You are well aware that burning fat is not simple. To be successful you must develop a plan, have a discipline approach and then have the ability to follow through with it. Many people join a fat loss program, but end up quitting midway because the results don’t match their expectations. So how do you burn fat? This is the troubling question that many people are asking.
Fat loss takes effort. It requires time. You need to be prepared for that going in. It took you many years to pile on the fat; it is not going to come off overnight.
Though it is difficult there are certain steps that you can take to burn fat faster…..
1) The first factor is intensity
Intensity is the key to the fat burning game. Unfortunately, I have run across numerous people who seem to spend all of their waking hours in the gym but they are still fat.
Here is another secret for you. It is not how much time you spend in the gym that matters; it is what you do with your time when you are in the gym.
Approach everything you do in the gym with a high level of intensity. If you are on the treadmill, run don’t jog. If you are lifting weights cut down your wait time between sets. You will increase your body’s ability to burn fat when you exercise with high intensity.
2) Track all of your calories.
Counting calories has always been important. The sad part is that most people are not even aware of what calories are. If you want your body to burn calories faster then it is important to know exactly what they are.
Every food that you eat contains energy to varying degreses. Calories are ways of meauring that energy. Carbohydrates and proteins contain four calories per gram while fat packs a little heavier punch. Each fat gram contains 9 calories.
You need a certain amount of calories each day to maintain your body as it is today. If you give you body more calories than it needs you will gain weight; if you give it fewer calories than required to maintain its present state you will lose weight.
So, first and foremost, you need to figure out how many calories your body actually needs. You can calculate this requirement by using many different formulae. The “Harris-Benedict Formula” is a good one that will give you accurate results.
Once you’ve estimated your body’s daily caloric requirement, figuring out how to burn fat faster is quite easy. Simply reduce your body’s daily caloric maintenance level by 15% to 20%.
3) Eat often.
You will get best results if you eat 5 – 7 meals per day. You are probably eating 3 right now. Increase the number of meals and decrease the amount that you eat at each meal.
Whatever you do do not starve yourself. Your body will go into protection mood if you do and it will try to store as much of the food you eat as possible. This means more fat for you. This is the opposite of your intentions.
A good way to do this is to eat every three hours or so. Hopefully, this will help your body to shed excess fat.
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