For a long time now I've referred to Saturdays as FATTERDAYS simply because of how much we tend to eat. Here's a new look at weekend eating!
It's a dark, cold Friday night and you've had a tough week at work. You're willpower on your 'healthy eating' regime is at mega low.
You're tired, stressed and you can't be bothered to cook. All you want to do is fall off the wagon and order a Chinese.
I could go on all day about strategies to avoid this and stay on track but that's for a different article.
Today though, I want to cover a new theory that I recently came up with, one that I tested a few weeks ago and has worked INCREDIBLY well.
Let's got back to the Friday night thing..You're still contemplating whether to order the Chinese then that old chestnut of a statement kicks in and its one of my favourites "Oh I'll start again on MONDAY"
If I had a pound for every time I've heard this I'd be typing this from my outdoor pool. Geez, I've even said it myself!
How about this for something wacky?
Drum roll please..
"I'll start on SATURDAY"
WOW! As simple as this may sound I think it could be a breakthrough for so many of us! You see, it's been proven that most people consume the same amount of calories over the weekends 2 DAYS than they do over the previous 5 weekdays!
Amazing huh? I know in the past that's certainly been the case for me. It's well known to most people that through the week it's actually pretty easy to stay on track. You prepare meals in advance, you have food in the fridge and in the cupboards, you drink you're required water intake at your desk and you get to the gym/classes either before or after work.
Then Friday comes and it's a whole new ball game right?
The invites to parties and meals out start coming, the text asking if you fancy a drink, you're out shopping and can't find anything remotely healthy and suddenly 'I'll start on Monday' is being repeated like episodes of friends!
So how about that Saturday start?
Let's look at it this way, the weekend thing is a vicious circle. So, on average you probably get 5 days of clean, lean eating in before that tough Friday, Saturday and Sunday test of determination.
Starting on Saturday gives you 7 days of clean eating, gives you a chance on a Saturday morning to prepare meals for the whole weekend and make you a dab hand in the kitchen cooking up something delicious and healthy for the Saturday night dinner party- I promise you, most of your friends and family will be thanking you for this!
However THE main thing to take from the 'Start Saturday' theory is that once you've ate very well one weekend, the next one is a whole lot easier, you'll feel great after 7 days, you'll have dropped much more fat come the first Friday and you're also developing a new habit.
So, put my FATTERDAY theory to bed and make Saturday the new Monday! Without the Blues!
Paul Mort is the North East's Number One fat-loss expert and is head trainer and owner of precisionfitness.co.uk - the only company in the north east that can guarantee results 100%. Paul has featured on ITV's North East Tonight, BBC Radio 5 Live and several local and national publications and has been described by Men's Health's Craig Ballantyne as one of the UK'S top trainers. Paul is also the creator of the revolutionary fat-loss experience M.E.L.T- Metabolism Enhancing Lifestyle Training. To view more of Paul's articles and advice visit http://www.precisionfitness.co.uk/.
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Thursday, June 2, 2011
Understanding Good Carbohydrates Vs Bad Carbs and Choosing Healthy for Weight Loss Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/1130787
There has been so much confusion about the topic of good carbohydrates and bad carbohydrates in recent years... I wanted to help clear up some of that confusion for you and set you on a clearer path to lifelong fat loss success and healthier eating.
First of all, although I am not a "low carb" believer (I certainly don't think extremely low carbohydrate diets are healthy), I do believe that one of the main reasons that the vast majority of people struggle to ever lose weight is that they are over-consuming processed refined carbohydrates such as pasta, bagels, breads, cereals, rice, muffins, sodas, juices, candies, crackers, etc.
It is exceedingly hard to lose weight if you are over-consuming any of these types of refined processed carbohydrates (even if you work out extremely hard). In addition to causing big blood sugar swings and insulin surges that stimulate direct body fat storage, eating too many carbohydrates also increases your cravings and overall appetite.
Even carbohydrate sources that most people think are "healthy" really are just excess calories that do not really contain significant nutrient density... and many types of breads and cereals claim to be "whole grain" through clever marketing although in reality, the first ingredient in them is refined flour, which is just going to spike your blood sugar and create an insulin surge. After years of eating excess processed carbohydrates, it becomes harder and harder for insulin to do it's job and continue handling all of this blood sugar, and insulin resistance and eventual type 2 diabetes can occur in many people.
My opinion on this is that the majority of people struggling to lose weight would get much better results by following these types of guidelines:
1. Reduce overall grain-based foods in your diet (pasta, cereal, crackers, rice, etc) and focus more of your diet on healthy free range, grass-fed meats and eggs, raw grass-fed dairy, and a whole lot of vegetables.
