I know that you are really serious about wanting to lose weight. That’s why you started exercising in the first place. Started with a fitness program at a gym or bought a fitness DVD to work out at home. Okay, I don’t know exactly what you did, but it doesn’t matter. The point is that exercise is supposed to make you lose weight. And you lost some weight, but now you’re not. But aren’t you exercising as much as before? Why aren’t you seeing results?
Let’s look at this problem a little more closely. We all know the benefits of exercising. It improves overall health, increases strength and stamina, and keeps the body fit and lean. But that doesn’t mean you can exercise arbitrarily and expect to see results. You need to plan for results and make changes to your exercise routine if it’s not getting you where you want to go.
When you first make your plan, you should go to your doctor and explain that you are trying to lose weight. Your doctor can give you many helpful tips on proper diet and tell you if you’re capable of the type of exercise you’re planning.
Then it is time for you to plan how you are going to do your usual exercises. Since you are focused on burning fat, you will probably be doing an aerobic routine. That’s one of the fastest ways to lose pounds from your body, and it’s pretty easy to pick up and get into. However, you need to make sure that you are doing aerobic exercise the right way. Otherwise, you may burn a little fat at first and then plateau, staying at the same weight level despite continuing your routine. That is the problem we are trying to solve here.
The fact is that the answer is terribly simple: you are doing the wrong thing. Specifically, your exercise plan is off. So here’s how to get it right. First of all, you need to keep in mind that for an effective workout, you need to keep your heart rate up for at least 20 consecutive minutes. Keep this in mind and structure your weight loss program accordingly. If your schedule allows you to exercise for a total of 30 minutes, plan to spend the initial five minutes warming up, followed by 20 minutes of intense training, and concluding with a five minute cool down.
If your plan still doesn’t work, your body may be burning its immediate sugar stores instead of stored fat. You will need to force your body to burn that stored fat, and this is how you do it. Change up your main routine, so that instead of exercising at roughly the same pace for 20 minutes, you do intense exercise for just 30 seconds at a time, followed by a lower-intensity workout of about two minutes. Keep working out that way, with an intense 30-second burst every two minutes.