5 Tips To Burn Fat And Eat Healthier

[MissesGrin]

Losing weight is not about NOT eating, but eating the RIGHT foods. Here are some tips to help you achieve a healthier diet and burn fat at the same time.

1) Drink a lot of water and natural juices. Cut out caffeine, cokes, and other artificial sugary juices as much as you can, or all together if possible. Stick with fresh fruit and vegetable juices and I can’t stress enough, water, water, water. Your energy will shoot up the roof!

2) Try to eat as much raw fruits and vegetables as possible. Sometimes when fruits and vegetables are skinned, cooked, or steamed it loses a lot of its vital nutrients and we don’t get the full impact of healthy benefits. Fruits and vegetables are also a natural body cleanser.

3) Stay away from processed, hydrogenated, and frozen foods. These types of food are not only unhealthy, but studies have shown that they contain cancer causing agents. Always think fresh, organic, and natural. Freshly prepared food can not only be healthier, but can also taste better.

4) Give up alcohol. Yes this may be a difficult one for some of you, but you can get more benefits from a glass of grape juice than a glass of wine. Alcohol’s negatives outweigh the positives bar none; don’t let those money hungry corporate advertisers tell you otherwise.

5) Avoid white carbohydrates, also known as bad carbs. White rice, potatoes, cereal, white bread, pasta, and fried food with breading. These are quickly absorbed into the body’s digestive system which can result in weight gain. Instead stick to healthy carbs like whole grain flour, hearty vegetables, oats, and unprocessed grains like brown rice.

[TheWalkingMan]

6) Get off your backside and exercise. Even if it starts out as walking for a few minutes, it is a place to build on and walking is something you can continue to do for many years.

[aussiebebe]

With all due respect, none of the above are really 'tips to burn fat eat healthier' are they? It's just a list of things even small children know they should do to be healthy ... but they still reach for the ipad and pepsi don't they? Everyone knows what the right things are, but chose not to do them. Why not address this?

For example,

1) yes, everyone knows that drinking water is healthy, but chose coffee and soft-drinks because they taste great and have caffeine which, unlike water, really does boost energy levels.

2&3) does everyone have the time, energy and money to buy, prepare and eat fresh organic food day in, day out? Even if you went shopping once per week you'd still find some things don't stay fresh for 6 days.

4&5) like coffee and soft-drinks, taste is king and alcohol and refined carbs infest every area of everyone's daily lives; they can be found everywhere, the BTS, your office, every gas station - they are inescapable and people enjoy eating and drinking them.

In my opinion, real tips would be strategies to avoid eating poorly and being inactive. The closest system I've ever seen which simplifies things enough for the general population is Body-for-LIFE, you can visit the website to read more and get started right away for free without using the meal replacement shakes; it's over 10 years old and still going strong. Closely following this system, my tips would be:

1) Develop a vision and mission of what you'd like to accomplish

2) Plan what you'll eat and when

3) Plan how you'll exercise and when

4) Review your goals for 10 mins every evening in a journal or diary.

5) Give yourself one day off per week when you eat whatever you want and don't exercise.

Those tips will help most people make good choices more often and help eliminate most of the common stumbling blocks that commonly lead to failure. Most people know what to do, life just gets in the way. Real tips empower people to set things up in their favor and skew the odds their way.

[mommysboy]

Without thinking about the health consequences:

1. Replace food with alcohol.

2. Smoke a lot.

3. Drink lots of caffeine.

4. Worry a lot.

5. Lots of stomach upsets.

But if you prefer to ignore the list I'd say exercise more and eat less.

[Firefan]

Brilliant advise from Missesgrin. One does not have to do it all in 1 go - or if one can't get (or afford) organic, then buy the normal stuff.

Just cutting out most simple sugers/white carbs will make a huge difference. Eating more fresh veggies/fresh veg juices/smoothies is a gigantic next step. Those 2 alone means (healthy) weight loss for pretty much anybody I have helped with losing weight.

Cheers!

