The Weight Loss Plan

by Gary Cheung

When most people think about diets, immediately losing weight comes to their mind. Through proper diet, weight training, and 30 minutes of aerobic activity per day, losing weight can be easily achieved. All you have to do is create a small caloric deficit. There are only three ways of creating a caloric deficit.

One way to create a caloric deficit is to consume les calories than your body needs. Another way is to expend more energy through exercise than your body requires. The last way is to do a combination of the first two ways.

If you accumulate 3,500 calories, you will gain a pound of body fat. If you lose 3,500 calories, you will lose a pound of body fat. So to lose a pound per week, you only need to create a 500 calorie deficit each day. Losing 2 pounds per week, you need to create a 1,000 calorie deficit per day.

I know that this does not sound like a whole lot. But remember that you did not put on the excess weight over night.

Working with weights, and doing your cardio tends to stimulate your basal metabolic rate (BMR). For those who do not what BMR means, it is just a measurement of energy required to keep the body functioning at rest. The actual caloric deficit count in a training situation can be somewhat higher than the actual number of calories required completing a set amount of activity.

Most people fail to achieve weight loss because they fail to plan out their diets and their exercise. All you have to do is sit down the night before and write down when are you going to work out, and when are you going to eat. Planning out your meals is a little harder and requires a little more time. But remember that if you truly want to lose weight come up with a plan of action in order to achieve your desire weight.

Gary Cheung is fitness professional in New York City. He has helped many people change their lives. He currently runs a free informational website on weight loss. Please visit: http://www.weightlossmasterpiece.com