To lose weight, you should strive to
keep muscle while burning fat and the best way to burn fat
is through good diet and exercise. But how many calories
does it take to burn fat? There is 3500 calories in 1 pound
of fat, so you need to burn 3500 calories.
Most women can burn 1 pound of fat each
week by staying on 1200 to 1300 calorie a day diet. Men
should eat 1600 to 1800 calories to burn one pound of fat.
Also, spread these calories over 5 to 6 meals. That means
eating 200 to 300 calories per meal.
Add daily aerobic exercise and you will
burn fat even faster. One of the best fat burning exercise
is stationary biking that uses a back support. You can burn
over 300 calories in 30 minutes on stationary biking
pedaling at a moderate pace or try fast pace walking. You
can burn 200 calories with a fast pace walk.
Combine diet and exercise to burn fat
and make it a daily life-style. Add fat burning foods like
berries, apples and high fiber vegetables to increase your
fat burn.