5 Truths about Fat Burners
Fat burners can be an effective weight-loss aid when used
properly. The first step is learning to avoid these 5 potential pitfalls.
You've heard of fat burners, the pills that can make fat
melt off your body like ice cream from a kid's cone, right? Not exactly. Fat
burners are supplements. They're designed with ingredients that can really give
you an extra boost to help burn fat. But they can't replace a solid diet and exercise
plan.
Think of fat burners like a scope on a sniper rifle, only
you're trying to shrink fat cells. Diet is the gun, the heavy artillery;
exercise is the firepower; and fat burners may help you aim a bit better and
kill fat more efficiently. But fat burners don't work to their best effect when
they're used improperly. Usually, it's because people don't take into account
the following five basic concepts for using a fat burner efficiently to lose
weight. If you follow, the next fat burner you invest in may help you trim the
fat and reveal that body you've been working hard to build.
Diet Is 80 Percent of the Weight-Loss Battle
One of the biggest mistakes that many people make is
thinking they can just take a fat-loss support supplement and weight-loss results
will be theirs. They think the fat burner is the miracle solution they've been
looking for. But sticking to a calorie restricted diet is 80 percent of your
battle. If you can do it and stay consistent with it, then you've done 80
percent of the work. The rest is exercise, time, and you can get extra help
from supplementation.
Fat burners can help enhance fat loss, but they're only
going to do so if a proper diet is in place. Fat burners work in a variety of
ways. They can boost energy, help curb appetite, promote fat to be used for
energy, and even increase your metabolism and core temperature so you burn more
calories throughout the day. But, if you take a fat burner and then feast on
burgers, pizza, and bagels, you won't be seeing fat loss any time soon.
Take a hard look at your diet and determine if it fits your
fat loss goal. To lose fat and reveal a toned physique you'll need to be eating
slightly fewer calories than your maintenance level, getting lots of protein,
and maintaining other clean and healthy eating habits with slow-digesting
crabs, healthy fats, and lots of fresh vegetables. When you feel confident
about your diet and in control of your nutrition environment you can start to
explore fat support supplementation.
Ensure Your Weight-Loss Expectations Are Realistic
Stay realistic with your expectations. Some people believe
if they're using a fat burner, they should be able to melt pounds of fat off
each week. Not going to happen.
While your rate of fat loss can be enhanced, you won't be
dropping 10 pounds in a week simply because you're using the supplement.
Remember: A safe rate of fat loss is 1-to-3 pounds per week for average,
healthy individuals. You can push this rate up to 4 pounds per week, but it's
not sustainable. Eventually, your body will hit a plateau and fat loss will
slow.
If you're dropping weight too quickly, on a fat burner or
not, you could be losing lean muscle mass. And unless you want to look like
shapeless coat hanger instead of a toned, fitness model or bodybuilder, you should
rethink your fat-loss plan.
Write down your expectations for your weight from
week-to-week and month-to-month. When you meet those small goals overtime,
you'll stay more motivated and see great results from your program. With the
help of a fat burner, your fat loss will stay on track.
More Is NOT Better
Fat burners are designed specifically to give you the proper
doses of various ingredients to support fat loss. But that doesn't mean that
the more of the ingredients you take, the more results you'll see.
Supplement
manufacturers state the serving guidelines and directions so you can have a way
of measuring what dose works best for you.
Overdoing Caffeine Will Wear You Out
If you can't start your day without a cup of coffee and you
drink another 3-or-4 throughout your day, be careful about choosing a stimulant
fat burner. Most fat burners, unless directly specified, contain caffeine or a
caffeine-like substance, a stimulant. If you want to take a stimulant fat
burner, watch your total intake of caffeine over the course of the day.
While you will definitely love the energizing benefits you'd
get from such a high caffeine intake, if you're mixing fat burners with
multiple cups of coffee or any other caffeine-containing beverage, you could
really burn out quickly. You could experience fatigue easier and have a harder
time recovering from workouts. In the end, that equals slower results.
So while you may think that combining coffee and fat burners will
only help you see results faster, you'll end up killing the positive effects of
a fat burner by over-stimulating your body. Either switch to decaf coffee while
using the fat burners, or at the very least, use decaf around the same time
when you take the fat burner. That way you won't get a huge caffeine overdose
in a short period of time. Before you even get started on your fat burner, make
sure to shop around a bit and find the one that best matches your needs and
preferences. There are a number of different products available to use, so it's
important that you don't just jump on the first one without looking at the
differences among them all.
Results Need To Be Measured
Once you pick out the fat burner you're going to use, give
it 2-to-3 weeks before assessing progress. But you absolutely must assess your
progress. Whether you take progress photos, body-part measurements, body-fat
measurements, or just your weight on a scale, you won't know if a product is
helping you see results if you don't know your starting point.
Certain people react better to certain ingredients in fat
burners, so what works best for one person may not necessarily work best for
another. After several weeks, if you find that you aren't seeing the results
you had hoped for, consider using a different product instead. By keeping a
close eye on your progress overtime, compare products so you can find one
that's ideal for you.
To tie it all together, if you stick to a fat-loss diet and
exercise plan, write out your fat loss expectations (remember to be
realistic!), take a fat burner according to directions, don't overdo the
stimulants, and measure your progress-you'll find that supplements to support
fat loss can keep their promises. That isn't to say that every product on the
market is exactly the same quality. It takes some research and shopping around
to decide on a fat burner. But keep these five basic tenets in mind, and you'll
be standing as the victor on the fat-loss battlefield. And looking good doing
it!
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