Which Diet is Right for Me?

by on December 31, 2010

The popularity of diets is on the rise. So you ask yourself “Which diet is best for me?” Here is a break down of some of the known diets in 2010 that are still great and can help you lose weight in 2011.

South Beach-South Beach diet is what they consider a “food lovers diet.” South Beach diet focus is on living well and loving what you eat. This diet is geared toward helping you eventually change your eating lifestyle 365 days a year. Phase 1 last two weeks and helps to eliminate the cravings and jump-start weight loss. Phase 2 is to help get you to your healthy weight. This phase will extend until that point. Phase 3 is all about maintaining your healthy weight and eating healthy 365 days a year.

Atkins- Atkins diet is noted for being the most natural, easiest, tastiest, and most long-term way to lose weight. This diet will help you to jump start your weight loss, keep losing, reach a goal and never have to diet again. Atkins diet is also developed into phases. Phase 1 is where you will jump start your diet. You could potentially lose up to 15 pounds in the first 2 weeks. Phase 2 is called OWL which stands for ongoing weight loss. This phase is designed for you to be able to add more carbohydrates back into your diet and still be able to lose weight. Phase 3 is similar to phase 2 as you are still adding carbohydrates back into your diet and slowly losing the weight to reach your goal. By phase 4 you have reached your goal and now it is all about marinating your weight. By now you know what foods to eat and how to keep the weight off.

Weight Watchers-Weight Watchers is a common diet people use. Everyone knows this diet for counting of points, however the diet goes deeper then just the point value. Weight Watchers helps you not only to lose the weight but also teaches you how to keep it off. Here’s how it works: First you learn how to handle hunger and how to steer clear of those temptations, then you’ll learn how to stay fuller longer by eating properly with filling food, making healthy smart choices will become second nature to you. You will also get expert information based on the latest research also will be able to rely on easy-to-follow plans, the Momentum program will help you to choose your food selection wisely with the Point system, and lastly you will be able to adapt to your plan so that it can work for you both now and in the future.

Here are some other products sites I recommend  that also can be used to get that New Year body that you want. 
The Diet Solution Program
Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle
Fat Loss 4 Idiots
Truth About Abs

So when choosing a diet there are so many of them out there. Do your research and remember that losing weight doesn’t happen overnight.

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How to Get Rid of Belly Fat with Bodyweight Exercises

by on July 13, 2010

Belly fat, or more specifically, how to get rid of belly fat, is a problem that millions of people face.  Despite dieting and cardiovascular training, they just can’t seem to shed the stubborn fat around their midsection. If this sounds familiar to you, maybe it’s time to look at attacking this belly fat in a different way—maybe it’s time to add body-weight exercises into your fitness routine.

Body-weight exercise is a form of strength training that can be used to build muscles, improve endurance and most importantly, burn fat.  These exercises are calisthenics in which the resisting force to the movement is supplied by your own body weight.   When combined into interval training circuits, body-weight exercises can help you burn fat, increase strength and boost your metabolism.  Here are a few examples of body weight exercises:sit up

  • Burpees
  • Pushups
  • Sit Ups
  • Squats
  • Lunges

Perhaps the best part about body weight exercise is the convenience.  You don’t need to spend hundreds on a gym membership or drive all over town to complete your workout.  With body weight exercises you can target the stubborn belly fat anytime, and from the comfort of your own home.

There are many other reasons to include   exercises into your fat burning routine.  Let’s take a look at a few of them:

Cardiovascular Benefit
Body weight exercises, when performed correctly, offer a total cardiovascular workout that can help to quickly burn fat and improve endurance.  You don’t necessarily need a thousand dollar machine to burn off fat.  Using nothing but the resistance of your own body weight, you can easily combine three to four exercises and perform them at intervals for the same results you would receive from a machine.

Pick two lower body and two upper body exercises and perform them consecutively for 10 repetitions per exercise, resting only at the end of each circuit.  The result is a fat burning routine that truly works.

Metabolism
Interval training using body-weight exercises can boost your metabolism significantly more than sustained cardiovascular routines.  The end result is an increased number of calories burned per workout, which can in turn help you to get rid of stubborn belly fat that has been resistant to other forms of training.

Strengthen Muscles 
Body-weight exercises help you to build and strengthen muscles while providing all the fat-burning benefits you need.

Sometimes attacking stubborn bell fat requires a change in strategy.  Instead of being a prisoner to the sameness of routine and the confines of the gym, body-weights allow you to incorporate real fat burning  results into your routine at anytime and from anywhere.

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How to Get Rid of Belly Fat with Interval Training

by on May 11, 2010

Many people expect that a low calorie diet, coupled with 30 minutes of biking or jogging each day will help reduce the amount of fat around their belly.  Sadly, that is often not the case.  Workouts involving sustained cardiovascular activity, while beneficial as a form of overall health training, often fail to reach the stubborn, visceral belly fat which is so difficult to burn.   If you want to get rid of belly fat, and dieting and your current workout routine are not producing the fat-burning results you desire, perhaps it’s time to look at changing things up a bit. 

Because belly fat tends to lie deeper within the body, many standard workout routines are ineffective as a means to get rid of it.  To combat this problem, more and more fitness experts are beginning to recognize the benefits of interval training.

