The Key to Effective Fat Loss is to work with your biology.  Many people fall into the trap of believing that the less food they eat, the more fat they will lose.  While this may help you get results quickly, it is one of the most harmful things you could do.  This approach to fat loss actually works against your body’s natural biology instead of with it.

This video explains your bodies natural biology and how to work with it to achieve your fat loss goals. If you want more information after watching the video you can visit this site.

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Healthy eating requires precise planning, from grocery shopping to lunch options to eating out. The best way to maintain healthy eating habits is to have a good support system for your efforts.

Plan your supermarket visits. You can easily bypass foods that add valuable and needed nutrients to your nutritional plan when you shop impulsively and aimlessly. Schedule routine visits to the store, have a list, and never shop when you’re hungry. Read the labels. You’ll find a nutrition label on most food packages that provides information on how much protein, fat, carbohydrate, sodium, cholesterol, vitamins, minerals, etc.is contained in a single serving. This info helps you see how certain foods (even your sinful favorites) fit into a healthy diet. If you are shopping the perimeter of the store, buying fresh produce, fish, meat, poultry, and dairy, you’re already getting most of what you need in a sound nutrition plan. Foods in the center of supermarket aisles generally contain the most preservatives and are devoid of important vitamins and minerals unless you really know what you are looking for.

Lunch and post-lunch tips. Bring your lunch to work in one of these five forms:
1) Brown bag containing a healthy sandwich or salad (it only takes a couple of minutes to pack it)
2) A nutrition bar, with an ideal combination of proteins, carbohydrates and fats.
3) A protein shake in a thermos, with an apple at the side.
4) If you are a fan of pasta, watch what you put on it. Alfredo sauce and oils can pack a lot of calories. Use soup broths or vegetable purees as a sauce base. Add chopped vegetables to make a pasta salad. Dice up broiled or grilled chicken to get your protein in.
5) Plan ahead for a mid-afternoon snack at work – Have apples, oranges, and raw veggies like cauliflower, broccoli, or baby carrots, cans of tuna and chicken for boosting your energy levels.

Eating out tips.

When eating out at a restaurant, avoid entrees that are fried or in a cream sauce. Stick with fresh fruit, and ask for steamed veggies, which are nutritionally denser. Soups are generally low in calories, and hence a soup as a starter is a good idea. Other starters and appetizers should be either boiled, poached, barbecued, steamed or baked. For your protein, have baked poultry or fish. Skip the dinner rolls and butter. Have a salad with light dressing on the side. Ranch and cream dressings are usually higher in calories. Vinargrettes are usually the best in terms of calorie content.

The importance of a support group If you plan on joining a diet group (or are already in one), you’ll get a boost when you attend weekly meetings. Whether you like the idea or not, diet groups can offer tremendous support, motivation, and education about eating a healthy diet. The social atmosphere fosters a sense of accountability and responsibility, which is conducive to more weight loss. Most successful dieters are involved in some kind of support group, whether it’s family, a diet group, or friends. Having a “cheering section” could make the difference between quitting and persisting.

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There are a lot of different foods out there that pack a nutritional punch. Most people tend to stick to the usual suspects when it comes to tasty nutrition—such as apples, oranges, bananas, broccoli, spinach, and tomatoes. But variety is the spice of life. And I’ll bet you didn’t know the foods I’m about to tell you about packed such a powerful punch, and are quite tasty.

Since Halloween just past will start off with a Halloween staple. Pumpkin! Pumpkin is packed with the antioxidant beta-carotene, just like it’s orange brother the carrot. This powerful antioxidant works wonders on your immune system among many other benefits such as lower the risk of cancer and heart disease. It’s also jammed 3 grams of fiber into each serving. Remember canned or frozen is just as good as fresh because it’s stored at the peak of freshness; this goes not only for pumpkin, but all fruits and veggies. Pumpkin is a vegetable by the way.

