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Does Eating Your Food In A Certain Order Increase Fat Loss o
Q: I was just wondering if you've ever heard that eating your macronutrients in a certain order has an impact on how you burn calories? A trainer at my gym told me this and I was wondering if there is any validity to it. He said that you should start with your vegetables and fruits, then go to proteins, and end with…
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Instead of Making Resolutions Set S.M.A.R.T.E.R. Goals
Why do new year's resolutions usually fail? Why do you start with guns blazing on January 1st, but by February, you're losing motivation, cheating on your diet, skipping workouts, and slipping back into old patterns? The dictionary definition of resolution is, "the mental state or quality of being resolved; a firm…
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How Drinking Water increases Fat burning
You may think you know this. But I bet you don't know it in this WAY... Water. The other is more technical... In order to keep acidity levels optimized the body begins to increase its core temperature slightly. This state called "thermogenesis" is prime for fat burning purposes. So you get a triple benefit: 1. More…
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What is an appropriate body fat percentage loss for a week?
Question: I know it will probably be different for everyone, but I find it hard to set weekly goals for body fat percentage because I don't know what an average body fat percentage loss in a week is supposed to look like. I'm a 30 year old female. Any input? Answer Set a fat reduction goal of about half a percent per week.…
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The spot Fat removal Myth
What exercise gets rid of love-handles? What exercise gets rid of man-boobs? Of all the bad bodybuilding myths, this is the one I hate the most because unscrupulous skamsters use this myth to convince uninformed people to spend millions of dollars on their useless machines. Just turn on the TV late at night and you are…
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The Zigzag Diet Plan (Bodybuilding)
The Zigzag Diet Plan Okay. Let me hit you right between the eyes up front. The answer is so simple, yet I’ve NEVER in all my years of being in this business, heard ANYONE utter it. I claim it. Here it is: * You can’t lose fat unless you’re on a negative calorie balance diet * You can’t gain muscle tissue unless you’re on a…
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Are you An Active Couch Potato ??
The "Active Couch Potato" - Why Prolonged Sitting is Hazardous To Your Health Health researchers have been warning us for some time now about the metabolic and health risks of too much sitting. In fact, this made front page headlines last year when British research identified an association between sitting time and...…
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Motivational Quotes
Do whatever works, whatever is useful Find out what works and keep doing more of it Doing more of what doesn't work is also known as insanity Do what you always did, get what you always got There's no such thing as failure, only feedback (only results) The person with the most choices and most flexibility has the most…
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Daily Weigh-ins ? Yes or No
Q: I was wondering, what do you think about daily weigh-ins? Also what about using a simple moving average? The problem with daily readings are that they may fluctuate based on a number of factors. You never know which is an "up" reading and which is a "down" reading. But I was thinking that the same could be true with…
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Daily Weigh ins ? Yes or No ?
Q: I was wondering, what do you think about daily weigh-ins? Also what about using a simple moving average? The problem with daily readings are that they may fluctuate based on a number of factors. You never know which is an "up" reading and which is a "down" reading. But I was thinking that the same could be true with…
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Simple, free trick to shed several more pounds/month
You may think you know this. But I bet you don't know it in this WAY... Water. Drinking water increases fat-burning. The reason is due to the fact that water relieves the burden on the liver by keeping your kidneys doing the filtering. When kidneys are taxed from too little water your liver has to take over and help...…
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The Spot Fat Removal Myth
What exercise gets rid of love-handles? What exercise gets rid of man-boobs? Of all the bad bodybuilding myths, this is the one I hate the most because unscrupulous skamsters use this myth to convince uninformed people to spend millions of dollars on their useless machines. Just turn on the TV late at night and you are…
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Reading Nutrition Labels
Reading Nutritional Labels It doesn't matter if you want to gain muscle or lose fat, if you want to be successful you MUST learn to read nutritional labels. in this section they will give you the knowledge to decide for yourself if a particular cereal or canned chili is good nutrition. Our government does lots of…
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Want some great Advice ?? Breakiing Fat Plateaus
The Zigzag Diet Convention has it that there are three ways to lose weight: 1) dehydration, 2) fat loss, and 3) lean muscle weight loss. Fat loss is the ONLY acceptable route for you. Dehydration is never healthy or acceptable, and losing lean muscle is totally counter to everything that a healthy, fitness-oriented…
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Estimating your Caloric Needs
Estimating Your Calorie Needs Basal energy expenditure (BEE) or basal metabolic rate (BMR) as it is sometimes called, is the energy required to maintain life. It is measured at rest, but not asleep, in a thermo-neutral environment in the post-absorptive state. It can be measured directly or indirectly, or it can be…
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Summer Six Pack
Summer Six Pack By a show of hands, how many of you have stuck to your New Year's resolutions? Now between the two of you, which one has achieved their goal? Ok, so we're back at square one. The number one New Year's resolution on an annual basis without question is to lose weight, get that "six pack", get ready for Spring…
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How to break a fat loss plateau
The first step in breaking plateaus is to stay positive and focused on your goal. Focus on where you want to go, not on where you are. A slow week is not a setback, it is feedback. If you have a week with no results, be like Thomas Edison and say, “This is great! I’ve learned another way that doesn’t work.” When you look…
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10 Pounds to get to 10% Bodyfat
Hello, I just joined about a week ago Great site for recording My progress, fitness goals,and food intake. So far I really like this site for keeping track since you can customize the foods you eat. My goal is to be at 10% or lower body fat by January 2011 which is achievable... I've been bodybuilding since I was 12 years…
