How to Lose Fat 20 Ferociously Effective Ways
So many people fail at healthy fat loss, or never really get started on a program to do so because they don’t know how. And most don’t know that healthy fat loss takes more than just eating right, and drinking right. And more than just getting daily exercise.
What we eat and drink are massively important, as is regular exercise, but these are not the only things that make up a healthy approach to fat loss.
Timing is important. I’ve found the most important timing aspect of fat loss is to start now. Most people mistakenly want to put it off—until after the weekend, or the holiday or some other lame wrong-day-of-the-week or wrong-month-of-the-year excuse. Trust me, fat loss does not get easier because you put it off, for whatever reason. There will always be temptations, whether it’s a fattening dessert after dinner, not feeling like exercising or a massive Thanksgiving feast.
Few people realize how important attitude is. Which person do you think is going to have an easier time losing weight: the one who sees the whole thing as difficult, even agonizing, or one who chooses to believe it can be relatively easy if they follow certain guidelines and rules daily?
20 More Ways to Lose Fat Now
Here are more highly effective ways to lose fat, twenty of them. Some are about eating, drinking and exercising, but most are not, and they are no less effective. Implemented singly or all together, these tactics are ferociously effective at helping you lose fat.
Start your fat loss and fitness program now, this moment, today and never stop. You can start this moment by making water your main beverage. The sooner you start, the sooner you lose.
Have your own custom, outstanding, ongoing, flexible plan, blueprint. A daily journal is part of this, to keep track, note all strategies that work for you; and which don’t work. It’s vitally important to acknowledge when you’re making bad choices, like regularly depending on fattening comfort foods, or alcohol, or excessive couch-potatoing to relieve stress, tension, anxiety or blahs.
Create your own “click.” Don’t wait for it to happen: create your own “click”—that deciding moment when “something clicks” and you say to yourself, “I’ve had it with being fat. I’m done. I’m putting being fat behind me forever.”
Premium fuels only. Eat a plant-based, balanced diet of fresh, whole, natural foods with fresh fruits and vegetables, complex carbohydrates, lean protein and healthy fats. If man made it, don’t eat it.
Prepare and carry with you your meals, healthy snacks and water.
Do moderately high intensity aerobic exercise daily from 20 to 90 minutes a day; or six days a week; the minimum is five days a week.
Do strength/resistance work three times a week.
Practice relaxation in everything—exercising, eating, work, play.
You are an athlete. See yourself as an athlete, treat yourself as an athlete and never miss your workouts.
Slow down while eating and everything else, everywhere else.
Get creative, stop complaining. Recognize that everything to ensure your success is all around you, and at your fingertips.
Recognize and know that junk foods are addictive; cut them out completely over time or severely limit intake.
Never “diet,” skip meals, starve or deprive yourself.
Role model successful weight losers, copy what has worked for them. The one thing they all have in common is that they make the whole thing a top priority. And almost all of them tried multiple times before permanent success. Never stop, never give up.
Learn to master states—how you feel—healthfully, without food or beverage fixes, cigarettes, caffeine, alcohol, etc.
Learn the power of physiology. Deep breathing; changing posture; smiling, laughing; deep relaxation; pumping yourself physically by movements; stretching; big sighs; shaking, walking briskly, etc.
Develop and maintain an attitude of gratitude.
Become your own expert on you, on your nutrition and exercise needs.
Practice meditation, deep relaxation, quiet time daily.
Try new tactics, strategies. See if making the noonday meal your main meal agrees with you, instead of breakfast or dinner. See if two meals a day suit you.
There you have them, 20 tactics to help you lose fat, healthfully and permanently. The sooner you start practicing them, the sooner you lose fat.
