27 Fitness and Fat Loss Tips
It’s New Year’s Day, and you have a clean slate.
I don’t know if you are one to make New Year’s Resolutions or not, but either way you’re probably thinking about how you can become fitter, healthier and happier than you are right now.
These 27 Fitness and Fat Loss Tips will get you on the right track for this New Year:
Visualize the accomplishment of your goals each and every day. Experience the taste of success and feel that sweet satisfaction.
To build muscle & lose fat, 90% of your diet must consist of whole
unprocessed foods. That’s anything that doesn’t come out of a box like
meats, veggies, eggs, fruits, etc. Eating 6 meals/day leaves room for
4 junk meals per week.
You’re already doing that but not getting results? Maybe you’re not
eating that healthy. Here are 10 foods you might think are healthy
because they’re labeled as such, but which in reality are anything but
healthy.
1. Breakfast Cereals. Cereals are labeled healthy & nutritive and
recommended for weight loss. Read the labels: cereals are often high
in sugar & salt and their vitamin/mineral content is chemical based.
Drop that spoon.
To build muscle & lose fat, you need a variety of proteins, veggies, fruits, carbs, and healthy fats. Eating protein helps building & maintaining muscle. But it also helps fat loss: protein has a higher thermic effect than carbs/fats.
Eating fats also helps fat loss: your body holds fat if you don’t eat fats. Fruits & veggies contain vitamins & minerals, necessary for recovery from your workouts. And carbs fuel your muscles so you feel full of energy at the gym.
Lots of you struggle to get these foods. Sometimes because you’re too busy or sometimes because you just lack information. This list will help you — 20 super foods you need to build muscle & lose fat.
1. Whole Eggs. Cheap & rich source of protein: 7g/egg. The yolk contains most nutrients: half the protein, vitamins A/D/E and cholesterol to naturally increase your testosterone levels.
Don’t worry about cholesterol in eggs. Dietary cholesterol isn’t bound to blood cholesterol. If you have bad cholesterol, lower your body fat rather than throwing the yolk away.
2. Fish Oil. Reduces inflammation (joints/skin), lowers body fat and increases testosterone levels. You need 9000mg EPA/DHA per day. Since you’ll probably struggle to get that from eating fatty fish, consider a fish oil supplement.
By Mike Mahler
When was the last time that you got excited about doing some cardio? Doing traditional forms of cardio such as riding an exercise bike or running on a treadmill are about as exciting as watching a movie on the family channel. Lets face it one of the main reasons why people give up on cardio is similar to why smart people do not watch daytime television as both are beyond boring. Moreover, with regular cardio it takes too long to see results to persevere through the boredom. Do not believe me? Take a trip down to your local gym and look at the people in an aerobics class. Now go back in a month and see if you notice any physique composition differences. See what I mean? Fortunately there are several alternatives that offer more variety, are more challenging, and produce faster results. I am going to cover three highly effective fat loss programs in this article: PHA, HOC, and the “Descending Sets” Program.
Thanks to a complex web of farm subsidies, chemical engineering, and plain old evil, 21st-century food companies have actually made it cheaper for consumers to eat processed junk instead of healthy, nutritious staples such as fruit, veggies, and lean meats. It would take a book or two to explain how they pulled it off. Instead, I’ve opted to write this short manifesto: a list of ways you can beat “The Man” by eating healthier and saving money at the same time. Who’s with me? ìViva la revolución!
Chocolate is a weakness for many of us, myself included. Not all chocolate is bad, it’s not great either. Below are some rules to keep in mind when eating chocolate. Remember, eat in moderation!
Eating chocolate used to be cause for plaguing us all with guilt. Closet chocolate eaters, you can all come out now! Recent scientific research tells us that chocolate is rich in anti-oxidants called flavonols.
These anti-oxidants protect our arteries and prostate glands, reduce inflammation and increase sensations of well-being. The same flavonols are found in green tea and in certain types of berries.
The Rules of Chocolate
Of course, you should follow some rules when choosing the right chocolate for you. Here are rules to follow to make it ever more guilt free:
I came across this a few months ago from a trainer that sent it to me. Here is a healthy downloadable cookbook. This is especially useful for post-workout meals. Click here, KissMyGlutes for the link to download the book. Enjoy!