Thursday, March 5, 2009

Where to Learn How to Burn Fat

Obviously you can learn how to lose weight here but in your internet travels outside of this website you will find yourself looking for weight loss tips and strategies as well. Many people try to learn hot to lose weight in all the wrong places. Blurbs in magazines are often on the right track but barely give one enough information to get started. People take this information on how to burn fat and are unable to really get their weight loss plan in working order because they haven’t gathered enough knowledge. Others go ahead and get themselves a personal trainer who claims to know how to help the lose weight fast. There is nothing wrong with this strategy but if you don’t first educate yourself on how to lose weight before seeing a trainer then his or her advice and techniques will not be as effective because will not be able to implement them to the fullest. Quite frankly searching the internet and browsing credible sources for weight loss advice is the best way to start out.

Bodybuilding websites like bodybuilding.com are great resources for learning how to burn fat. I am not suggesting that you become a bodybuilder and you certainly do not have to end up looking like one but these athletes are masters of finding out how to burn fat while maintaining as much muscle as possible in the process. Building muscle may not be a priority for you but I assure you that it is always best to hang onto the muscle you already have or you might be sorely disappointed after achieving quick weight loss. People who lose a lot of weight and allow a high percentage of that weight to come from loss of muscle tissue often look flabby or out of shape after their transformation even though they actually weigh less. What is the point of learning how to lose weight if you’re going to end up following a weight loss plan that leaves you “skinny fat”. This is why I always recommend that people learn how to burn fat and not just lose “weight”. This is also one of the main reasons that I am a proponent of low carbohydrate diets and using the ECA stack (ephedrine) as opposed to the ever popular low fat diet. Low carb, high protein diets tend to target fat loss more and spare muscle in my experience. Low fat diets often deprive you of healthy fats and are ironically not as good for losing fat fast. I will talk more about how to lose weight fast with low carb diets in the near future.

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