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Lower Your Carbohydrate Intake To Lose Body Fat

April 20, 2008 on 10:49 pm | In Fat Loss, Metabolism, Nutrition, Diet |

  Low carbohydrate diets have been hugely popular over the last decade or so. Many people have gotten great results at losing body fat while on these lower carb diets. However, they don’t always work well for everybody because some don’t take enough advantage of an exercises routine to help get rid of the extra fat on their bodies and some of the popular low carb diets call for you to eat an extremely low amount of carbohydrates, which is just too much for some people.

  If you’re into weight training you need to take in some carbs for energy and to fill your muscles with glycogen. Of course many weight trainers want a defined appearance so they need to lose or keep fat off. Weight training itself will help give you a higher resting metabolism and burn the carbohydrates stored in your muscles. This is good because if do your cardio workouts after weight training you’ll be burning more fat because your body won’t have to burn as much glycogen (which the body will use before it starts burning fat).

  Weight trainers and bodybuilders who are ectomorphic (tend to hold extra body fat) need to watch their carb intake more than those with other body types. Try eating most of your carbohydrates earlier in the day and avoid taking in very many later in the day. If you do cardio first thing in the morning or after weight training you’ll also burn more fat. Your carbohydrates should come from wheat bread or pasta, fruits, vegetables, and other quality sources. Avoiding junk food carbs should start you on your way to getting shredded.