Exercise To Burn Fat

I'm on a strict diet, I watch my food intake very carefully

, especially the portions of the food I'm taking, still I wonder, why my weight loss is so slow. Is there any way I can speed it up a bit. Spring will be here before we know it and I need to fit back into that bathing suit. I hate going to the beach looking like some of those people that should not be seen out in public wearing a bathing suit. I am 57 years of age, I know I won't ever look like a 25 year old, but I want to look the best I can for my age. I have seen some women of my age that have a very nice shape. How is it possible to achieve that?

Is it possible to make my stomach smaller by doing crunches? Doing crunches will tighten up your stomach muscles, it will burn a little fat, but not much, but it is not possible to give you a flat stomach. You cannot obtain a flat stomach by doing crunches only. You still need to watch what you eat. The muscle fibers can be nice and tight, but if the fat is still there between the muscles and the skin tissue,you will surely hate your tummy.

Lifting weights will not give you any serious ability to burn fat either, unless you do exercises that work many muscles simultaneously. Not only doing curls, presses, pullups and other types of exercise will raise your heart rate sufficiently in order to burn the excessive fat. They are wonderful for toning and building muscle mass, which use up more calories than fat, but may not burn a significant amount of fat.

In order to burn fat, you need to increase your heart rate. Get a little out of breath. Expend some energy. You need to sweat a bit. Lifting weights will increase your metabolism which is quite helpful, but a cardio workout will burn fat.

What do you think is the best cardio workout to burn fat? I have not been running or jogging for quite some time. I don't need to start off like I just signed up for a marathon. Although that can be a very good goal. You may sign up for one and give yourself a deadline to get into shape for it. All you need to increase your heart beat and burn fat is a good walk. Start with walking about 15 minutes daily if you are really out of shape. Do ensure to to stretch before walking. You will need to walk at a fast pace of about 3 miles an hour this may show on your tendons and muscles giving you a lot of pain the next day if you don't. Sometimes even during the time you are walking you will experience pain. Listen to your body as to how far to take it. Don't injure yourself. Then it may be a week or more before you can get out and walk again.

To burn fat or calories, you need to have a program of cardio and diet. While doing cardio, you don't have to be strict about your diet but you do need to keep a close watch on your portions.

Try to find a routine that works best for you. Start off slow and build to walking more as you get comfortable with it. Find a partner or a pet to walk with you. Have fun, it makes this whole dieting and working out much more enjoyable.

I'm ready to pull out that bathing suit and try it on each week to see if it looks any better than the last. I know it will. It's time to get serious and burn fat.

by: Sandy Sachs

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