How To Lose Weight Without It Taking Over Your Life

It's a problem which has been baffling men and women for decades, how to lose weight and keep it off long term. Today we're going to teach you the rules which so many dieters and gym users miss and you'll be achieving your fat loss goals in no time.

I'm sure you have known somebody who has got themselves into a state where they believe they literally cannot drop the pounds no matter what they try to do or what diet they try. This is something often said by serial dieters or yo-yo dieters. In the majority of cases this is simply because they're blatantly overlooking the proven facts because that would almost be 'too easy', or 'too good to be true'. It simply HAS to be more complicated, right? Actually, no.



By the time you have read the contents of today's article you will feel a lot better about yourself and your position (because you are certainly no alone in it) but more importantly you will be able to achieve your goals.

The immediate task at hand is to figure out how many calories you need to eat each day. We cannot get results until we do this and you cannot achieve success without taking the time to do it. A pre-made plan from a magazine isn't going to cut it and we'll show you why.

All you need to do is figure out your goal weight in pounds and multiply it by twelve. That's it, you're done. This ball park figure is there to give you an idea how many calories per day to eat.

The real trick comes in getting your macronutrients (protein, carbs and fats) sorted out. This is where most people don't pay enough attention to their diet but, trust me, it's where the results are there for the taking. For instance, a guy eating a healthy 2000 calorie per day meal plan would get far superior results to a guy eating a unhealthy 2000 calorie per day meal plan, right? Of course he would.

One of the best ways to achieve this is to use the 4-4-2 system. That means 40% of your calories come from protein, 40% come from carbohydrates and 20% come from fats. So this is how to work that out:

With your protein intake you need to establish 40% of your calorie target and then divide the answer by 4. That's how many grams of protein to eat every day.

With your carb intake simply do the protein sum again, because they have the exact same values.

With your fat intake just figure out 20% of your total calorie target and divide the answer by nine. Now you know how many grams of fat are necessary each day as well.

If you can hit that daily target of macronutrients you will notice that you don't even need to count your calories. The only reason we must set the calorie target is so we can then work out our macronutrient split, that's all.

Now that you have a solid diet plan in place you can begin implementing our other diet tips from today's video. We'd recommend adding one step at a time until you have all five tips working for you simultaneously, this allows you to take it step-by-step and keeps you from changing too much in one go.

Sadly, the majority of gym members never take the time to do what you have done today. They spend years trying to work out how to lose weight without actually taking the small amount of time necessary to put an end to all of their problems. The good news for you is that you've just taken the first step and now have the foundations of a really good eating plan established!

About the Author: By Howe Russ

About the author: Russ Howe PTI is a fitness instructor who teaches people how to lose weight every day in the gym. Take more free lessons from the UK's most followed Personal Trainer if you're trying to build a better physique in 2013.