How long have you been searching and searching for the answers to get rid of that excess body fat that has been hanging around for what seems like forever? You may have already discovered by now or are in the process of realizing that starving yourself, spending hours in the gym or endless long, slow, boring cardio type activity doesn't quite add up to fat loss.

You have worked so hard and have got so little in return following the above old fashioned weight loss model. You probably are tired all the time, feel weak and irritable and have convinced yourself you just don't have the genetics to have a lean, toned body.

But still you keep trying and keep doing the same thing and you keep expecting different results. Sounds crazy right?

Well if you keep up this unworkable strategy you probably will go crazy so let's focus on new better ways to lose that body fat. New ways that focus on your metabolic health and what actually happens after an exercise session as opposed to the old way of focusing on what happens during the session. This involves the state of your metabolism which is your body's engine and determines whether you burn body fat or store body fat every minute of the day.

Here are the three main strategies that will boost your metabolism and allow you to lose body fat in the quickest and easiest way possible.

1. A proper exercise program is first on the list, one that contains at least 60% strength training exercise. You need to be concerned about your percentage of lean muscle tissue compared to your body fat percentage as the rate your body burns or stores fuel is largely a function of how much muscle tissue you have on your body and how hard it works.

This alone could alter the way your body burns fuel as if you haven't been working your muscles with proper strength training exercise it is likely that you have simply become under muscled. This means that your body's engine is smaller and burns less fuel. Even a few pounds loss of muscle tissue can cause you to become overweight.

By toning your muscles does not mean you will get big muscles. You will not even notice the difference. But you will start to notice the difference in the size of your waist, hips and other places that are already larger than they should be with all that body fat. They will shrink and become smaller as you lose that fat. Muscle tissue is your very best friend and will give you that lean, toned tight looking body that you dream of.

2. Interval Training: The rest of your exercise program should contain 1-2 sessions each week of short burst activity. This type of training burns more calories and elevates the metabolic rat more than any other form of cardio exercise. This means that you continue to burn more fat after your exercise sessions that you did before it, especially when compared to long slow activity.

Although it takes less time it is way harder to do this type of exercise, so you need to build into it. An example of short burst training would be 8-12 seconds of all out sprinting then 30 seconds to one minute of walking to recover. Repeat 8- 10 or more times.

3. The last piece of the puzzle is eating 5-6 small meals every 2-3 hours throughout the day. These meals should have at least 20'30 grams of protein as the base then add lots of raw and cooked vegetables. Add a small amount of complex carbohydrates such as rice, pasta, or sweet potatoes. Prepare these meals the night before and take them with you wherever you go.

There you have it - these three strategies will work 100% guaranteed for you to lose body fat. It will not be perfect (nothing ever is) but continue to work at improving these areas and over time you will not believe how effective they really are.