NEW! Weight Loss Pill Burns 1 Pound of FAT per Day!

NEW! Weight Loss Pill Burns 1 Pound of FAT per Day!

You can now buy a Weight loss pill to help you burn ONE POUND OF FAT EVERY SINGLE DAY!

You can eat as much junk food as you want! You don’t need to exercise! Just swallow this magical weight loss pill once a day and BAM! You will lose FAT! No muscle lost – just fat!

Too could to be true?!

YES!  I guess that’s what you get on April Fools Day ;)

Best Weight Loss Strategy

If you really want to lose weight, there just isn’t a magical weight loss pill that you can – or should! – take! The most effective way to  lose weight is one that is healthy and will be long-term. No crash diets. No fads.

Eat healthy.

Exercise.

Sleep.

PS – never forget that laughter is the best medicine! ;)

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Why Weight Loss Programs Fail

Everyone’s motto at the beginning of the year seems to be “this is the year I finally ____”. Sadly, most people never reach their goals, whether their goals focus on eating healthier, exercising more, weight loss, or just working on overall health.

P90X • Atkins • Boxing • CrossFit • Weight Watchers• Running • Vegan

None of these exercise programs or “diets” will work out for most people. Why is that? More often than not, there is only ONE thing that is stopping them from seeing success. One thing.

Consistency. 

You can hire the best personal trainers and nutritionists in the world. You can be given the best exercise regime and meal plan that is perfectly designed just for you based on your specific goals. None of it will work out for you unless you actually use it. None of it will work unless you are consistent with it.

My advice to you:

• Choose an exercise program that will work for you. Consistently work out. It doesn’t matter if it’s six days a week or three days a week…are you consistent with your exercise program, or do you just give up after a week because you aren’t seeing results? Be consistent and you will see results.

• Eat healthy foods that you enjoy eating. I realize that you may want the occasional treat, and that’s OK. Just remember this: One bad meal doesn’t make you fat…just like one healthy meal doesn’t make you skinny/healthy/fit. Consistently eating bad will make you gain weight, and consistently eating healthy will make you lose weight and keep it off!

Consistency is one of the most important pieces to the puzzle for achieving long-term success.

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How To Eat Healthy

A lot of people have the goal to “eat healthy”. Problem is, most people don’t really know what that means. Here’s a simple guide to help you learn how you can eat healthier today!

FYI – Please click on the links within each paragraph…it will help you understand the concept and point you in the right direction. 

Unhealthy “Health” Food

Low calories foods mean healthy food, right? Wrong. There are a lot of low calorie snacks out there, such as 100 calorie oreo snack packs. Are these low calorie? Yes. Are they healthy? No. The main goal of those low calorie snacks is portion control, not health. Yes, you can lose weight if you eat these snacks in moderation, but you aren’t necessarily eating healthy, nor are you putting nutrient dense food into your body. To stay satisfied longer, you need to start thinking differently about the food you put into your body.

8 Ways To Eat Healthy

1. Eat more produce. Most of your grocery shopping trip should be in the produce section of the grocery store (or Farmer’s Market!) selecting fruits and vegetables that are in season. Remember that the less pre-packaged your diet is, the healthier you are eating.

2. Ditch the Fried Foods. Now that you are eating more produce, let’s make sure that you are eating them correctly. Is there a wrong way to eat produce? Well, let’s just say there are healthy ways and not-so-healthy ways of enjoying those fruits and vegetables you just brought home. If you are able to, enjoy your produce raw. You know, the way it was naturally intended to be eaten. If you are going to heat up your produce (nothing wrong with that!), just make sure that you either steam, bake, or saute them. Pass up on the fried food. When cooking your food, remember that there is a difference between sauteing and frying your food. Learn the difference and your body will thank you.

3. Go ahead and eat fat. Just make sure that you eat the healthy kind of fat. I hear a lot of people say “fat is still fat. It’s all bad for you”. Wrong! The calories in fat may be the same between olive oil and vegetable oil, but don’t let that fool you. Not all fat calories are the same. Eat healthy fats that will actually benefit your body and help you lose fat and maintain the weight loss.

