Muscle & Fitness Says it best... 1. Change your lifestyle. When you go on a program to lose body fat, you may set yourself up for failure. A program implies an endpoint, which is when most people return to their previous habits. If you want to lose fat and keep it off, make changes that you can live with indefinitely. 2. Drink more water. Water is the medium in which most cellular activities take place, including the transport and burning of fat. In addition, drinking plenty of calorie-free water makes you feel full and eat less. Keep a 20-ounce water bottle at your desk, fill it five times a day, and youre set. 3. Consume fewer calories than you burn. To figure out how many calories you burn a day, calculate your Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR)—the number of calories you burn daily doing routine activities, not including formal exercise—using this formula: RMR = bodyweight (in pounds) x 13. Next, determine how many calories you burn through exercise—a half-hour of moderate-intensity. Add your RMR to the calories you burn in the gym, and keep your daily calorie consumption below that total. 4. Reduce starchy carbs. Consuming too many starchy foods, such as potatoes, rice, pasta and breads (especially at one sitting), provides your body with more than it needs for energy and glycogen stores; anything left over will be stored as fat. Limit total starch servings per day to 3-5, where a serving size is one cup.
Posted on: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:00:00 +0000
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