How many times you eat each day affects your metabolism. So, yes, you are what you eat! Are you starving your body? Could it be that you are turning your body into a fat-STORING machine instead of a fat-BURNING machine? Do you know the difference.

Tune in and find out how to eat to lose fat and burn calories and still feel full and satisfied throughout the day. You will also learn how to fight off cravings during the day that could derail your weight loss progress.

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Creating The Deficit

In order to lose real weight, you have to eat less calories than you expend or burn off, meaning you have to create a sort of caloric deficit with your body.

The space between how much you eat (calories in) and how much you expend (calories out) is how you create the deficit and cause your body to lose. The key is that you want to train your body to lose fat instead of fat and muscle. You can achieve this goal by eating a supportive diet—foods that supply your body with vitamins, minerals and the nutrients it needs to sustain itself but not so much that your body begins to store fat because it thinks it is starving.

So how do you do that? Glad you asked. It takes planning, persistence and willpower—putting these elements into play insures that your body burns fat instead of storing in. Incorporate the following steps to insure that you are burning fat and not losing much-needed muscle. Why is this important? Because muscle burns fat. Need I say more?

Do More Cardio

Cardio (which is short for cardiovascular training) has long been recommended as the preferred means of burning fat. Women really underestimate the powerful fat-burning effects that cardio has on their workouts. Whether you ride a bike, jump rope, glide on the elliptical trainer or shoot some hoops, cardio is essential to allowing your body to burn excess fat.

While you are performing any of the above or similar activities, you are causing your body to work harder to keep blood pumping. All that pumping requires extra energy for your cells, heart, lungs and circulatory system to keep up. So, where does your body get this energy? It comes from stored, excess fat.

Just think of that run or fast walk as a way of trimming your tummy, thighs and tush, bit by bit.

Work Your Core

Your core is comprised of your upper and lower abdominal muscles, obliques; muscles that run vertically on your sides and the muscles of your lower back. Together, these muscles form the girdle that protects your internal organs and gives you the strength and support your body requires. In order to perform everyday tasks such as standing, walking upright, tossing a ball and vacuuming or sweeping, you need a strong core.

If your core isn’t strong, your entire body is weak and won’t perform properly during daily activities.

Core exercises can be as simple as tossing a weighted ball from side to side while standing. Core muscles are also engaged when you perform a plank move, your body is extended and you are resting only on your elbows and tippy toes. A more advanced core move is a full, bent knee sit-up, with no one holding your ankles.

Eat Less Carbs

There’s that word again, carbs! It strikes fear in the hearts of many. There is so much information about carbs or carbohydrates, that when you hear the word, people just cringe.

No need to worry, carbs are good for you, they give you energy and keep you feeling satisfied long after you eat. The bad news is many women eat too much of the wrong type of carbs. I am referring to carbs that are made up of ingredients such as refined sugar, white flour and white rice. These carbs have all been stripped of their nutrients and processed right out of the “health-o-meter.” Your best bet are complex carbs which are made from whole grains and have the hull intact. An example of complex carbs are brown rice, sweet potatoes and whole wheat breads.

Your body needs a certain amount of carbs in your diet to regulate blood sugar, aid in digestion and keep you feeling full and satisfied longer, so those annoying hunger pains don’t come back so quickly. Whole grains also provide much needed fiber and nutrients to your body.

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Interval training can supercharge your fitness, boost your metabolism, burn off excess fat and help you to reach your fitness goals. It is the best method for losing fat.

“Your body begins to build new capillaries, and is better able to take in and deliver oxygen to the working muscles. Muscles develop a higher tolerance to the build-up of lactate, and the heart muscle is strengthened. These changes result in improved performance particularly within the cardiovascular system.” Elizabeth Quinn, About.com

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