A Healthier Us : Best Way To Lose Weight Fast - Weight Loss

Basically when you hit a plateau and you are eating healthy foods you only have one option you need to burn more calories. And the most efficient way to accomplish this is by engaging in the most efficient form of regular Exercise. That means more or better Exercise, and that is exactly what most do not want to hear. You can actually jump-start your metabolism and burn more calories in less time by making some changes in your Exercise routine.

Doing more of the same isn’t going to work anymore. Your body becomes accustomed to operating at a new weight and current activity level, as often happens after a period of successful dieting. I’m sure many of you have experienced it. Depending on your metabolism, we all have different set points where our weight will plateau, even though we may be doing exactly the same thing we’ve been doing all along to lose weight. There are, of course, those lucky people who are born with a naturally high metabolic rate and who never have to diet or worry about hitting plateaus. They’re the people we all love to hate because they seem to be able to eat anything and not gain weight. It simply doesn’t seem fair!

Many of us, are not so lucky. Our problem is that our metabolism gets stuck in neutral. Our bodies have adjusted to needing fewer calories, so we don’t lose or gain. The only healthy and sustainable solution is to change our Exercise routine and shift our metabolism into a higher gear. We have to rev up our metabolism.

The solution is do more with less. Switch to an interval training program. In interval training, you alternate between short bursts of intensive effort and easier recovery periods, as opposed to working at a steady, continuous, and potentially boring pace. Instead of Walking at a constant pace for the entire Workout, you should mix it up. That is, after a warmup, she should alternate short bursts of Walking very fast with recovery periods of slower Walking. Depending on the Workout goal for the day, you can do several fast-slow intervals within 20 minutes. As your endurance improves, you will be able to spend more time doing fast spurts and less time in the slower recovery periods, gradually adding more repetitions if time is permitted. When you do interval training, your Workouts vary so they’re more interesting, and the time seems to fly by. This can be done with any form of Exercise from Walking to even strength training.

Here’s the advantage: When you work at a higher intensity for part of the time, you end up burning far more calories and fat in less time than you would if you were working out at a steady pace. And that’s not it. With interval training, the higher the intensity of the Exercise, the longer the afterburn; that is, you will continue to burn more fat and calories after you’ve completed your Workout. As you become more fit and develop more lean muscle mass, you increase your basal metabolic rate even more. This means you’ll burn more fat and calories while you’re going through your daily activities, and even while you’re resting.

Don’t let the term higher intensity scare you. It’s true that you may be working harder than you’re used to for short periods of time, but you will have plenty of time to recharge during the easier recovery periods. Interval training is not just for the very fit. It works just as well for people who are not as fit.

Another important component of fitness and getting past a plateau is core-strengthening program to develop the muscles in your back and abdomen and increase overall strength and flexibility. Many of us focus on cardiovascular, but we need to do something more to further improve our muscle tone and bone density. Since muscle requires more calories to maintain than fat, less muscle means fewer calories burned, which further slows metabolism. By maintaining your muscle mass with Exercise, you can help overcome the natural decrease in metabolic rate.

So start your more effective cardio and calorie-burning program in half the time and achieve core fitness and greater overall muscle tone which will help you break through any plateau.