Diet AND Exercise WILL Get You The Body You Want!

You have so many people on each side of the fence when it comes to dieting and exercising to burn off fat and lose weight. The problem is (and I was guilty of this myself years back) that everyone should actually be on just ONE side of the fence.....diet AND exercise.

There was a study done by a research group that monitored two ladies on their quest to lose weight and burn off fat. The one lady simply adjusted her diet and reduced calories and fat intake. The other lady slightly reduced her calorie intake but also did exercises. The end result is both ladies ended up losing weight, but the first one ended up with MORE fat and less weight, and the second lady ended up losing weight AND fat! Why? Because the second lady incorporated an exercise regimen into her plan along with dieting. Exercise is very important if you want to lose weight and burn fat.

However, the type of exercises you do also can play a significant role in whether you'll lose fat or muscle.....

I've mentioned plenty of times through out my blog that you have to build lean muscle (no matter if you are a man, woman, young, or older) if you want to effectively lose weight and burn fat. Why? Because if you don't, everything you'll be doing with your weight loss and fat loss efforts will actually be causing you to lose muscle mass. When this happens you'll be left with what's called "skinny fat". You may have lost weight, but you'll still have body fat due to a loss of muscle tissue.

How can you actually lose weight, burn fat, and actually still have some muscle mass? To save you from a blog post turning into a book, I'll do my best to break it down as simple as possible into 2 quick pointers:

1. Do high intensity cardiovascular exercises instead of LOOOONNNNGGGG cardio. High intensity cardio will burn off calories from stored fat. Low intensity cardio will firstly burn off calories from fat, then will take a detour and start burning off calories from muscle tissue! To see an example, just look at the body differences of sprinters and marathon runners. Sprinters are more muscular with very low fat (high intensity exercise) and marathon runners are thin with almost no muscle definition. A very effective program that I highly recommend for learning how to do high intensity exercises right at the comfort of home is the online fitness program, In fact, the author has the program designed so that you won't be doing any type of cardio at all! Instead you'll do high intensity muscle building routines that incorporate both resistance training and cardio into one. Check it out
   
2. Make sure you are getting a proper balance of protein, healthy fats (mono and poly), VERY small amount of saturated fats, complex carbs (fiber), and vitamins/minerals (fruits and veggies.....watch the calories in fruits and veggies as they can surprisingly add up very quickly). All of those nutrients are equally important....not one or the other. If you need help in creating a diet plan that incorporates all of the important nutrients you need plus will construct a diet that will show you which will cause your body to naturally burn off fat, then I highly recommend for you to check out my review of the created by the popular program,
   

So, if you want to effectively burn fat AND lose weight, make sure you are doing both diet AND exercise. As far as exercise is concerned, do both cardio and weight training exercise. Once you reach your goal, it then just becomes a matter of "maintenance" and sticking with living healthy for life!

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