Posts Tagged ‘losing weight’
Monday, January 26th, 2009
There are plenty of people out there who can tell you how to get 6 pack abs fast, but most of them are people who either have way too much time to workout and prepare their meals, have genes that would rival a pro bodybuilder, or take some kind of steroid. In this article you’re going to learn the truth about building 6 pack abs fast as well as some common myths that you absolutely must know if you ever want to sculpt a great looking set of abs.
The first thing you might find interesting is that girls actually like a guy with flat, defined abs over a guy that’s completely ripped to shreds and has ever muscle in his body showing.
So if you’re going crazy over trying to get 6 pack abs fast, calm down because odds are, the girl(s) you’re trying to impress don’t care as much as you think!
By the way if you’re curious about exactly why girls don’t need a girl with ripped to shreds abs, it’s because they realize that guy will most likely spend most of his time in the gym and worrying too much about how he looks instead of paying attention to her.
Anyway, here are a few great tips if you want 6 pack abs fast or if you simply want to sculpt a nice looking set of defined abs that anybody would appreciate.
1) High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) Is King – If you want to get 6 pack abs fast you’re almost definitely going to have to lose weight because you can’t see your abs until your body fat is low enough. And if you’re losing weight, you don’t want to lose muscle do you? By incorporating HIIT into your workout program you’re guaranteed to save more muscle and even release more muscle-building hormones throughout your body.
2) Start Fasting – Fasting has gotten a horrible wrap in the industry but it’s all based on lies. Fasting for 24 hours has been scientifically proven, time and time again, to not only be one of the easiest ways to lose bodyfat but to do so without losing muscle (there’s a scientific reason why you don’t lose muscle) or slowing your metabolism. It’s a little tough the first 2-3 times you try it, but after awhile it gets very easy, trust me!
3) Mix Up Your Workouts – By mixing up both your weightlifting as well as your cardio workouts, you put your body through something called “muscle confusion”. Simply stated, your muscles will never know what’s hitting them and by putting them through a confused workout a few times in a row they’ll start working even harder to keep up – causing your metabolism to rise which ultimately causes fat loss.
If you do these 3 things, you’re guaranteed to start losing weight faster and get 6 pack abs fast and much easier than ever before.
However don’t go crazy over how your abs look because as I mentioned earlier, even if you want 6 pack abs fast doesn’t mean that the people you’re trying to impress want you to have them! Jeremy Reeves is a certified personal trainer who has had enough of you being lied to by other fitness professionals. His controversial FREE report, “The 7 Deadly Fat Loss Sins”, will open your eyes to the TRUTH about losing weight – http://www.7-deadly-fat-loss-sins.com
Author: Jeremy Reeves
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Tags: Abs, body fat, bodybuilder, bodyfat, cardio, fat loss, fitness, high intensity interval training, hiit, how to get 6 pack abs fast, intensity, losing muscle, losing weight, metabolism, muscle, muscle building, workout, workout program, workouts Posted in 6 Pack Abs!!!, Exercise, Exercise Tips, Interval Training, Weight Loss | No Comments »
Monday, January 26th, 2009
Are you having trouble finding the motivation for losing weight? Then keep reading! I know that it can be difficult to persevere with a weight loss plan once the initial enthusiasm begins to wane, but it can be done. This article gives ten weight loss motivation tips that will help you to keep going and reach your goal.
1. Reward Yourself
Take small steps towards your goal, and make sure that you give yourself some reward (not food!) at each stage along the way. Losing weight can seem like an endless task, especially if you’ve got a lot to lose, so it’s important that you enjoy a sense of achievement even before you reach your goal weight.
2. Dress well.
When your larger sized clothes become too loose, get rid of them. Many people have a wardrobe full of clothes of different sizes, but if you hang onto your ‘fat clothes’, you’re sending your subconscious mind the message that you are expecting to gain the weight back. Also, don’t wait until you’re at your goal weight before you purchase some really nice new clothes – try to get at least one new piece of clothing that you really like with every dress size that you drop. You don’t have to spend a lot if money is an issue, but just a few new (or new to you) well-fitting, flattering pieces of clothing can really boost your confidence and inspire you to continue.
3. Focus on how you feel.
Stay focused on how good your body feels as you start to lose weight. Many overweight people generally feel a bit tired and uncomfortable in their bodies, and as you lose the pounds, you’ll feel better and better (that’s assuming that you’re using a healthy diet and exercise plan). If you focus on these improvements in your day to day quality of life, you’ll feel motivated to stay the course and enjoy even more energy and a greater sense of well-being as time goes on. Remember that there’s more to weight loss than just numbers on the scale or smaller dress sizes; it’s also about increasing your sense of physical and mental vitality.
