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Tuesday, 20 April 2010
Wednesday, 5 August 2009
Metabolism Secrets- Couture Curves
Having an understanding of your body’s metabolism or basal metabolic rate is essential to fat loss. This is the amount of energy expended while at rest in a neutrally temperate environment i.e. simply the number of calories you would burn if you lay in bed and did nothing all day. The energy (calories) used in this state are solely for the functioning of the vital organs, such as the heart, lungs, brain and the rest of the nervous system, liver, kidneys, sex organs, muscles and skin, essentially it’s the calories you need solely to stay alive. So, as many magazines and diet books will have already informed you, if this is increased it will accelerate the rate of fat loss and therefore the time it takes to achieve the slimmer body you want. Now, there are many ingredients that can be included into your diet which have been proven to increase your metabolism, most of which are contained in the supplement Couture Curves
Guarana (100mgs per tablet)
Guarana is a fruit native to the Amazon basin and especially common in Brazil. Known best as an ‘energy booster’, guarana contains twice the caffeine of a coffee bean. It is a potent thermogenic meaning it greatly increases the body’s metabolism and therefore greatly contributes to losing body fat.
Green Tea (100mgs per tablet)
Research shows that the compound catechin polyphenols found in green tea greatly aids fat loss by intensifying levels of fat oxidation and thermogenesis 
(thermogensis is basically where heat occurs within the body to ‘burn’ fuels such as fat.) And what is more, another element of green tea known as Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) has been found to inhibit the movement of glucose in fat cells. Yerba Mate (75mgs per tablet) Discovered by the Guarani Indians of South America, Yerba Mate is a drink of ancient cultural and medicinal origins. It is generally used as a source of caffeine although considered to be more healthful than that found in coffee. Similar to guarana it is used as an ‘energy booster’ with fat loss benefits since again it increases the body’s metabolism.
(thermogensis is basically where heat occurs within the body to ‘burn’ fuels such as fat.) And what is more, another element of green tea known as Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) has been found to inhibit the movement of glucose in fat cells. Yerba Mate (75mgs per tablet) Discovered by the Guarani Indians of South America, Yerba Mate is a drink of ancient cultural and medicinal origins. It is generally used as a source of caffeine although considered to be more healthful than that found in coffee. Similar to guarana it is used as an ‘energy booster’ with fat loss benefits since again it increases the body’s metabolism. Tetradecylthioacetic Acid (50mgs per tablet)
Unlike the other ingredients, studies show that tetradecylthioacetic acid encourages lipolysis (‘burning’ fat on the body) without the need for exercise. This can make workouts much more efficient because you're burning off what you eat instead of burning off fat stores, you should lose excess weight much more quickly and therefore see greater definition much more quickly.
Choline (50mgs per tablet)
Choline is essential for fat metabolism. Fat metabolism is essentially when complex chemical reactions break the bonds between the basic elements of fat for energy.
Alpha Lipoic Acid (50mgs per tablet)This ingredient basically increases the uptake of glucose into the muscle cells meaning less glucose is stored as fat. It also lowers your blood sugar levels, meaning again a high metabolism will burn more calories than ‘normal’ (by ‘normal’ we mean without supplementing the diet with alpha lipoic acid.)
Alpha Lipoic Acid (50mgs per tablet)This ingredient basically increases the uptake of glucose into the muscle cells meaning less glucose is stored as fat. It also lowers your blood sugar levels, meaning again a high metabolism will burn more calories than ‘normal’ (by ‘normal’ we mean without supplementing the diet with alpha lipoic acid.)
Cayenne (25mgs per tablet)
Containing the compound Capsaicin, cayenne is responsible for creating the ‘hot’ sensation in hot peppers and also is known to increase your metabolic rate. This is what is happening when you begin to sweat from eating hot foods, this is a physiological response to the consumption of cayenne causing your metabolism to increase.)
Thursday, 16 July 2009
Horses for courses- How to lose weight your way...fast! LA Muscle
By: Dean Chavallier
I have a friend of mine, Lonnie. He is a personal trainer and knows his stuff. Of course, I know my stuff too. We agree pretty much on everything apart from one subject: fat loss.
I am of the old school belief that you must eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a price and dinner like a pauper. I have seen this weight loss principle work time and time again over the past 20 years. You get the most carbohydrates in your system in early in the day, then gradually reduce and try not to have any later in the day. You can have proteins, vegetables, salads etc in the evening.
Lonnie’s theory of “horses for courses”
Lonnie agrees with me on this but he says that this “can” be a weight “gainer” for some people! I always rejected this because it made no sense. To be 
honest, I never listened to Lonnie’s explanation…until recently.
