There are some very simple steps on how to lose body fat that anyone can implement and start seeing quick results and importantly keep the weight off.
Ensure You Eat Plenty of Fruit And VegetablesVarious
fresh fruit, and most importantly, vegetables are extremely important if you want to be victorious against body fat. Foods that are high in fat content and those that have been through processing and refinement processes should give way to natural foods like vegetables and fresh fruit. That said, whilst you are trying to lose body fat you should keep an eye on the amount of fruit you consume as fruit does contain high levels of sugar, much more so than vegetables. Keep your fruit intake down to 2 pieces per day and limit fruit juice intake.
With vegetables be mindful that potatoes have a high starch content and there is a high fat content in avocados.
Do Not Go Starving YourselfA diet which is really low on calorie intake puts your body into a mode of starvation which will actually prevent you from losing body fat. More importantly, maintaining this kind of diet for a long time is extremely difficult. When you come off of this sort of diet your metabolism would have slowed and you will put weight on eating the same amount of food. Known as "Yo -Yo
Dieting". Take your food intake levels down to a sensible level but listen to your body at it knows what it needs.
Maintain A Regular Exercise RegimeModern lifestyles are not condusive to regular exercise so your lifestyle choice needs to have a focus on implementing regular exercise into your life. This does not mean you have to go out running everyday but conscious thought needs to be given to what you can do manually. You can only reduce the amount of food you intake to a certain level so you need to increase the body's calorie consumption by exercising. This should include cardiovascular training and exercises using resistance to work your body. Resistance work will create and strengthen muscle tissue which, as you probably know, uses more calories through the metabolic process than other tissue types.
Never Skip BreakfastBy eating a hearty breakfast this will set your appetite up for the remainder of the day. Also this will help to maintain your
blood sugar levels. Again, with breakfast, stay off of the sugary varieties of commercially refined cereals and try to build in things like bran and other cereals containing whole grains.
Your body relies heavily On WaterAs well as being a vital part of anyone's daily diet water is also free of calories. Many experts recommend that one should drink between 8 and 10 glasses of water every day. This can contribute to weight control by ensuring your are not mistaking thirst for hunger as well as enabling your body to free itself from all the toxins. For those of you that are currently addicted to sugary or carbonated drinks this may be difficult at first but after a while you will think nothing of drinking just water. Although these are very simple steps on how to lose body fat, which you may well already know, the key is in their implementation and continued usage whilst you enjoy watching your body reduce in
fat content.
by Oscar Jones