We’ve had a reader question come in on the subject of weight loss. Let’s take a look:
Ok, the key to weightloss is 3 main areas, exercise, nutrition and water. I’ll cover them all in a bit of detail for you.
Firstly, i’ll explain what weightloss is, and how it occurs. Basically, weightloss occurs when you expend, or burn off, more calories than you take it. You burn them off by doing things such as exercise, and take them in by eating. So if you burn off more than you take in you’ll be in whats called a caloric defecit, and that is how to lose fat. Ideally, you want to be consuming a number of calories, that is equal too your body weight in lbs, multiplied by 15
Now, the first part of fatloss is exercise. There are two kinda of exercise, cardio (running and such) and weighlifting, both are effective at decreasing fat, but if you do them both your fat loss will be exponentially greater. Firstly, you want to aim to do cardio 4 times a week, for around 30 minutes at a time. This will increase your metabolism, as well as burn calories while doing it. So not only do you burn calories while your exercising, but for hours after too, the same goes for weightlifting. Aim to weightlift 2-4 times a week, depending on how busy you are. There are many differnt exercises you can do, but for a plan that suits you, i’d head on over to www.bodybuilding.com for a great program.
Next is nutrition, and this is the reason most people fail at weight loss. You need to be eating around 4 or 5 small meals a day, and eat meal must contain a good source of protein, carbs and healthy fats. Good protein sources are lean meats, like chicken and turkey breast, legumes like beans, and tofu. Carbohydrates come in two forms. Starchy and fiborous. Starchy carbs are things like sweet potatoes, brown rice and wholemeal bread, and fiborous are things like your green vegies. All these are great for you. Stay away from any refined or processed carbs like white rice, white bread, candy and sugar. Thirdly, healthy fats. These are things such as olive oil, nut oils and avacado. Fats are a big part of weightloss, so dont avoid them completly, just the bad ones, and take in a small amount of healthy ones with your meal.
Lastly, hydration. Drink plenty of water! Enough said
This took a very long time to type out, so i hope you appreciate it! Any questions, fire me an email off my profile. Thanks, Josh.