Sometimes it’s about weight training, sometimes it’s about cardio, and other times it’s about a balance of both. Consider the current shape you’re in. If you’re looking to loose weight, but have no desire to increase muscle mass, then you’ll probably want to begin with a cardio workout routine. Start with your diet. It’s high time to focus on healthy foods like fish, poultry, vegetables, fruits and water. You may be used to fatty carbs, but it’s time to ditch those and pick up whole grains, oatmeal, rice and beans. These are healthy carbs that supply your body with sustained energy for great cardio workouts. Okay, back to the fitness aspect. If you don’t have any exercise equipment, look to the closest gym. Get a membership and begin going an hour each day, five days a week. Spend your time on the elliptical machines, treadmills, recumbent bikes, and pumping out crunches galore. This is how calories are burnt. If you’re sticking to a low-fat diet, you’ll see progress in no time.

For most men, a decent workout routine consists of weight training. You’ll probably want some cardio mixed in there as well, especially if you’re overweight, but most men love the benches and dumbbells. We want lean muscle mass. Try two days of heavy cardio and three days of weight training each week. With weights, you should focus on doing sets with 75 percent of your max. It’s great if you can bench 200 pounds once, but that’s not the way to build mass. An effective workout routine with weights should consist of 4 sets per exercise with 8-12 reps per set. So get to that gym and get started today!

Now that your curiosity has risen I’ll share what I have learned. The concept of achieving weight loss success through tricking your body is quite new to me. Researchers suggest that dieters should take two tablespoons of oil each day. This will trick your metabolism into burning fat and it will knock you appetitive down to nothing.

I know this because I just took a spoonful this morning. I had to test this ridiculously simple plan out. That is all there is to it. You don’t put yourself on a low calorie plan. There are no special foods and no supplements involved. The oil is the only thing that you need to achieve weight loss success.

What makes me nervous is the fat content. I am a fan of the low fat diet. Even with all of the protein hype, I find that I achieve greater weight loss success and maintenance success when I cut out the fatty foods. A spoonful of oil is the opposite of what my weight loss experience has taught me.

However, I am at an age where there is always a pound or two to lose so I thought that I would give it a try. I guess that if I cheat on this plan I will be in a world of trouble with my low fat lifestyle. After all, the two tablespoons of oil make up the amount of fat that I would normally consume in a whole day.

I have to admit that I am not the least bit hungry and I took the shot of oil about four hours ago. I can see how I may achieve some weight loss success with this simple trick. I hate to call it a diet because taking oil twice each day is really all that you do. If this works, I will be investing in stock on light olive oil or refined walnut oil.

Oh yes, you want to only use oils that have little or no flavor. The high concentration of nutrients with no flavor is what tricks your body into burning fat. I can attest that it does wonders for willpower. I have to force myself to eat. If I experience weight loss success by doing just this then I am never going to need to go on another diet again.