I know we all want to lose fat fast but unfortunately, this can cause more harm than good. It isn’t worth it in the long run. Like with all things, good things take time. Here are some fat loss tips to get you on your way to your goal weight safely:
1. Don’t go on a diet with an expiration date.
Don’t do a shake diet, strict detox, soup only diet, or whatever the trend is. Do eat nourishing foods most of the time. Think about 80% good nutritious foods. You won’t lose fat right away or quickly but long term you will. If your diet is something that you cannot maintain for life then it isn’t worth the trouble. These diets mess your head up, mess your internal chemistry and usually result in you gaining more fat than you lost. Eat for health, the fat loss happens as an after effect.
2. Don’t under eat.
If you tell me you forgot to eat that tells me your internal chemistry is out of whack. When you haven’t eaten for 4 hours your gut sends signals to your brain to eat, it sends feelings of hunger. If you are not hungry, it’s probably due to the under eating or too many diets causing havoc on your hormone messengers. Food is medicine for your body to run properly. If you don’t give it enough you won’t sleep properly, you’ll be sick often and your mood will be affected plus other consequences. If you have been under eating and then start eating the right amount you may put on weight initially. But what’s more important, a little weight gain initially while the body adjusts or bad health? Again in the long term, your body will find balance and the fat will shift.
3. Be patient.
Dieting messes up your hormonal profile. It takes time to get the body to find balance. Don’t give up before it happens! You may be almost there and once it does happen, it normally finds great momentum.
4. Find a trainer who understands exercise prescription.
You do not need to exercise in the gym every day. In fact, too much exercise can make fat loss harder. Certain exercises give greater hormonal responses than others for fat loss. If you want a tighter butt you need to lift weights. Walking on a treadmill won’t lift your butt. Cardio can make you a smaller you, but you’ll still be flabby. Females won’t become bulky with weights. Eating too much makes you bulky. But remember, you can’t out train a bad diet. Eating well is the priority over exercise.
5. Incidental exercise adds up!
Get moving. Walk to the shops. Take the stairs. Going to the gym on a given day doesn’t counterbalance doing nothing the rest of the day. You will eat what you burned in the gym just like that.
6. Just like movement adds up, so does your food.
A little snack here and there adds up. That extra mouthful you ate of your kids food adds up. The tasting of your food while cooking adds up. That extra biscuit you now have each day with your coffee adds up. Everything counts.
For your sensible approach to fat loss please contact me for your personal training or nutrition. You are unique just as your fat loss plan of attack should be!
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