How To Lose Body Fat - Proven Techniques That Produce Real Results

Wouldn’t it be great if you could spot target the fat you wanted to lose? To wake up and say, for example, “Today I’m going to focus all of my attention - my diet and my workout routine - towards losing my belly fat?” It would be nice if that were possible, but unfortunately fat loss doesn’t work that way, and because of this, the question of how to lose body fat remains one of the biggest problems that people face.

There are many theories on how to lose body fat, but before you waste your time on fad diets and pay-as-you-go workout plans consider this: The only proven way to get your body to burn more fat is through a combination of the right diet and the right workout plan. We emphasize the word right because most of the diets and workout plans out there - plans which promise rapid fat loss - are not up to the task, and may even be hampering your efforts. Here I'll shed some light on the topic of diet and exercise, dispel some commonly held myths about fat loss and offer some suggestions to help you get things turned around.

Diet

When it comes to diet and fat loss, one of the commonly held myths is that low-carb and low-fat diets are the only way to go, but research seems to disprove this. Diets which are extremely low in both complex carbohydrates and healthy fat will leave you feeling hungry and will cause your body to go into “starvation mode” - a condition in which your hormones get out of whack, your metabolism is reduced and your body begins to store fat.

The right fat loss diet should consist of food from a variety of sources, including lean protein, carbohydrates and healthy fat. A proper balance of food, when eaten in smaller portions several times a day, will help keep your body in balance and your metabolism at its peak. Avoid fat burning “no-nos” such as packaged and processed foods containing trans-fat and high fructose corn syrup, and select all-natural, organic foods instead.

Exercise

Sit-ups and crunches do very little to burn fat, and according to experts, sustained cardio exercise doesn’t do much more. To achieve great results from your workout routine the recommended course of action is high intensity circuit training.

This involves a series of full-body exercises performed at very high intensity for short periods of time. Typically, 5-6 exercises involving various muscle groups are combined and performed in a rapid circuit with maximum exertion. Each circuit should take no more than 10 minutes and should be performed several times a day, mixing up the type of exercise to suit your needs. Unlike long, boring cardio routines, high intensity training helps to build lean muscle and boost your metabolism to help your body burn the greatest amount of fat in the shortest amount of time.

Fat loss doesn’t have to be a mystery and you don’t need a thousand dollar program to get started. All you need to do to achieve great looking results is simply commit to eating a healthy balance of all-natural foods, and inject high intensity training into your workout routine.

By: Dean Carter

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Dean Carter talks about how to lose body fat, along with other fat loss and muscle building issues at www.BurnFatGetMuscle.com.