There are countless different diet and exercise plans that exist to help you lose body fat. But, is there anything you can do to lose face fat?
It turns out that there are several things you can do to lose face fat including:
- – Doing anaerobic exercises
- – Changing up your diet
- – Practicing facial exercises
If you want to lose face fat, then give one (or all) of these seven tricks a try!
1. Step Up Your Cardio Game
The most effective way to burn fat in the gym is to get your heart rate up and keep it up. That includes face fat. And, the best way to boost your heart rate is to do anaerobic cardio exercises such as:
- – Running and walking
- – HIIT
- – Swimming
- – Cycling
- – Playing sports like soccer or basketball
Once you get your heart rate up into its fat burning zone, you’ll start burning fat, including face fat. Your fat-burning zone is at about 70% of your maximum heart rate. Once you reach that zone, you’ll burn both body and face fat.
2. Cut Back on Sodium and Sugar
Have you ever had a big bowl of soup in the winter and woke up the next morning feeling that your face looked fatter than usual? If so, you weren’t imagining it. Your body tends to retain water when you consume a lot of salty foods such as soup. As a result, your face will appear fatter than usual.
If you want to lose that puffy facial appearance, try to cut back on these foods that are typically filled with salt:
- – Canned soup
- – Canned meats
- – Highly processed foods
Cutting back on salt is an easy way to immediately start getting rid of facial fat.
Also, eating a diet high in refined sugars could lead to excess body and face fat. Many studies show that the more refined sugars you eat, the more likely you are to have excess fat.
Therefore, if you want to lose both body and facial fat, start by cutting out refined sugars. That includes:
- – White bread and rice
- – Regular pasta
- – Cookies, cake, and crackers
Instead of refined carbs, opt for whole grains such as wheat bread and brown rice. Whole grains are more complex carbs that won’t lead to excess body fat like refined carbs do.
3. Do Facial Exercises
You read that right, facial exercises. Even many regular gym-goers have probably never heard of exercises for your face before. While they’ve never heard of them, research shows that facial exercises have several benefits for your face including:
- – Trimming away fat
- – Building facial muscles
- – Creating muscle definition in your face
Want to try facial exercises today? Give the cheekbone lift a try! Place your fingers over your cheekbones and pull the skin upwards until you feel a slight tug. Hold your skin up and open your mouth wide into an “O”. Hold open for 10 seconds, then release your skin.
4. Drink Water Water Water
Drinking water is good for almost everything, including facial fat loss. Water has the ability to:
- – Increase your metabolism
- – Suppress your appetite
- – Promote body detoxification
All of these things can lead to facial fat loss. Also, water will improve the overall complexion of your face. It can clear up acne as well as brighten and smooth the skin. So, if you want a slimmer and glowier look, make sure that you’re drinking enough water each day.
5. Reduce Your Alcohol Intake
Alcohol is one of those sneaky things that often unknowingly leads to excess fat in your face. That’s because many people underestimate the amount of calories in the typical alcoholic beverage. In fact, a single mixed drink can be anywhere from 100 to even 500 calories.
When you’re unknowingly drinking all those calories, it can lead to rapid fat accumulation in your face. Therefore, be sure to be conscious of how many drinks you’re having and how many calories are in each of them. Or, opt for a low calorie, non-alcoholic drink such as:
- – Fruit infused water
- – Fresh fruit juice
- – Naturally sweetened sparkling water
If you switch from alcohol to one of these healthy non-alcoholic drinks, you should start to lose facial fat.
6. Get Plenty of Shut Eye
Getting enough sleep every night is essential for trimming away facial fat as well as for overall improved mental and physical health. When you get enough sleep, your body will:
- – Maintain a healthy metabolism
- – Reduce fat storage
- – Suppress your appetite
All of these things come back around to help reduce facial fat.
Additionally, not getting enough sleep can take a big toll on your face in ways other than gaining facial fat. For example, lack of sleep often leads to dark under-eye circles, puffiness, and redness. All of these things plus excess facial fat can lead to premature facial aging.
7. Invest In a Facial Massager
Have you seen those fancy jade face rollers or other fancy facial tools on social media recently? If so, while they look silly, they’re actually a great tool to help reduce face fat and carve out your facial muscles.
Facial jade rollers and gua shas have been used in eastern cultures for centuries to help promote lymphatic drainage. Lymphatic drainage removes lymph, or waste products, out of your face tissues and back towards your heart where they can then be disposed of.
The accumulation of lymph in your face can make it look fat and puffy. Speeding up the lymphatic drainage process with a facial massage tool will help remove that lymph and slim out your face. Just massage your face in the morning and at night to watch it slim down.
Final Thoughts on How to Lose Face Fat
If you’re trying to lose body fat, most traditional plans that include eating healthy and exercising should also help you lose face fat. But, you should also try sneaking in one or two of these little tricks to help speed up that facial fat loss process.
Having too much face fat can be frustrating and embarrassing. If you stick to these tips and tricks, you can start waving goodbye today to excess face fat.
Extra tip: Try drinking bone broth to get glowing, softer facial skin!
