Understand your body’s unique requirements and metabolic type.

This is crucial to enable fat loss and will affect the food choices you then make, timing of food and ultimately your energy levels and well-being. Image credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/trekkyandy/343549834/

But, what is the best way to burn fat?

Since 95% of dieters fail to maintain their weight loss within a five year period, lifestyle management is the key to long term weight management. Research has shown that a combination of diet and activity is more likey to result in long term success than diet or exercise alone. The objectives of  a healthy diet and exercise programme are to:

• achieve a modest negative (calorie) balance
• maintain (or even increase) lean tissue
• gradually reduce body fat percentage
• avoid a significant reduction in basal metabolic rate
• maintain a high percentage energy from carbohydate  – mainly from fruit and vegetables and a low percentage from fat
• achieve an optimal intake of vitamins and minerals 

I will show you how to implement the necessary steps to achieve this in the time frame you have.