Obesity levels in ‘Western’ countries are reaching epidemic proportions and are growing almost exponentially. In Australia for example, the obesity level has doubled in the last 10 years and the extra weight has increased our risk of developing degenerative diseases like, heart disease, cancer and diabetes.

Since we are putting on weight at such a rapid rate, it means the activities we are engaging in on a daily basis are promoting fat storage rather than fat burning in our bodies.

In this article we will examine the ultimate fat-burning day- everything you need to do to burn off the maximum amount of body fat in 24 hours. As we cover each of the ‘daily disciplines’, decide whether or not it suits you and if you can incorporate it into your lifestyle. The most important point to remember is any fat-loss principle you decide to incorporate into your lifestyle must be sustainable. It must become a habit that you can perform for the rest of your life. If not, the results you achieve by using it will be short-lived as well.

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The first strategy to employ is the ‘Maximum Weight-Loss Protocol’. This is a jealously guarded secret of fitness experts around the world simply because it is so effective at getting amazing results. This one strategy alone can burn off a massive amount of fat in a few short weeks if it is performed every day. It is a very simple 4-step process, which is as follows:

1. Wake up in the morning and take a thermogenic.
2. Exercise for 30-60 minutes.
3. Wait 30 minutes.
4. Have breakfast.

This strategy uses a number of physiological mechanisms in the body in order maximize the utilization of fat for fuel.

Start your day by waking up in the morning at 6:00am and taking a thermogenic. At this time your blood sugar (blood glucose) tends to be low because you were fasting for the last 6-8 hours (assuming you didn’t have a midnight snack!). Your metabolism is relatively low too. Taking a thermogenic (fat burner) like, BCN’s XLR8, gives your metabolism a ‘kick start’ and also forces your fat cells to release stored fat and send it into the bloodstream. Now you have created an environment in your bloodstream where your blood sugar is low and your blood free fatty acids are high.

Then, when you start exercising, your working muscles will use fat almost exclusively as a fuel source. Plus, as a result of taking the thermogenic and doing the exercise, your metabolism stays elevated for quite some time after the exercise session is completed. This is why it is important to wait 30 minutes before having breakfast. You will keep burning fat during this post-exercise window. If you have breakfast straight after the exercise session, your blood sugar will rise, inducing insulin secretion. Insulin will then stop the fat-burning process in its tracks.

In saying this though, you don’t want to wait longer than about 30 minutes because as a result of having a low blood sugar level for an extended period of time, the level of cortisol in your bloodstream will start to rise. Cortisol has the effect of breaking down lean tissue in the body including muscle, which results in a depression of your metabolic rate.

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