5 easy and often overlooked ways to lose body fat

The household cleaning product Formula 409 is named as such because it was the inventor's 409th attempt at getting it right. Can you imagine all the mess they made making and testing formulas #1-408? At the pace we are going with all the new fad weight loss products and the latest and greatest workout plan coming out every few weeks, one day we are going to see Fat Loss Formula 409. Problem is, we are all going to be old, fat and broke when it gets here from testing the previous 408 Fat Loss Formulas. Losing weight is not as simple as taking a pill.

The fact is, losing fat is a collaborative process between calorie intake, types of calories, metabolism, calorie burning and timing. Everyone on the planet can lose fat with the proper diet and training protocol. The tricky part about losing fat is that it isn't like Formula 409. If Formula 409 removes Kool Aid stains from your neighbor's counter top, the chances are it's going to do the same on your counter top. This isn't true with fat loss. We all have a very unique counter top that needs a certain formula to remove the stains. What works for your neighbor will work somewhat for you, but it most likely isn't ideal because of differences in your body type, body composition, metabolism, etc.

There are some things that we know for sure about losing fat that will work for everyone. How we arrive at this point is the variation. Burn more calories than you take in, fat comes off....ask that Olsen girl if you think this isn't true. To do so, you can either burn more calories, take in less calories, or both. This is a 30,000 foot view of how to lose fat. The challenging part is that there are a million different combination of ways to do this; some that you will find very easy and some that you will find nearly impossible to carry out. The key is to find what works for you. What fits into your mindset, what can you adapt into your schedule, and what will you be able to do consistently? Below are five easy, and oft overlooked ways to lose fat. Anyone with the faintest desire to lose fat can easily incorporate these into their weekly routine. Putting them all together is certain to result in some noticeable fat loss within just a few weeks.

1. Split up your meals - This is simple, straight-forward and effective. You can continue eating exactly what you eat now, however, instead of eating a full lunch at noon; eat half at noon and save the other half for 2:30. Your body will respond by maintaining an elevated metabolism. This means you can eat the same amount, and organically burn more of it off.
2. Vary your cardio - As mentioned in an earlier article, if you do the same type, duration, and intensity of cardio consistently, your body will quickly adapt to this and you will substantially diminish your returns over time. Instead, one day do 45 minutes low intensity on the treadmill, next day do 30 minutes hard on the stair-stepper, go for a jog in the morning one day, do cardio 7 days one week and 3 the next; you get the point. Changing variables like time, time of day, intensity and type of exercise will keep your body off-balance enough to dig into its fat reserves much easier. Also, for the excuse makers, this doesn't mean taking a month off of any cardiovascular activity will help.....I think you have more sense than that.
3. Drink lots of cold water - This works two fold. First, drinking water keeps your system clean and active, thus keeping your metabolism moving. Drink lots of it. Whatever you drink now, double it. Water has no calories; however it takes calories to digest. Further, your body temperature is around 98.6 degrees. It will do whatever it has to in order to stay there also. By drinking cold water, your body will have to expend energy (calories) to bring this water up to 98.6 degrees. So opt for ice cold water if given the option. This isn't a game changer, but as Al Pacino said in Any Given Sunday "You find out life's this game of inches....when we add up all those inches, that's gonna make the difference between winning and losing."
4. 2 Pick snacks that work for you and not against you - Negative calorie food is a food that is purported to require more calories to digest by the human body than it provides to the body by eating it. While there is no concrete evidence that this is such, there are multiple fruits and vegetables that are borderline negative calorie that make for excellent snacks. These are broccoli, celery, lemons, limes, asparagus, mandarin oranges, cabbage, watermelon, peppers, carrots and apples. While these may not be negative calorie foods (depending on your metabolism and density of the specific piece of food) they are ultra-low calorie and ideal snacks. They will both take up space in your stomach and quench your hunger with virtually no penalty of ingesting unwanted calories.
5. Lift some weights! - Perhaps the best way to increase your metabolism and burn fat is to build up some muscle. Muscle is catabolic, meaning it burns calories even when it's not doing anything. If you don't already, add some challenging weight training into your routine. You may put on a little muscle weight, but you will now burn more fat and calories and look phenomenal. Stick to free weights when you can as these build more and in less time than guided machines.

Overall, losing fat is a collaboration of several different aspects at work. Incorporate all five of these tips for a couple months and you will be pleased with the results. It's also good to add a great fat burner like Razor8 Shredded found at www.allmaxnutrition.com. Everything with fat loss is aggregate, do something to lose fat once or do just one thing for a long time, it won't make a difference. Do something to lose fat 100 days in a row or do a bunch of little things and you will realize a noticeable loss. For more information or a specific individualized plan, contact me at www.PARbody.com.