4. Portion Control. Even if you think you are eating the right portions, I highly recommend measuring your servings for a day (or a week!) to give you some…perspective. It’s so easy to pour yourself a bowl of  cereal and think “this is a good serving size”. It turns out, you are eating almost three servings worth! Even if you aren’t trying to lose weight, measuring your servings and eating a good portion of all sorts of healthy food is a good habit to get into. You won’t need to measure your food forever, but maybe in just the beginning of your health journey.

5. Eat Carbohydrates. {gasp!} Did I just tell you to eat carbs?! Yes, yes I did. Your body needs carbohydrates…the healthy kind, that is! Be sure to eat healthy carbs within reason. Avoid “white” carbs, such as white rice, white flour, white pastas, etc. If you are going to eat carbs (or anything for that matter), make sure it’s loaded with nutrients that will benefit your body. Carbs is energy, and you’re going to need the good stuff to energize those workouts of yours.

6. Say “Bye!” To Processed Foods. If you buy food, make sure that all of the ingredients are something you would find in your home. Any of that weird chemically-produced stuff is just that. Chemicals. It’s not real food and your body has a hard time figuring out what to do with it, hence, the excess fat. One of the best things you can do for your health is to learn how to cook (see #8).

7. Sweeten Your Food with Nature. Do you have a sweet tooth? Don’t worry, most of us – if not all of us! – do too. Your body actually needs sugar (or glucose), but not the processed sugar that usually comes to mind when we have a craving for something sweet. Learn to sweeten your food with healthy forms of sugar, such as raw honey, molasses, maple syrup, or pure fruit! Remember to sweeten in moderation, just like anything else.

8. Learn how to cook. Cooking real food has become a lost art. I’m not the only one who thinks this (there was a whole book dedicated to this topic!), and I believe it is true. Too many frozen dinners and fast food joints are feeding families on a regular basis. It’s up to YOU to stop this! Buy a cookbook full of healthy meals. Start there, and learn how to create your own masterpieces (Can you tell I’m passionate about yummy healthy food?). Once you begin to create healthy meals from scratch in your own little kitchen, you will wonder how you ever loved those frozen meals to begin with. You will teach your taste buds what real food is supposed to taste like. So, not only will your taste buds appreciate this, but your waistline will too!

9. It’s OK to eat meat. I suggest mostly eating “lean meats”, such as baked chicken (compared to fried chicken), on a regular basis. Eat fish twice a week. Eat beef maybe once a week. All of these meats have health benefits, but you should eat them in moderation (just like anything else, really…). I also suggest eating your meat with fresh herbs for seasoning and produce to satisfy your hunger.

It Takes Time…And That’s OK.

There’s a lot of specifics that I can go into when I say to “eat healthy”, but I think you should just understand the basic concepts and go from there. Eating healthy may take time. We eat 3 times a day (or more!) and a lot of us have very unhealthy eating habits and a bad relationship with food. Changing this can take time, but if you make one small change at a time, it will make a huge difference to your overall health. Soon, you’ll remember what you used to eat and wonder how you could have ever lived on such “food”.

Remember…eating healthy is a journey, not a destination!

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The “Fat Burning Zone”

If you’re primary fitness goal right now is to lose weight (fat), it’s time to listen up!

The “Fat Burning Zone”

Years ago, many fitness experts believed that if you wanted to burn the most body fat, you need to just do moderate intensity exercises for long periods of time. It’s true that exercising in certain heart rate zones will allow you to burn more calories from fat in a workout, but we know that moderate intensity endurance workouts isn’t the only key to fat loss, otherwise every long distance runner would have very low body fat – which just isn’t the case.

The body will burn more calories from fat during low to moderate intensity exercises (Zone Two: 80% – 85% of Heart Rate Max). However, you burn more calories overall in higher intensity exercises (Zone Three: 86% – 90% of Maximum Heart Rate), which is what matters most when it comes to losing excess body fat because of the fat you are able to burn during and after the workout.

