Take these steps to jump start your body's fat burning capability. Commit yourself to a sexier body.

By Mike Mardtelling

Follow the one thing you always hear. Eat lighter but more frequent meals. A lesser known reason for smaller meals is the reduced insulin response they produce. There are many benefits to eating things that result in a lower insulin response. The calories are less likely to disrupt your body's fat cooking engine.

Clean up your body fluids by switching your typical drinks with filtered water. Not only will you reduce overall caloric consumption but you also minimize the number of harmful toxins in your body. Getting toxins out of your liver should help it metabolize fat more efficiently.

Try removing some more of the processed box meals from your diet. Increase the amount of lean protein you eat proportionally. By increasing the percentage of protein you consume, your body should respond by eliminating more stored body fat.

Start being overly polite to other shoppers by parking in the last possible spot you can choose in the parking lot. Force yourself to walk a little bit further. Small differences can make big differences over a period of time.

Keep a healthy treat on hand for when you feel hunger coming on. It will be much easier sticking with a fat burning diet if you make your better snack foods readily available. You dont want the mental pressure of having to make an impulsive choice about what to snack on. Plan ahead for better results.

Even though many fast food restaurants have improved their food quality significantly, it is still difficult to always choose the healthy food option when you are ordering. So, if this represents you, then you might consider completely banning the fast food chains form your diet all together.

If you have a choice of cooked or raw vegetables, choose the raw ones. There are many benefits to eating raw vegetables. These vegetables help with practically every major organ's function. They will certainly help keep your body repaired and ready to burn fat efficiently.

Think about arranging your favorite healthy recipes into a book or series of books. Then, instead of wondering what to eat, you can simply refer to the book that has a ton of healthy foods that you know you already like.

First thing tomorrow morning as soon as you get out of bed, make it a point to do some really basic stretching and breathing. It will help wake you up as well as get your blood pumping. Getting your metabolism started as early as possible should help in the fat burning process.

The amount of growth hormone your body makes helps to determine your resting metabolic rate. The more hormone your body releases on its own, the better. Getting a better night's sleep should help to maximize the amount of growth hormone your body naturally produces.

If you regularly work out, try bumping your routine up a notch. If you increasecrank up the intensity of your workouts, your fat burning results will go up accordingly. Focus more on the intensity rather than on the longevity of your routines.

Take a couple minutes in the morning to look at yourself in the mirror. Imagine how much sexier you are going to look when you lose that extra fat. Imagine how much better you will feel inside. Keeping an optimistic attitude will help you stay motivated to achieve your ultimate fat burning goals.

Try finding some fun things to do in your spare time that require some type of physical movement. You could spend more time outside with friends throwing a football or Frisbee. Investing your free time wisely is the best way to burn those extra couple hundred calories. - 17268

About the Author:

Mike writes for publications serving the weight lifting industry and for bodybuilders. He has also authored other articles about weight training, bodybuilding and how to build muscle fast.