Lose Weight, Exercise First Thing In The Morning

There are many possible excuses standing between you and your desire to lose weight. Some of these may include “I don’t have time before work” or “I am not a morning person” with too many more to list here. I would hope that as you are here reading this article you are not looking for the excuses but rather the advice and support needed for you to reach your exercise and weight loss goal.

I will cover why it is good to exercise in the morning shortly but wanted to quickly mention that weight loss can only be achieved through action. You need to do your best to fit something in regardless of a busy schedule or any similar excuse. Just ten minutes walking is enough to raise your metabolism and set you up for the day ahead. Avoid falling into the comfort zone of making excuses and push yourself to do something, no matter how small each day.

Why exercise in the morning?

Research shows that people who exercise constantly tend to be people who exercise in the morning. These people follow a routine and by doing so get consistent results.

Along with a good nutritious breakfast, exercise first thing in the morning helps to raise your metabolism. This means that your body is put into a calorie burning state that can last for ten hours or more following exercise. This is excellent for weight loss.

Exercise in the morning will ‘wake you up’ and make you feel more energised. Brain activity is increased as a result of exercising making your more alert and productive. This is better utilised in the day as opposed to when you are asleep at night (e.g. if you had trained in the evening).

Generally exercising in the morning will not get interrupted by other aspects of your life. There is less chance of things cropping up and taking priority early in the day. Mornings are normally very structured allowing you to allocate a consistent exercise slot into the routine. You always have the option of getting up a little earlier in the morning to create extra time whereas creating time elsewhere in the day may not be possible. Getting up earlier may be hard at first but do it often and consistently enough and your body clock will adjust. Exercise promotes better sleep when you go to bed meaning you will recoup your lost sleep in the morning with better quality sleep at night.

Dieting For Dummies

Dieting seems to change in a similar way to fashion, one day it's in, the next it's out. I bet at some point you find yourself sitting watching TV, indulging in food you know you shouldn't but it's fine because the advert you just saw told you that getting into shape is as easy as ten minutes exercising a day or something similar.

The truth is getting into shape and losing your unwanted weight will only come from hard work and dedication. If you are not prepared to put the effort in you will not get any results out and you might as well close this article now. However if you are interested in losing weight, toning your physique and realise that you will need 100% of your effort please read on.

Getting the body you so badly want is at your finger tips. I believe that it is possible for everyone to achieve providing you set small, realistic goals and put the effort into meeting them.

One mistake I have seen a lot of people do is huge amounts of cardio, day after day, treadmill or cross trainer to the point where they wear their trainers out or worse still reducing the amount of food they eat to the point where the nutrition in their diet would barely support a small child. If you find yourself in or close to one of these situations you will find yourself frustrated with the lack of results. I see it time and time again.

The biggest impact to help you lose weight will always be proper nutrition. It should never be complicated or difficult, you are just aiming for 'healthy' foods in the correct amounts whilst avoiding 'bad' foods and overeating. This will be the single most important thing for you to get right. Your metabolism is reacts to what you eat, when you eat and how often you eat. Eating the correct foods at the right time during the day are some of the things you will need to figure out in order to reach your weight loss goal.

You may have heard that the most important meal of the day is breakfast? Well this is true. No excuses here, you have to make time to eat breakfast every day for fast weight loss. This is the meal that kick-starts your metabolism for the day, making it work faster after your nights sleep. The rest of your food for the day needs to be split over a number of smaller meals. Eating large portions 3 times a day will result in your metabolism slowing down.

Your body is very clever in it's ability to take care of itself. If it notices large, irregular meals your body will start to hold onto the food for use later, storing it in the subcutaneous layer of the skin as fat. Make sure you get your meals regularly and don't skip your breakfast.

Eating a good combination of healthy carbohydrate, fats and protein will ensure your diet is balanced fulfilling all the needs of your body. Add in a little bit of exercise daily including some resistance training as carrying muscle tissue also encourages your body's metabolism to remain higher than normal.

