How to Diet Down NOW

I have a mate that used to be in the army and he said that you need to run for 45minutes before burning calories?

i’ve took up jogging and jog 3miles which is about half an hour and then power walk it back so i do 6miles a day but cus im only jogging for 30 minutes does that mean i aint going to lose much?

is this 45 minute thing true?

no, i think your friend was talking about fat calories and glycogen levels ie eating carbs before jogging is pointless because insulin will be released and ANY fat burning will be ignored by your body as carbs are the preferred fuel so the simple solution is this - jog on an empty stomach after drinking water or black coffee and you will be using fat calories for energy within the first minute and then after your run don’t eat ANY carbs just have an ALL protein high OMEGA 3 breakfast of flax seeds,fish,walnuts etc and this will keep your body in the fat burning zone,as soon as you eat any carbs again insulin will be released and fat depletion will come to a complete stop,then for all the other meals eat low carb,high protein,good fat ,repeat for as long as you want to lose more fat,this Diet always works incredibly fast as your metabolism will be fired up after the run and insulin/glycogen will be extremely low..

I am not fat i just work out a lot and eat like 4000 calories a day cuz i bodybuild. I do tons of ab workouts but they just get stronger. I need to burn the little it of fat covering them. But i dont want my arms and pecs to look all weird

There’s no possible way to "spot target" fat burn. If you eat every 2 hours, and eat fruits and gevvies, though, you will burn fat off.

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Okay, so i’m sitting on the sofa, on my laptop, how can I be burning calories/exercising while doing this?

you can go running out side or a tread mill and ride a bicycle do some boxing , sit ups. hope it works !

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I was just wondering. WHen you burn Calories your burning calories to lose weight right? Which includes fat?

When you are doing intense cardio (jogging at a good pace) your body is using carbs as the chief source of energy the same goes for sprinting, weight training, playing football, etc… However, when you’re doing less intense cardio (walking at good pace) your body is using fat as the chief source of energy.

If you were to step on a treadmill and walk at fast pace say 4-4.5 mph for 60 minutes this is what happens: The first 30 minutes you burn carbs until your body runs out of glycogen (muscle and liver glycogen) once this happens the body switches to fat burning mode. During the last 30 minutes or 60 minutes if you were to work out for 90 minutes straight on the treadmill, your body would be burning fat so you can keep training. The best source of energy is fat because it provides a lot of energy per gram 9 calories compared to 4 for carbs(glucose and glycogen) and 4 for protein (muscle).

The kicker is the more intensely you work out the greater the calorie burn but again its mostly carbs at high intensity compared to low intensity which burns more fat but not much calories. That is why you do workouts with varying intensity to get the best of both worlds(high calories burned and higher fat usage).

If a man lost 20 pounds in 2 months then he would lose water, muscle, glycogen, and fat. The key is to minimize the water and muscle loss and maximize the fat loss which can be done on a Diet high in protein, lower in fat, and plenty of water daily.

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When I do a mile in 14 minutes it says i’ve burned 160 calories, I thought this was accurate until I read that you have to be on an exericse machine for an hour before you actually start burning calories.

And I read that on Y!A so it’s likely that it isn’t true.

You burn calories all of the time, even when at rest and asleep. Maybe what you read was talking about burning fat rather than calories? There is much debate over when your body starts to dip into your fat reserves to fuel the exercise. Some say you have to do 20mins or more, others 30 mins and others 45mins of cardio before fat burning really occurs. Don’t go by what the cardio machine tells you as most of them are inaccurate in terms of calories burned. Concentrate on keeping your heart rate up within the target range for your age and gender and on exercising every day (or at least 5 days per week) for a minimum of 30mins (middle of debatable times above!).

Would it be drastically different for my weight loss goals if I ate 800 calories less a day rather than burning 800 calories doing cardio?

absolutely… when you dont consume necessary calories your body slows down its metabolism in order to conserve nutrients. however when you do cardio and weight training in particular it speeds up your metabolism and your body acts like a furnace that has more logs to burn more calories. that is why body builders and a lot of muscular people in general can eat so much because a pound of muscle burns 50 calories a day while a pound of fat burns 1 so your body needs calories for energy. its not about the calories in terms of weight you should look at the sugar, and carbohydrates in items because that is what makes you fat. Diet coke has 0 calories but will make you fat….why?…. because the sugar and other artificial sweetener makes your body produce insulin that prevents you from losing fat. so dont worry bout calories just eat healthy natural food but to answer your question its better to burn the 800 than to not eat the 800.

I read that when exercising there are different zones, and that within these zones you burn fat from calories at different rates. For instance if you are working at 75% of your MHR, you are only burning calories at 50% from fat. If this is the case where are the other calories from and does it mean that you will not lose weight as quickly as if you exercised at a lower rate?

muscle - if you do too much cardio or don’t keep it low intensity as cortisol will be released and active tissue will be used for fuel,if you want to test this out - go on long cycle rides every day - fat AND muscle will be used after the glycogen level is depleted so to burn fat just limit your cardio for 30 mins each session,AM and PM…