Next we have beans. Beans are super cheap. They pack a good amount of protein in them. And are an excellent source of fiber and energy. Long lasting energy because they provide complex carbohydrates. Try adding them to your salads, rice or pasta dishes, or even eaten alone they are great. Baked beans are fine too; just go light on the extra sauce.

Third are sardines. Just like tuna, basically health food in a can. But sardines pack a much higher amount of omega-3’s in them. Also include a tremendous amount of calcium. And obviously very good source of protein. They may not smell too good, but their jam packed with vitamins and are pretty much mercury free.

Next would be what most people would call the big brother of raisins—Plums. Also known as prunes. They are a dried up fruit that look like a big raisin. But get this, plums contain two times the amount of potassium that bananas have, and close to 40% more antioxidants than blueberries! That’s pretty awesome! Plus it is a good source of fiber. They make for a very easy snack to just take along in a little baggie, as long as you’re having some protein along with it.

Lastly we have cabbage. Green or red it’s all good. Cabbage contains phytonutrients. These nutrients help protect the body from free radicals much like antioxidants do. Red contains more than green, though. It is super rich in iron. It also has been proven to lower serum cholesterol. Red cabbage has several benefits over green in that it contains up to 8 times more vitamin C, and contains the antioxidant anthocyanin that helps protect brain cells. Either way, red or green, it is a powerhouse vegetable and will vastly improve your health.

Try and some of these to your diet and I’m sure you will see and feel a difference in the way you feel. Remember no diet is complete without protein at each meal and plenty of water throughout the day.

Feel free to pass this article on to family, friends, and co-workers. Enjoy!

Jason Yun, CSCS, CISSN is a Columbus Body Transformation Expert who runs Yun Fitness Boot Camps in Hilliard and Dublin, and teaches the Metabolism Makeover Weight Management Program in Columbus. For a free 2-week trial of his boot camps visit www.Yunbootcamps.com/specialoffer.html or call 614-432-9703.

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Most of us want to lose weight quickly. A fat loss program is not very fun so we want to get it over with as quickly as possible. But to expect to fit into a pair of jeans you outgrew 10 years ago in 10 days is just plain unrealistic, and can also be very unhealthy, even dangerous. There are plans that promise the fastest way to lose weight. And the good ones are designed to minimize the adverse affect of rapid weight loss. But before starting on a fast fat loss program, you need to know what the side effects and dangers are so that if you notice any of them, you can take corrective action.

A constant feeling of tiredness, feeling sleepy all day and needing more than your usual amount of sleep at night is a sure sign that your quick fat loss program is hurting you. These are all signs of a lack of the basic nutrition your body requires. Remember that diet plans are designed for the “average” person, whereas each body is different. What suits you may not suit your best friend. If you notice any of these symptoms, stop your diet, return to your normal food intake and see if the feelings disappear. If so, your fast weight loss plan doesn’t suit you. If the symptoms remain, consult a doctor.

Another sign that a quick fat loss plan does not agree with you is when you find your levels of concentration dropping. You will find that doing simple mental tasks becomes difficult. Your brain is a muscle too and it needs its nutrients to keep working and without them it slows down. Once again, if you notice these symptoms, stop your diet and see if your concentration levels improve with a return to your normal food intake.

A weight loss program is supposed to make you look better. If you find your good friends (the ones who are honest with you!) telling you how worn out or run down you look, it probably your fast fat loss program that is causing this. Remember, if you don’t look healthy, it means you’re not, even if there are no other immediately noticeable symptoms.

Do you know that a rapid fat loss program that is not suited to your specific metabolism can actually force you to add weight? If your body is deprived of essential nutrients, it protects itself by slowing down the metabolic rate – the speed at which your body functions. When this happens, you burn less fat and so soon the weight loss either stops or slows down to a speed even less than that of a regular diet. And once you end the diet and return to your normal food intake, your metabolism will not be ready to immediately speed up. So you end up burning less fat than you did before you started the diet and the un-burnt fat gets stored in your body. And then your weight increases and the belly fat returns.

