whats a great supplement out there that promotes fat loss. I also wanna do cardio bigtime. Would running for 30 minutes at least to start be good enough? Also i need to know a good diet to stick to. Do i stay away from carbs? Also a personal trainer at a gym told me that if i wanna lose weight, cut out all dairy products. Does that sound right?
1. You do NOT need a supplement for fat loss. Make sure that your DIET and training are targeted towards fat loss and you will see results. Besies, unless you're already relatively lean (i.e. <10% BF for a male and <15% BF for a female) then I would not recommend a fat burner, as it would be pointless.
2. If you were to run do not run longer than 30 minutes, since you start becoming catabolic after 30 minutes of running. I would suggest doing 12-20 minutes of running, but at a HIGH INTENSITY 3-4 times a week, but not more (unless you are used to running).
3. You don't need a "diet"; you just need to know what correct nutrition is! Read post #4 at
http://anabolicminds.com/forum/female-fitness/122489-new-forum-need.html; it tells you all you need to know re diet for fat loss (applied to males AND females; as does the training advice given)!
4. Do NOT stay away from carbohydrates! You need at LEAST 50-100g of carbohydrates a day to lose fat effectively. Low or elimination carbohydrate diets are not the best way of losing fat, and you can effectively lose fat on HIGH carbohydrates.
5. You do NOT need to cut out all dairy products. In fact, studies have proven that those who have at LEAST two servings of dairy daily lose MORE fat than those who do NOT.
6. It's easy enough to lose 20lb in a few days to a week: just don't eat carbohydrates, use a diuretic, and exercise excessively (I do NOT recommend this!); however, the weight that you lose will be mostly food and water weight (with some muscle) and only a little fat. Which is why I recommend that you do NOT focus too much on losing 20lb (i.e. don't look at the scale weight). You should be more concerned with FAT loss.
~Rosie
Team APPNUT