Fat Burning Tips - Fat Burning Walks!

Okay, here's Fat burning secret #1: Easily melt the fat off with 'Fat Burning Walks!'
 

If you want to know a great way to burn those extra fat calories when you are on a mission to get slim, toned, and sexy, then listen up.

Fat Burning walks are an amazing way to get your body off to a good start in the mornings. There are many exercises that can and will burn calories, but brisk walking for at least 45 minutes mobilizes the body to dip into fat reserves, and burn stored fat as fuel.

The fat burning zone is at 60-70% of your maximum heart rate. When you exercise within this zone, 85% of your calories burned are FAT CALORIES!! That is awesome right??? About 5% of the calories you burn will be proteins, and the last 10% are carbohydrates.

It's good to do these walks on an EMPTY stomach.
If there is food in your tummy, you will burn that first. When you exercise in the morning, after fasting all night, your body will go straight for the stored fat as it begins to move into that heart rate zone of 60-70% of your max.

What does 60-70% of your max mean? This means you will be breathing heavier, feeling increased exertion, and most likely sweating, but you will still be able to carry on a conversation.

You want to be sure you are allowing a minimum of 45 minutes time for you to do these walks. 45 minutes is recommended to give the body the time it needs to get into the stored fat. The longer you walk, the more fat you'll burn. It's pretty simple.

First 10 minutes: Burn away Fat-Creating glucose

Start with a 10 minute warm-up walk at an easier pace. This will lower your blood sugar and begin to burn off any stored glycogen in the muscles. When carbohydrates are consumed, they break down into glucose.

Glucose gets absorbed and used for energy. Any glucose that is not needed and therefore goes unused, will be stored in the muscles and the liver in the form of glycogen. Once the glycogen stores in the muscles are filled up, anything extra gets stored as FAT.

This is precisely WHY we want to start burning this off at the start of our walks!

Next 30-50 Minutes: Pick up the pace a little for Fat-Zapping action

After the 10 minute warm-up, pick up the pace to your fat burning zone, which is 60-70% of your maximum heart rate. Continue to walk in this zone for 30-50 minutes or more. Then you can begin to slow to a cool-down walk of about 10 minutes at the end.

Fat burning walks at this intensity are recommended to do five or more days per week to reduce health risks and increase fat loss. They can be done daily OR alternated with more intense workouts on other days during the week.

Those who are looking to burn fat however, should be doing fat burning walks no less than 5 or 6 days a week.

Remember, everyone's body is different.

 Ultimately it is best to do some trial and error and find what works best for you. You may want to get the fat off quickly, or perhaps you are more at ease with loosing it steadily over a longer period of time.

Your current weight, your goals, and your lifestyle will determine what is going to be the best plan for you, but generally those who commit to these walks as many times a week as possible, get amazing results.

Achieving Goals – Weight Loss

Achieving Goals – Weight Loss. There are so many weight loss programs available that it is usually very confusing for most people and with too many conflicting suggestions that are difficult to adjust to, many people just give up on trying for weight loss. Let’s look at achieving goals and weight loss hand in hand so that success can be achieved for once and for all!

Eat Breakfast – eating breakfast will kick start the metabolism to get the body’s energy level up and to help it start to burn calories. Avoid skipping meals as this will have the opposite effect – and weight gain is much more likely since the body recognizes no food coming in and actually stores what you previously fed it as fat since it’s not sure when you’ll feed it again. Choose fiber and protein such as oatmeal and yogurt for a healthy weight loss breakfast.

Eat Small Frequent Meals to lose weight – food is energy and in order to lose weight, you must keep the body supplied with fuel and energy that keeps the metabolism moving. Try eating every three hours with healthy choices such as lean protein, fresh vegetables for healthy carbohydrates and fresh fruit for vitamins and minerals.

Exercise – exercise will help to burn calories at a much faster pace than eating the right foods alone will. For faster and effective weight loss try any kind of exercise for 30 minutes a day.

Avoid eating before bedtime – snacking should stop three hours before bed for healthy weight loss. Choose cheese sticks and fresh fruit an an option or peanut butter on celery sticks or fresh apple. A protein with fresh fruit or vegetables is yummy tasting and will help to reduce those unwanted pounds.

Drink Water – water helps to flush the body of toxins and assists in weight loss. Water will also help you to feel fuller longer avoiding the need to eat.