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Brian the Personal Trainer says:

How to lose body fat seems to be a question that many people make in their lifetime. The older you get, the easier it is to gain fat. It seems no one can avoid gaining weight when they get older. The metabolism changes and/or they become less active. They stop growing taller and start growing wider. Although, an answer exists.

However, it is actually a good thing to ask the question "how to lose body fat?" You see that if you don’t ask that question, then you’re not realizing that there could be a problem when they’re actually might be one. The vast majority of us gain fat gradually over our lifetime. It’s always helpful to the monitor it somewhat closely.

Losing body fat really doesn’t have to be hard. Actually, most people already know how to lose it. You simply need to eat right and exercise. However, too many times people look at one specific area of their body and only exercise that part. This might help to build up those particular muscles but generally won’t reduce as much fat as one would like.

The trick to losing fat is to make sure that some of your exercise three or four days a week includes aerobic activity. It definitely is possible to build muscle from lifting weights and still carry a fair amount of fat. True, muscle mass does help to reduce fat because it requires more energy to make it work.

However, if the food and fluids that you eat and drink amount to giving you more energy than what you expend daily, your body will most likely store some of that excess energy in fat. Every day your body uses energy to function whether it is simply moving from one place to another, taking a shower, brushing your hair, walking out to the car, or any one of the other many things you do daily.

Most people don’t really continually watch what they eat every day. Therefore, since these people don’t have heavy laboring jobs or activities, they will likely gain weight. So therefore, exercise should be one of those activities that you do daily or even better at three or four times a week. You don’t want to do it just to reduce fat but also to keep your body healthy. For example, your heart loves aerobic activity.

So what you need to do is a few things in order to implement the answer to the question of "how to lose body fat?" Write down all the foods (and drinks) that you consume daily in a log. This will help to keep track of the energy that you consume. Analyzing this food and drink to understand how much energy you are consuming will help to know how much exercise and activity you need to implement.

Once you know your caloric intake, you’ll then have to reduce some of the food that you eat. Use a table that shows the caloric value that your foods have. Most people interested in losing fat will probably reduce their diet by about 500 cal. You will have to find out what is best for you.
Then you need to grab another table to understand how much energy you need to expend weekly. I say weekly because when your exercise, you’ll need to only exercise three or four times a week and not necessarily daily. Your muscles need to repair themselves. Therefore, look at a week’s worth to make it easier. However, you’ll then have to break it down into each day’s worth.

Now, with this information you should have a good idea as to how much of an energy deficit you’ll need to lose fat. As long as you have an energy deficit, you will gradually lose body fat. When you look at it, the process is rather simple.

One of the main problems people run into is being consistent. Consistency and being persistent will be the key to reaching your goal. Small steps are best. Losing weight fast could throw your body into a defensive mode so a few pounds a week will be good enough.

The answer to the question "how to lose body fat" really is not hard to understand. Staying motivated to continue the whole process likely will be the hardest. However, as long as you use more energy than you take in, you will be well on your way. Various important considerations need to be addressed in this process including eating the right foods, drinking plenty of water, consuming enough protein, and consulting with a doctor given your particular circumstances. However, with this information and a little motivation, your goal is not far from your reach.

Oscar David says:

Ok to lose weight. My first advice is drink water, so many people forget about water couse their busy of thinking of what foods to avoid and wich to have more of. Also eat more vegetables and fruit and workout. Workout in the morning becouse your body is emptied it’s glycogen stores (carbohydrates) while you slept, why does this matter, well as I said your body is emptied it’s glycogen stores while you slept… And if you dident know your bodies main fuel choice is glycogen (carbohydrates), and if your glycogen I’s low your body has to go to it’s second energy source, stored fat, that’s right your body will crack fat cells open like an egg and use it for energy, i’m not sayin to wake up and start runnin 5 seconds later, first warm up and shake up for about 10 minutes couse you’ll still be tired and cold from sleep , shake up and get blood pumping (don’t eat and then start joggin or whatever your workout is becouse your body will fill it’s glycogen and use it as energy, not stored fat). Also don’t eat 3 large meals a day, eat 5-7 small meals, why?, becouse it takes your body 3-4 hours to digest food, if you eat 3 large meals per day your body will be done digesting when you eat again, but if you eat small every 2 hours this will kick your metebalism to the fast lane , why?, becouse it takes food 3-4 hours to digest , so if you ate and then 2 hours later you eat again your brain will tell your body thier is food digesting from 2 hours ago and now more food is coming, your body will go in shock , it will know it has to digest 2 meals in opposite ends, this will double the calories while your digesting. Also DONT eat 3 hours before bed, why?, becouse when you sleep your bodies metabolism drops DRAMATICLY, your body is repairIng broken tissue and cells it has no time to digest, so it will ignore food and it will just store it as fat. Also avoid junk food and candy this will be a big fork on the road to your losing weight street and no matter what , DO NOT EAT IN ANY FAST FOOD RESTURANTS, an average meal of a burger, fries and medium soda is about 1,000 calories!!!. Good luck