Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

What Is The Best Way To Lose Body Fat Fast

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tales diet programsMany people need to lose some weight and especially body fat, that’s a fact.  Look around where people gather, you’ll see it.  Look in the mirror, unfortunately you’ll likely see it there too.  When your goal is fast fat loss, keep these simple things in mind to lose the pounds quickly and safely.

When people want to lose weight one of the most common things they do is to skip meals.  It makes sense, right, cut out the calories by eating one less meal.  The lower the calorie intake means losing weight, right?  Yes, but skipping meals is a mistake, not the right way to reduce calories.  Your body thinks it’s being starved when you skip meals.  It goes into starvation mode.

It starts to retain fat to counteract what it perceives as being starved.  Another problem with skipping meals is that when you finally eat you’ll be a lot more hungry.  The result is binge eating.  Skipping a meal plus binge eating, then, will likely result in eating more calories and the body gaining even more weight from those calories than normally.  It’s the worst of both worlds.  Don’t skip meals.

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Have a solid and viable plan on how much to eat.  Portion control is just as important as eating the right food.  Over indulgence of even the best of foods will still result in weight gain.  Portion control isn’t easy when large portions are so common.  Many restaurants whether fast food or traditional and even most folk in home cooking serve portions far greater than what is needed or required.

Sources such as the FDA list recommended daily allowances.  And always consider the  portion size when you eat out at restaurants, especially if you visit McDonald’s or other fast food restaurants.  You’ll likely have to cut down on what a restaurant serves to you or start to order a smaller meal like an appetizer.

Eat more whole grain foods, skip the white grains such as white bread, sugar and white rice.  Whole grains are lower in fat and higher in nutrients.  With the added fiber in whole grain it will make you feel contented faster and last much longer stopping the after meal snacks.  Also whole grains contain many nutrients that are often lacking in people’s diets.

Drink more water.  Drink it instead of juices and sodas which add about 90,000 calories to the average person’s diet each year.  Drink it between meals too.  The goal is 8 glasses of water each day.  It’s easily possible.  Drinking water will also promote health in general by keeping you well hydrated and cool.

In order to maintain proper blood sugar eat healthy snacks between meals since the body needs food every three to four hours.  Healthy snacks such as grapefruit also help control eating at meal times.

Fast fat loss isn’t out of your reach with a little knowledge, understanding and of course planning.  It won’t be long before you’re slimmer and trimmer.


Comments

11 Responses to “What Is The Best Way To Lose Body Fat Fast”
  1. Ronald Alsonado says:

    I totally agree with you, do not skip meals if you want some diet just to have lost body fat. There might me a bad side effects with that. Many activities could help to lose fat in a short period of days. Yeah, we drink a lot of water. I do that habitually also and I got some benefits with it.

  2. ody from rdental plan says:

    whe we lose a few pounds quickly and feel great but no matter what you do the fat always comes back with a vengeance.we should take responsibility for our life and our future body shape by making adjustments to the things we eat, how often we eat them and of course, our exercise levels.
    the best way to loss weight is to burn more calories than we consume.If we reduce our calorie intake too much then our body tries to compensate by lowering our metabolism to make the calories we are consuming go further.it not only burns unwanted fat but also our lean muscle and other organs to give us the energy we need to keep going while we’re not eating enough calories.To avoid burning off your muscle instead of fat you should aim to lose weight slowly.Drinking water will also promote health in general by keeping us well hydrated and cool.i think this is the best way to loss weight.

  3. detoxdiets says:

    last year i have so much Body fat because of a very bad diet and lack of exercise. now i am doing lots of Cardio to reduce the fat specially on my tummy.

  4. diet plan says:

    Losing weight is not the easiest thing in the world- but it is SO worth it…I struggled for years when trying to diet- the weight only really began to come off when I stopped trying to lose weight- I began to make food choices that would be good for my health rather than concentrating on my weight all the time. That seems to make the world of difference.

  5. Figure Competition Prep says:

    Wow that’s really interesting. It took me a while to figure out how to respond and I hope I did it the right way. I’ve been getting some errors when trying to comment but I’m glad that it worked out in the end. Love your site and I totally agree with you on this! Good job and keep up the good work!

  6. Kara Jackson says:

    i totally agree, whenever I tried skipping meals to lose weight I ended up just feeling too tired to get to the gym. Now I try to eat 5-6 small meals a day and I feel much better.

  7. Fatso says:

    Funny you should say that Kara as many dietitians will also tell you the same thing and that is to have small meals throughout the day and not have a large meal at night as you can not burn off those calories effectively.

  8. 2 Day Diet says:

    It starts to retain fat to counteract what it perceives as being starved. Another problem with skipping meals is that when you finally eat you’ll be a lot more hungry. The result is binge eating. Skipping a meal plus binge eating, then, will likely result in eating more calories and the body gaining even more weight from those calories than normally. It’s the worst of both worlds. Don’t skip meals.

    Leraned a lot

  9. Erik says:

    Its so true that you have to eat in small portions! Think about it, any time you eat more than your body is going to burn in the next few hours, it gets stored as fat…exactly what we don’t want!

  10. Jessica Connors from fat loss says:

    Fat is one of the side effect for our good health. Drink more water to avoid form fat.Avoid to eat at anytime.Follows to eat regular time daily.
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  11. Fruta says:

    It starts to retain fat to counteract what it perceives as being starved. Another problem with skipping meals is that when you finally eat you’ll be a lot more hungry. The result is binge eating. Skipping a meal plus binge eating, then, will likely result in eating more calories and the body gaining even more weight from those calories than normally. It’s the worst of both worlds. Don’t skip meals.

    good idea

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