There’s nothing wrong with most quick weight loss programs and seeing your belly fat disappear fast can be a major boost to your sense of well being. Just remember that a rapid weight loss plan is not a one size fits all program. They are designed for the “average” body at a specific age. Your body may have different requirements. If you find a fast weight loss plan is having side affects that affect your health, stop and try something else. The fastest way to lose fat is not always the best.

Matt Lisk is a fat loss expert who has used his knowledge to lose over 80 pounds of body fat, reduce his body fat percentage to under 10% and to resolve a variety of health issues he was experiencing. He is the author of Lean State University’s Fat Loss 101 Newsletter.

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Everybody probably knows what the #1 most important meal of the day is. It’s breakfast. That fact has been drilled into us since we were little. It sets your body’s tone and metabolism for the day. Fat loss is virtually impossible with out it.

Problem is a lot of people don’t know about this little fat loss secret I’m about to share with you. What you eat before a workout is one of the most important things you can do during the day for ultimate fat loss. Without a solid pre-workout nutrition regiment your post-workout meal will be a lot less effective.

The questions I get asked the most are ‘what’ and when’ to eat this meal. First off let’s talk about why you need to be eating this meal.

The pre-workout meal ensures that you will have adequate nutrition to make it through your workout. You should concentrate on getting fuel into your body. And the body’s best fuel source is carbohydrates. Most importantly you want to concentrate on complex or fibrous carbs, which are the carbs that give you sustained energy. What you are doing with these carbs is making sure that your glycogen levels (stored carbohydrates) are full, because when you workout your body pulls the carbs out of glycogen storage to be used as energy. So if you your levels are depleted, like when you wake up in the morning, and you skip the pre-workout meal then you have no glycogen to pull out. So the body will resort to pulling lean muscle tissue off your muscles to fuel the workout, which results in less muscle mass, decreased metabolism, and increased fat gain.

You also need to get a lean source of protein. Protein should be consumed with every meal regardless, to keep the protein (amino acid) stores up.

If you workout on an empty stomach your body doesn’t have any energy. You can’t give 100% intensity, and if you do you will most likely feel sick, light-headed, and nauseous. You will reach fatigue a lot quicker also.

When to eat this meal ideally would be at least 60 minutes before hand. And about 60-90 minutes is a good time range. This will give the body enough time to digest the meal and give the body a full dose of energy for the workout. If this is not possible, as in an early morning workout then 20-30 minutes should suffice, but the meal should be a lot lighter. Early morning workouts are ideal for a meal replacement shake, especially if you have trouble eating so early.

Now to the part you probably care, and want to know the most about—what to eat. The best carbohydrate source to eat before a workout would be oatmeal in milk, or some added whey protein if lactose intolerant. It supplies long lasting energy and is a good source of protein when combined with milk. Other things you could consider would be a bowl of cereal, peanut butter sandwich on whole wheat, fruit, vegetables, whole grains, and energy bars. But be careful with the bars, I only really recommend Lara Bars, Luna, Cliff Bars, and Prograde Cravers, other then that it pretty much is just eating a bunch of sugar and chemicals.

Good choices of protein would be whey protein shakes, chicken breast, turkey breast, lean cuts of steak, fish, or meal replacement shakes or bars.

The meal replacement shake I use is Prograde Lean. It’s definitely the best tasting one I’ve found. And the whey protein I use is Buy Bulk Whey. It’s a natural protein, which is good because you can mix it with almost anything and it will maintain its flavor. I add it to yogurt, pancakes, Gatorade, fruit juices, and a lot of different recipes.

Jason Yun, a certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and Sports Nutritionist, is the owner of Yun Strength and Fitness Systems, LLC and runs Yun Fitness Bootcamps in Columbus, OH and the Metabolism Makeover Nutrition Course. Please visit the website for more information about pre-workout nutrition supplements at: www.Yuntraining.com/lean.html and www.Yuntraining.com/whey.html

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