Top 3 Weight Loss Mistakes You Must Not Make!

One of the reasons why many people fail to lose weight time and again is that they are just too impatient. These people are not ready to give enough time to their body to shed all the pounds; they want it fast, quick and without any extra effort or sacrifice on their part!

If you have a similar aim then let me warn you beforehand that you are not going to succeed! After all, fast weight loss is simply an impossible goal that you can never expect to achieve; even if you manage to lose a few pounds of weight fast, it would not be real and permanent FAT loss! So how can you lose fat? Well, that is what you are going to learn here!

1. Be patient and set realistic goal: Patience is the number one key to weight loss success. Patience, combined with self-discipline would certainly help you achieve your weight loss goal. Of course, your goal needs to be realistic too. You shouldn't set a goal of getting slimmer overnight because that is simply not possible! Realistic goals are doable and achievable in healthy and natural way, and if your goal doesn't fit this criterion, then you need to go back and revise it.

2. Don't expect to get rid of fat without workouts: It is not realistic to dream of acquiring a sexy and lean body without having to hit the gym. Remember that gym is your friend, and unless you workout regularly, you are going to lose very little weight, if at all!

At the same time, you should also make sure that you are not spending all of your time in the gym. Many times people go crazy and overenthusiastic about weight loss and tend to spend as many as nine hours at a stretch in the gym. You are not only putting excessive strain on your body that way, but also not offering it enough time to recover itself from that strain.

If your body is unable to recover from the strain of workouts, you are not going to have a strong and healthy body. You should certainly hit the gym regularly but at the same time make sure that you don't spend more than a couple of hours on workouts!

3. Don't expect to reach your ideal calorie intake level overnight: It is true that you can lose weight only when you cut down on your calorie intake enough so that you give your body no more than the exact amount of calories it needs.

Your current calorie intake level is probably a lot higher than your ideal calorie intake level. Since your body needs time to adjust itself to your reduced calorie intake, you should be reducing your calorie intake level bit by bit on a daily basis!

Don't try to reach your ideal calorie intake level overnight! If you take drastic measures such as starving or skipping meals, the situation would only get worse for you.

Also, keep in mind that cutting down on calorie intake doesn't mean eating less! You should reduce your calorie intake by replacing the calorie-rich junk foods with the low-calorie organic foods!

Top 3 Simple Food Tips to Burn Fat Like Crazy!

Some people wrongly believe that food is the culprit behind their weight gain. To be honest, this is just another misconception. Just as a tool can be used both in right and wrong ways, the same can be said about food. Assuming that food is a 'tool', if you use it wrongly you would gain weight for sure, but it is possible to use that same 'tool' for the purpose of losing weight, provided that you learn to use it right! In this article I will tell you how to use food in order to lose stomach fat

1. Snacking ain't bad, but check your snacks closely: If you thought that snacking in between meals is not favorable for weight loss, you couldn't be further from the truth! In fact, experts actually recommend snacking in-between meals as it is a good way to keep yourself full at all times! If you are hungry, you are more likely to gorge on junk and fatty foods than otherwise.

However, you need to make sure that the snacks you are eating are not unhealthy. It is easy to see the difference between a carrot or an apple and a packet of chips; the former is healthy and the latter is not! While chips would add more unwanted pounds to your body, apple would help you burn those fat deposits! Now you know which snacks to go for and which ones to avoid, right?

2. Choose the right fats: Fat is not all bad, as some think. Cutting down drastically on your fat intake may affect your health negatively, while on the other hand consuming fat in the form of junk and fatty foods would make you overweight.

As a matter of fact, there are two types of fats out there: the saturated or 'bad' fat and the unsaturated or 'good' fat. Saturated fats are available in plenty in junk foods, and they do nothing except expanding your body in inches and pounds! On the other hand, unsaturated fats found in canola and olive oils keep your body healthy!

Needless to say, you should prefer unsaturated fats over the saturated ones; unsaturated fats can also be found in fishes such as salmon and tuna.

3. Choose protein over sugar: Do you eat sugary foods simply to become more energetic? Here is the real truth about sugar: while it provides you a sudden outburst of energy, that energy lasts only for a temporary period, after which you feel fatigued and hungry all over again. What follows next is gorging on more sugar-rich foods like a hungry wolf.

And the fun part is that the more sugary foods you eat, the hungrier you feel! And do you know what does sugar do once it gets inside your body? It immediately converts itself first into glucose and then fat!

Here is a better and healthier way to gain the same amount of energy: eat protein-rich foods. Protein would help you burn fat by building muscles, and the more fat you burn, the more energetic you become! Foods such as lean chicken meat and eggs are rich in protein; I usually have eggs for breakfast and chicken for dinner!