Are you determined to lose weight quickly? It may have taken us years to gain the weight, but once we accept how bad it has gotten and want a radical change in our life, there is an understandable urgency to take the weight off right away. Most of us will go on one fad diet after another seeing little to no results before we finally realize that a weight loss exercise program is needed.

Actually, your results in the long term are more likely to reflect the exercise you put in, not your diet! So, how will a weight loss exercise program help you lose weight quickly?

Calorie Burn

The most basic formula for weight loss is to consume fewer calories than you use. When this is done on a regular basis you will lose weight quickly simply as a result of creating a shortage in calories that your body requires for energy. This means you will have to dip into your stored fat cells for the needed energy.

When you are eating an abundance of calories your body will not need them all and the excess will be accumulated in your fat cells. Doing the opposite and feeding your body fewer calories is the way to lose weight quickly. Just don’t go overboard here or you’ll go into starvation mode and start clinging to calories instead! It’s a tricky balance.

The goal of your weight loss exercise program is to boost the amount of calories you burn in a given day. This helps in two ways…

1. You can cut calories less than if you weren’t exercising, while continuing to lose fat.

2. It places a higher demand for energy on your body so more energy is pulled from your stored fat.

Note that this demands cooperation with your diet. If you increase calories consumed along with calories used up you aren’t going to lose weight quickly.

Lean Muscle Mass

An effective weight loss exercise program will also tone up your body and increase lean muscle mass so that you look smaller than you actually are! Mostdieters who do some sort of strength training at least 2-3 times a week will see changes in the shape of their body before the scale delivers a high weight loss. A well toned, lean body is always more attractive than one covered in flab.

A weight loss exercise program is the best way to lose weight quickly!