Step 1 - Establish a Goal

Before starting any new diet or exercise program, you must create a target that you can track and measure. Establishing a goal gives you something specific to work towards. You may have one primary goal, which is where you want to be in the end. And you may have smaller goals that you use as milestones along the way.

Think About What You Want to Achieve

What is it that you are trying to accomplish? Do you want to shrink your body(this is different from losing weight)? Do you want to firm your body? Or do you just want to lose weight?

Shrink your body
You think there’s a pair of skinny jeans with your name on them.
Fat occupies more space than muscle. Two people can weigh 150 pounds, with one being toned and the other with a higher body fat percentage. The one with more fat will look bigger even though the two weigh the same amount. In other words, muscle makes you look more compact. So as you lose fat and gain muscle, your body begins to shrink. A pound of fat will take up about 18% more space than a pound of muscle.

Firm-up Your Body
You are tired of the jiggle.
Fat and excess water causes your body to jiggle. As you lose these extra stores of fat and water and begin to build your muscles, your body begins to tighten.

Lose Weight
You just want to see the scale move.
Eating less calories than you burn will cause the scale to move. This weight will be comprised of water, lean body tissue, and some fat. Just losing weight can not change the shape of your body and improve your appearance the way that building your muscles will.

Keep a Fitness and Weight Loss Journal

A journal is a great way to keep a close eye on your weight loss and fitness activities.  There are tons of online tools that you can use for journaling.  Fitday.com has a tool that will allow you to enter your goals and monitor the steps you take along the way to reaching those goals.  You can track your calorie consumption, your activity levels, and your progression of fitness.  You can enter foods into your daily food log and see the nutritional value of these foods, as well as receive a complete diet analysis.

Fat Blast Tip:

To lose body fat you need 3 key elements: regular cardio exercise, consistent strength training for all your muscle groups and a healthy, low-calorie diet.

More Fat Blasting Steps:

Step 2 - Know Your Burn
In order to lose fat, you must burn more calories than you consume.  This is called a calorie deficit …

Step 3 - Eat Clean, Eat Lean
If you are trying to lose weight, making a conscious effort to improve the way you eat is a MUST.  Sure, you would probably lose weight if you exercised like crazy every day and still ate pizza and french fries …

Step 4 - Attack the Fat
The fastest and most effective way to lose body fat is through high intensity interval training (HIIT) combined with strength training (also known as resistance training). This combination will melt away …

Step 5 - Break Any Stalls
If after a few months of consistently working out and reducing your calorie intake you notice that the scale no longer moves and your measurements show no reduction in body size, you have probably stalled …