Lose Fat Without Losing Muscles

Carbohydrate management:

The secret of burning fat with out losing muscle is by not being to extreme or aggressive with your carbohydrate’s reduction. What you require is carbohydrate management and not carbohydrate reduction or elimination. By reducing just 20 per cent of daily carbohydrate intake and within 2 days replenishing the glycogen in muscle by having 100 per cent of daily carbs needed, allows fat loss without losing muscle. This way you actually have 2 fat burning days, then a recovery day. By doing this you can have best of both the worlds. You will witness fat loss (average 1-2 pounds/week), whilst muscles are well fed.

More carbs, more exercise:

Try to exercise on days when you have received more carbs. Exercise will help you balance the excess carb intake and will lead to fat loss. Weight exercise will also help you in developing your muscle. Remember; don’t go over board to do any thing.  Exercise for good 30-45 minutes would be sufficient to burn the extra carbs you took.

Exercise when insulin level and blood sugar are gradually declining:

Do exercise for an hour or half and hour after eating when your insulin level and blood sugar level is declining. Insulin level in our body rises in response to increase in blood sugar after having a meal. As the level of blood sugar drops, insulin level also drops and the pancreas generates nutrient and the glucagon, which are released to the blood and used for energy. It is very important to manage this drop and rise in blood sugar.

If the level of blood sugar rises then insulin feeds the muscle cells and deposits excess in to fat cells. On the other hand, if level of insulin decreases, the muscles cells are being under fed. A gradual rise in blood sugar offers nutrition to the muscles, and a gradual drop allows glucagon to take from the fat cells. One should time according to the blood sugar level. Exercise at the time of declining blood sugar level helps the muscles to receive from stored fat cell more efficiently and effectively.

Finals words

Right approach helps is losing weight for longer period. If you are flabby or obese, the real issue is that you excess body fat for how much muscle you posses. For any weight loss program, idea should to lose fat and not to lose muscles. Many people take a short cut by eliminating carbohydrates from their diet, this may reduce your weight in short run, but in long run it may cause several health problems. You need to have a balanced diet for effective weight loss. Eat healthy, exercise daily, this is the most effective way to cut extra pounds.