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For fat loss, eat breakfast!
Rather than helping you maintain a healthy weight, skipping breakfast will help you store extra weight, in the form of fat!
Get Rid of Processed Foods!
Go to any supermarket these days and you will be bombarded by the amount of choice now open to you in the way of food. The problem is that there are now more fake foods than fresh produce on sale! The majority of foods available to you are now processed. Your body doesn’t do well on these foods. They’re a shock to the body’s digestive system, requiring more effort to digest, use and ‘poop out’ than they provide in nutritional value.
What is the body designed to eat?
The human body is designed to live off the land. We have evolved over 1000’s of years, yet our nutritional requirements are still fairly similar to our caveman ancestors. We still require adequate amounts of fresh meat, vegetables, and a modest amount of fruit, to maintain optimal health and sustenance.
Your Mineral Needs
To ensure that your body functions at an optimal level you need to ensure that you are feeding it everything that it needs. As you read through the list of minerals listed below you will start to notice that these can only be found in real foods, such as meat, fruit and vegetables. The more processed food you eat, the less likely you are to be meeting your daily requirements:
Core Stability
Soldiers go into battle wearing body armour for protection. It saves them from injury and ultimately they live to fight another day. You too go into ‘battle' every day, fighting your way through crowds and traffic to make a living, but most of you aren't using your body armour. You make a sudden move, twist or turn to pick something up, and ‘ouch!' You hurt your back.
Spot Reduction
When it comes to exercise and weight loss, one of the biggest myths you'll hear is that of something called 'spot reduction'. This has been floating around for years and refuses to go away! Many people still believe that they can shift excess weight from a particular part of the body just by working that 'spot' repetitively. This simply isn't the case.
80% of exercisers are wasting their time
It's a fact. People's misconceptions of exercise, the effectiveness of their programs and a lack of patience are all at fault. Many people believe their bodies will be transformed overnight, thanks to countless advertising gimmicks, promising magic, long-lasting results. The truth is there are no short cuts. Achieving your fitness goals takes time.
Age is a strange thing...
You spend your youth working hard, striving to build a healthy 'nest egg' for the future. You see retirement as a chance to enjoy life and spend the money you've worked hard for. You might want to travel, improve your golf swing or tennis game, and spend time with your family and grandchildren
The Right Mindset for Healthy Eating
Nutrition is some 70% of the winning formula for better health and weight management. These days there are so many rules about eating. We find ourselves overwhelmed by the choices, confused by what we are supposed to do. Rather than try to pick out the right options, we end up doing nothing.
The Truth about Caffeine
Too much caffeine hampers the absorption of essential minerals, raises your blood pressure and interferes with your sleep patterns, causing your body to feel under stress. The more caffeine you drink, the more ‘stress' your body will be under. Caffeine dehydrates your body and forces water out of your system, leading to loose stools on a regular basis. What a pleasant thought!
‘Strive for 5’ for fat loss!
In order to lose body fat, take control of your body shape and get fitter, it’s not just a case of ditching junk food and doing a little more exercise. Yes, implementing both of these strategies will help you make a good start, but in honesty, there are actually 5 elements that need to be addressed if you hope to shed fat fast and keep it off for the long term.
Exercise favoritism does you NO favours!
Let's face it, when it comes to exercise, we all tend to stick to the exercises we know and like best. Usually the exercises we tend to steer towards are the ones that seem or feel easier. Some of you would rather jump on the treadmill for half an hour than suffer 5 minutes of squats, while others embrace the squats quite happily but go green at the thought of any cardio.
Carbs WILL affect fat loss!
If you have body fat to shed, and a fair amount of the stuff, you need to put a curb on the amount and type of carbohydrates you consume. The more body fat you have, the less carbs you should be eating, in the form of bread, rice, pasta and cereals. What you should be doing is eating far more vegetables - the right carbs.
Interval Cardio and why it's so effective for fat loss
If you really want to see a change in your body, you need to start upping the pace. What YOU need is ‘interval’ cardio. Interval work will send your calorie burning into orbit, as your body has to work so much harder, and will keep your calorie burning efforts sky high for up to 48 hours afterwards! The results have to be seen to be believed…
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