The Dirty Dozen Fat Burning Mistakes

What Not To Do When Your Mission Is Burning Fat

Do you remember that classic war movie, ‘The Dirty Dozen’? It’s where a group of the Army’s worst convicts are trained to go on a secret mission. Those who survive the mission are offered a pardon and returned to active duty at their former ranks.

When your mission is burning fat so that you can return to your former weight, and you’re not seeing results you want, there are likely some things that you may be doing wrong.

Watch out for these dirty dozen fat burning mistakes.

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12 Fat Burning Mistakes

1. Not Eating Enough Calories

You should know how many calories you need to eat per day to maintain a certain weight. Choose to use your goal weight as your calorie range for best results.

2. Eating Too Many Calories

Many people don’t track their calories at all, and therefore they eat too many calories. Even if you eat all healthy food, you can still eat too many calories and that will stop you burning fat.

3. Not Eating the Right Amount of Protein

You can both eat too little protein and too much protein. Shoot for about 20 to 30% of your daily calories to be healthy protein. Remember that you can get protein from vegetables, fruit, beans, legumes and nuts in addition to fish and lean meat.

4. Not Eating Enough Vegetables

Try filling half of your plate with vegetables. The great thing about veggies is that they are very low in calories so you can eat a high volume of them without breaking your calorie bank.

5. Not Eating Enough Fruit

The sugar in fruit isn’t bad for you. When you feel like eating a snack or something sweet and you have the calories to spare, eat fruit. It’ll give you energy plus vitamins and minerals.

6. Not Eating Enough Whole Grains

Don’t give up grains just because you’re on a fat burning mission. Steel cut oats, quinoa, cracked wheat and other whole grains are good for you in measured serving sizes.

7. You Drink Your Calories

To burn fat, don’t drink your calories. Avoid drinking juice, sweetened coffee or tea, and other calorie laden drinks in favor of fresh filtered calorie free water.

8. You Eat “Calorie Free” Fake Food

Don’t fool yourself into thinking you can drink diet soda, and use fake zero calorie sweeteners and still burn fat. These additives can not only be dangerous but studies also show that people who use them tend to be fatter, not thinner.

9. You Avoid Exercise Entirely

You won’t be burning fat if you’re a couch potato. Even if you have health issues that keep you from doing very strenuous activities, you can still move around in your chair and get moving somehow.

10. You Don’t Do Any Strength Training

Any type of resistance training can help you build your strength and tone your muscles, whether by resistance bands or weight lifting. You don’t have to build bulky muscles. You can do daily planks for your strength training if you want to.

11. You’re Too Stressed Out

If you have a lot of stress in your life, it will manifest itself as added fat, usually on your belly. Try to find a way to a way to de-stress every day. Try yoga, meditation or even prayer to take you out of your worries and calm yourself.

12. You Don’t Get Enough Sleep

Most people need between 7 and 9 hours of sleep per night. It’s important that you schedule your life so that on most nights you can get enough sleep. A lack of sleep can affect your hormone levels and cause your fat burning to stall.

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Knowing what not to do is as important as knowing what to do when it comes to burning fat and losing weight. Being healthy is about taking action to do more of the right things, and fewer of the wrong things every day.

Did you know your exercise routine may actually be hindering your weight loss efforts. There are certain mistakes that are easy to make which can cause your weight loss to slow down and even cause you to gain weight!  Download my free report, Top 5 Exercise Mistakes to help  you improve your fat burning workouts so you get the results you deserve.