[mommysboy]

Brilliant advise from Missesgrin. One does not have to do it all in 1 go - or if one can't get (or afford) organic, then buy the normal stuff.

Just cutting out most simple sugers/white carbs will make a huge difference. Eating more fresh veggies/fresh veg juices/smoothies is a gigantic next step. Those 2 alone means (healthy) weight loss for pretty much anybody I have helped with losing weight.

Cheers!

It's the exercise part of the equation that is more important. if you are burning calories it does not matter what you eat, in the main anyway. so not brilliant advice really.

[MissesGrin]

Brilliant advise from Missesgrin. One does not have to do it all in 1 go - or if one can't get (or afford) organic, then buy the normal stuff.

Just cutting out most simple sugers/white carbs will make a huge difference. Eating more fresh veggies/fresh veg juices/smoothies is a gigantic next step. Those 2 alone means (healthy) weight loss for pretty much anybody I have helped with losing weight.

Cheers!

It's the exercise part of the equation that is more important. if you are burning calories it does not matter what you eat, in the main anyway. so not brilliant advice really.

I beg to differ.If you really knew your weight loss equation you'd know that when it comes to seeing healthier results and quicker body changes it's 85% diet (meaning the foods you eat, not necessarily what you limit) and 15% exercise. You can easily negate the progress of exercise when you continually eat unhealthy food and junk. That's why a lot of people who go into body building or try to achieve weight loss change their diets and some even go on strict diets to achieve faster results.

In addition, people who are really obese and aren't able to do much physical activity begin their journey to a healthier lifestyle and weight loss through DIET alone in the first few weeks/months.

[MissesGrin]

With all due respect, none of the above are really 'tips to burn fat eat healthier' are they? It's just a list of things even small children know they should do to be healthy ... but they still reach for the ipad and pepsi don't they? Everyone knows what the right things are, but chose not to do them. Why not address this?

For example,

1) yes, everyone knows that drinking water is healthy, but chose coffee and soft-drinks because they taste great and have caffeine which, unlike water, really does boost energy levels.

2&3) does everyone have the time, energy and money to buy, prepare and eat fresh organic food day in, day out? Even if you went shopping once per week you'd still find some things don't stay fresh for 6 days.

4&5) like coffee and soft-drinks, taste is king and alcohol and refined carbs infest every area of everyone's daily lives; they can be found everywhere, the BTS, your office, every gas station - they are inescapable and people enjoy eating and drinking them.

In my opinion, real tips would be strategies to avoid eating poorly and being inactive. The closest system I've ever seen which simplifies things enough for the general population is Body-for-LIFE, you can visit the website to read more and get started right away for free without using the meal replacement shakes; it's over 10 years old and still going strong. Closely following this system, my tips would be:

1) Develop a vision and mission of what you'd like to accomplish

2) Plan what you'll eat and when

3) Plan how you'll exercise and when

4) Review your goals for 10 mins every evening in a journal or diary.

5) Give yourself one day off per week when you eat whatever you want and don't exercise.

Those tips will help most people make good choices more often and help eliminate most of the common stumbling blocks that commonly lead to failure. Most people know what to do, life just gets in the way. Real tips empower people to set things up in their favor and skew the odds their way.

It really depends on how you define "tips". A tip is basically a guidance or recommendations concerning prudent future action, typically given by someone regarded as knowledgeable and I believe that list falls into that category. Also your tips are good as well but they cover more of the HOW and I cover more of the WHAT. You can't limit helpful advise to just a single perspective...

[Firefan]

again I fully agree with Missesgrin here!

How/what you eat is WAY more important than the exercise part when it comes to weight loss. Do not get me wrong; exercise is important part of overall health (not just talking weight loss) for sure - but also there; what you eat is more important.

Also the old "calories in/calories out" and "all calories are the same" is really way too simplified when wanting to discuss weight loss.

