The Secret of Fast Easy Weight Loss

by: Jayson Hunter RD, CSCS

I was reading an article on MSN Health and Fitness today and it reminded me of this group of women that would come into the gym all the time.

The title of the article is called "So Long, Muffin Top" and this is why it pertains to this group of women.

Every morning around 9:30 a group of women would come walking in after dropping their kids off at school.  Before they got to the gym though many would stop at the local Starbucks down the road and get themselves a muffin and/or a latte or other high calorie coffee drink. 

Well, lets assume it was just a muffin.  They probably consumed around 400 of primarily simple sugars without much protein or fiber if any.

So they then come over to the gym and start to do their workout.

Yet, their workout consisted of talking next to each other on the elliptical machine for a while or reading the paper while exercising. 

I don't know about you, but I do know that to effectively workout you need to be working hard enough so that you can't carry on a 20 minute conversation or comfortably read the paper. 

Especially if you consumed 400-800 calories from Starbucks 20 minutes earlier.

Whether or not you stop at Starbucks or another local coffee shop on the way to the gym here is what you need to do to ensure that you burn the maximum amount of calories for fast easy weight loss.

Complete 3 circuits of 4 exercises each resting only long enough to get to the next exercise in that circuit.  Once a circuit of 4 exercises is complete rest 60 seconds and repeat for 2 more circuits.  Then move to the next circuit and repeat.

You can do this with cardio as well and instead of changing machines go from a sprint effort to a moderate pace on whatever you may be using.  Repeat this for up to 20 minutes.

You work out like this and you will be burning mega calories and have [tag]fast easy weight loss[/tag].

Oh yeh don't eat high calorie muffins or drink mega calorie coffees before your workout either. :)  It will only make you have to work that much harder to lose the fat.