Rapid Weight Loss Techniques

A person’s weight can affect them in many ways. It is not just their physical appearance, things like their quality of life, self-esteem, mood, health and disabilities are things people easily forget about. Losing weight always results in a lot of positive changes. It is for this reason most overweight people spend a lot of their time searching for a weight loss technique that will help them to lose weight, trim fat and remove one or more of the above negative effects from their lives.

As with any change made to your lifestyle or diet you should always consult a doctor and ask them to provide you with advice and a weight loss regimen. They will normally carry out a full physical examination and base their suggestions on hard facts, giving you the safest way to achieve your weight loss goal. All weight loss regimens will consist of some if not all of the following:

• What should you eat?
• How much should you eat?
• When should you eat it?
• What is my current activity level and how much exercise should I do?
• When should I exercise?

To help you to lose weight quickly multiple techniques are used. Proper mind-set, exercise and diet are all combined. You should begin by creating a diet, a food plan for the week that is easy to make as well as easy to follow. Combine this with an exercise plan that allows between fifteen and twenty minutes a day of fast walking, running, cycling or swimming. Pick one exercise depending on your current level of fitness and swap and change as you improve whilst increasing the time spent exercising.

Set yourself realistic and achievable goals. This will give you the correct mind-set whilst making small improvements. Setting unrealistic goals will lead to indiscipline and discouragement slowing down your weight loss progress.

You will need to learn to listen to your body as you adjust your diet and your exercise routine. Everybody reacts differently to the changes enforced by a diet and exercise routine. What works for one will not necessarily work for another. You will feel aches and pain from exercising but you will need to realise when your body is warning you of an impending injury. You will feel hungry when you initially decide to reduce the amount of food you eat daily, or spread your meals out more throughout the day but learn the difference between eating enough to keep your metabolism up and your day to day activities fuelled and eating too little where your body will drop into ‘starvation’ mode, slowing your metabolism and weight loss down.

You should also make sure you are drinking lots of fluids to stay hydrated. Thirst is often mistaken for hunger and you will end up eating when a drink would have satisfied the need. Drinking at least 8 glasses of water spread throughout the day will help avoid this. Also fat loss happens a lot faster in a hydrated person than in a dehydrated person. If you are not sure if you have drunk enough, drink more. Stick to plain old water where possible as this has the best hydration to calorie ratio. Avoid sugar rich sports drinks.

Stick with it, Good luck!

Weight Loss Diet Guide

Listed below are some of the best weight loss and dieting tips that are easily followed day in, day out for fast results:

• ·         Don’t skip meals! One of the most common mistakes people make is skipping meals. By doing this the body slows down its metabolism, attempting to conserve calories rather than burning calories. You need your body to be burning calories for as much of the day as possible in order to lose weight. Eating regularly increases the body’s metabolism.
• ·         Eat your food slowly, chewing before you swallow. This helps with proper digestion but also allows your brain time to register that you are consuming calories and in turn realise that you are full and don’t need any more food. Eating too quickly prevents this mechanism from controlling your appetite and you will over eat, gaining weight.
• ·         Split your meals into smaller portions and eat 4 to 5 times a day. This will help prevent over eating as you will be consuming less food at a time and helps to keep your metabolism up for more of the day.
• ·         Good fat can help with weight loss. Don’t but all fat out of your diet as it is essential for some of your body’s functions. Eating fat will not necessarily make you fat. Moderation and healthy fats is the key.
• ·         Try to reach your weight loss goal with a friend or family member as this will make it easier for you. You can motivate each other and help keep each other on the right track.
• ·         Don’t eat too close to bed time. Leave approximately 2 hours between your last meal of the day and bed time and reduce the amount of carbohydrates that are in your last meal as these are more likely to be stored as fat.
• ·         Create a shopping list for your trip to the supermarket and stick to it. Try to plan your meals with healthy choices and put these onto the list. The supermarkets put all the special offers close to the entrance and the tills to tempt you. These normally consist of bad choices but won’t be on your list so make sure you avoid them!

Discipline and a plan are important. As one of the tips above suggests reaching your goal will be easier with a diet buddy to keep you on track.

Thanks for reading.