3 Tips to Properly Lose Weight

Weight loss is 80% diet and unless your nutrition is on lock, very little else will help you burn fat. With that said, certain extra efforts will help you look and feel better while you drop the pounds. Supplements, proper sleep, and of course exercising are all critical to coming out on the other side of weight loss looking amazing, and avoiding the dreaded “skinny-fat”, where you’ve lost weight but you’re still flabby and soft. Leg, shoulder, and tricep workouts for women and men are critical to making sure your body is more fab than flab after significant weight loss.

Let’s take a look at 3 key strategies to help you not only burn fat but chisel out your best body in the process.

Get into the weight room

While exercise should be a given, it’s not that useful for actual weight loss. Exercise has massive, whole-body health benefits including:

  • Better blood sugar regulation
  • Increased muscle mass, which boosts metabolism
  • Improved mental health
  • Better functioning digestive system
  • Boosted immune function
  • Improved blood flow

Exercise, especially with free weights, also builds a much better physique over time, and as you lose weight, you will not only feel better but you’ll look significantly better as well. For men, the standbys of bench, squat, and deadlift are fantastic for full-body conditioning. These improve the strength and functioning of the quads, pecs, triceps, and many other muscle groups.

Though bench presses are something men are usually more interested in, chest and tricep workouts for women are just as important. As you lose weight, toned, strong arms avoid the flab that many people who lose weight experience. Tricep pushdowns, dips, and yes, even the bench are great ways to get toned arms for women, and of course, don’t forget to squat!

Get proper sleep

In an age of constant exposure to dopamine and blue light through our phones, it’s hard to disconnect and get 7-9 hours of sleep each night, but it’s still vitally important. Healthy sleep is a key component of weight loss, mental clarity, productivity, higher-level emotional functioning, and a host of other vital bodily functions. Disconnect at least an hour before bed and get your 7.5+ hours every night.

Supplement properly

Not all supplements are created equally, but certainly vitamin D, fish oil, and a multivitamin are something everyone should be taking. If you’re lifting weights, consider whey protein powders and creatine essential as well. Talk to an expert and find out what would be best for your lifestyle; if your nutrition and workouts are on-point, supplements can do a lot of work.

Don’t just lose weight, sculpt your body

Fat loss heavily depends on one’s diet (and Kim Kardashian will agree on this),  making it seem like a passive process. If you don’t participate in improving your body with proper sleep, weight training, and quality supplements, you’ll still lose weight but you’ll just look like a smaller version of your old self. A strong body is a healthy body, so invest the time to sculpt your best body and it will pay you back your entire life.