During the workout: If you were to burn 250 calories an hour walking, 60% of those calories burned are fat, that would mean that you would burn 150 calories from fat. If you were to burn 950 calories an hour jogging or running, 40% of those calories burned are fat, then you would have burned 380 calories from fat. As you can see, the lower intensity workout isn’t the most effective workout for overall calorie burn and ultimately, fat loss.

After the workout: You don’t need to exercise in high intensity workouts for long periods of time to see results. The wonderful side effect of utilizing higher intensity workouts is that your body is actually burning most of your calories from fat after you are done exercising, because of the body’s increased metabolism.

How To Reduce Body Fat

It all boils down to this: If you want to reduce excess body fat, you need to understand “The Law of Thermodynamics”. You need to expend (burn) more calories than you consume (eat and drink) to lower your overall body fat.

One of the best ways to burn more calories overall is to increase the intensity - not the duration - of your workouts, since it will boost your body’s metabolism and allow it to burn more fat throughout the day.

The Workout

I know it’s exciting to finally learn about what you need to do to see the results you’ve always wanted, but first – it’s important that you understand how you can effectively utilize your Heart Rate Zones during your workouts to maximize your results. I highly recommend that you consider a workout program such as Interval Training, that will allow you to workout in multiple heart rate zones.

It has also been shown that if you split up your training into two sessions of equal time in a day, you will experience even more calories burned (through increased metabolism after the workout), compared to doing just one training session in a day. This means that two 15 minute workouts that include high intensity training is more effective than one 30 minute workout with high intensity training. If you can split up your workouts to twice a day, then go for it. Otherwise, exercising effectively once a day will still provide the results you are looking for.

If you want to see results, it’s all about consistency and never giving up.

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Beyoncé Lost 40 Lbs After Having Her Baby

It has been almost four months since Beyoncé gave birth to her little girl Blue Ivy (born January 7, 2012), and Beyoncé has lost almost all of the 50 pounds that she had gained during her pregnancy. In her latest interview with People, Beyoncé shares her strategy for losing the first 40 pounds.

The best part about Beyoncé’s weight loss strategy is that there isn’t a specific company she is representing and trying to promote. That’s right! She’s not promoting Slim•Fast, Weight Watchers, NutraSlim, HCG, or any other “diet” out there. Basically, Beyoncé is promoting a healthy lifestyle that anyone can do! How refreshing is that?!

Breastfeeding Benefits

In the first ten weeks after Beyoncé had her daughter Blue Ivy, she lost the initial weight from breastfeeding. More specifically, she lost the first 14 pounds in just the first month after giving birth!

I’m not surprised hearing this, considering that on average, women will burn about 300 calories a day from breastfeeding. If you eat healthy and don’t overdo it, it’s reasonable to expect weight loss from breastfeeding alone.

Exercise

The first ten weeks after giving birth, Beyoncé didn’t exercise, which is expected and ideal to allow the body time to heal.

After 10 weeks, Beyoncé was able to start up an exercise routine. She exercises three times a week for 90 minutes each session.  The exercise routine consists of running, dancing (of course…it’s Beyoncé!) and abdominal exercises.

Nutrition

It’s all about eating healthy and portion control when you are trying to lose weight and keep it off! Thankfully, Beyoncé isn’t promoting a specific product and has shared an example of what she is eating throughout the day.

Breakfast: Egg Whites

Lunch: Shake or Turkey Slices

Dinner: Sashimi

Beyoncé didn’t share too much detail about her meal plan, such as portion sizes, but it’s safe to say that she has eliminated junk food and sweets! Beyoncé can easily be eating 10 egg whites with lots of veggies to make a healthy and filling breakfast, but one can only assume. Considering her 90 minute workout routine three times a week, she will need enough food to fuel her body to lose weight, which she has done quite well with in the last four months.

If you want to lose weight like Beyoncé did, it’s all about eating healthy and exercise. There’s no magic “diet” or diet pill…it’s just good ‘ol fashioned hard work that will pay off in the end.

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