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Finding fat loss tips is easy – but are they healthy? There are many different claims about why people are fat. Some will tell you if your arms are flabby you are simply out of shape. Others claim you can eat at fast food restaurants and still lose fat! With all the advice out there – how do we know what works and what doesn’t?

The best advice is to read everything and see what “resonates” with you. We are all born with different personalities and must work in different ways. Some like to exercise while others don’t have time. Many like to experiment with something different.

No matter which program might work for you, there are some rules that are common to all programs and work for most people. They are listed for you here.

Fat Loss Tip 1 – Check your thyroid. If this is low, it is way too easy to store fat and way too hard to lose it. A very low thyroid can be dangerous and cause serious health problems. So – be safe and get it checked.

Fat Loss Tip 2 – Exercise does work. There are many types of exercise out there but the following theories prevail throughout all fat loss programs.

You must do cardio exercise 30-40 minutes a day. During this time you should try to hit “peak” target heart rates while strengthening your muscles during your workout. This is generally done while lifting weights, stair stepping or even on an exercise bike.

Another newer concept of fat burning exercise is interval training. This is especially good for those who have less time to exercise. This type of workout is generally about 20 minutes long. During this time you alternate low to moderate intensity exercise with very short periods (30 to 60 seconds) of high intensity exercise. It can be done on an exercise bike, a treadmill, stair stepper, or even an exercise rebounder.

Fat Loss Tip 3 – Exercise first thing in the morning on an empty stomach. This helps your body lose more fat. One reason this works is because during the night you are basically fasting for 8-12 hours. This will deplete your body’s stored glycogen. When your glycogen stores are low – your body burns more fat.

Both of the above exercise fat loss tips are used by fitness experts and body builders. These are the people to use as role models for your most effective fat loss.

Fat Loss Tip 4 – Eat 5 small servings of protein throughout the day. The best proteins to lose fat include fresh, organic eggs, lean beef, skinless chicken, yogurt, tuna, salmon, and turkey.

Fat Loss Tip 5 – Eat less starch. This includes breads and pastas. The extra proteins make up for the calories so you don’t lose muscle.

Fat Loss Tip 6 – Eat healthy fats. Healthy fats actually increase thermogenesis (fat burning ability), help increase muscle, keep your mood elevated and even wards off degenerative disease! Including fish into your diet will provide Omega 3’s and 6’s, which are healthy fats. Other foods include avocadoes, olive oil, flax seeds, and walnuts.

Taking a “essential fatty acid” supplement will also help your fat burning abilities. This might be a good option for those who avoid fish because of allergies.

There are many diets and other ways to exercise to lose fat for good. Read as many as you can, put the pieces together and you will find what works for you.

Are you one of those people who know you want to have really tight, cut abs, but who hasn’t as yet gotten around to achieving this admirable goal? Do you want to get a six pack fast, bypassing all those months of training which you could have been doing up to now?

Well, then, you are also probably one of those people who go out and buy every single magazine and book that promises you can get a six pack fast – in 15 minutes a day! And, yes, although this can be achieved, and you can get a six pack fast, there are a few things that need to be in place first before you can achieve this miraculous feat.

First of all, you will need to have gotten rid of that roll of fat which seems to stubbornly cling to your abdominal area. If you have already achieved this, then you are fine, otherwise you will need to incorporate exercises into your regime which will take care of this little problem as well.

Next, you will need to have a healthy living lifestyle – which means that you can only have a moderate amount of alcohols, have a healthy eating habit, and that you stay away almost entirely from those foods which will bring down your chances to have a healthy body and six pack abs.

And if all of these are in place, then you will still need to make sure that you have little to no stress, as well as good amounts of sleep every night. These things are not good for you on any level, and can even be detrimental to your getting a six pack fast.

If you are doing, or are in the process of doing or going through all of these things right now, then you can probably rest assured that you will be able to get a six pack fast. Unless of course – and here’s the problem – your genes spell out in big letters to your body that you can’t get six pack abs; but then again, this only affects some people.

If everything falls into place for you, you can then be assured that you can get a six pack fast, but unless and until you get these factors into place, you will find that it is quite difficult to achieve those fast results which all those magazines are promising you.

However, there is no need to become discouraged. With a little hard work on your part, you will be able to get six pack abs – you just won’t be able to get a six pack fast. A little extra time will be needed, but once this is taken into account, you might even find that you can get a six pack in as little as fifteen minutes a day.