A Not-So-Diet Diet

Diet equals starvation? Most of us think of dieting is abstinence of eating. But the truth is… there’s no need to starve in order to lose weight. You can even eat as much as you want providing it is within reason and still lose weight. You can eat foods that most diets prohibit. It’s not really all about the food but also your eating habits.

I tried several diets over a period of tome and most of them worked for a while but all had drawback. One of the diets I’ve tried is the low calorie diet. My mom would serve meat that could get lost in a hay stack. I was constantly hungry and I wasn’t able to have a lot of energy to get through the day. After a couple of weeks, ate and made myself full. I got through the day well again but that ended my diet. I tried diets after diets but it never really worked.

Our body consumes its own fats. As long as there is fat to consume and constant mild exercise, the body will stay healthy. According to research, a few carbohydrates actually improve diet in both taste and health-wise without subtracting much from the effect of losing weight.

So, on a low carbohydrate diet, you can have eggs, bacon or sausage for breakfast just as long as you are not a glutton. You can have a choice of portions of meat for lunch or dinner. The key there is to avoid starchy foods and sugars. And don’t forget fiber-rich fruits and vegetables to cleanse your system.

Don’t drink eight glasses of water a day. Scientist who really looks into it found too much water is harmful because it flushes the body that may remove essential ingredients. Just drink moderately, maybe 3-4 glasses, unless you are in hot conditions or doing extreme physical activities.

When chillin’ out, beer is out! Beer has too many carbs. Gin and vodka might not build fats but can slow down weight loss temporarily. And according to a scientist, that drinking milk while on a diet would cause one to lose weight much faster.

Fat Loss Lies Stop Your Success

Have you tried all the latest diets in the magazines and still you have your fats clinging to you?

A lot of people have been trying out fad diets that never work. People have been suffering from the misconceptions about weight loss. Example of this is skipping meals is a great way to cut calories and lose weight.

On some surveys on weight loss: “Do you eat lots of vegetables and fruits?” Common answer would be “yes”. But when you flip the backside of the survey where you can see the list of their food intake, guess what?! Fruits and vegetable rarely shows up on the list.

We have a lot of inconsistencies in our thoughts and actions when it comes to weight loss. And all those misconceptions and rumors just add up to our confusion.

Here’s some information on the most common misconceptions about training and dieting for fat loss.

The more you read research on weight loss; you can conclude that results of fat loss com from your nutrition; and training is just a relatively small part of the equation.

You can spend 60 minutes on a cardio machine if you want and burn off 500 calories during that session but your metabolism surely won’t elevate.

Or you can do what I suggest… Throw away the long, excruciating cardio workouts and stick to a much more manageable approach.

A bodyweight movement warm-up (5 minutes); Turbulence Training Strength Training Supersets (20 minutes); Turbulence Training Interval Training (20 minutes)

Done only 3 times per week, these 45 minute workouts still burn plenty of calories during training (300-400 calories), but the workouts also boost your metabolism for hours and hours (some research suggests up to a day and a half!), therefore burning far more NET calories AND fat than slow, mind-numbing cardio.

Short intense training sessions to boost your metabolism and to sculpt your body is all you really need. You just have trust your nutrition you take of that fat. No matter how much confusing information there is about exercise, the best way to eat for fat loss is always much more ridiculous.

In the American Diabetes Association, they still make room for sugar in a diabetic’s diet because they don’t want to deprive anyone of sugar. That’s not going to work in losing weight. We have to make bit of sacrifices. You must stick to at least 90% nutrition compliance if you want big-time results.

You think that cover model you’ve been drooling about or your sexy next door neighbor or TV star perhaps haven’t made sacrifices? Of course they have and they got their reward. Now it’s your turn!

You have to stick to the whole natural foods like fruits, vegetables, meat, fish and nuts if you want to succeed. And accept that every action has consequences…

If you place your desire for fat loss above your desire to eat ‘junk’, then the reward is your fit and sexy body. It’s that simple. You are responsible for your own success.

Do what Dr. John Berardi calls a compliance grid. This is to track down your progress. Take a piece of paper and make 6 x 7 grid (6meals over 7 days). Then check off each time you eat according to plan and mark and “x” for each time you miss your goals. To get the 90% compliance, you have only 4 mistake meals for the whole weak. After doing the grid, most people would come to realize that their nutrition compliance is much closer to 75% that 90% and that explain why they’re getting nowhere.

So, all these boils down to: (1) Nutrition is where the hard work really is – for fat loss. (2) The workouts don't have to be super-long to get fat loss results. You just need short, intense, and efficient. And that's what my workouts are all about. Nothing fancy, no rocket science, just FUN workouts.

Lose Belly Fat Effectively

A lot of people are overweight these days because of lack of exercise and poor food choices. Here are some tips to get rid of that belly fat the healthy way!

Eat healthy.

Diet plays a vital role in losing weight. Even though you have been exercising regularly, you can still gain weight if you are eating very badly. For your diet, you need to adjust it so that you are burning more calories than you consume. Take in food that speeds up metabolism rate so as to increase your body’s fat burning process.

Many but small. You should also try taking in 5 - 6 small meals every day instead of 3 big meals. Take note that you should not skip breakfast because you will tend to overeat during lunch.

Be Nutty! A handful of nuts a day take away more belly fat. According to the research from Harvard University, peanuts can help people lose weight because they are plant-based. Therefore, they are high in protein and they do NOT contain cholesterol and some of the saturated fat that is found in animal-based protein.

Go green! Green tea is known as an aid for weight loss because it is full of antioxidants. When you drink coffee, you raise your blood sugar, raise insulin. Insulin puts a lock on body fat. If you switch to drinking green tea, you still get your caffeine, but you will drop your insulin levels and thus helps body fat fall rapidly.

Apples. An apple a day keeps the doctor away and it also keeps the fats away! Apples are low in calories and fat, low in sodium, and contain vitamins and minerals as well as fiber. The fiber helps you feel full longer because it expands in your stomach so it takes less food to satisfy your hunger.

Exercise

Sit ups. You may have heard that sit ups are not the key to losing belly fat. We must understand why we do sit ups. Sit ups is not a bad thing. But by doing sit ups, you will be building and shaping your stomach muscles.

Strength Training Exercises. Strength Training Exercises is a good way to help lose belly fat. The more lean muscles you have the higher your basal metabolic rate (BMR), or the rate at which you burn calories during the day and night. BMR is responsible for 60 to 70% of the total calories you burn. Strength training exercises are those exercises that will challenge your muscles through resistance. You can do weight lifting, resistance band exercises, dumbbell exercises or even bodyweight exercises. You should aim for 2 to 3 times a week for your strength training workout and work all your muscles including your abdominal exercises. After all, you want to show off your flat stomach once you have lost all the belly fat.

10 Minute Workout. The simple fact is that in order to lose fat from any part of your body, you need to exercise regularly. When you do not exercise enough or over-eat for a protracted period, one of the areas which naturally show more fats than others is the belly. This also means that if you exercise regularly by doing a lot of cardio work, stomach fat will disappear faster than the fats in other areas.

You want to plan a 10 minutes exercise that you can do on a regular basis. Most people do not know that working out even for only 10 minutes can help you to burn aver 150 calories or more. Experts link belly fat to deadly diseases. Sit-ups alone won't burn it off... cardiovascular exercises and watching how much we eat will. If we all decide to use what we've just learned, we can soon start looking and feeling great.