Turn on the TV or computer and you will be bombarded with messages promising instant weight loss pills and perfect body gadgets that will make you look like a model and guarantee that you will lose weight quickly. Of course it would be fantastic if we could just take a pill and look like our favorite movie star, but the truth is, it doesn’t usually work this way. If these methods don’t work, do any?
If you want to lose weight quickly, there are 3 easy steps you absolutely must follow. You need to have a good diet plan, build muscle with resistance training and get plenty of rest. If you’re waiting for the part where I say you need to run for hours on a treadmill, that’s not going to happen. You don’t need hours of cardio to lose weight fast, it may help, but it’s not necessary. If you follow these 3 steps, you will lose weight fast, but how fast? 2 lbs a week, 5 lbs a week, 10 lbs a week? This is really up to you and how much you have to lose. The more you have to lose, the quicker it can come off.
Dieting is the first thing you try when it’s time to shed a few lbs. The problem is that most diets just don’t work. You cut carbs, or you eat more grapefruits, but you lose a few lbs only to gain it back. What you need is a diet plan that allows you to eat plenty of protein and carbohydrates and still lose weight quickly. You should also be sure to eat plenty of veggies. Sounds great right? I doubt it, but vegetables are high in fiber and keep you full without being high in calories, so they are the perfect weight loss food, especially green vegetables, I know the kid in you is screaming right now!
Building muscle with resistance training will burn more fat than running on a treadmill in a much shorter time. This is because running on a treadmill will only burn calories while you are on the treadmill and about an hour after you step off of it. Resistance training will burn calories while you are working out, and, if you follow a good muscle building plan, you will burn fat for up to 72 hours after the workout. Which one makes more sense, burning fat for 72 hours or burning fat for 1 hour? Weight training burns more fat and putting on muscle will increase your metabolism permanently, meaning that you will burn fat for months because of the muscle you’ve built.
Too many people neglect this because they think that the more they work, the faster they’ll burn fat, but that’s just not true. If you want your body to function properly while dieting and exercising, you need to have plenty of time to rest. If you are dieting and exercising to burn fat, your body needs rest to heal, and building muscle requires that you rest so that your muscles can grow. Rest is more important than most people think, and is so underrated by most of us who try to lose weight. You don’t need to sit on the couch and watch TV all day, but you do need down time between workouts. Don’t lift weights every day and burn your muscles out, take a day or two between workouts to allow your muscles to heal, this way you will be refreshed when you step back into the gym.
If you follow these steps, you should have no problem burning more fat, and if you want to lose weight quickly, you need to be sure to stay on track and stay disciplined. Lift weights, Diet and get plenty of rest and you should do just fine.
