1. Do not eat poor quality carbohydrates before bed.
Poor quality carbohydrates are those that contain sugar
or are highly processed. These would include most breakfast
cereals, breads, snack foods, candies, and even fruits and
juices. Eating these foods immediately prior to bedtime will
likely result in increased fat deposit and will prevent your
body from maintaining a successful fat-burning mode.

2. Increase your muscle mass! The more lean muscle you have,
the more calories your body will burn even at rest. Muscle
is extremely active metabolically. Do some resistance training,
add some muscle, and crank up that metabolism.

3. Never let yourself get too hungry, or too stuffed. It really
is all about moderation. Time your meals so that you eat before
you are starving . . . doing this one simple thing will cause you
to almost always eat less. When you do eat, stop when your
satisfied not when you are so stuffed you cannot even get
down another bite.

4. Double up on your cardio training. From time to time it may
be beneficial to the fat-burning process for you to split your
cardio training into two short sessions rather than one longer
one. Studies suggest that people who do 30 minutes of morning
cardio and then 30 minutes of evening cardio lose more fat
than those doing just one 60 minute session.

5. Eat more high fiber foods. Most of us do not get enough fiber
in our daily diets, and that’s just a shame. Fiber not only
promotes overall general health, but also can significantly
aid in your fat-burning efforts. Leafy greens and salads are
ideal sources of fiber.