You can use the insider secrets of top athletes to turn your body into a lean, hard, fat burning machine. The best thing is that you use your own body to burn the fat away.

Follow the lead of world-class athletes and body builders to lose body fat while keeping all the muscle. Burning fat and building muscle is the healthy way to lose weight.

The trick is that muscle burns more calories than fat, even when you are resting. You can sleep away your unwanted fat. It works even better if you do some exercise.

Eating the right combination of foods can help with fat burning without muscle loss. You do not need those diet pills, supplements or shakes. You do not need any weird foods, or special ingredients.

You can eat more to lose more fat. In fact, if you starve yourself you will not lose weight permanently. You are doing your body damage and gaining fat. You need calories to lose weight.

Foods like chicken breast, turkey breast, very lean red meat and most types of fish are the best for your fat loss, muscle-building diet. Add a green vegetable to a serve of any of these low fat protein foods and you have a healthy meal.

Celery is known to be a dieter’s best friend but it can get boring.  If you are looking for something different, try Romaine lettuce, spinach, arugula, mustard greens, collard greens, Swiss chard, turnip greens, kale and celery, in different combinations.

A healthy eating plan with regular exercise will make you feel more energetic and happier. You would be surprised at the difference a week of healthy living can make to your life.

By Wendy Streater