To lose weight and get in fit, you must have a good diet and exercise regularly to burn fat. The main thing you must understand about exercise is that just because you are burning calories does not mean you are burning fat. Your main focus when you exercise should be losing body fat, and you can’t lose body fat just from burning calories. When we exercise, our bodies will start burning calories, but the calories that are burned are the calories from carbohydrates in our body. In order to burn calories from our stored fat, your body requires the presence of oxygen. There is a certain amount of oxygen that your body needs in order to start burning fat, and the only way for you to calculate the amount needed for your own body is to keep up with your target heart rate during exercise. Please understand that if you continue to only burn calories from carbohydrates, you will lose mostly “water weight” which leads to a decrease in your metabolism. Also, think of the calories that are burned from carbohydrates as our energy calories. If you lose too much energy calories 'then' your muscles will not receive enough energy to increase your metabolism which indirectly burn fat. Therefore, you must increase your calorie intake when you are on an exercise program to replace our burned energy calories. Burning Fat Calories during exercise, your body goes through several stages before it reaches the point where you are burning fat. You will hear others say that you are only burning sugar (carbohydrates) not fat during the first 10 minutes of exercise. This is true to some extent. I say this because you will continue to burn sugar past the 10 - minute mark if you are not working out hard enough for your body to want more oxygen; or you are working out too hard 'and' you can’t supply your body with enough oxygen for fat burning. When you exercise, you must move at a steady pace (not too fast, not too slow) so our body will utilize your stored fat (not carbohydrates or sugar) as its energy source.
Low carbs and high protein is the way to lose weight, or so you’ll hear from one diet guru, and he has the testimonials to back it up. Low fat, lots of carbs and fresh fruits and veggies, says another – and he’s got the back up from satisfied users, too. A third swears that you need to count the amount of sugar; another tells you the enemy is white flour – if you want to lose real weight and keep it off, who do you listen to?
Diets like the Atkins, the South Beach and the Zone Diet all recommend restricted carbohydrates and allow liberal amounts of protein, including protein derived from animal sources. Generally, they limit the overall amount of carbohydrates, or teach you to differentiate between “good” and “bad” carbohydrates. Bad carbohydrates, which are forbidden, include white flour, white bread, and white sugar.
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