Lonnie has a simple theory. His theory is that not everyone responds to the King-Prince-Pauper theory for the simple reason that not everyone is hungry or ready to eat in the mornings! Not only that, but some people sort of “open their appetites” by eating in the morning and as much as they then try and reduce their intake, they end up eating more because they are…well… hungry! They opened their appetite and now they just can’t stop.
The main core of Lonnie’s theory is to not eat unless hungryNow, don’t get me wrong, Lonnie’s theory does not apply to everyone. However if you find that you really cannot shift the weight and that you are getting fatter, then you are obviously eating more than you are using up and unless you can up your exercise regime, you are not going to get thinner.
Lonnie’s theory is based on you eating when necessary and NOT according to habit or what others tell you is right.
A typical “Lonnie eating day”
I have seen this work on Lonnie’s clients so you may want to give it a go. I suggest you do not do it if you are ill, have any health problems or unsure. If you are unsure, go to your doctor first:
Morning
Drink a glass of water. Drink a cup of tea with sweetener (if you have a sweet tooth). Coffee is OK too but remember coffee has a lot of caffeine and gets your adrenals working over-time, defeating the object of this exercise.Don’t drink a “big” cup of tea or coffee. Just a small cup of tea with as much sweetener as you want. This will trick your mind into thinking you have eaten something. If you have any sugar/diabetes problems, then needless to say that this is not for you. If you feel weak or faint, then you can have a few raisins.
Mid-morning, lunch
Only “when” you get hungry, eat! This cannot be earlier than say 11 or 12 in the morning. At that time, eat what you like but make sure you do not eat saturated fats or eat “too much” food. Just eat a small amount to kill off your hunger (not a birdie amount, but not a huge plate either).
If you want to really take this further, don’t eat a meal but have some corn flakes with soya or rice milk for lunch.
You will probably get hungry. If you do, you can have another cup of tea with sweetener. DO NOT have food lying around at work or at home or wherever you are, especially sweet foods or confectionary. If they are not around, you will not give in to them.
Early evening
If you had a proper lunch, you can have a light dinner now.If you had corn flakes for lunch, you can have a proper dinner now (again not a huge plate).
Have your dinner no later than 5-6 hours before you are going to sleep. i.e. if you sleep at 10 pm, eat your dinner at 5 p.m.
After dinner, do not eat anything again. If you feel hungry, have a cup of tea with sweeteners. If you are really hungry and cannot control yourself, have a small apple.
Don’t starve yourself. If you are really hungry and the tea+sweetener is not doing the trick then have a handful of almonds.
The objective of the Lonnie's regime
The objective is to do something different and radical and break your normal habits. Let’s face it, if you are fat, then your normal habits are not working for you!
You should stick to this for say 1-2 weeks. You should see noticeable weight loss within 1 week. Drink 1-2 litres of water during the day.Remember, don’t have food lying around, don’t go shopping on an empty stomach, don’t kill yourself doing this. If starving, eat a little something.The idea here though is to get your mind set for a “light” day and not a day filled with food.
Q&A
1. Isn’t this going against the principle that you should not starve the body as it will put all the weight back on later?
Yes and no. If you are fat and not able to rid yourself of it, then you need to lose it! You “may” put some of it back on later or you may not. There is no set rule. No point worrying about it now. Let’s get the job at hand done first.
2. Isn’t it dangerous to not eat anything for hours and hours?
People fast. They don’t die, do they? It is a sort of detox but you are tricking your body in a way with the tea and sweetener. The caffeine from the tea gives you some energy and the sweetener makes your brain think you have got sugar in. Anyway, it’s not that you are not eating. You are just not eating for the sake of eating or according to habit.By the way, if you don’t drink black tea, you can have herbal teas (but they won’t give you that kick).
3. Aren’t sweeteners bad for you?
Probably. But so is sugar, so is fat and so is living. Breathing oxygen is bad for you as it makes you old! No winning these days.
4. What about afterwards? Can I go back to my old ways?
Hey, hey, hang on a minute. Haven’t you been listening? This is a way of getting rid of body fat fast. It will also teach you a number of things:- You don’t need to eat when others eat, especially if you are not hungry.- You do not need to eat such big volumes.- You may not necessarily need to eat often. Everyone is different. Yes, smaller meals, more often work for the majority of people but they may not work for you.- You don’t need as much food as you have been eating. This is obvious as you have been getting fat. If your job or you become more active, then things can change.
