Diets That Work
Weight loss is a tricky subject, mostly because patience is not something that a lot of us possess, including me. When we want something, we want it now. This is the case with our weight loss or fat loss goals as well. Losing weight, and a lot of it for that matter is very possible, but if you are on the search for diets that work, then at the end of the day you are surely going to fail.
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Increase Your Metabolism: 11 Hot Tips To Get Your Furnace Burning
Eat enough
It’s extremely common for people on diets to eat too little. You will lose weight to start, but your body is smarter than you. Way smarter. It will start thinking, “this crazy kid is simply not eating enough to survive, I’m going to drop his/her metabolism, so he/she doesn’t burn as much during the day and can survive off this ridiculously small amount he/she is eating”. Bottom line, starvation won’t work as a diet, your body will make sure you don’t burn too much and die. Cut down your calories a little, and exercise more. Also check out this post on cheat eating and how it can help you trick your metabolism.
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Dieting: Why is it so hard?
Leptin. Heard that word before? Leptin is the answer to your questions. Dieting is so hard because leptin is involved. We love leptin…it does wonderful things, but when you diet, it becomes your worst enemy.
What Is Leptin?
Leptin is a hormone that plays a key role in energy expenditure and intake. Sounds pretty important huh. Well it is. Leptin is your satiety hormone. Meaning, it tells you when you have eaten enough. It also is kind enough to raise your metabolism, something all dieters are striving for!
Sounds Good To Me…
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Weight Loss Blog: Why You Should Start One
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If you are struggling for motivation, and a way to dedicate yourself to your weight loss cause, why not start a blog? Fellow blogger John, started his so he could get the support and guidance of people out there experiencing the same thing. There are lots of weight loss blogs popping up now, you can track your weight loss, discuss problems and general receive some extra support from right around the globe. Check out his article on 4 Reasons You Should Be Writing a Weight Loss Blog.
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Fat Burning Zone Goes Bust
Don’t get me wrong, I see the logic, you want to lose fat, you gotta burn it. However it really does amaze me that this myth is still ripe in the fitness industry. It scares me is that there is a lot of trainers who are still peddling this line to their clients.
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Lack of Sleep Making You Fat?
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Are you hitting roadblocks in your weight loss and you don’t know why? Doing all the hard work and not getting the results?
A recent study in the American Journal of Endocrinology has determined that women who get less than 7 hours of sleep a night are more inclined to gain weight than other.
The Study
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Britney Spears’ Digital Diet
OK so it’s a little off topic but I couldn’t resist. I stumbled across this when I was signing out of my hotmail account on ninemsn. Britney is a celebrity who is well known to have body image issues, and in the last few years we have watched her fluctuate up and down, along with the turbulence in her life. In her latest video, Piece of Me, there have been reports that she was ‘digitally slimmed-down’. She appears a lot skinnier in the video than she did in paparazzi reports earlier in the month. It would be nice if weight loss were that easy eh. Read the full article here.
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Gatorade: Do you need it?
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Gatorade and other Sports Drinks are pretty popular these days. Its not uncommon to see people at the gym guzzling the stuff down. I’m going to pose a question to you sports drink drinkers…
Do You Really Need It?
Are you wanting to lose weight? Run as faster 10km? Gain some muscle? Firstly, let me make it clear that as an athlete, Sports Drinks are an essential part of my games and trainings, I definitely need them. They replace what I lose in electrolytes and really do help my body uptake fluid more efficiently. However, the average person needs to think twice before fueling up during their workout. You need to ask yourself if a Sports Drink will help you reach where you want to be.
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Tight Hips?
Long term pain from shortened hip muscles can mean permanent hip, knee and lowback damage. Target the muscles involved with specific Stretch Away Pain exercises to reduce and eliminate hip pain. Muscle pain is due to muscle shortening.
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