The Best Way I Know To Lose 5 Pounds of Fat

Trying to lose a lot of weight can be intimidating. Heck, losing even 10 or 15 pounds of fat is difficult for me.

But, here's the best way I know to lose just 5 pounds of fat. It's not easy, but losing just 5 pounds is a doable goal. And once you've lost 5 pounds, just do it again to lose another 5 - and then 10, or 15, or more.

Eat Less

You need to eat less to lose weight. There should be nothing surprising in this.

Everybody searches for the holy grail diet where you can eat as much as you want of whatever you want, and not get fat. Sorry, life doesn't work like that - at least here on earth.

There are tons of ways to eat less. Eat lots of vegetables to get full, eat a low carbohydrate diet to control your insulin, eat 6 small meals a day, or combine diets you've heard of. I don't care - just eat less.

And you won't lose muscle if you aren't eating constantly. The whole '6 small meals a day' thing that most bodybuilders do is just BS. it works for some people, but it really isn't essential for keeping your muscle.

Track Yourself

This takes a little bit of time, but it helps tremendously. If you don't' track yourself, you won't know if your diet is working, and you can spend a lot of time just noodling around and not making progress.

I recommend weighting yourself every day in the morning. This helps because any one weighing might be inaccurate depending on whether you've just eaten, whether you just went to the bathroom (or not), how much water you've drunk, etc. 

Weighting yourself everyday lets you watch the trend of your weight loss. And it takes almost no time; once you make it part of your morning, it'll take less than 30 seconds in the morning to weight yourself and record it.

And, if at all possible, track your body fat percentage. This is a little more complicated, and requires a little more effort, but is very productive. 

By checking your body fat percentage about once a month you'll be able to find out if the weight your losing is mostly fat, or mostly muscle. Which is important - too manly kamikaze diets make you lose a lot of weight, but a lot of that is muscle, which is something you do not  want.

Exercise

Yep, this is another time-tested and proven way to lose fat. Adding exercise to your schedule can really accelerate your fat loss effort.

Weight training in particular is helpful. It will stimulate your muscles so that you keep more muscle mass as you diet down, as well as burning calories. 

Other exercise helps you burn calories, as well as taking up time. For example, I enjoy practicing dancing and martial arts. Both of these activities not only burn calories, so I can lose weight faster or eat more, but also give me friends and take time. 

Sitting at home being bored, with your fridge full of tasty food, is a recipe for boredom and fattening. Getting out and doing stuff makes you feel better, and also keeps you away boredom eating.

Now…

Do it. Don't put off changing yourself - it'll just make the change harder in the long run.

If you need more ideas or tips about the best way to get ripped, check out the links below. I outline exactly what I do to get ripped abs, and how I stay that way.