you are never starving. I don't know about you but I always eat more when I am starving.

Stay away from junk food.

I don't think this needs any explaining. The less garbage you put into your body the fewer calories and fat you need to burn. We could save ourselves a lot of grief if we would just exercise a little self discipline from time to time.

Walk wherever you can.

Walking is a great exercise. Walk to a restaurant, video store, walk the dog, walk around the block. Just get off your backside and go for a walk. Get out at lunch time and walk around rather than sit at your desk.

Exercise, exercise, exercise.

You cannot burn fat without exercise. It is an essential part of any fat loss or weight loss program. And part of any exercise program you do should involve strength training. It is good if you can do some for of weight lifting but if you prefer not to do that then at least do some bodyweight exercises. If you follow the previous link it will take you to a site that I have the will help get you started in the right direction if you are not sure what to do. The reason you want to do strength training is because it creates muscle. Muscle is a fat burning machine. You body requires more energy to sustain muscle therefore it burns more calories the more muscle you have.

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