As you can probably guess, however, the initial key is to revamp your diet so that you stop putting on more weight. Of course, it's important to keep in mind that if you've spent years gradually climbing to your current weight, it's not realistic to expect to go back to your desired weight in a couple of weeks. If you want it bad enough, however, you can achieve your fat loss goal and even enjoy the process

Personally, the first thing I recommend when it comes to polishing up your diet for optimum fat loss is to cut way back on sugary drinks, fried foods and other foods high in sugar and unhealthy fats. I also recommend sticking to natural and unprocessed sources of foods as much as possible. Really, is it any surprise that 35% of Americans are obese when the average American diet is pizza, fried foods, pastries, donuts, ice cream, soft drinks, sodas, beers, and whatever else our bodies are being polluted with?

While you do want to consume fewer calories as you begin your fat loss program, realize that most dieters go to extremes by cutting their calories so much that they sacrifice a lot of muscle tissue along with any fat they lose, without even knowing. Since your muscle tissue uses up calories, the less you have, the less calories you will burn every day, which means that you end up putting on even more fat much easier than before.

So if reducing your calories is not the best way to burn fat, what is? Well, instead of focusing on depriving yourself, and increasing the chances of burning muscle tissue, focus on eating small, frequent and healthy meals and perform regular fat-burning aerobic exercise. Fortunately, you don't have to spend your life in the gym as there are many ways of exercising. Who knows, you might choose to get an exercise video to work out with if that suits your lifestyle, or you may decide to pick up a sport you could enjoy.

In addition to the fat burned through the workout itself, performing the right type of aerobic exercise increases the number of calories you burn throughout the day, promotes fat burning by increasing certain enzymes and hormones, and increases your insulin sensitivity which means that less carbohydrates are stored as fat. It's also the best way to increase your overall health and fitness, as well as being the best way to burn fat.

If I told you that by adding another part to the fat loss equation you could not only multiply your results, but at the same time get stronger, improve your exercise performance, prevent injuries and much more, while achieving a more toned appearance and a huge confidence boost, would you be interested?

The best way to burn fat is not to simply eat smaller and healthier meals and perform aerobic exercise regularly. Rather it is both of these in combination with strength or weight training. The biggest benefit from adding strength training to your fat loss program is that it will not only prevent muscle loss, but also strengthen and build muscle at the same time and as I mentioned earlier, muscle tissue requires energy to maintain itself, which means that you metabolism will be elevated permanently, through strength training.

To get the biggest benefits from strength training consider lifting weights regularly, although bodyweight workouts are also very beneficial. Not only is your metabolism become faster allowing you to burn more calories even while resting, you'll also find that your aerobic workouts will burn more calories as a result of the increased muscle.

In conclusion, the best way to burn fat is to avoid the mistake many make of starving yourself and to eat small, frequent and healthy meals, along with fat-burning aerobic exercise regularly and weight training (or bodyweight) workouts.