Most Efficient Way to Burn Calories and Lose Weight

What is the most efficient way to burn calories and lose weight?  Can we do things that will put us into a state where we are more likely to burn calories and lose weight at a faster rate.  The answer is yes.  There are many things we can do to enable us to burn calories and lose weight.

The first has to do with our nutrition habits.  There are three things that I would point out in the nutrition arena.

The first idea in the nutrition area is to eat the way you are supposed to.  We are struggle to do this.  Most of us do not eat healthy.  I just got up a few minutes ago and grabbed a handful of M&Ms because I heard my wife put some in the candy dish.  I do not recommend doing this is you are hoping to burn calories and lose weight efficiently.  But beyond not eating junk you need to eat the right things:  vegetables, fruits, etc.  We don’t get the right types of food in the right amounts.  Now I am not going to pretend to be an nutrition expert but I can tell you who is.  If I were you and I was desirous of better nutrition I would look one place and one place only, Precision Nutrition.  Dr. John Berardi is the real deal and he know his stuff.  His program is well designed.

The second idea in the nutrition arena is to eat smaller meals more often.  One of our biggest downfalls is eating imbalanced meals.  If you eat two small meals during the day and one large meal at the end of the day we do our bodies a disservice.  If you want the most effiicient way to burn calories and lose weight then eat 5 - 6 small meals during the day (each about the same size).   This will keep your body at a constant state of burning calories.

The third area is too drink alot of water.  It is recommended that you drink at least 8 ounces of water each day.  Most of us do not do this.  I am not sure how all of it works, however, I know that when I continually drink a lot of water the weight comes off easier.  I think part of it has to do with the fact that I am not as hungry since I am somewhat full of water.  The other actually has to do with burning calories. If you drink about 64 ounces of ice water then your body will burn calories trying to heat that water to your body temperature. It may not seem like much but if you can burn an extra 500 calories each week it is a bonus.  The would come out to about 26,000 calories per year.  That is about 7 pounds of bodyweight.

On top of improving your nutrition you must be involved in an exercise program.  And not just any type of exercise program.  You need to be doing some sort of exercise that puts your body into a calorie burning state and some form of exercise that is dedicated to building muscle.

Now I am not a fan of cardio which you will quickly learn if you read much of my writings.  I understand the benefit of cardio but I believe there are other things that you can do that will get your heartrate into a fat burning zone just as easily such as body weight exercises.   There are a number of exercise programs that are dedicated to burning calories and burning fat quickly and efficiently.

If you choose to build your own program make sure it involves a weight training portion.  You need to build muscle.  Muscle in and of itself is a fat burning and calorie burning machine.  The more muscle you have the more efficient you will be at burning calories and losing weight.  It takes more calories to maintain one pound of muscle than it does one pound of fat. If you do build your own weight program focus in on the core compound exercises such as squats, bench presses, deadlifts, military press, etc.

You can also be more efficient in burning calories and losing weight if you exercise in the morning.  If you have the ability and the time available in the morning before you eat then I would exercise.  Your glycogen stores are the lowest in the morning.  Your body taps these as a source of energy when exercising.  Since they are low in the morning you will quickly exhaust your glycogen stores and your body will attempt to find another source for energy.  Guess where it goes?  If you guessed fat you are right.   So exercising in the morning will cause your body to be more efficient at burning calories and losing weight.

These are a few good ideas for enable your body to be more efficient at burning calories and burning weight.  I hope they help.  Good luck.