4. Exercise. Make an effort to take a bit of exercise on most days. This might involve dredging up some willpower in the beginning, but after you’ve made it a habit, you’ll find that the great boost to your mood that exercise provides will give you a strong motivation to continue. Exercise doesn’t have to be a chore, and you don’t have to wear yourself out – choose an activity that you enjoy, and just do 10 or 15 minutes each time to start with.
5. Use personally meaningful incentives. For example, if looking good is important to you, you might find it helpful to hang one or more items of clothing in your ideal size, somewhere where you’ll see it often (although for others, this could be a depressing reminder of where they currently are). But if you like clothes, this can be a good incentive to continue.
6. Focus on your health. A lot of people are motivated to lose weight primarily because they want to look thinner, but it’s also worth considering the long and short-term health implications of being overweight, and the benefits (such as reduced risk of diseases such as heart problems, joint problems, some types of cancer, etc.,) that you’ll gain if you slim down. You’ll also have lots more energy, and may feel better mentally too.
7. Boost your confidence. In some cases, losing weight can help a person to feel more confident. If your confidence is being negatively affected by your weight, you may find it motivating to think about how much more at ease you’ll be in social situations once the excess is lost, and think about enjoying all the positive attention you’ll receive. You can also feel better about yourself right now by focusing on those aspects of your body, your life and yourself that you love just as they are. This is important, as many people overeat to mask feeling bad about themselves, so some positive self-talk can make it less likely that they’ll turn to food to feel better.
8. Try keeping a food diary. This is a very effective way to become aware of your eating habits, and it’s a great tool for motivation, as you’re less likely to overeat or eat mindlessly – and the more often you eat well, the easier it’ll be to continue.
9. Get some support. There are so many people who are in the same boat, and it can really help a lot to have somebody to talk to at those times when you just feel like giving up on the whole thing. There are several options here – you could join a formal support group, get together in an informal group with some friends, or join some of the many online weight loss forums and other communities.
10. Enjoy your food. Forget about ‘going on a diet’, and instead find a way of eating that you actually enjoy, and can stick with over the long term. Also, make sure you allow yourself some of your favorite foods as treats. Any weight loss plan that’s overly strict is very de-motivating. It’s certainly important to establish healthy eating habits, but you shouldn’t charge headlong into some extreme regime that no normal person could stick with for more than a few days at a time. You’ll be much less likely to over-indulge or binge if you’re enjoying what you’re eating on a day to day basis.
So, if you feel discouraged with your weight loss journey at times, don’t beat yourself up – this is normal, and happens to most people. Just be nice to yourself, and keep the above points in mind, and you’ll find it easier to maintain your motivation for losing weight, making the whole process much more straightforward.
Author: Lea Jones
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Tags: confidence, diet and exercise plan, Exercise, goal weight, health, healthy diet, initial enthusiasm, losing weight, motivation for losing weight, quality of life, weight loss plan Posted in Diets, Meditation, Mind & Body, Motivation, Nutrition, Psychology of Exercise, Weight Loss | 1 Comment »
Monday, January 26th, 2009
There’s a lot of conflicting information on weight loss on the internet. Most people who follow traditional advice of avoiding high fat foods will find that it just doesn’t help, period. Once you start eating unhealthy, your body starts to build up an ugly gum-like residue. Even if you switched to eating healthier, your body won’t start to lose weight overnight, because of this buildup. This gum quickly turns into plaque and can even lead to parasite infestations. The plaque and infestation have a long term effect on your body. It can be very difficult to get rid of this buildup overnight.
A great way to think of it is like a yellow tooth. Say you’ve been eating sweets all your life — then looked in the mirror one day, and saw that your teeth were turning yellow. Even if you changed your habits they wouldn’t turn white overnight. Once you change habits, it takes a long time for the built-up damage to clear.
The good news is that your digestive system can be cleaned up a lot faster than your teeth. The secret is to use a special diet that will naturally clear out all the gum, plaque, and parasites that have built up in your body over the years. Once your system is clear, then you’ll start to drop those pounds easily and painlessly.
After you get the “gunk” out, it’s important to keep your system in good shape. You can’t just cleanse out your system, and start eating unhealthy again. The only way to assure that you keep your system in good shape is to take up an easy diet plan. An easy diet plan is a diet that you can follow for the long haul without much effort.
People usually don’t want to put much effort into losing weight, they want it to happen instantaneously, and never have to worry about it again. If you go back to eating the way you used to, chances are that you’ll gain your weight back just as quickly. The diet you choose should help you keep the weight off, as well as nourish your body for years to come. It should be easy and fun for you, so that you won’t ever want to go back to your old eating habits.
