If you use a gym the chances are you may be one of the many people trying to figure out how to lose weight and stay in shape. Today you are in luck. As a personal trainer I am regularly asked this question in the gym and today I'm going to share my five proven rules to a slimmer, fitter body.
I'm sure you have known somebody who has got themselves into a state where they believe they literally cannot drop the pounds no matter what they try to do or what diet they try. This is something often said by serial dieters or yo-yo dieters. In the majority of cases this is simply because they're blatantly overlooking the proven facts because that would almost be 'too easy', or 'too good to be true'. It simply HAS to be more complicated, right? Actually, no.
By the end of today's article you should feel a lot more confident and a lot more equipped in your battle against the bulge.
The immediate task at hand is to figure out how many calories you need to eat each day. We cannot get results until we do this and you cannot achieve success without taking the time to do it. A pre-made plan from a magazine isn't going to cut it and we'll show you why.
All you need to do is figure out your goal weight in pounds and multiply it by twelve. That's it, you're done. This ball park figure is there to give you an idea how many calories per day to eat.
Getting the optimal split between your protein, carbs and fats is the most important factor in a solid eating plan. The number of calories you eat per day takes a back seat to this factor. For example, a person eating 2500 calories per day from healthy sources is going to get better results than someone eating 2500 calories from unhealthy sources, right? Naturally! So the number of calories you eat is not the 'be all and end all' of everything.
A proven method for doing this is to get 40% of your calorie target from protein, 40% from carbs (yes, contrary to every celebrity diet you do still need carbs - that's why the crowd who follow those plans in gossip magazines never get any results) and 20% from fats (yes, you actually do need to eat fats). This is how to achieve the split:
With your protein intake you need to establish 40% of your calorie target and then divide the answer by 4. That's how many grams of protein to eat every day.
Carbohydrates - Again, establish 40% of your total calorie goal and divide the result by four. This tells you how many grams of carbohydrates to aim for on a daily basis.
Fats - Work out 20% of your daily calorie target and divide the result by nine this time (that's how many calories are in one single gram of fat). This gives you an idea how many grams of fat to consume every day.
As long as you are able to hit your daily intake of protein, carbohydrates and fats you will notice this is far more important than counting each calorie. In fact, the only reason we set a calorie goal was to enable us to do the equation above to set our macronutrients up.
This solid diet plan is the first step to building the body and the new lifestyle you are striving for. Go for it. No matter whether this is your first attempt at building a better physique or you've tried a dozen times but got nowhere in the past. Now you have the facts, use them to your advantage.
Most people never figure out how to lose weight in their lifetime, some dieters have been doing the same things for a decade and seeing no results. By now, you should be feeling confident in yourself that you will finally be able to get some hard earned rewards for your efforts because you now know the science driven, researched backed answers on setting up a great weight loss plan - straight from a personal trainer!
I'm sure you have known somebody who has got themselves into a state where they believe they literally cannot drop the pounds no matter what they try to do or what diet they try. This is something often said by serial dieters or yo-yo dieters. In the majority of cases this is simply because they're blatantly overlooking the proven facts because that would almost be 'too easy', or 'too good to be true'. It simply HAS to be more complicated, right? Actually, no.
By the end of today's article you should feel a lot more confident and a lot more equipped in your battle against the bulge.
The immediate task at hand is to figure out how many calories you need to eat each day. We cannot get results until we do this and you cannot achieve success without taking the time to do it. A pre-made plan from a magazine isn't going to cut it and we'll show you why.
All you need to do is figure out your goal weight in pounds and multiply it by twelve. That's it, you're done. This ball park figure is there to give you an idea how many calories per day to eat.
Getting the optimal split between your protein, carbs and fats is the most important factor in a solid eating plan. The number of calories you eat per day takes a back seat to this factor. For example, a person eating 2500 calories per day from healthy sources is going to get better results than someone eating 2500 calories from unhealthy sources, right? Naturally! So the number of calories you eat is not the 'be all and end all' of everything.
A proven method for doing this is to get 40% of your calorie target from protein, 40% from carbs (yes, contrary to every celebrity diet you do still need carbs - that's why the crowd who follow those plans in gossip magazines never get any results) and 20% from fats (yes, you actually do need to eat fats). This is how to achieve the split:
With your protein intake you need to establish 40% of your calorie target and then divide the answer by 4. That's how many grams of protein to eat every day.
Carbohydrates - Again, establish 40% of your total calorie goal and divide the result by four. This tells you how many grams of carbohydrates to aim for on a daily basis.
Fats - Work out 20% of your daily calorie target and divide the result by nine this time (that's how many calories are in one single gram of fat). This gives you an idea how many grams of fat to consume every day.
As long as you are able to hit your daily intake of protein, carbohydrates and fats you will notice this is far more important than counting each calorie. In fact, the only reason we set a calorie goal was to enable us to do the equation above to set our macronutrients up.
This solid diet plan is the first step to building the body and the new lifestyle you are striving for. Go for it. No matter whether this is your first attempt at building a better physique or you've tried a dozen times but got nowhere in the past. Now you have the facts, use them to your advantage.
Most people never figure out how to lose weight in their lifetime, some dieters have been doing the same things for a decade and seeing no results. By now, you should be feeling confident in yourself that you will finally be able to get some hard earned rewards for your efforts because you now know the science driven, researched backed answers on setting up a great weight loss plan - straight from a personal trainer!
About the Author:
Writer: Russ Howe PTI is a fitness instructor who teaches people how to lose weight every day in the gym. Take more free lessons from the UK's most followed Personal Trainer if you're trying to build a superior body this year.
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