2. Instead of grains for most of your carbohydrate intake, try getting most of your carbs from veggies, sweet potatoes, and a variety of berries and whole fruits (NOT fruit juices, which remove the beneficial fiber as well as other important nutrients in the fruit)
3. If you are going to get any grains at all, focus on the most nutrient dense and fibrous portions of the grain... the bran and the germ. This means that the healthiest ideas are using oat bran instead of oat meal, and using wheat germ and rice bran by adding them to your salads, yogurt, cottage cheese, soups, smoothies, etc. This way you get all of the most nutrient dense parts of the grains without all of the excess starches and calories.
4. To replace the void if you are accustomed to consuming large quantities of cereals, bread, pasta, and other carbohydrate sources... try filling that void with additional healthy fats such as avocados, guacamole, nuts, seeds, nut butters as well as healthy proteins such as grass-fed raw dairy and grass fed meats, whole free-range organic eggs, etc. Healthy fats and protein sources go a long way to satisfying your appetite, controlling proper blood sugar and hormone levels, and helping you to make real progress on weight loss for life.
With all of that said, here's one of my favorite carbohydrate sources that is high in fiber as well as contains a high density of antioxidants, fiber, vitamins, and minerals... it is yams and/or sweet potatoes. Try slicing them into thin slivers and sauteeing them with a few tablespoons of water in a pan for about 5 minutes for a quicker healthy carb (instead of baking them for over an hour). Finish them off with a touch of grass-fed organic butter and some cinnamon and you've got a delicous and healthy carbohydrate side dish!
For more unique exercise and diet techniques for losing your stubborn stomach fat, go to Workouts & Diet Tips for Losing Belly Fat Fast
Discover how to do fast and furious workouts at home by using our Four Minute Bodyweight & Dumbbell Home Workouts
Mike Geary is the best-selling author of The Truth about Six Pack Abs, with over 100,000 readers in over 150 countries. Mike is also an avid skier and creator of one of the most comprehensive Skier Fitness Training Routines
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First of all, although I am not a "low carb" believer (I certainly don't think extremely low carbohydrate diets are healthy), I do believe that one of the main reasons that the vast majority of people struggle to ever lose weight is that they are over-consuming processed refined carbohydrates such as pasta, bagels, breads, cereals, rice, muffins, sodas, juices, candies, crackers, etc.
It is exceedingly hard to lose weight if you are over-consuming any of these types of refined processed carbohydrates (even if you work out extremely hard). In addition to causing big blood sugar swings and insulin surges that stimulate direct body fat storage, eating too many carbohydrates also increases your cravings and overall appetite.
Even carbohydrate sources that most people think are "healthy" really are just excess calories that do not really contain significant nutrient density... and many types of breads and cereals claim to be "whole grain" through clever marketing although in reality, the first ingredient in them is refined flour, which is just going to spike your blood sugar and create an insulin surge. After years of eating excess processed carbohydrates, it becomes harder and harder for insulin to do it's job and continue handling all of this blood sugar, and insulin resistance and eventual type 2 diabetes can occur in many people.
My opinion on this is that the majority of people struggling to lose weight would get much better results by following these types of guidelines:
1. Reduce overall grain-based foods in your diet (pasta, cereal, crackers, rice, etc) and focus more of your diet on healthy free range, grass-fed meats and eggs, raw grass-fed dairy, and a whole lot of vegetables.
2. Instead of grains for most of your carbohydrate intake, try getting most of your carbs from veggies, sweet potatoes, and a variety of berries and whole fruits (NOT fruit juices, which remove the beneficial fiber as well as other important nutrients in the fruit)
3. If you are going to get any grains at all, focus on the most nutrient dense and fibrous portions of the grain... the bran and the germ. This means that the healthiest ideas are using oat bran instead of oat meal, and using wheat germ and rice bran by adding them to your salads, yogurt, cottage cheese, soups, smoothies, etc. This way you get all of the most nutrient dense parts of the grains without all of the excess starches and calories.
4. To replace the void if you are accustomed to consuming large quantities of cereals, bread, pasta, and other carbohydrate sources... try filling that void with additional healthy fats such as avocados, guacamole, nuts, seeds, nut butters as well as healthy proteins such as grass-fed raw dairy and grass fed meats, whole free-range organic eggs, etc. Healthy fats and protein sources go a long way to satisfying your appetite, controlling proper blood sugar and hormone levels, and helping you to make real progress on weight loss for life.
With all of that said, here's one of my favorite carbohydrate sources that is high in fiber as well as contains a high density of antioxidants, fiber, vitamins, and minerals... it is yams and/or sweet potatoes. Try slicing them into thin slivers and sauteeing them with a few tablespoons of water in a pan for about 5 minutes for a quicker healthy carb (instead of baking them for over an hour). Finish them off with a touch of grass-fed organic butter and some cinnamon and you've got a delicous and healthy carbohydrate side dish!
