If the New Year was meant to equal a new you then don't let your busy lifestyle and faddy fitness tips ruin your goal. Instead, take a look at our research proven diet and weight loss tips which will help you kick-start fat loss and develop healthy habits for lasting results.
- Calorie control - the essential tip
Even if you're on a super low carb meal plan that promises rapid weight loss - it's only going to happen if you're creating a weekly calorie deficit. In other words - are you eating a low enough number of calories to shift some flab?
Cutting calories does not mean going crazy and starving yourself - it just means moderation, such as 500 calories less per day for many men and women. You can also choose to go low calorie a few days a week but slightly higher on other days to suit your lifestyle. For example:
Monday-Friday - 1800 calories
Saturday-Sunday - 2200 calories
The key is consistently creating a weekly calorie deficit.
- Eat Eat Eat for fat loss?
Grazing (eating a small snack every 2-3 hours) is a weight loss tip recommended by thousands of experts. Grazing can help banish cravings and control calories - especially when your meals are rich in protein. Here's an example of grazing for weight loss:
Meal 1 Breakfast of healthy cereal
Meal 2 Promax diet with apple
Meal 3 Jacket potato with tuna salad
Meal 4 Promax diet
Meal 5 Lean steak with mashed potato
Meal 6 Promax meal bar
- Whey protein shakes for faster, easier fat loss
There are may diet shakes and bars out there but some are a god send for dieters and people looking to shed body fat. The answer is quality whey protein - an ingredient that is proven to help preserve muscle mass for guys and tone for women, while also stimulating a healthy metabolism and fighting common cravings. Promax Diet contains pure whey protein plus proven nutrients like CLA and guarana to support weight management and fat loss in conjunction with exercise. Promax Diet can be used with a proven fat loss nutrient blend such as Thermobol for faster results.
- Resistance training for fat loss!
When you reduce calories for a sustained period of time, you run the risk of losing muscle mass/tone as your body seeks extra energy. Losing muscle may cause weight loss - but it's seriously bad news for fat loss because muscle tissue is metabolic - meaning having more if it burns more calories! What's more, who wants the skinny-fat look that comes from losing muscle tissue? The key to maintaining muscle tone while shedding fat is to combine resistance training with a protein rich diet. Try 3 x 45 minutes sessions of weight training per week, plus 3 x 30 minute cardio workouts. And make sure every meal and snack contains at least 15-30g of protein (lean meat, low fat dairy, Promax Diet, eggs, fish).
- Drink yourself leaner
Staying hydrated can help you lose weight and control appetite. Either drink water, green tea or if necessary low calorie soft drinks. Drink 2 litres on non-exercise days and 2-4 litres on the days you exercise or in hot conditions.
- Recover fast - then exercise again!
There's one very important but often over-looked part of weight loss weight control - and that's 'exercise recovery'; simply meaning how quickly you get your strength and energy back after a workout. If you're tired and stiff for 4 days after the gym - then you won't exercise again, burn calories and support muscle tone and your metabolism. You can boost recovery by drinking/eating quality whey protein before and after workouts (Promax Diet and Promax shakes and bars are perfect). For example:
Pre-workout Promax Diet + Thermobol
Post-workout Promax + piece of fruit
