Advice For Fired Up Fat Loss!

n • Don’t Starve yourself- Skipping meals and under eating will just shut-down your metabolism (and your ability to use stored fat as energy). Even worse, under eating will decrease your energy and in turn, reduce your motivation to exercise and be active. Healthy eating is the number one way to stimulate your metabolism.
• Do Not Become a Closet Carb Snacker- What is a closet carb snacker? A person who denies themselves quality carbohydrates at designated meal time. In turn, snacks on mid-day or late night sweets. Drastically cutting your carbs(below 100 grams a day), will cause your insulin and glucose levels to drop, and in turn, create almost out of control cravings for simple sugars, sweet snacks. After a while this will become a habit (and usually when nobody else is looking)
• Clean up your diet. Reduce and try to eliminate quick fix meals such as restaurant meals for home cooked meals. Most instant meals and restaurant meals are low in valuable nutrients and are very high in sodium. Careful of white carbs, fatty meats and sauces. Try to think ~ Eat to live, as opposed live to eat ~
• Prepare meals in quantity- Why just cook one meal at a time? Cooking in quantity saves time and energy. It takes the same effort to three or four meals as one when planned right (ask us how). In the end, if you wake up in the morning and have not planned or prepared your meals for the day, very good chance that it is going to be a less than great day with your diet.
• Natural unprocessed foods- Remember this simple rule – Carbs go dark, meats go white. Eat dark carbs like whole wheat- rye bread, oatmeal, legumes, brown rice or pasta, yams. They will provide you with more nutrients and fiber. Eat white meats such as fish and poultry. Limit your red meats to two to three times a week.
• It is all about the carbs- Cut your carb intake to 40-45% of your diet. Eat 70% of your carbohydrate intake by lunch. Your breakfast and AM snack would be the largest serving of carbs. Your dinner would be little to no carbohydrates (except vegetables). Eat carbs that are higher in fiber to satisfy food cravings, feel full, and control your blood sugar levels. THIS IS THE BEST TIP TO FOLLOW.
• Do cardio 4-6 days a week to burn excess fat for at least 20 minutes. Try AM cardio on an empty stomach….wow this is my secret recipe to melt fat away quick.
• There is no such thing as spot reduction- More abs does not mean a tighter stomach. More inner thigh training does not mean smaller thighs. True fat loss is best obtained from a combination of a consistent cardio and weight training program, and, a clean diet! Exercise at least three hours a week and eat smart.