So there you are, ready and motivated to burn fat and lose weight. If that is the case, then reading this article will point out one of the most important things you must remember in order to get to the figure and size you desire.

Here is the answer so many people who try to lose weight are asking. “How many meals a day should I miss out on?” The answer is a simple “NONE!” Apart from the fact you should not sit around after eating, or set totally stupid goals, missing meals is the worst thing you can do when on a diet.

If you have tried some of these fad diets where you go days without eating, you will already know that firstly they do not work, and secondly, within a week or two you will probably be eating more and putting tons of weight back on. Unfortunately, many obese people try these diets to lose weight fast in the hoe it will solve their problem. Truth is, it will make it worse and cause more problems to their health in the long run.

The food you eat is the fuel your body needs to survive and to function correctly. If you don’t give it any food, all your internal organs will not do what they are supposed to do. They begin to turn against you and eventually go on strike! What do you think would happen if you did not put any gas in your car? Well, the same thing applies to your body.

Once you begin to starve yourself, here is what your body will do. Firstly, it will try to survive and go into “starvation mode”. What happens then is instead of burning fat and turning it into energy, it actually begins to save fat or store it. You end up with more weight and absolutely no energy whatsoever. If you starve yourself, your internal organs will fight to stay alive. It is totally natural and they will then act upon what they think is starvation and a threat to their existence.

If you are overweight now, your body has become used to that amount of food you eat each day. If you suddenly stop feeding it, it is common sense to realize that your body will wonder what is going on and take action to ensure you survive. Eating less will of course, but one of the best ways to burn more fat and lose weight fast is to eat more often. Four to five times a day works best. Eat smaller portions and your body will eventually get used to it. You will not suffer hunger pangs as your body should easily go four to five hours without feeling hungry.

Whatever you do, do not miss out on any meals, in fact eat more meals than you do right now but simply eat less.

Bodyweight training is one of the best ways to burn fat and build muscle. Unfortunately, most people believe (or are led to believe) they need a room full of equipment or an expensive gym membership in order to improve their physique. They completely overlook the fat burning and muscle building potential of bodyweight exercise. I hope this article opens your eyes to the possibilities of using the gym you were born with!

Heads up: at the end of the article I’m going to share with you one exercise that simultaneously builds muscle and burns fat.

It’s happened to all of us at one point or another (even me). We look in the mirror one day and we notice we are softer and fatter. While we weren’t paying attention, our muscle tone and strength has decreased, and our waist size has increased. This is when most of say, “It’s time to hit the gym”.

But hold on a minute. I agree, it is time to do something about your physique. But joining a gym does not have to be the answer. As a matter of fact, you can start burning fat and building muscle today to improve your physique.

Let me show you how bodyweight training can improve your physique in as little 15 minutes a day…

Instead of joining a gym, that you may or may not end up going to, start by adding a bodyweight training program to your daily schedule. Come on, it is easy to find 15 minutes to exercise. And 15 minutes is all you need to do to start feeling and looking better. Obviously, I’d like to see you exercise even more, but let’s keep it simple at 15 minutes for now.

So, you wake up in the morning and do 15 minutes of bodyweight calisthenics. By the way, you’ll find this more invigorating than swilling down cups of coffee. Do this every day. Yes, every day, and you will see great results.

Now, I can hear some of you saying, “I thought you were only supposed to exercise every other day, or 3 times a week!”

This is true, if you are on a high volume bodybuilding program! Bodybuilders need that extra day to recover from the huge amount of training they perform. But you are only doing 15 minutes of bodyweight exercise. This leaves you 1,440 minutes to recover between bodyweight training sessions. This is more than enough.

Now, if you do this every day for a week, you do 1 hour and 45 minutes of exercise. Do you think 1 hour and 45 minutes will start to tighten your muscles and burn off extra fat? You bet it does!

Now, for the skeptics that think bodyweight training is too “easy”, or that you can’t get a great muscle building, fat burning workout in 15 minutes, I’m going to share an exercise with you. (Remember, I promised to do this at the beginning of the article.)

This exercise is called the Burpee-Chin Up Combo.

Here is how you do it…

Stand under a chin up bar with your feet shoulders width apart and arms at your sides. Bend your knees and squat down, placing your hands on the floor in front of you. Kick your feet back so you are in the up position of the push up. Perform a push up. Jump your feet forward under your body… then explode up and grab the bar with palms facing you. Perform a chin up. Drop down and repeat.

Do this for a few minutes and your whole body will feel it, from your muscles to your heart and lungs, and you burn a lot of fat. Try to do as many as you can for a full 15 minutes, and I guarantee you’ll have a new appreciation for bodyweight exercise.

I hope this article has opened you eyes to the fantastic possibilities of bodyweight training. If you need to strengthen and tone your muscles and burn fat, start changing your physique today with your own bodyweight. Make a consistent effort every day and you’ll soon meet your goals.

