Beginner Weight Loss Tips

At this time of year, we all want weight loss and good health. No one wants to be sick or fearing a heart attack. And we all want to be able to care and provide comfort for our families. But many people have been greatly confused and mislead by companies with hidden agendas when it comes to health.

So let me give you some beginner tips that I recently provided to Men's Fitness magazine to help you start losing fat and turning your health around.

Nutrition tips 1 - Eat a serving of fiber-rich vegetables or fruit at each meal.

2 - Eat a source of lean protein at every meal.

3 - Eat 8 small mini-meals per day. Now that might be tough, but if you currently eat 2 meals per day, split those in half and eat 4 meals. Then in 4 weeks, try to go to 6 meals. Always split up the appropriate daily calories into those meals. Don't use the increased number of mini-meals as an excuse to overeat.

4 - Don't drink any calories. That means no juice, no soda, and no added sugar to your coffee or tea.

5 - Eat whole natural foods, avoiding foods that come in a bag or box.

Workout Tips

1 - For absolute beginners, just start with something that you like to do.

2 - When you start a structured exercise program, choose total-body exercises (presses, rows, squats, hip extensions, planks, etc.). All of these of course, are outlined in strength and interval workouts.

3 - Use light weights until you perfect your exercise form.

4 - Spend no more than 5 minutes per workout on abs. You have better things to do than hundreds of crunches per day.

5 - Use interval cardio instead of slow, steady state cardio (even if an interval means walking at 3.8mph rather than walking at 3.5mph).

Craig Ballantyne is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist and writes for Men's Health, Men's Fitness, Maximum Fitness, Muscle and Fitness Hers, and Oxygen magazines. His trademarked Turbulence Training fat loss workouts have been featured multiple times in Mens Fitness and Maximum Fitness magazines and all over the Internet, and have helped thousands of men and women around the world lose fat, gain muscle, and get lean in less than 45 minutes three times per week. For more information on the Turbulence Training workouts that will help you burn fat without long, slow cardio sessions or fancy equipment, visit http://www.TurbulenceTraining.com