How To Lose Weight Without Fuss

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.

How many times have you heard people saying they cannot get rid of their belly no matter how hard they work in the gym or what they eat? What if we told you that the five simple rules to lasting weight loss are nowhere near as complex as you may think and, better still, they are all completely free to do.

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We start by looking at your calorie intake. Are you eating too much? Are you eating too little? The latter is perhaps even worse, as you’re possibly starving yourself of your favorite foods and still getting nothing to show for it. The trick is to find the balance between the two. How many friends have tried the latest celebrity diet only to pile the fat straight back on a month or two down the line? This is because they often cut their calorie intake so drastically or deprive their body of necessary nutrients (usually carbs).

To find a good target calorie intake simply work out your desired body weight in lbs and multiply the figure by twelve. This gives you a ‘ballpark’ figure to aim for. Don’t become a calorie counter, if you go over or under slightly it isn’t going to matter.

The real trick comes in getting your macronutrients (protein, carbs and fats) sorted out. This is where most people don’t pay enough attention to their diet but, trust me, it’s where the results are there for the taking. For instance, a guy eating a healthy 2000 calorie per day meal plan would get far superior results to a guy eating a unhealthy 2000 calorie per day meal plan, right? Of course he would.

One of the best ways to achieve this is to use the 4-4-2 system. That means 40% of your calories come from protein, 40% come from carbohydrates and 20% come from fats. So this is how to work that out:

Protein – Work out 40% of your daily calorie target. Now divide that figure by 4 (that’s how many calories are in one gram of protein) to find out how many grams of protein you should eat each day.

With your carb intake simply do the protein sum again, because they have the exact same values.

For fats you should take your daily calorie target and figure out 20% of that. Divide your answer by 9 and you have your daily fat goal.

If you are able to hit your daily target of the three main macronutrients you will notice that you stop counting you calories altogether. That’s because your macronutrients are far more important. This is why, as a fitness instructor, I can’t help but frown when I see ladies reading the calorie count on every little piece of food they eat throughout the day.

Now you have the facts for a better diet all laid out in front of you, you should be starting to feel different about your goal. All of a sudden it’s not a dream anymore. If you stick to your targets you will achieve it and make it a reality, it’s as simple as that!

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!

Writer: Russ Howe PTI is a fitness coach who teaches people how to lose weight every day in the gym. Catch more free lessons from the UK’s most followed Personal Trainer if you’re trying to build a better body in 2013.

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