10 Quick And Easy Ways To Get Skinny
How to Get Skinny?
So you want to get skinny. You want to lose
weight. Losing weight is great, but before you embark on getting skinny you
first need to picture what you really mean by getting skinny. It is important
that you have a clear idea about what you have in mind so that you can set a
clear and achievable goal.
Get Skinny: Your Body Type
Generally when people talk about skinny people they are
thinking about people with an ectomorphic body type. These people have
little fat, little muscle and a delicate bone structure. Ectomorphs are either
naturally skinny or it is straightforward for them to get skinny, e.g. Taylor
Swift and Eva Mendes respectively. However, there are two other body types. Mesomorphs naturally
build muscle and can gain fat quickly, but also lose fat relatively easy.
Examples include Anna Kournikova, Janet Jackson and Jessica Biel. Endomorphic people
have a body type that means they struggle to control the body fat percentage
and have to work really hard at losing weight. Beyonce and Scarlett Johansson
are endomorphs. Each of these three body types gains and loses weight with
varying levels of ease. When planning to get skinny remember:
- The ease or difficulty with which it takes to get skinny will depend on your body type.
- What getting skinny means to you should depend on your body type. If you have an endomorphic body your skinny goal should not be Kate Moss, Eva Mendes or Taylor Swift (ectomorphs), but someone with an endomorphic body build.
- Being realistic means that you will achieve your goals and drop the fat, get rid of the wobbly bits and have a firm, lean body like Scarlett Johansson, Beyonce or Jennifer Lopez. The same goes for the other body types. Are you a mesomorph? Jessica Biel, Jennifer Garner and Jennifer Aniston are great examples. Determine your body type and find out who your skinny role model is. You CAN get skinny; just remember that it should mean different things to different people.
- Healthiness trumps skinniness. Therefore, your first and overriding goal should be to maintain or improve health. Your goal to get skinny should come second. Ensure that all your plans are consistent with this principle.
How To Get Skinny Fast: Ways To Get Skinny
1. Determine your body
type and choose a realistic role model. You can use the body type
calculator to help you.
2. Determine and keep
track of your body fat percentage. Ensure that you maintain a healthy
level of body fat. Too little body fat can be just a dangerous as too much body
fat, especially for women and even more so for young women. Ideally you should
get your body fat percentage measured professionally. To get a ROUGH idea you
can use the body fat calculator– but still get measured!
3. Determine your ideal
weight based on your body type.
4. Create a calorie
deficit by lowering your caloric intake by 15 – 20% below what you
normally need to maintain your weight. You can use the calorie calculator to
find out your calorie needs. Steer clear of crash dieting and
extremely low calorie intakes to avoid triggering your starvation
protection mechanism.
5. Zig-zag calorie intake (calorie
rotation), i.e. change your calorie intake every few days. For example, you can
have 3 low calorie days followed by 1 higher calorie day. This will keep your
body guessing, avoid weight loss plateaus and reduces the likelihood of cheating.
6. Eat 5 – 6 small meals throughout
the day to keep your metabolism high and to avoid cheating.
7. Cardiovascular exercise is an
absolute requirement. If you want to get skinny and toned, and avoid
looking skinny fat, you have to exercise. Exercise will increase
the calorie deficit you have created through diet to increase weight loss and
also creates a better body. Dieting gets rid of fat, but it does not create a
stunning body – exercise does. Exercise will improve muscle
tone and increase your metabolism. The boost in metabolism is important,
because dieting DECREASES metabolism. Exercise will help counteract that
decrease, as well as improve your cardiovascular fitness and general health.
Try a weight loss exercise plan based around cardio.
8. To get skinny and look great you need to do
resistance training. Dieting usually causes loss of muscle mass, which
decreases metabolism, as muscle is metabolically active. Therefore, resistance
training will help stave off the loss of muscle that usually occurs and increase
metabolism. Furthermore, if you lose muscle you’re more likely to look skinny
fat and suffer with cellulite. It is muscle that gives the body a healthy,
shapely and tight contour. For example, anyone with nice legsalso has to
have great leg muscles, which gives those legs shape; otherwise they look
unhealthy, shapeless and wobbly.
9. Learn how to run. Running is
an excellent to get skinny, fit and fabulous. It is a guaranteed way to get
skinny fast. Try a beginners running program.
10. Check out Visual Impact. This program
is geared at weight loss, getting slim and toned, while avoiding looking
overtrained and muscular. There is Visual Impact for Women the
goal of which is to create a slim feminine physique and Visual Impact for
Men, which aims for a slim, muscular, “GQ” look à la Brad Pitt, High Jackman
and Taylor Lautner.
11. Add HIIT (high-intensity
interval training) to your exercise routine. This is a sure-fire way to blast
fat and get skinny. It is a weight loss magic bullet. HIIT involves short bouts
of intense exercise separated by short periods of recovery. In all HIIT only
lasts about 20 minutes. However, studies suggest it is more effective than a
steady-state 40-minute workout. Your metabolism stays elevated for up to 24
hours afterwards. Research also shows that HIIT may burn up to 9x more fat than
regular exercise. HIIT works best when you mix it up with traditional cardio.
For example, if you exercise 5 days a week, do 2 sessions of HIIT on
non-consecutive days.
Remember, before you start a new nutritional
and/ or exercise program clear it with your doctor. If you have any questions
about healthy weight loss and body fat percentages your doctor will be happy to
help.