5. Where is Lonnie now?
He died of starvation…. . just kidding (sorry, couldn’t resist that one :)Lonnie is looking great and running his personal training business. He was putting on a few pounds himself as he pushed past 40. He put his own theories into action and is looking lean and mean. You can too from tomorrow. Give it a try.
Tuesday, 31 March 2009
10 new tips for effective fat loss- LA Muscle
The thing with fat loss is that it can be very slow. This doesn't mean that you won't get there. It just means that for some of you, results may not come hard and fast. You need to be patient and keep at it. Persistence will pay off. It takes months and years to add fat to your body. Sometimes it can be so slow that you won't even feel it until one day you are looking in the mirror or sitting down and you see a big bulge!
Cardio, eating right and taking fat burners will all help. Below are 10 effective tips on ensuring your get continuous results that will motivate you to keep at it.
1. Don't eat heavy or large meals 5 hours before sleep
Try not to eat any major meals around 5
hours before sleep. If you get hungry, have some vegetables or an egg or low fat cheese. Drink water. This is one of the most result-producing ways of seeing fat loss. On the flip, eating late and before sleeping is one of the guaranteed ways of getting and keeping fat!
2. Cut out sugars and cut out sweeteners
Cutting out sugars will go a very long way in helping you lose fat. Some people replace sugar with sweeteners. Whilst this does make a difference and they lose more fat, they find that as surprising as it sounds, they don't keep losing fat. Somehow the sweetened taste of sweeteners seem to tell the body to hold on to fat. The best advice is to dump the sugar and dump the sweeteners too. You will soon get used to things without them and you will see more fat loss.
3. Pay attention to saturated fats on packaging
Don't "assume". Many people assume certain foods are low or no fat. Make sure you read and check packaging. Get yourself used to reading all packaging on foods you put into your body. Make sure you check out the serving you are having as opposed to fat per 100g. Make sure you are looking out for saturated fats. Ideally, you don't want to put in more than 20g of saturated fat in your body per day (less if you can).
4. Don't eat if you're not hungry
Sounds obvious, right? You would be surprised at just how many people don't listen to this advice. Yes, it is true that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and you should eat something. However, if you are genuinely not hungry in the morning, it is no point filling yourself up just for the sake of someone else's advice!If you are not hungry at lunch or dinner, don't eat! Don't starve yourself obviously but don't eat just for the sake of eating either.
5. Have a day's break - Fast or juice
Every week, pick a day to eat a lot less. Don't fast totally but just take it easy. Drink juices, have fruit and water. Give your stomach a rest. Don't fill it up too much either. Have a little juice spaced throughout the day.
6. Keep your stomach small
This is really important. Pay particular attention to the size of your stomach. The bigger you get it, the more food it will want to fill it up! Make sure you eat smaller meals, more often. Don't sit down and have a big meal with lots of water and then more liquid in the form of tea-cofee-shakes. Have your meal, have a little water and have other things in an hour or so. Don't cram everything in your stomach in one sitting. You want to get it smaller.
7. Move around
Every little helps as they say. If you sit at your desk, get up every 20 minutes and walk around. Make sure you start moving around. Don't be too lazy to go up and down the stairs to get things. If you partner asks you to bring something from upstairs, don't moan! See it as an opportunity to burn fat! Use the stairs not lifts. Walk to work if you can. Walk to the shops even for silly things that you can get later. Move. It will help fat loss and you will see quicker results.
8. Every hour, you will look different
Sounds weird but it's true. Depending on many many things, you will look different every hour. Sleep, what you have eaten, stress, water intake, salt intake, carb intake, flying, walking, sitting, exercise, sweating and so many other things will influence the way you look at any given hour.
So if you look in the mirror and you look fat, remember it can have a lot to do with the pasta you ate 2 hours ago. Don't get disillusioned. You actually don't look as fat as you think and you won't look as fat in a few hours. Also remember that most people do put a little weight on in the winter. It usually comes off in the summer, so don't stress. Just keep at it.
9. Reduce salt - Drink water
Water retention can be a real problem for many people. Holding water can make you look fat! In fact many fat people are actually not that fat at all, they are just holding water!Make sure you don't cut out water. Drink plenty, reduce your salt intake as in table salt and salt in foods - read packaging and go for low sodium foods and drinks.
10. Posture
Question = What's the difference between a well built person and a geek? Answer = Posture
Question = What's the difference between a fat and a slim person?Answer = Posture.
