Weight Control Patches

Do you have a cardio machine or have you been on a cardio machine at the gym?  Have you seen those charts with the “Fat Burning Zone” and “Cardio Workout Zone” or something similar to that?  We hear that the best way to burn fat is to stay in the fat burning zone, but the matter of fact is that you need to burn off calories.

If you wonder if biking or running faster and going out of your target heart rate is beneficial or worse for you here are some answers.

Your body needs fuel to burn when you are exercising.  When you burn these fuels, you lose weight.  However, depending on how much you are exercising, the body will switch the type of fuel it uses.  For example, if you are out of your target heart rate, your body will burn carbohydrates for energy.  If you are in your target heart rate, your body will burn fat for energy.  The ratio depends on what you are doing.

The higher intense workout such as running and sprinting rely on carbohydrates for energy.  This is because the energy needed to breakdown carbs is available rather than breaking down fat.  However, if you are exercising at a slower pace, the pathway for breaking down fat is available and your body will use fat for energy.

Now when you look at weight loss, you need to lose calories.  Whether you lose a pound of fat or a pound of carbs, a pound is a pound is a pound.  Get it?  You can tailor what type to get rid of (carbs or fat).

When you exercise regularly, you breakdown fat and carbs and ultimately you lose weight.  When the amount of calories your burn is greater than the calories you eat, you lose weight.  Additionally, if you exercise regularly, your body adapts and gets more efficient at extracting oxygen which helps you to break down fat more efficiently.  As an added bonus, when you blood is pumping, the blood flow helps to move the fatty acids in your body and moves them into areas in need.  (Imagine a straw or hose with gunk inside.  If you force a lot of water through, you can probably release the gunk and move it out of the hose or straw.  Same concept applies to your veins.  If there is gunk (like fat deposits) in your veins, if you have high blood flow, it will move the gunk out of your body.)

Important:  If you are doing only cardio to lose weight, you are not being efficient.  Do some weight lifting.  As you lift weights, your metabolism goes up as well and this will help you to lose extra calories.

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There must be a fun way to lose weight.  Something that doesn’t require counting.  Something that doesn’t track how many steps I have taken.  Is there something like that out there?  Yes and no.  Although many exercise programs want you to log in that kind of information, you can do something else if you are not that kind of a person.

Here are some weight loss tricks in order to lose some extra pounds, or you can try it and see if it will help you to lose weight.

First and foremost, do not forget to get some exercise.  What is the point in going on a diet if you are not going to burn off calories that you take in, right?

For those who love fat foods, such as fettucine alfredo, you can always substitute.  Fettucine Alfredo has lots of fat.  This is not recommended for those who are on a diet.  If you still want to taste the alfredo sauce, you can substitute.  Use cottage cheese and low fat cheese with skim milk.  You can cut down about 600 calories by doing so!

For those that love to eat out at a restaurant, you can help yourself lose some pounds here too.  When you order some food, eat half, and take the other half home.  This is an easy way to control your portions of food that you eat.  Not only that, you will save some money by not buying more food, plus you have another delicious meal the next day with little to no preparation time.

I don’t like having my dressing put on my salad.  The servers either put way too much, or not enough.  Order dressing on the side.  You can also have anything else that may go on the salad to go on the side as well.  If you are on a diet, just remember to use smaller portions and don’t use all of it.  Remember that you can also take home food so you can use half (just like portion control from above).

Trick your brain into thinking you are full.  We heard that smelling bananas can help you feel full.  Well there are other foods out there that do the same.  If bananas didn’t work for you, try any of the following ingredients: Peppermint, apple, cantaloupe, and vanilla.  Smelling any of these can help to control your hunger cravings.  This tricks your brain into thinking it is full.  You can even buy candles with these scents and spread it out through the room to help you feel full.

Many families like to keep food out on the counter of their kitchen.  It may be fruit or a cookie jar, but if you are on a diet, clear the counter.  Moving food out of sight will keep it out of mind.

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