Losing weight initially with any exercise program and healthy eating habits at first seems easy. Seeing results right away is great motivation. But if your fat loss starts to slow down and you don't see the visible effects it's hard to continue.
It's natural to lose weight easily at first and then to start to slow down. Don't lose faith though. It seems harder but it doesn't have to be. You can reach a 100% or your fat burning goals and keep it off by training smart. Add variety and increase your intensity temporarily to shed the extra pounds.
Sometimes the difficulty in shedding those last few pounds may be because of lack of persistence. You may say that you're happy with what you've accomplished so far and tend to slack off and go back to your old habits. You start to give up before you reach your final goal.
Don't give up before your reach your goal because this can have negative long term effects. It will be even more difficult the next time you try to sick to your goals. Persistence to stick to your goal will help you develop good habits of following through and will give you a positive morale boost.
Most of the time the problem isn't that you don't work hard enough but that you may just be training wrong. Cardio alone is a great way to burn extra calories but not the best way. Strength training with long rests between exercises can be inefficient use of your time and less effective in burning fat.
A common mistake most people make is sticking to the same workout for over 6 weeks. But burning fat requires not only a combination of cardio and resistance training but also variety and increasing intensity.
Don't make the mistake of following the same exercise routine for more than 6 weeks. This will lead to a plateau because your muscles will adapt after this point and will require less energy which burns less calories. Your muscles have become efficient at performing the same exercises at this point. Its important to add variety and vary your intensity.
For example if you walk everyday at the same pace for the same amount of time, you start to lose less weight because your body has adapted. Adding intervals is a great way to challenge your body. Add a few minutes of walking at a faster pace or increase the total time.
Same applies to resistance training or weight lifting. Change the exercises, and the intensity every 6 weeks or so to continue to burn fat and benefit. Again variety is key to keep your muscles and your body challenged enough so that you continue to burn fat and keep it off.
It's natural to lose weight easily at first and then to start to slow down. Don't lose faith though. It seems harder but it doesn't have to be. You can reach a 100% or your fat burning goals and keep it off by training smart. Add variety and increase your intensity temporarily to shed the extra pounds.
Sometimes the difficulty in shedding those last few pounds may be because of lack of persistence. You may say that you're happy with what you've accomplished so far and tend to slack off and go back to your old habits. You start to give up before you reach your final goal.
Don't give up before your reach your goal because this can have negative long term effects. It will be even more difficult the next time you try to sick to your goals. Persistence to stick to your goal will help you develop good habits of following through and will give you a positive morale boost.
Most of the time the problem isn't that you don't work hard enough but that you may just be training wrong. Cardio alone is a great way to burn extra calories but not the best way. Strength training with long rests between exercises can be inefficient use of your time and less effective in burning fat.
A common mistake most people make is sticking to the same workout for over 6 weeks. But burning fat requires not only a combination of cardio and resistance training but also variety and increasing intensity.
Don't make the mistake of following the same exercise routine for more than 6 weeks. This will lead to a plateau because your muscles will adapt after this point and will require less energy which burns less calories. Your muscles have become efficient at performing the same exercises at this point. Its important to add variety and vary your intensity.
For example if you walk everyday at the same pace for the same amount of time, you start to lose less weight because your body has adapted. Adding intervals is a great way to challenge your body. Add a few minutes of walking at a faster pace or increase the total time.
Same applies to resistance training or weight lifting. Change the exercises, and the intensity every 6 weeks or so to continue to burn fat and benefit. Again variety is key to keep your muscles and your body challenged enough so that you continue to burn fat and keep it off.
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