It seems that losing fat fast is still the hot topic in the health and fitness world. Many people are struggling with their weight as fast foods, lazy lifestles and stress continue to increase. In this article I am going to show you how to lose fat fast the real way. No gimmicks here.

How to lose fat fast… the real way

This website has built its reputation on providing articles that are real. I have never once discussed a fad or tried to sell you a program that doesn’t work. The same goes for this article. Everything that is discussed from hereon in comes from my own exeperince, study and practice.

With that in mind, to lose fat fast the real way you must:

1. Make a total change to your eating; don’t just diet

Many people think that losing weight means a fanatical diet where you force yourself to eat nothing or eat only protein for a few weeks. This is the worst thing you can do. It harms your health and as soon as you stop this diet your fat will come straight back on.

The real way to eat is to make a total shift in your diet habits. You want to make changes that will last a lifetime, not just a few weeks. The important changes that are ESSENTIAL to losing fat fast include:

a) Banning refined sugar
Refined sugar is a poison that will leech nutrients from your body. All sugar does is add empty calories to your body. These are calories that carry no nutritional value. Essentially, if you eat high sugar foods you will get 100% fat and 0% healthy.

b) Eating more fruit
The human body has been designed to eat fruit. We have a digestive system that is perfect for processing it, color vision so we can find it and a myriad of similar features. Fruit contains everything we need to live; minerals, vitamins, protein and so on. And it will not make you fat. Whatever argument a nutrition “expert” might throw at this statement is irrelevant to me. I have never seen anyone who bases their diet on fruit be anything other than a lean mean fat fighting machine!

c) Eating more vegetables
Vegetables burn fat. The very act of eating a vegetable burns more calories than the substance puts in your body. Most people are not aware of this but digestion takes up more energy than anything else in the body. These foods are fat fighting pills directly from nature.

d) Drinking more water
Water is essential because it keeps you full inbetween meals as well as flushing away toxins and keeping your metabolism sped up. Science is now showing that water kick starts your metabolic processes which helps you burn calories while you walk around during the day. Swap ALL of your drinks (except for tea, milk and protein shakes) for water.

e) Banning man-made foods
Anything that has been produced or severely altered by anything man-made is not good for you. Packet food, chips, candy, TV dinners, etc. are all terrible for your health and waist line. And don’t be fooled - low fat usually means high sugar. Low fat is a marketing tool, not a health tool. If you ban all man-made foods from your life and instead eat naturally occuring foods such as fruit, vegetables, raw milk, eggs, nuts, etc. the weight will fall off your body without effort.

f) Eating seven times a day
Do not starve yourself. Do not try to cut calories by skipping meals. All this does is retard your metabolism and cause you to hold on to fat. Think about it: if you do not eat your body thinks that food supply is running out and turns your power settings down to low. Eat less and you will burn less. Eat more and you will burn much more.

However, do not make the mistake of thinking that eating more often means eating more. Instead of big meals eat seven smaller ones every two or three hours.

2. Exercise the real way; not the fat loss way

Many trainers at the gym will tell you that the best way to lose fat fast is to do an hour of low intensity exercise every morning. They tell you that this gets you into a fat burning zone and that this is the best thing you can aim for.

While this holds some truth there is a better way. A much better way. And that better way consists of doing the following:

a) Hitting the weights hard
If you are trying to lose fat fast and you are not weight training then you have a mental problem. If someone tells you that weight training does not burn fat you should spit on their shoes (only joking!). Weight training is the best thing you can do for your fat loss goals because it creates an “fat burning environment” in your body. While you may burn more calories in a single cardio session than you do in a single weights session, you will burn more total calories after a weights session than a cardio session.

The reason for this is simple. Weight training causes your body to produce muscle mass and the more muscles you have the more fat your body will burn. The two simply do not exist well together.

Furthermore, weight training can be a very explosive form of high intensity cardio if you do it well. Mimimise your breaks in between sets, use heavy weight and lift well.

b) Exercising like you are being chased by vampires
Fast fat loss cardio is not done by walking around all day. It is done by using explosive exercises like hill sprints, kickboxing, rowing, boxing and so on. The aim of a good fat loss cardio session should be to get your heart rate up again and again and use as many muscles in the body as possible. Full body is always better than half body when it comes to burning calories.

Again, this will cause your body to burn calories well after the session has finished. You are essentially still doing cardio long after the session has finished. As you gradually increase the intensity you will gradually increase your “fat burning environment”.

So next time you do some fat burning cardio choose the kickboxing over the park walk.

c) Training before breakfast or after dinner
I know all of my bodybuilding readers are going to come on here now and leave me comments saying that exercising before breakfast burns muscle mass. That’s fine. You can leave those comments but I have to tell you that your view is only half correct; you are only getting half the story.

If your goal is fast weight loss the best time to exercise is when your body is low on available fuel. It is during this time that your body taps into its fat stores to get some much needed energy.

Secondly, you need to exercise after your last meal. Why? Because all of your dinner calories go straight onto your abs because you have no immediate use for the energy. Training after dinner combats this.

Back to the crying bodybuilders. Here is why I argue that intense training before breakfast is good. It burns more fat and it doesn’t burn a lot of muscle. When you are lean your muscles look twice as big. This leaves you with a much fitter, healthier and better looking body.

In my experience the best my body ever looked is when I was doing intense martial arts training before breakfast every day. I didn’t lose any muscle but I lost a lot of fat. Before you knock this approach you should try it.

NOTE - Some people get light headed when they train before breakfast. I do not. But if you do you should stop straight away. Never try extreme training unless your doctor has given you the “all clear”.

d) Doing something ever single day
Do not be fooled into thinking that fat loss will come easily if you train three times a week. It is important to keep your momentum going because even one day off will get some people back into bad habits. And if you are looking to lose weight fast you can almost guarantee that you have some bad habits - I know I do.

Try to have a few intense sessions every week and then on your “days off” do some light work like walking, abdominal training, stretching, etc. Do something to keep yourself in the training flow. This way it will become a real habit that lasts a lifetime.

3. Realizing that fast fat loss is in the mind

It is important to realize that if you want to lose fat fast you need to master your mind. In particular you need to master:

a) Your cravings
Cravings may feel like they are in your body but in actual fact it is a trick of the mind. You need to realize that you are in control of your mind. Beat it.

b) Your discipline
Your training is up to you. Your well thought out meals are up to you. Do not rely on anyone else to do anything for you - take control of your discipline and work hard. This is how results come.

Conclusion on Losing Fat Fast

This is all you need to lose fat fast. You do not need some fancy program or special diet drink. It is about getting healthy, not getting thin.

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