How do celebrities lose belly fat and stay thin

If you are anything like me, you love watching movies, reality TV shows and other forms of entertainment. Which means you  have probably noticed how almost all celebrities seem to be  in excellent shape year round , but why is that, what do they do different from average people ?  Is it because they have access to miracle supplements or 300 dollar an hour personal trainers?

It’s all about dedication and motivation

Well if you read my latest article on supplements, you would know they can help you, but they certainly are not causing any “miracle transformations”. Now they may a have a slight advantage with the trainers though, they have world-class trainers watching what they eat and designing their workout programs.  However, what is the real reason they stay in such good shape? The answer is simply dedication, and motivation. They are paid to look good, and that promise of money will bring them all the dedication and motivation they need.  What you need to do, is find something that motivates you to get healthy, and use that to make sure you stay dedicated. Is it that you want to be able to play in the yard with your grandkids someday?  Or is it as simple as the promise of a long healthy life, that’s for you to decide.

Once you find a real reason to exercise and eat correctly, doing it day after day, week after week, will not seem like such a big deal. In addition, that dedication will be what you can use to look just as good as any celebrity through consistent dieting and exercise.

Fastest is not always the best way to lose weight

However, once you have that dedication to your fitness goals, there is still the task of finding the best way for you to achieve them. Notice I did not say fastest way to achieve them, losing weight extremely fast is not all its cracked up to be. The weight you are losing could be just water weight or even worse lean muscle mass.  Losing weight and getting into shape takes time, on average you should expect to lose 2-5 pounds a week, 5 pounds being the high-end and not very common.

The first thing you need to do if you plan to lose weight (or belly fat) is get together a good nutrition plan. Your primary concern should be finding a plan you can follow easily without getting bored and cheating. I have helped many people lose weight and let me tell you, there are no exact steps or recipe for fat loss that will work for everyone.  Such as meals per day, studies have shown eating more meals a day (6+ meals) is healthier for you overall, it increases your metabolism each time you eat and has many other physiological benefits.  However, the main reason I recommend this to clients is simple, the more meals you eat per day, the more likely you are to get a large variety of healthy foods and nutrients.

Instead of eating three square meals a day such as…. 

Breakfast: 4 Eggs and 2 Pieces of Toast

Lunch: 2  Deli Cut Ham Sandwiches on Wheat Bread

Dinner: 15 Ounces of Sirloin and a baked potato

You could eat something like

Breakfast: A bowl of oatmeal or a low sugar cereal

Snack: A cup of blueberries, strawberries, or a banana

Lunch:   Ham and low fat cheese Pita bread wrap.

Snack:  A low fat dip with celery sticks or even a serving of baked chips

Dinner:   A 8-10 ounce sirloin and baked potato

Snack:  A 100-calorie snack pack

Unfortunately, some people due to time restraints simply cannot find enough time in the day to eat this many meals, which is why they may need to go about dieting in a different way more suitable for their lifestyle. However, the second option is a more interesting diet and allows you to mix things up.

Are you cheating on your diet?

One of the main reasons people fail with diets is because they get bored of them and then CHEAT.  This is also another reason I recommend multiple meals a day. Say you follow my plan and eat 6 meals a day for 7 days a week that is 42 meals a week. Now make two of those cheat meals.  Based on that, basic math tells us we would be only “cheating” at around 4% of our meals and eating healthy the other 96%. That sounds fair to me, and I have helped many people lose 30+ pounds using that same basic philosophy, because that is what worked for THEM.

In the end, if you want to look good year round like celebrities or athletes you need to use a diet that fits your lifestyle and you could see yourself following the rest of your life.  Also, remember it took you YEARS of unhealthy eating to put on that extra 20-50 pounds of excess fat, so do not expect it to be gone in a week.

Exercise like a celebrity

The next thing you will need to incorporate into you daily life to reach your fitness goals will be exercise. Although dieting alone CAN help you reach your fat loss goals, it will be a lot easier and more forgiving if you use exercise as well. Plus, if the celebrity or athlete you want to look like is a man, you can bet he spends a lot of time in the gym, but we will just go over cardio training for now.

There are two types of cardio popular to lose weight, high intensity interval training commonly known as HIIT, or low intensity training such as walking or biking a few miles. Which one is more effective?  I recommend you use a mixture of both, slightly leaning towards more HIIT training. If you saw the movie “300″ you know every guy in that movie was in great shape. Which is especially relevant because they even published the workout they used for the actors, “The 300 workout”, and it was a form of HIIT training. Research has shown HIIT training not only affects fat lose faster during your workout, but also increases your chance to burn fat after the workout.  I recently wrote an entire article just on HIIT, and recommend you give that a look to learn more about that specific form of training.

However, remember no exercise or diet program in the world can help you get your ideal physique if you are not dedicated enough to follow it. Nevertheless, if you stay consistent with a program, I guarantee you will get results faster then you ever thought possible.