How To Lose Weight Fast – What’s The Secret?
Everyone wants to know how to lose weight fast. The wedding, the trip to Mexico, or the class reunion may be coming up. Whatever the reason, people always want to know the secret to losing weight fast. Well, maybe you’re thinking you know what I’m going to say. There is no secret! Losing weight requires a lot of dedication and perseverance. That is truly the secret. HOWEVER, don’t stop reading just yet. There are some tips I can offer that may help you. No fat loss advice can turn you from couch potato to chiseled abs in no time, and any product or person that claims they can do it IS LYING and should be avoided (ugh). With that said, I can teach you how to lose weight fast in a reasonable, safe and permanent way.
I want to make it clear that these tips are for quick weight loss. These aren’t tips that will necessarily work forever, especially if you’re trying to put on some muscle and build solid muscle definition. Normally I wouldn’t even recommend a short-term weight loss plan, but I’ve had a lot of questions about it and I don’t want anyone to do something REALLY stupid to lose weight. These tips will work, but in a safe and reasonable way.
Weight Loss Tip #1: Cut Carbs
You’ve probably heard this before, and that’s because it works. The problem most people have with this is that they go CRAZY and cut out all the carbs. Carbohydrates are the body’s ideal source of energy. This is why people who cut out carbs feel irritated, angry, and can’t think. Your body needs some carbs, man! I think of the word reduce and not cut in the header for a reason. You need carbs to really push yourself and get a good workout, not to mention function properly on a daily basis. Keeping some carbohydrates in your diet will keep your body hormonally correct. Cutting out all carbs can throw your hormones out of whack, leading to fat storage and muscle breakdown. Keep your carb intake around 20% of your total calories and you’ll see strong weight loss.
In addition to keeping your total carbohydrate intake around 20%, you should eliminate (cut) ALL high-glycemic carbohydrates from your diet. This includes sugar and starchy carbohydrates like potatoes. To find foods that are low on the glycemic index scale, search for glycemic index on Google.
Weight Loss Tip #2: Do Lots of Compound Exercises
The benefits of compound exercises are huge! While most of your weight loss will come from your diet, exercise is important to keep your metabolism going so you’re burning calories all day and night. On top of that, performing quality compound exercises will help put your body into a fat-burning state through the release of certain anabolic hormones. Hormones are SO important! Keep them in check or your body WILL FIGHT to keep all that fat you want to lose.
Some key exercises are chest presses, pull-ups, rows, squats, and deadlifts. If you don’t have access to a gym, don’t worry! There are many bodyweight exercises you can do to turn on your body’s fat-burning mechanisms. Push-ups, squats, dips, and pull-ups can all be done at home with little or no equipment. If you’re not sure what to do, look online for some options on exercises without equipment.
Weight Loss Tip #3: Do Some High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)
If you are still wondering how to lose weight fast, the best cardio exercise is HIIT. HIIT burns a lot of calories in a short time, which is great for people who don’t have a lot of time to exercise. Cardio like sprints, hill sprints, jump squats, or any other type of exercise you can do with maximum effort burns a lot of calories, but also builds a lot of muscle. You can’t turn fat into muscle, but if you can burn some fat and build some muscle in the process, you’ll see changes much sooner.
Do some variation of HIIT 3-4 times a week with lots of walking on your days off and you’ll start losing weight fast.
Bonus Weight Loss Tip: Work Your Body Right After You Eat
I have read about this and have learned a lot on my own through trial and error. I’m pretty sure it works though. You can help prevent your body from storing the food you eat by doing a short exercise session after eating. Ideally, compound exercises that will lead to muscle failure work best. For example, after all my meals, I would squat down and do reps of push-ups to failure, jump squats to failure, and sit-ups until I burned out. Get your heart racing and your muscles fatigued to encourage your body to burn food instead of storing it.
