Try to do about 200 minutes of cardio work out a week. Fat does not turn into muscle, so you need to drop your fats while putting on muscle. Do not go over 60 minutes at one time. 45 minutes should be enough.

Do a 5 to 10 minutes of cardio work out to warm up, then do your weight training. Do 30 to 60 minutes more of cardio and then you rest. Weight lifting is a result oriented form of exercise. The muscles in your body will determine the rate of metabolism of the body. If women find it difficult to lift weights, they can overcome the difficulty by trying other forms of exercise such as aerobics and yoga.

The best time to eat is just after your workout within an hour when your metabolism is raging. For your muscles, slot in some isolated soy protein or whey protein. Whey is more potent but the soy tastes better!

Regularly eat five to six times a day to keep the metabolism rate in an appropriate pace. If you abundantly eat at once, the metabolism rate gets tapered. It is not really the food you eat but the portions you eat.

Have smaller portions of food and instead of having three square meals a day. Strive to add fruits and vegetables to your diet as two of the smaller meals. They will keep you going until you can have maybe some main meal. Try drinking green tea every morning. It can helps with digestion and does help with weight loss. If you did not stick to the routine one day and eat too much, do not let it screw up your diet, just continue the routine the next day.

The breakfast should be consumed because the metabolism is faster during the daytime as you are continuously awake. At night when you are asleep it gets slower. The fiber diet is most suitable for the digestive tract as it keeps the sugar levels evenly distributed throughout the body.

Cut out any and all fast foods and sodas. Eat fresh vibrant colored veggies and stick to white meat. You can try a good multivitamin to maintain health and feel great all day long.

If you follow the above mentioned tips, you are likely to lose about 20 pounds of weight within 2 months time.