How to burn fat permanently is what everyone wants the answer to! It takes a lot of discipline to lose fat and even more to keep it off. The number one key is going to be long-term life-style change. If you are prepared to do things differently you can live a healthier life and actually take part in an active life. We are going to take a look at several areas that are going to show you how to burn fat. I think it is ridiculous to attempt to remove all fat from your diet because it just isn't natural. The practical limits of human performance strength,speed and endurance are largely determined at the cellular level. Triglycerides (stored fat ) are one of the three most important energy sources that your muscles can store. This being said, triglycerides( stored fat ) play an important role in our bodies. It is also an energy source to be burned off. Mother Nature has given us a taste for fat so strong that it conflicts with our desire to be thin. What this means to us is when attempting an unnatural behavior ( food deprivation ) it's going to essentially fail most of the time. With this said, very low-fat diets don't lead most people to permanent weight loss because they just aren't natural. These very low-fat diets conflict with your inborn preference for the taste of fat. Glycogen ( stored carbohydrate ) as mentioned, is another of the three most important energy sources. This energy source is also stored in the muscles and is key to burning fat! If you can learn to control your body's levels of glycogen you can control your ability to stay slim for life! What I mean, is understanding glycogen and how to manipulate it, is so important I couldn't possibly cover it in an article. Okay, I'll add some more on glycogen. This chemical complex of sugar molecules is the form in which your body stores carbohydrate energy. It matters not what form of carbohydrate you eat, rice,pasta or a banana your body stores these carbs as glycogen. Now understanding that it is stored in your muscles, does it not tell you that adding muscle tissue adds storage space? The reason this is so important. is because if your glycogen level is low, when you ingest food your body will store "glycogen calories" and burn off "fat calories". Keep in mind your body burns a fuel mixture of a 50/50 ratio, 50% fat and 50% carbohydrates. Exercise is now what our focus will turn to. I don't mean some grueling workout that no one would look forward to. It's important to start off slow with exercise just as it is important not to starve yourselves. You can use your imagination when it comes to this factor, keeping in mind it needs to be, or should I say has to be long-term. Find something you can enjoy doing each and every day to keep yourself moving. I could keep discussing types of exercise but lets look at why to exercise. Remembering muscles are your storage tanks for glycogen, when you exercise, you strip your muscles of some of this glycogen stored. Okay, now we sit down to eat a meal of pasta and a nice meat sauce, (low-fat,not very low-fat ) salad with dressing ( low-fat,ect..) and some tea with lemon to satisfy thirst. Now that we have lowered our glycogen levels our body has no choice but to burn off fat! Remembering triglycerides (stored fat ) is also an energy source. Summing up, we have looked at some good stuff. You should look into the study of foods and the nutritious value to help you manipulate glycogen. We looked at how exercise can help you manipulate glycogen in order to burn off fat. We also mentioned long-term life style changes as being a key factor in burning fat and to keep it off. I wish you the best in reaching your weight loss targets. As always, Until next time!