Using this natural method of dieting, you’ll be able to lose weight without ever touching a diet pill. Most people don’t realize that diet pills actually add to their digestive system’s “gunk” rather than help remove it. Most diet pills promise to kill fat cells or reduce appetite. In reality, neither of these approaches are long term solutions.
Once you understand and start to adopt this method of weight-loss, you’ll find that your weight will naturally drop, pound by pound. The weight you lose will also stay off, because what you’re doing is actually healthy and nourishing. You’ll get to enjoy the inner satisfaction of knowing that you’re treating your body well.
It was recently reported on NBC that fully two-thirds of Americans are either overweight or obese. If you’re in that category, you really need an easy diet plan. Dyan’s website on losing weight tips has important information about a brand new fat loss method. Find out more about losing body fat and keeping it off for a long time.
Author: Dyan Pascal
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Tags: diet plan, digestive system, infestations, losing weight, parasite, special diet, Weight Loss Posted in Chemistry of Fitness, Detox, Diets, Nutrition, Weight Loss | No Comments »
Saturday, January 24th, 2009
People believe that diet pills are just one more source of losing weight. But these are not just one more way of losing weight but way extra than that. Diet pills are considered to a safe way of losing weight as they are not conducted by the Food & Drug Administration. So there is not definite source that information’s that how protected or how unsafe is a diet pill. Moreover, no scientist has done study on these pills yet, so they aren’t considered to be that unsafe by the people. Diet pills aren’t a solution for losing mass. Lots of people also think that if they take diet pills & don’t work out then they would drop weight. But the fact is that the person will not lose mass but instead gain mass because of the lack of proper nutrition & work out. Diet pills aren’t the complete weight loss treatment but a piece of it. Diet pills must be used along with proper nutrition & workout. Pills are not the answer for losing weight but can be used along with the usual solution to increase the weight loss procedure in our body. But the over usage or long term practice of these tablets can result in various negative effects which include heart & liver problems. Some people suggest that tablets are not a good way to lose mass while others say that a person can lose weight extra effectively by using fat burning diet pills. Several diet drugs have been associated with quite harsh side effects in the last era. These negative effects included cancer & heart attacks which effected in thousands of deaths all over the earth. It is always preferable to do a good study over the internet about a particular diet pill, before opting it.
Mass loss researchers have been trying to give proper & up to date data to the people regarding the diet pills & their negative effects. Keeping in mind the negative effects of the viable diet pills, scientists from all over the globe have come up with a extra effective product which is called herbal diet pills. These pills are made from herbs & no chemical is involved in their manufacture. So these pills are liberated from any side effects & people don’t have to fear them before using them for keeping their body fit & healthy.
Author: Francis Adam
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Tags: amp, deaths, definite source, diet drugs, diet pill, drug administration, fat burning diet, fat burning diet pills, harsh side effects, heart attacks, herbal diet pills, liver problems, losing weight, mass loss, proper nutrition, scientist, weight loss procedure, weight loss treatment, workout Posted in Diets, Supplements, Weight Loss | No Comments »
Friday, January 23rd, 2009
You don’t have to starve yourself to lose weight.There are many ways to lose weight without drastically cutting down on diet. Many people who are overweight get discouraged when they hear that they have to cut down on their food intake but this is not necessarily true.
One can lose a sizable amount of weight and still be eating some of their favorite foods. This is not entirely difficult especially knowing that there are many that are doing that. Let us examine one way one can achieve this.
One way of losing weight without starving themselves is to get as much education as possible. This means going to the Internet and reading as much information as possible on ways in which one can lose weight all while maintaining many of their eating habits.
There are weight loss forums which provide a wealth of information to someone looking on how to inject some wisdom into their diet plan.These forums are full of opinions and practical ideals from people who have triumphed over weight gain and this information is invaluable. What makes forums so potent when it comes to the battle against weight gain is that they are interactive. Once you sign up you can easily begin to post opinions of your own and even ask questions.
Another way to lose weight without necessarily starving yourself is to get on an expert diet. A quick search of the Internet reveals that there are many diets, some cheap and some costly that you can get into.
The Atkins diet for instance, allows you to continue eating much of the same quantities of food you were eating before but you eliminate most of the culprits of weight gain such as fats and carbohydrates. Reading the labels when shopping also ensures that you buy only that which has low fat and low cabs. This is what is called wise dieting.
By: Joe Golson
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Tags: atkins diet, carbohydrates, diet plan, Diets, eating habits, education, fats, favorite foods, food intake, labels, losing weight, shopping, ways to lose weight, weight gain, Weight Loss Posted in Diets, Nutrition, Weight Loss | No Comments »
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