How To LOSE WEIGHT And BURN FAT! The Healthy Way!

Have you got a little too much dough on your belly for your own liking? Are you holding on to the fat from Christmas and don't know how to lose it? Well if this is you, then this article is for YOU!

If your goal is to go from having the stomach on the left picture, to having the stomach on the right, you have to put in a little time and effort every day. You also have to make sacrifices. I'm gonna get way more into that as we go through the article. First of all you have to understand some of the reasons to exactly WHY you are not as lean or in as good shape as you want.

There are two things that determine whether or not you are lean and these two things are your Diet and your Activity Level. Your diet is the most important of the two, the activity level is just a minor thing compared to the Diet.

However, I am going to be talking mostly about Diet in this article, because no matter how many sit ups you do, it is what you put into your mouth that determines whether or not you are having too much belly fat or not.

In this article I want to tell you what you should be eating to lose weight and what you definitely SHOULDN'T be eating!

Losing weight is simple. I'm not saying it's easy, but it's simple. When you know just a little bit about nutrition, you will be able to distinguish between "good" (healthy) foods and "bad" (unhealthy) foods and you will therefore have the necessary knowledge to be able to drop your weight, lose your fat and look great!

HERE WE GO!

Healty Nutrition VS Unhealthy Nutrition

So what is the difference between a healthy diet and an unhealthy diet? In order for me to give you a clear picture of this, I first have to tell you a little bit about the Macronutrients. The Macronutrients are Protein, Carbohydrates and Fats. Now, you've probably heard about these three before, but perhaps you don't know what the difference between them are. I won't be going to much into details about the three of them, but I want to give you a short overview over them

Protein:

Protein is the building block of our body. It repairs our muscles when we have trained them and “destroyed” them.

Examples on foods that are rich on protein:

• Meat

• Fish

• Beans

• Nuts

• Corn

• Milk

• Some types of cheese

These foods are great sources to protein!

Carbohydrates:

One important thing to know, is that Carbohydrates are the source of energy for our body. When we digest Carbohydrates, we get energy, which is necessary when we train or study, due to the fact that we are less concentrated if we are low on energy. Therefore Carbs are important.

However, it is not that simple. Because there are different types of Carbohydrates. There are the Simple Carbohydrates and there are the Complex Carbohydrates. Only one of these two types are good for us. The type we should eat, is Complex Carbs. The reason for that, is because of the fact that the energy we get from Complex Carbs, lasts much, much longer than the energy that we get from Simple Carbs, because it takes a much longer time for the body, to turn Complex Carbs into energy, which is a good thing. Simple Carbs are very easily and fast turned into energy, which is bad for the body, because of the sudden large amount of energy. The body can’t handle that much energy at one time, so therefore the body turns the excess energy into fat, and as we all now, we don’t want too much fat on our bodies. After all, that's what this article is all about; losing weight AND FAT.

To make you better understand this, I will give you a few examples on foods and drinks that hold large amounts of either Complex Carbs or Simple Carbs. You will definitely recognize most of them.

Foods and drinks with a large amount of Complex Carbs:

• Rye Bread

• Crisp Bread

• Oat Meal

• Banana

• Dark Bread

Foods and drinks with a large amount of Simple Carbs:

• White Bread

• Candy

• Chocolate (both white, light and dark chocolate)

• Cake

• Squash

• Coke

• Sugar in general

When you look at these Complex Carbs and Simple Carbs, you probably don't even need me to say anymore. I suppose you have eaten pretty much all of the foods and drinks above before and know the different effects they have on your body, both physically and mentally. The Simple ones give you a very fast and intense energy, which can feel good the first 10 minutes after, but then you’ll start feeling weak, lazy and perhaps even dizzy. Also, if you’re hungry and then eat Simple Carbs, your hunger will return shortly after you have eaten, even though you may have eaten a portion that otherwise would have made you full. That’s the effect of Simple Carbs.

The Complex Carbs are the exact opposite of the Simple ones. You feel much more full of energy for a much longer time, your head gets more focused, your body responds well and your hunger won’t show for a much longer time, which is great when we want to lose weight. If we are hungry too much of the time, chances are that we will eat something we shouldn't eat or simply just eat too much. But Complex Carbohydrates can help us with that problem, by making us feel full for a much longer time.

Fats:

There are “bad” Fats and there are “good” Fats. We of course wanna go with the “good” ones! Now, what are the effects of “bad” Fats and “good” Fats? Well, “bad” Fats increase you cholesterol and also the risk of getting certain diseases. Also, it makes you fat... However, “Good” Fats protect your heart and support your overall health. One very good Fat is Omega-3, which is essential to physical and emotional health. Fats are also very important when you are trying to control your weight, even though that may sound crazy, but that’s how it is. But of course only for as long as it is the “good” ones you eat. Also, one more thing about “good” Fats; they help you manage your mood and they help you fight fatigue.

So let’s stick to the “good” Fats and leave the junk food, fried foods, packaged snack foods like chips, commercially-baked products like cookies, muffins, pizza and hamburgers to the ones who doesn’t give a damn about their health and physical performance.

I don’t need to show you any more examples on “bad” Fats, since you by now already should be able to tell what kinds of food are having mostly “bad” Fats in them.

Let’s now focus on some of the “good” Fats that we can eat:

• Avocados

• Olives

• Olive Oil

• Nuts (almonds, peanuts, macadamia nuts, hazelnuts, pecans, cashews, walnuts)

• Natural Peanut Butter (containing just peanuts and salt)

• Sunflower, sesame and pumpkin seeds

• Flaxseed

• Fatty fish (salmon, tuna, mackerel, herring, trout, sardines)

• Non-GMO sources of soy milk and tofu

These foods are rich on “good” Fats and you should stick to them, NOT the “bad” Fats!

So this was just a short overview over the three Macronutrients. These are vital if you want overall health and control of your weight. So let's just sum it up real quick:

There are 3 Macronutrients (Protein, Carbohydrates and Fats) and you need them all in order to stay healthy and lose weight.

You have to know that all foods in the entire world can be categorized under one of the three Macronutrients. Chicken is protein, rye bread is carbohydrates and olive oil is fats.

"SO HOW DO I LOSE WEIGHT AND HOW DO I GET RID OF MY BELLY FAT, MIKKEL?!?!"

My answer is simple: by adhering to these things. By changing your eating habbits. When you wake up in the morning, don't eat rolls, but instead eat oat meal with milk and some almonds or other nuts. When you are having a pause at your job, don't go to the vending machine to collect some candy bars, but instead eat the healthy lunch box you prepared the day before. And when you are eating dinner, don't eat deep-fried food, don't eat junk food, don't eat bacon and so forth. EAT CLEAN!

With this information, you have got enough information to actually start a new lifestyle and lose fat and weight! Because remember this: losing weight and body fat is not Rocket Science. It is very simple! It is small changes that you have to make in your diet and then you are on your way for a change in your lifestyle! You have to be willing to sacrifice things like the rolls for breakfast, the coke for lunch and the wine for dinner and also the little unhealthy snacks like chips and chocolate bars throughout the day. Stop eating so much ready-made food and start cooking your own food instead! One of my big idols, Steve Cook, has said this: "The less hands that have touched the food the better", and I agree so much!

So to round this article off I want to say this: if you want to lose weight and burn off your belly fat, you have to eat clean and if you want to speed things up I recommend that you do some type of physical exercising at least 3 times a week.

I hope you will achieve your goals!