One example; Filling yourself with artificial sweeteners, high fructose glucose syrups, hydrogenated fats, MSG and so forth - creates havoc in your body(despite some of them being low calorie) - Including your fat burning processes, as your body have no idea how to handle these non-natural products. In addition many of these "foods" are addictive. Also:your body realize it did not get the needed nutrition (vitamins/ENZYMES Etc.) and will crave more food.

Instead good fats, vegetables, non-hormone/organic meats/eggs and so forth - might reach same calorie count - but will actually help you burn more fat.

So in short; sure; hit the gym, but what you eat is even more important!

Cheers!

[cheynewalk]

It's not really that complicated, how to lose weight. Just remember, there were never any fat people in the concentration camps. However, if someone can come up with the most important ingredient of all, namely motivation (in a pill) they would be a trillionaire.

[Firefan]

Yeah, that motivation pill would be a best seller!

And the constant exposure to fast food/processed foods marketing is another stumbling block - always amazed to see how well those places fill up at lunch time near my office. Thai and farang alike. I am often tempted too, but avoid it most times...

Cheers!

[Naam]

With all due respect, none of the above are really 'tips to burn fat eat healthier' are they?

i agree... without any due respect

[mommysboy]

again I fully agree with Missesgrin here!

How/what you eat is WAY more important than the exercise part when it comes to weight loss. Do not get me wrong; exercise is important part of overall health (not just talking weight loss) for sure - but also there; what you eat is more important.

Also the old "calories in/calories out" and "all calories are the same" is really way too simplified when wanting to discuss weight loss.

One example; Filling yourself with artificial sweeteners, high fructose glucose syrups, hydrogenated fats, MSG and so forth - creates havoc in your body(despite some of them being low calorie) - Including your fat burning processes, as your body have no idea how to handle these non-natural products. In addition many of these "foods" are addictive. Also:your body realize it did not get the needed nutrition (vitamins/ENZYMES Etc.) and will crave more food.

Instead good fats, vegetables, non-hormone/organic meats/eggs and so forth - might reach same calorie count - but will actually help you burn more fat.

So in short; sure; hit the gym, but what you eat is even more important!

Cheers!

Any sustainable diet (effort) needs to be balanced, and needs to include the so called bad foods, which in some cases are not so bad anyway, eg, we need some saturated fat. Yes there is a certain thrill at first in an 'austere diet' but that will be replaced by cravings, some of which will be perfectly legitimate. We like what we like. This is why we see yo-yo dieting.

The most efficient fat burning tip, exercise, simple as that.

[mommysboy]

With all due respect, none of the above are really 'tips to burn fat eat healthier' are they?

i agree... without any due respect

This and 2 other similar threads are actually quite informative, which is quite handy for me as I have rather surprisingly gained unwanted weight.

One solid tip that answers the question is to eat whole grain food and untampered/unprocessed fruit and vegetables, which prevent or slow down the absorption of fat. The best example is porridge, which is high in soluble fibre, and it is this that is the active ingredient in the process. It is also very filling and slow burning, thus you will feel fuller for longer.

You could make 5 tips out of the above, but it can really be condensed down to the following "eat whole grain food, and untampered/unprocessed fruit and vegetables".

This will be the main strategy in my game, and I'll be increasing gym work, eating better quality meat, and have already cut down drastically on alcohol. No cakes in the fridge/pantry- snacking on bananas and apples, and sadly BigMacs and ice cream are out.

[czGLoRy]

being nitty, but saying eat as many fruits as possible is pretty bad, they are loaded with fructose. Definitely healthy, but don't go overboard or you might as well be drinking soda.

Avoid all grains/wheat, eat what we have been eating forever, and it will come naturally.

Also, getting good, high quality sleep better is huge.

Coffee is "debatable" but IMO the evidence is far on the side of it being beneficial, just don't add sugars/etc. Drink it espresso or americano w/no sugar/syrup.

Everyone should read Good Calories, Bad Calories

Edited December 28, 2011 by czGLoRy

[Kim25]

Good tips for the weight loss and fat burning.

Here very valuable health and fitness discussion is going on.

I got a lot of help from this discussion to sole my health matters.