For more unique exercise and diet techniques for losing your stubborn stomach fat, go to Workouts & Diet Tips for Losing Belly Fat Fast
Discover how to do fast and furious workouts at home by using our Four Minute Bodyweight & Dumbbell Home Workouts
Mike Geary is the best-selling author of The Truth about Six Pack Abs, with over 100,000 readers in over 150 countries. Mike is also an avid skier and creator of one of the most comprehensive Skier Fitness Training Routines
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Uncover Quick And Effective Methods For At Home Fat Loss Happiness Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/6040253
One of the key reasons people opt for their fat loss workout routines at home is simply having no time. most stay at home moms are demanded to workout at home for fat loss as well as on the go dads who are tied down with jobs all while being their son's baseball coach duties.
The point I'm attempting to make is most people are bound for time these days, which makes it almost impossible to stick to a workout plan at home. I'm here to tell you that you don't need loads of hours in a gym. What I'm going to unveil for you is going to shock you and go against everything you thought you knew about working out.
The truth is most in the fitness industry and even fitness publications won't tell you the true secrets to fat loss because you'll stop buying the gym memberships, and fitness equipment they try to push down your throats.
Let's get to it...
Your old way of doing steady speed cardio for 30-60 minutes never really was effective at burning fat. Yep, that's right all those countless hours you paced like a hamster on a wheel didn't do too much for your waistline. You see, effective fat loss is all about the rate of calories you burn long after your workouts are completed.
So how should I be exercising you may be asking?
By performing brief periods of high intensity exercise followed by recovery periods you will create a stimulus to your body that will enable it to incinerate body fat up to 24-to even 36 hours after your workouts.
Now that sounds too good to be true doesn't it?
What if I told you that you only have to workout 20-45 minutes maximum?
Well it's true, by exercising for 20-45 minutes, three times a week you can be blessed with with the benefits that you will be striving so hard for. The one thing to always remember is to exert your maximal effort at all times during these high intensity workouts. That is when we create the response your body needs to undergo for sustained flab burning capabilities.
Working out at home never got so simple now that with this style of fat loss workouts you do not need machines or even weights if you don't have them. By using body weight exercises you can challenge yourself and mold your body into a fat burning frenzy.
Now you're probably pondering what exactly should I be doing for my at home fat loss workouts right? Well I'd be crazy to throw out all my secrets in this article for the world to read, however I'm giving it all away for free at the link posted below in the author resource box.
Be sure to visit immediately to learn all the at home fat loss exercises, methods and even your very own flab incinerating nutrition plans. So go now and be ready to reach your goals.
Don't wait any longer, visit At Home Fat Loss right now to get your FREE 4 Week Fat Loss Program and learn fat loss nutrition tips today!
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The point I'm attempting to make is most people are bound for time these days, which makes it almost impossible to stick to a workout plan at home. I'm here to tell you that you don't need loads of hours in a gym. What I'm going to unveil for you is going to shock you and go against everything you thought you knew about working out.
The truth is most in the fitness industry and even fitness publications won't tell you the true secrets to fat loss because you'll stop buying the gym memberships, and fitness equipment they try to push down your throats.
Let's get to it...
Your old way of doing steady speed cardio for 30-60 minutes never really was effective at burning fat. Yep, that's right all those countless hours you paced like a hamster on a wheel didn't do too much for your waistline. You see, effective fat loss is all about the rate of calories you burn long after your workouts are completed.
So how should I be exercising you may be asking?
By performing brief periods of high intensity exercise followed by recovery periods you will create a stimulus to your body that will enable it to incinerate body fat up to 24-to even 36 hours after your workouts.
Now that sounds too good to be true doesn't it?
What if I told you that you only have to workout 20-45 minutes maximum?
Well it's true, by exercising for 20-45 minutes, three times a week you can be blessed with with the benefits that you will be striving so hard for. The one thing to always remember is to exert your maximal effort at all times during these high intensity workouts. That is when we create the response your body needs to undergo for sustained flab burning capabilities.
Working out at home never got so simple now that with this style of fat loss workouts you do not need machines or even weights if you don't have them. By using body weight exercises you can challenge yourself and mold your body into a fat burning frenzy.
Now you're probably pondering what exactly should I be doing for my at home fat loss workouts right? Well I'd be crazy to throw out all my secrets in this article for the world to read, however I'm giving it all away for free at the link posted below in the author resource box.
Be sure to visit immediately to learn all the at home fat loss exercises, methods and even your very own flab incinerating nutrition plans. So go now and be ready to reach your goals.
Don't wait any longer, visit At Home Fat Loss right now to get your FREE 4 Week Fat Loss Program and learn fat loss nutrition tips today!
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Craig_L._Smith
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/6040253
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