For 50% of people, paying attention to their posture means the difference between looking good and looking bad. Standing up and sitting up straight, holding your stomach in can all help how you are perceived by your own mind and by others. Make sure you always pay attention to your posture. You can start by taking photos or videotaping yourself as you sit or walk around an see where you are going wrong.
Remember, keep at it and you WILL get there. Fat loss is not rocket science, just persistence.If you want to see faster results and give yourself a nice treat, then go for the best-selling Fat Stripper.
Cardio, eating right and taking fat burners will all help. Below are 10 effective tips on ensuring your get continuous results that will motivate you to keep at it.
1. Don't eat heavy or large meals 5 hours before sleep
Try not to eat any major meals around 5
hours before sleep. If you get hungry, have some vegetables or an egg or low fat cheese. Drink water. This is one of the most result-producing ways of seeing fat loss. On the flip, eating late and before sleeping is one of the guaranteed ways of getting and keeping fat!2. Cut out sugars and cut out sweeteners
Cutting out sugars will go a very long way in helping you lose fat. Some people replace sugar with sweeteners. Whilst this does make a difference and they lose more fat, they find that as surprising as it sounds, they don't keep losing fat. Somehow the sweetened taste of sweeteners seem to tell the body to hold on to fat. The best advice is to dump the sugar and dump the sweeteners too. You will soon get used to things without them and you will see more fat loss.
3. Pay attention to saturated fats on packaging
Don't "assume". Many people assume certain foods are low or no fat. Make sure you read and check packaging. Get yourself used to reading all packaging on foods you put into your body. Make sure you check out the serving you are having as opposed to fat per 100g. Make sure you are looking out for saturated fats. Ideally, you don't want to put in more than 20g of saturated fat in your body per day (less if you can).
4. Don't eat if you're not hungry
Sounds obvious, right? You would be surprised at just how many people don't listen to this advice. Yes, it is true that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and you should eat something. However, if you are genuinely not hungry in the morning, it is no point filling yourself up just for the sake of someone else's advice!If you are not hungry at lunch or dinner, don't eat! Don't starve yourself obviously but don't eat just for the sake of eating either.
5. Have a day's break - Fast or juice
Every week, pick a day to eat a lot less. Don't fast totally but just take it easy. Drink juices, have fruit and water. Give your stomach a rest. Don't fill it up too much either. Have a little juice spaced throughout the day.
6. Keep your stomach small
This is really important. Pay particular attention to the size of your stomach. The bigger you get it, the more food it will want to fill it up! Make sure you eat smaller meals, more often. Don't sit down and have a big meal with lots of water and then more liquid in the form of tea-cofee-shakes. Have your meal, have a little water and have other things in an hour or so. Don't cram everything in your stomach in one sitting. You want to get it smaller.
7. Move around
Every little helps as they say. If you sit at your desk, get up every 20 minutes and walk around. Make sure you start moving around. Don't be too lazy to go up and down the stairs to get things. If you partner asks you to bring something from upstairs, don't moan! See it as an opportunity to burn fat! Use the stairs not lifts. Walk to work if you can. Walk to the shops even for silly things that you can get later. Move. It will help fat loss and you will see quicker results.
8. Every hour, you will look different
Sounds weird but it's true. Depending on many many things, you will look different every hour. Sleep, what you have eaten, stress, water intake, salt intake, carb intake, flying, walking, sitting, exercise, sweating and so many other things will influence the way you look at any given hour.
So if you look in the mirror and you look fat, remember it can have a lot to do with the pasta you ate 2 hours ago. Don't get disillusioned. You actually don't look as fat as you think and you won't look as fat in a few hours. Also remember that most people do put a little weight on in the winter. It usually comes off in the summer, so don't stress. Just keep at it.9. Reduce salt - Drink water
Water retention can be a real problem for many people. Holding water can make you look fat! In fact many fat people are actually not that fat at all, they are just holding water!Make sure you don't cut out water. Drink plenty, reduce your salt intake as in table salt and salt in foods - read packaging and go for low sodium foods and drinks.
10. Posture
Question = What's the difference between a well built person and a geek? Answer = Posture
Question = What's the difference between a fat and a slim person?Answer = Posture.
For 50% of people, paying attention to their posture means the difference between looking good and looking bad. Standing up and sitting up straight, holding your stomach in can all help how you are perceived by your own mind and by others. Make sure you always pay attention to your posture. You can start by taking photos or videotaping yourself as you sit or walk around an see where you are going wrong.
Remember, keep at it and you WILL get there. Fat loss is not rocket science, just persistence.If you want to see faster results and give yourself a nice treat, then go for the best-selling Fat Stripper.
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