Interval training is a method or branch of cardiovascular training involving bursts of high intensity activity, followed by short intervals of either low activity or complete rest.  This method can be applied to any type of cardiovascular activity.  Running, cycling and rowing are some of the most common activities in which intervals are used.jogging

In short, interval training involves brief stints of near maximum exertion in a given exercise, followed by periods of lower intensity work.  On a treadmill, for example, participants using interval training may run at higher speeds for one minute, followed by a minute of walking or light jogging.  This combination would then be repeated several times over the course of the workout.  Using the treadmill as an example, a standard interval training session would look something like this:

  • 3-5 Minute warm up:  Participants begin slowly and gradually increase workout to moderate speed with moderate exertion.
  • 1 minute of high intensity running, followed by 1 minute of walking.  (Repeat 6-8 times)
  • 3-5 minute cool down:  Participants gradually decrease workout speed until activity has concluded.

Sprinters and other athletes have been using interval training for years as a way to bolster peak performance and increase aerobic capacity, but lately the technique has caught the attention of fitness experts as a way to burn more calories and get rid of fat, especially the deeper, visceral fat around the belly. In several studies, experts have shown that interval training within an activity is more effective at burning fat than a sustained, moderate pace for longer durations.

If your current workout routine is coming up short, and your goal to get rid of unsightly and harmful belly fat is not being met, interval training may offer the solution you have been looking for.

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How to Lose Belly Fat Fast: What You Eat and When You Eat It

by on March 4, 2010

Want to learn how to lose belly fat fast?  Millions of people agonize over unwanted belly fat, but with a few simple adjustments to your normal routine this agony can be a thing of the past.  What you eat, when you eat and how you use those calories are three important factors which must all be considered when beginning a weight loss regimen.  Without measurable alterations to each factor, any weight loss plan, especially one targeting belly fat, may be doomed from the start.  Here we will examine the first two components of this plan:  What to eat and when to eat it.

 What You Eat

  Reducing the amount of calories may be sufficient for losing surface layers of fat found under the skin, but for attacking the deeper layers of belly fat you will need to put a lot of focus on the types of food you are eating.  A diet rich in carbohydrates and fat is naturally going to be detrimental to any weight loss plan, but that doesn’t mean you should give them up altogether. They are important for energy and other functions of the body, and should be consumed with moderation.  Lean protein, fruits and vegetables is where the majority of your calories should derive from when trying to lose troublesome belly fat.  Many of these foods have been medically proven to burn the visceral, belly fat that accumulates deep within the body.  Among them are:

  • Salmon:  Rich in omega-3 fatty acids that are heart healthy and fat burning, salmon can help stabilize blood sugar and suppress your appetite.
  • Nuts:  Peanuts and other nuts are a great source of protein with fat-burning capability, offering, too, a reduction in triglycerides
  • fruitGrapefruit:  The chemicals in grapefruit can help improve insulin levels which are vital to your metabolism.
  • Berries:  A great source of roughage and fiber
  • Soybeans:  Soybeans are rich in lecithin which blocks cellular fat absorption and promotes the breakdown of fatty deposits.

 When You Eat

 When dieting, many people will starve themselves and limit their meals to once or twice a day.  This is a huge mistake.  Research has shown that eating 5-6 smaller meals throughout the day will provide the best results, and help you lose unwanted belly fat.
When you eat just a couple times a day, you will probably have a tendency to gorge yourself and overeat.  The calories you take in using this system will not be properly burned off and will instead be stored as fat. Eating 5-6 smaller meals a day can help prevent hunger and boost metabolism.  Also, remember to always eat breakfast to jump start your metabolism, and never eat right before bed.  When you eat can be just as important as what you consume

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How to Lose Belly Fat: Some Dietary Tips

by February 9, 2010

How to lose belly fat?  It’s a question that frustrates many people, and with so much information out there, and gadgets promising quick results, the answer to this question is often difficult to find. Belly fat, that unsightly mass around the core of the body, is quite different than fat located elsewhere on the body.  [...]

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Calm Down and Lose Belly Fat

by January 7, 2010

If you want to lose belly fat, say many experts, you will need to reduce the amount of stress in your life.  Reports from medical experts are clear that high levels of stress can add significantly to the accumulation of fat around your belly, which can in turn pose a variety of health risks. Stress [...]

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Lose Belly Fat with a Cardio Plan

by December 10, 2009

The trick to any weight loss plan, especially one that targets belly fat is to burn up more calories than you consume.  Excess weight that is not properly burned off can quickly turn into unsightly belly fat and these excesses can be a nightmare to get rid of.  All the sit-ups and crunches in the [...]

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Four Easy Tips for Controlling Belly Fat

by December 2, 2009

Belly fat can be a particularly stubborn problem, and according to recent studies, a very risky one as well.  The problem with attacking belly fat is that it is quite different from other types of fat found in the body.  Fat found directly under the skin, also called subcutaneous fat, acts differently from the fat [...]

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Belly Fat Explained

by November 11, 2009

That bulge around your middle, often referred to as belly fat, can pose a great challenge to winning your personal weight loss battle.  It is the area most frequently targeted by people looking to slim down, but as most soon discover, it can be the most difficult fat to get rid of.  Sound familiar?  If [...]

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How Can I Lose the Fat Around my Belly?

by August 4, 2009

You can lose the fat around your belly by focusing on what you put in your mouth and how you move your body. It’s very simple. It really does come down to eating better and exercising, that’s it. The hard part is sticking with it. How often have we started a new diet or exercise [...]

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