Today's tip comes from Alwyn Cosgrove:

Fat Loss Blueprint

For fat loss we need to observe the following as our primary goal:

• Burn as many calories as possible through resting metabolic rate. Lean muscle is metabolically active, so building muscle or at least maintaining it is extremely important.

• Burn more calories through increased meal frequency (digestion burns calories).

• Burn more calories through macronutrient manipulation. The thermic effect of protein is twice as high as the thermic effect of fat or carbohydrate — and it adds up.

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• Burn calories through metabolic disturbance (increased activity levels and EPOC, or Excess Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption).

• Create a deficit between the metabolism (calories burned) and intake (calories consumed). This deficit can only be closed by "borrowing" from the body's energy stores — i.e. your body fat.