There's a question I ask my fitness clients and friends when quizzed about the latest weight loss potion and pill. I ask- Could you take this potion and pill for the rest of your life to keep fat off?. The answer is always no .Then the latest pill and potion is not a lifestyle change that you should make.

Run the opposite way as fast as you can.

Check out these - 5 proven strategies for permanent fat loss.

1. Eat - Yes you must eat more to weigh less. Your body is programmed to store calories when it senses a shortage of calories. Eating small frequent meals, preferably 5 to 6 times a day every 3 to 4 hours, will ensure that your metabolism is burning fat and shedding inches.

2. Strength Training - I call strength training the magic bullet that everyone is looking for. Strength training will increase the ingredient that will burn fat all day even when you sleep. The ingredient I'm talking about is muscle. Muscle is metabolically active tissue. The best way to put muscle on is through strength training.

Beware of starting a cardio/ nutritional program without strength training- You become a smaller version of what you were.

If you want to tone, tighten, and turn your body into a fat burning machine even when you sleep. You must strength train.

3. Full body Workout - Now that you know the benefits of strength training, let's make sure your strength training program is set up to get the most benefit.

You definitely want to work the body as a whole for a number of reasons. I will go over a couple of them here. First, You will burn more calories training multiple body parts, and as a result accelerate your metabolism losing inches, toning your body, and burning body fat. Secondly, isolating muscles in your workout routine is opposite of how your body works. The body functions as a unit- training it otherwise can possibly lead to injury and inconsistent results.

4. Balanced Meals - Protein, Carbohydrate, and Healthy fat should be in every meal. Choose lean forms of protein such as fish, egg whites, chicken, turkey,lean red meat,protein powder etc. Carbohydrates- Choose complex carbohydrates. This form of carbohydrate will take longer to digest and keep insulin levels balanced plus make it easier for your body to burn fat.

Healthy fat- Choose nuts, seeds,avocado's peanut butter, essential fatty acid supplements.

5. Consistency - Committing to healthy eating and exercise is a big step, but it must be followed with consistent action. Working out and eating healthy some of the time will bring lackluster results at best. You must take it day to day and meal to meal. If you "blow" a meal don't worry about it -do better on the next meal. Be consistent with your thoughts and actions and before you know it you will lose fat and speed your metabolism permanently.