Depending on what you do for a living, or possibly a physically active social life, can determine your weight. People with jobs that require lots of energy will tend to have a much better chance at maintaining a healthy weight. They are burning calories every working day. Pass by a busy construction site and you will have a hard time finding a fat person, unless he’s the boss or equipment operator. Hard work makes your body demand fuel (food), so large lunches are the norm. Problem is, on the job site you usually don’t have the luxury of eating small portions throughout the day like you should.

It’s not easy to start a new exercise program and stick to it. There just doesn’t seem to be enough time to squeeze in a consistant exercise program for a lot of people. But, activity routines that exert energy will burn fat.

Wouldn’t it be nice if you knew you could add years to your life, inches off your waist and hips, decrease chances of heart disease, diabetes, some forms of cancer, and all you need to do is have some fun physical activity. Studies now show, that thirty minutes a day of physical activity can have a tremendous benefit to your weight control and health. Dr. James Levine led a study by the Mayo Clinic, and discovered that only thirty minutes of physical activity is all that is needed to give you benefits better than formal exercise.

Obese persons, sit on average,150 minutes more each day than their lean counterparts, burning up to 350 fewer calories than lean people. Dr. Levine’s study also went on to determine that people complaining of low metabolism, were suffering from low NEAT, which means they have a biological need to sit more. “A person can expend calories either by going to the gym, or through everyday activities. We can encourage NEAT seeking behaviors.”

If you have been leading an inactive lifestyle, start to utilize the activity tips to get yourself in a healthy groove. Make sure your diet is one that works for you and you can stick to it. Moderate physical activity throughout the day will have huge rewards.

Before you begin your activity routines, start by stretching. When you do your stretching be sure and hold it for about 20 seconds, so you completly stretch the muscle. Also be sure you don’t stretch cold stiff muscles, so make sure your body is loose, with some light activity first, or do some warmups.

Physical Activity routines:

* Walking is probably the easiest and most effective fat burning activity you can use. Imagine the calories you could burn in 30 minutes of just walking around the inside of your home while you perform other duties, such as reading the paper.

* Instead of sitting down and talking on the phone, walk around the house while you talk, or simply pace back and forth.

* Try dancing to some of your favorite music while you do the dreadful house cleaning. Make it fat burning fun instead of a something you dread.

* Professional atheletes, still to this day do jumping Jacks before practice or a game. Their warmup can be one of your fat burning routines. Do as many as you can throughout the day and you will burn loads of fat.

* If you have kids in the house, get them involved in your routines and then spend more time doing some physical activity with them.

* Lawn and garden care is one of the fat burning activities that lets you enjoy the fresh air. Maybe it’s time to plant that vegetable garden or flower bed you’ve been putting off. Also get rid of the lawn service crew and save some money while you lose weight. ( Not to many fat lawn care men)

* If you have a dog and don’t get out for nice long walks, put him on a leash and go for a some short jogs instead. Less time and good for both of you.

You can be on your way to a much healthier lifestyle by simply applying some of these physical activities into your normal day. Work your way up moderatly at first and then sustain at the level necessary to achieve your weight loss goals.

Combining a good diet plan with your activity routines will give you an excellent chance at achiving your desired weight and health. If your not on a diet plan that’s working, there are plenty online created by nutritionist with proven results.

So what is the best time to burn fat? In my estimates there is one hour out of each day that people neglect the most. Just 1/24th… 4.17%… of each and every day that basically gets thrown out the window in a barrage of chaos. And it’s this neglected time-slot that just happens to be the gold nugget for those trying to lose weight fast! Stay with me on this for a minute… You wake up after 6-8 hours of sleep (Or perhaps tossing and turning non-sleep), but whatever the case you wake up and you haven’t touched any food for those several hours while you’re sleeping. So what do you do?… If you’re like most unknowing individuals the first thing that you do when you wake up is head into the kitchen and fill up that coffee cup or grab a snack or a combination of both. And what you’ve just done is thrown the greatest fat burning hour of your day down the drain! If it’s your primary goal to lose weight, to burn fat, to get rid of that flabby stomach then place a gold star next to the following: The best time to burn fat is immediately after you wake up in the morning! And silently you’re whispering to yourself “why”? Once again, because you haven’t eaten anything for the past several hours! So what are you supposed to do during this morning time slot? I know you know the answer… Work up a sweat! When you exercise in the morning, before you eat anything (or drink anything – coffee, juice, etc.) you force your body to dip more heavily into its fat reserves for energy. This is simply because during the night your body has burned off much of its ‘on demand’ energy stores and when you begin to exercise it needs more energy than is readily available so it must begin to burn fat. And burning fat is exactly what you want if it is your goal to lose weight! Now exercising in the morning one day out of the week probably won’t make a difference. But losing weight is all about consistency. Exercise like this for the next two weeks and I guarantee a pleasant surprise! Very few people realize just how powerful this little secret is. And unfortunately most who read this article probably won’t try it! But you can be the one who does take advantage of the best time to burn fat and be rewarded for it!