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Marie Borges

Are you looking for a way to burn fat? I know, because I've been there. There is nothing like stepping on that scale and having a big number stare back at you.

A former athlete, I had never been overweight. I was once (in my 20's) 135 and fit. I could run all day and not get tired; I ate whatever I wanted and never gained weight. As a child, I was the skinniest kid in my class, if not the school. I can remember desperately trying to put on weight (gasp!). To my chagrin, it never happened.

Aren't you sick and tired of being overweight? Better still, aren't you sick of trying diet after diet with nothing to show for it? Tried everything that you know how to burn fat? Well, here are 5 ways to get the weight off. No lies here..just the honest truth about what works to burn fat:

1. Cut out the sugar. If you are eating lots of sugar, you are sabotaging yourself. You will never burn fat if you keep eating sugar. Sugar comes in many forms, and in foods that you would never even suspect contain sugar. That diet bar/diet soda/flavored water you're having right now? SUGAR. Stop it.

2. Fried foods. Mom always said they were no good. They still aren't. Bake, broil, steam your food. Until you get the weight off, fried foods are a no-no. If you're serious and you want to burn fat, then stay away from french fries and anything else fried..

3. Exercise. No way around this one. It's not good enough to diet. Diet alone can only get you so far. To really lose weight and burn fat, you need to move, and move hard. Sweat. Don't think that you can just diet, burn fat and look good. You will be skinny and SOFT. If you're serious about losing weight, you have to exercise. Sorry, but that's the truth.

4. Water. If you're drinking something, it should be water. Alcohol dehydrates you. Most other drinks have sugar (a diet no-no). Water will help your body burn fat. Plus, it makes your skin look better! (Put down that juice - it's loaded with sugar!)

5. Weight Train. Sorry girls, that's the bad news. It's hard and it works. It will burn fat more than just aerobics. If you are not weight training, when you do lose the weight, you will not look good. Trust me on this. You need at least some muscle on your body.

So, that's what really works to burn fat. The above methods are not a magic pill to burn fat. They are not easy. You will not lose weight overnight, but the weight will come off steadily and you will look and feel good again. All you have to do is stick with it and find people that will support you.

Stop wasting time and learn from the experts! Burn fat, lose weight quickly and feel good about yourself. Learn the essential keys to weight loss, get free recipes, tips and articles by visiting our burn fat website. Marie Borges is a motivational writer, author and healthcare consultant. She spent several years in the healthcare industry helping to educate and motivate people on the importance of successful weight loss and good nutrition to improve overall health and happiness. To change your body for the better, receive free tips, recipes, articles and more, go to http://www.burn-your-fat.com.

A Quick Note From The Publisher... If you like the article above, you may be interested in the following article which is also related to Fat Burning... 3 Steps To Build More Muscle And Lose More Fat Unhappy with your current fitness results? Want to build muscle and lose fat? Feel you can achieve so much more or be in much better shape? Well, chances are, the problem AND solution lie in one of three areas. I call these three fitness areas the "Must Do's" of building muscle, losing fat, and achieving a great physique. Here are the three "Must-Do's" for a great body and superb fitness levels. Must Do #1 You MUST perform some type of resistance (weight) training to ensure lean muscle growth and strength increase. Building lean muscle (toning the body) is done by weight training and proper recovery/nutrition. It starts with the stimulation of muscle growth from the stress of resistance training and ends in growth of lean muscle tissue from rest and proper nutrition. Optimally, you should try and weight train 3 to 4 times a week, sufficiently training each muscle group once each week. If you train a muscle group (i.e. biceps or triceps) with intensity and proper resistance, once a week is all that is needed for adequate muscle stimulation. Must Do #2 You MUST perform some type of aerobic/cardio workout to ensure calorie/fat burning and the raising of the resting metabolic rate (burning calories throughout the day at rest). You cannot tone up the body and develop any type of defined physique if your muscles are covered by layers of fat. Doing intense aerobics/cardio three to four days a week will help the fat burning process and will also help speed up the body's metabolism to be more efficient at burning calories. Many people mistakingly assume that you only burn off calories while performing aerobic exercise. Truth is, you are burning calories during the exercise AND you are...