Use the one-two punch of good nutrition and a good training program to burn fat off your body and reveal beautifully sculpted muscles.

The best foods to eat for fat burning are those that don’t come in a bag or a box. Fruits, vegetables, lean meats and other natural foods can be the best fat burning foods.  Lean beef, chicken and fish give us protein to build muscle and lose fat.  To control hunger and help your body work efficiently, add some healthy fat..  The fats in avacados, nuts and olive oil are considered good fats.  Using this combination of fruits, vegegatbles, lean protein and healthy fats will help you burn fat off your body and increase your energy level.  The effects can be seen within just a few days.  This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t cook the food – natural foods means only foods with nothing added to increase their shelf life.  Shop the outside edges of the grocery store and stay away from the center aisles.  Not only will you get healthier and feel better if you eat like this, but you will also get the greatest benefits out of your exercise routine. 

The best way to burn fat is not regular cardiovascular exercises such as a long run or a bike ride.  You will lose weight for a little while, but then you will hit a plateau – or worse, get bored and stop doing it.  Interval training will give you the same physical effects in a shorter time.

You don’t have to be a professional athlete or sprinter to do interval training – any time you push your body harder than you usually would for a short period of time, then go back to your normal level is considered an interval.  When you include intervals you force your muscles to work harder thus expend more energy to grow and recover.  When your muscles are using more energy, your body is burning fat.

Read this article which explains more about why this happens.

If you usually walk 3 mph every day, you can make that walk interval training by starting off with 60 seconds at 3.5mph to 4 mph.  After the high intensity walking interval, do 2 minutes at your usual intensity.  Do this 8 times, making your walk without warm up and cool down 24 minutes.  You should start your workout with 30 seconds at an even faster pace, followed by 60 seconds of the slower pace once you can easily do the 1 minute/2 minute interval.

For every second of high intensity exercise, follow with 2 seconds of low intensity. Your routine can be changed up any way you want.  Walk, cycle, swim, hike – interval training can be applied to any cardiovascular exercise.  You will not be bored and you will burn more fat.  Also, if you have to concentrate on how many seconds you are going fast and then how many seconds you are going slow you are paying attention to what you are doing and your time will seem to go faster.

Try combining this eating and exercise plan with some weight lifting – you will burn fat fast, and when the fat is gone you will reveal lean, strong muscle. 

There are several fat loss programs that emphasize diet, HIIT and strength training, see some reviews of Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle here and Turbulence Training here.  Now that you know the basics you can always create your own program – or use one of the many programs out there that follow these principles.