If you use a gym the chances are you may be one of the many people trying to figure out how to lose weight and stay in shape. Today you are in luck. As a personal trainer I am regularly asked this question in the gym and today I'm going to share my five proven rules to a slimmer, fitter body.
How many times have you heard people saying they cannot get rid of their belly no matter how hard they work in the gym or what they eat? What if we told you that the five simple rules to lasting weight loss are nowhere near as complex as you may think and, better still, they are all completely free to do.
By the end of today's article you should feel a lot more confident and a lot more equipped in your battle against the bulge.
The path to great results doesn't start in the gym. It doesn't even start in the kitchen. It starts with a piece of paper and a calculator, believe it or not! The first thing you need to do is to establish your daily calorie target. We don't want you to become one of those celeb diet addicted, yo-yo dieters who goes from quick fix plan to quick fix plan time and time again, piling the weight straight back on each time.
While many people assume working out your target calorie intake is really confusing the truth is it's not. Take your target body weight (the weight you want to be) in pounds and multiply it by twelve. This tells you roughly how many calories to shoot for every day and the focus needs to be on the word 'roughly' because, as you'll find out next, the worst thing you can do is become a calorie-counting dieter.
The most important part of your diet is what those calories are made up of. You need to get the split between protein, fats and carbohydrates correct because that's what is going to make all of the difference to your results. For example, a guy consuming 2000 unhealthy, fatty calories per day will not get the same results as somebody eating the same amount of calories but getting them from healthier sources. It's common sense.
A proven method for doing this is to get 40% of your calorie target from protein, 40% from carbs (yes, contrary to every celebrity diet you do still need carbs - that's why the crowd who follow those plans in gossip magazines never get any results) and 20% from fats (yes, you actually do need to eat fats). This is how to achieve the split:
Protein - Work out 40% of your daily calorie target. Now divide that figure by 4 (that's how many calories are in one gram of protein) to find out how many grams of protein you should eat each day.
For carbs do the exact same sum.
With your fat intake just figure out 20% of your total calorie target and divide the answer by nine. Now you know how many grams of fat are necessary each day as well.
If you are able to hit your daily target of the three main macronutrients you will notice that you stop counting you calories altogether. That's because your macronutrients are far more important. This is why, as a fitness instructor, I can't help but frown when I see ladies reading the calorie count on every little piece of food they eat throughout the day.
Now you have the facts for a better diet all laid out in front of you, you should be starting to feel different about your goal. All of a sudden it's not a dream anymore. If you stick to your targets you will achieve it and make it a reality, it's as simple as that!
Most people never figure out how to lose weight in their lifetime, some dieters have been doing the same things for a decade and seeing no results. By now, you should be feeling confident in yourself that you will finally be able to get some hard earned rewards for your efforts because you now know the science driven, researched backed answers on setting up a great weight loss plan - straight from a personal trainer!
How many times have you heard people saying they cannot get rid of their belly no matter how hard they work in the gym or what they eat? What if we told you that the five simple rules to lasting weight loss are nowhere near as complex as you may think and, better still, they are all completely free to do.
By the end of today's article you should feel a lot more confident and a lot more equipped in your battle against the bulge.
The path to great results doesn't start in the gym. It doesn't even start in the kitchen. It starts with a piece of paper and a calculator, believe it or not! The first thing you need to do is to establish your daily calorie target. We don't want you to become one of those celeb diet addicted, yo-yo dieters who goes from quick fix plan to quick fix plan time and time again, piling the weight straight back on each time.
While many people assume working out your target calorie intake is really confusing the truth is it's not. Take your target body weight (the weight you want to be) in pounds and multiply it by twelve. This tells you roughly how many calories to shoot for every day and the focus needs to be on the word 'roughly' because, as you'll find out next, the worst thing you can do is become a calorie-counting dieter.
The most important part of your diet is what those calories are made up of. You need to get the split between protein, fats and carbohydrates correct because that's what is going to make all of the difference to your results. For example, a guy consuming 2000 unhealthy, fatty calories per day will not get the same results as somebody eating the same amount of calories but getting them from healthier sources. It's common sense.
A proven method for doing this is to get 40% of your calorie target from protein, 40% from carbs (yes, contrary to every celebrity diet you do still need carbs - that's why the crowd who follow those plans in gossip magazines never get any results) and 20% from fats (yes, you actually do need to eat fats). This is how to achieve the split:
Protein - Work out 40% of your daily calorie target. Now divide that figure by 4 (that's how many calories are in one gram of protein) to find out how many grams of protein you should eat each day.
For carbs do the exact same sum.
With your fat intake just figure out 20% of your total calorie target and divide the answer by nine. Now you know how many grams of fat are necessary each day as well.
If you are able to hit your daily target of the three main macronutrients you will notice that you stop counting you calories altogether. That's because your macronutrients are far more important. This is why, as a fitness instructor, I can't help but frown when I see ladies reading the calorie count on every little piece of food they eat throughout the day.
Now you have the facts for a better diet all laid out in front of you, you should be starting to feel different about your goal. All of a sudden it's not a dream anymore. If you stick to your targets you will achieve it and make it a reality, it's as simple as that!
Most people never figure out how to lose weight in their lifetime, some dieters have been doing the same things for a decade and seeing no results. By now, you should be feeling confident in yourself that you will finally be able to get some hard earned rewards for your efforts because you now know the science driven, researched backed answers on setting up a great weight loss plan - straight from a personal trainer!
About the Author:
About the Publisher: Russ Howe PTI is a fitness coach who teaches others how to lose weight every day in the gym. Take more free tips from the UK's most subscribed Personal Trainer if you're trying to build a superior body in 2013.
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