The Big 3 Ingredients to the Body Women Want

Looking to slim down while maintaining your curves? It’s not easy. However, making sure you have a good plan laid out will increase the odds of success.

That being said, it’s important that you realize that creating that body you desire requires more than 30 minutes of cardio a day. The fact is, their are key ingredients necessary to expedite shaping yourself and becoming fit. Let’s take a look at the top 3 things you need.

1. The Right Number of Calories.

No, I’m not talking about Weight Watchers or Atkins or any of that junk. The latest fad is not going to help you in the long term. Besides, they make it too difficult. See, to get started all you need to do is figure out your target umber of calories and start counting. That’s it. Really. If you’re looking to lose, you want to make sure you are at a caloric deficit. If you want to maintain, you find your maintenance level and stick with it. If you want to gain, you add more.

The fact is that counting your calories is the number one way to lose weight. Spending hours on the elliptical will be useless if you don’t know how many calories are going in your body. Think about it. Say you need to be eating 1500 calories a day. However, you’re putting in 2000 calories. But you feel okay because you hit the elliptical for 30 minutes. Well, that 30 minutes burned about 300 calories. So you are still at 1700 calories for the day–a 200 calorie surplus.

While that cardio was useful in burning some calories, you’re still going to be gaining because it’s not enough to offset all the food you are eating. Need to figure out how many calories you need? Try this counter here.

2. Resistance Training.

We’d like you to get away from thinking about exercise for caloric burn. Yes, it’s a nice benefit, but really you want to control your calories by the volume and quality of food you put in your mouth. Instead, let’s think about it from a sculpting perspective. By incorporating resistance training, you can target certain muscle groups to build curves. For example, if you are doing heavy squats, you’ll build the muscles in your legs and butt to give yourself a more firm look. Along the way, you’ll build bone density, which is very important to women at risk for osteperosis.

3. Sleep.

This is the part of the equation no one ever seems to talk about. So many of us have trouble getting in those 8 hours. Heck, you might not even get 6. But might we suggest you skip your late night show and get some extra sleep instead? Your body needs that time to repair itself and build muscle. The energy and recovery is crucial.

Which ingredient do you have the most difficulty with? Tell us!

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