When it comes to achieving maximum fat loss, it’s important to separate fact from fiction.  There are many different fat loss lies circulating around, and while often they will not completely ruin any progress you experience, they can definitely hinder your results.

That said, knowing which lies to watch out for and being sure to take the time to avoid them will play a critical role in your overall fat loss success.

Here are the big fat loss lies to watch out for.

1.        You must do cardio to lose body fat.

This is not true at all.  You can be very successful with fat loss if you have a good weight lifting program and a proper diet.

Those two factors in combination together are going to be most important for getting you results you desire.  Cardio is just icing on the cake and can speed the results when used correctly.

2.        Eating at night will cause you to gain weight.

Wrong again.  Eating too many calories will put a dramatic halt to your fat loss progress, but eating at night won’t.

If those calories you eat at night put you over your daily budget, then yes, eating at night will cause you to gain weight.

It’s all about total calorie intake.

3.       You should workout every day to lose weight.

While you may think every day exercise is your best bet to lose weight effectively, again, this is incorrect.

Exercising too frequently will just cause problems with the body, putting you into overtraining mode or potentially even causing injury.

You should always have, at minimum, one day off from your workout programs

4.       If you combine carbs and fat in a meal, you will gain body fat.

While it’s generally a good idea to separate your carbohydrate meals from your fat containing meals (all meals should contain protein), if you have the two together this does not necessarily mean fat gain, provided you stay within your desired calorie intake.

Once again, it’s that daily total that really does make the biggest difference.

5.       Eating more frequently will boost your metabolic rate.

Finally, the last misconception is that eating more frequently will help to boost the metabolic rate.

While having more meals more frequently can help keep hunger under control, it will not boost the metabolic rate.

The body’s metabolism will speed up in relation to how much food is eaten at the meal, so the more food you eat, the greater it will speed up.

The best bet is to place your meals at a frequency that makes you comfortable and helps you stick with the diet.  That is what will ensure that you lose weight in the long run.

So, be sure you keep these points in mind when going about your fat loss diet.  Far too many people start believing these lies and it throws them off course, so the more learning you can do to separate fact from fiction when it comes to weight loss, the more chances you’ll have at actually reaching your goal weight.