There are multiple means to achieve weight loss and attainment of a better body shape.
Dieting and supplements can be effective in themselves, but weight loss is enhanced greatly by exercising to burn fat.
Exercise is particularly effective in that as body fat weight is lost, muscle tone is improved.
Hence, body shape is improved in two ways: reduction of fat deposits on the waistline, hips etc.
, as well as enhancement in muscle tone and bulk in the arms, shoulders, chest, and legs.
When you exercise to burn fat, you are burning more calories than could be burned in a sedentary, non-exercising lifestyle.
Many data tables are available for gaining an approximation of calories burned during exercise routines or other physical tasks.
When weight loss is the goal, burning calories and fat by exercising counts just as much as reducing calorie intake in the diet.
Almost all exercises and physical activities will burn calories and fat.
This includes strength training with weights or other resistance exercises, as well as aerobic forms of exercise such as jogging, walking, or working out on aerobic machines at the local gym.
Moderate forms of aerobic exercise are considered the best way to target fat burning.
The human metabolism converts the body's sources of energy to respond to requirements placed upon it.
Vigorous, hard aerobic work burns calories, but the immediate source is generally from carbohydrate sources (glycogen) stored in the body.
Burning fat is a more involved metabolic process that can best be attained by a more modest but sustained exercise.
Dieters who are cleared by their physicians should add exercise to any fat reduction program to attain best results.