Ways To Burn Fat And Another Useful Muscle Building Tips

By Ricardo d Argence

Everyone wants to burn fat fast. If you have ever been on a diet or workout regimen, you know how hard that can be. There are two main areas that you have to pay attention to when you want to lose weight: diet and exercise. While this comes as no surprise to anyone, there are some things that you can do to increase the efficiency of your current routine.

The tips below will help to speed up your metabolism so that your body will burn unwanted pound quickly.

1. Add plenty of fiber to your daily diet. The fat burning process is help with fiber and promotes general good health. A good 25 grams of fiber each day is what you should aim for. Ten grams of fiber is the average for Americans today. Fiber is obtained by adding whole wheat breads, cereals, pastas, fruit, vegetables and nuts.

2. Never go to bed hungry. Choose a snack that is good and a vegetable is a good choice. There are certain foods that prevent your body from metabolizing fat. They are simple carbs such as white breads and pastas, fruit juices among others. Simple carbs may actually cause increased fat storage while you are sleeping.

3. East smaller meals, but eat more meals. You can spread them throughout the day to ward of hunger pangs. Eating your vegetables first, before you main meal is another way. As this fill you up and you will eat less and not be tempted to overeat.

4. The amount of food does matter. Americans have a poor sense of the size of a portion to be served. Learn to portion control your meals. By using a smaller plate you will serve a smaller portion and eat slowly.

5. Eat before you workout. To help get the maximum benefits from each workout, have a snack that is low in carbs and high in protein. This may help you exercise longer and at a more intense pace, which means more calories are burned away! Eat your snack ninety minutes before your workout, any sooner and you'll get the reverse effect.

6. Breath through your nose and practice exhaling and inhaling through you nose. It helps your stamina by stabilizing your heart rate. Allowing you to exercise more and this results in more calories being burned off.

7. Do interval training. For instance, if you are walking, walk for two minutes at a very brisk pace. Then slow down for three minutes. Gradually increase the amount of brisk walking time. This is also a great way to break into running. You will burn a lot more calories and burn fat faster.

8. Weights, then cardio. Your body takes about 15-20 minutes to warm up. If you do your weights first, by the time you do your cardio, your body is primed to go. You'll burn more calories. Don't forget to do some stretching before you start the weight training.

9. What is the spice of life? Variety. The same goes for any weight or exercise program. Doing the same thing day after day dooms you to a plateau in weight loss. You must add variety. An exercise routine must add a mix of strength, flexibility and cardio workouts to be effective. Your body becomes accustomed to the same routing over and over again, therefore it becomes less effective and the results are fewer calories are burned.

10. To lose weight, add weights. Weights help you with your routine. You will burn more calories and develop stronger muscle. You will see results sooner just by adding some bicep curls while on the treadmill.

It takes both diet and exercise to burn fat fast. Simple changes as the examples given above can reap big benefits. - 30414

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