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Cheating for Fat-Loss! Deliciously naughty eats for sanity and RESULTS!

I once tried eating ONLY healthy, low-carb, low-cal ALL the time…

But within two weeks, I was out with friends binging on beer and fried foods.

We love the cheat meal.

Unfortunately, unplanned cheating completely screwed up my fat-loss goals and it took weeks to get back in the groove.

In Support of the planned Cheat Meal.

What is the cheat meal?

A cheat meal is a planned, deliberate meal that satisfies your cravings so that you can continue with fat-loss goals.

But once the cheat meal is over, you go back to the normal fat-loss eating.

Benefits of the Cheat Meal:

  1. Allows you to live a realistic lifestyle
  2. Maintain social connections despite high-calorie event
  3. Revives your body away from starvation mode
  4. The joy of a carbo-loaded feast!

Take your body OUT of starvation mode

If you are on a low-calorie diet, eventually your fat-loss may plateau. One possible reason is because your body has gone into starvation mode.

At this point, it does everything it can to hold on to the weight — even if it means losing muscle tone and slowing metabolism.

You need to remind your body that you aren’t in the African Savannah about to starve to death.

Thats what the cheat meal is for.

Pump some extra gas in the tank — don’t top it off, just fill it to the rim.

Used strategically, the Cheat Meal can help you burn fat and live a happy life.

Gameday Nachos!!

Cheat meals are best…

  • Once or twice a week
  • Don’t stuff yourself, just enjoy the pleasure of the food
  • Plan it — especially if you know you’ll be spending a night on the town this weekend
  • Hit the gym beforehand — the extra calories will help your body recover and restrict unwanted weight gain

Cheat meals work wonders.

My favorite cheat meal includes plenty of greasy, cheesy, fried, and funky foods. (with a beer)

So…

Whats your favorite cheat meal?

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Fat-Loss requirements, an exercise prescription for Core strength

Why is the core so important?

The main function of various abdominal muscles is to support the back.

Notice how our backs can bend significantly — for the price of mobility, we lose stability. And thats why so many overweight people have messed up discs in their backs.

Focus on the core, it makes weight loss easier

As you strengthen the core, you’ll feel stronger and more able to do other exercises. You won’t fatigue as quickly during cardio, weights, and everyday activities.

And even if you can’t visibly see your six pack abs, at the very least you will have a noticeable improvement in quality of life.

Abdominal Plank: Beginner

*Rest elbows on soft padding or mat

*Hold for 30-60 seconds

*Squeeze abs as hard as possible the entire time

*Keep your back flat

***ALL Trainees should work up to 60 seconds

Reverse Crunch: Moderate

*Squeeze your abs towards your head

*This is an ab exercise, not a hip exercise…contract your abs!

*Hold at the top for a 2 second count, then slowly lower body

Turkish Get Up: Advanced

Strengthen the core, and the rest of the body will follow.

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Sleep the Fat away by Losing weight for a Good Night’s rest

Sleep is pure revitalization.

To regenerate, restore strength, and to give new life.

Protein shake at 8 and bed at ten.

Why do so many people have trouble sleeping?

  • Stress
  • Poor diet
  • Lack of physical activity
  • Hormone balance

You need good sleep for good weight loss

Heck, you need good sleep for good everything in life.

Sleep tips:

  1. Moderate exercise on most days of the week (cardio, weights, sports, walking).
  2. Eat natural whole foods.
  3. Go to bed at the same time each day.
  4. Never eat within 1 hour of going to bed.
  5. Avoid alcohol, caffeine, and sugar drinks.

Respect the nightly Human Growth Hormone (HGH)

Naturally occurring human growth hormone promotes the renewal of organic tissue in the body. You need good sleep to get attain peak levels of HGH.

Optimal levels of HGH support everything from brain to bone density.

Lean muscle tone, especially!

Monument of morning Testosterone

Testosterone levels are important for us all. If you’re a man or if you’ve ever dated a guy, you may be aware of this significant rise of testosterone even as you get out of bed.

Morning, would you tell me what you had for breakfast?

Levels of testosterone spike in the morning, boosting the ability of the body to uptake and store muscle glycogen.

In simple terms, carbs and breakfast go really well together. Eat Big Carbs in the morning!

Feel good, look great. Sleep right.

Except tomorrow, you’ll be a little leaner and one step closer to success.

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Amp the Fat-Burning with Complex Carbohydrates for Fat Loss

A delicious way to Burn the Fat!

With your friends, ‘Carbs’ no longer needs to be a dirty word. Complex Carbohydrates are a great way to live.

Primal complexity from a carbohydrate!

Made possible by Complex Carbs

Now, to harness the energy...

Three good reasons to eat complex carbs

1. Awesome energy for daily duties and leisure.

2. Beneficial to the digestive system, you enjoy certain regularity.

3. BURN THE FAT!

It’s all about the ingredients.

Split Peas or Lentils – boil water and simmer till ready

Add these…

+Extra Virgin Coconut Oil

+Braggs Liquid Aminos (instead of salt)

+Mrs. Dash seasoning

Then to boost the nutritional content, add any sort of vegetable you could possibly want.

Top it off with fresh avocado and you’ll be in heaven.

Stay fit, my friends.

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How to Lose those Last Few Pounds!

Losing the last few pounds is the most difficult.

If you have reached a weight-loss plateau, then the first step is realizing that you need to change what you’re doing. You need to give your body a real reason to burn those last few pounds.

The last few pounds almost always come from the belly.

You gotta want it.

Sure, you occasionally go out and eat delicious restaurant food and maybe you even got a dessert. You still lost weight for a couple months, but now the scale just ain’t movin. Whats the deal, yo?

Clean up your diet.

Every single piece of food that you consume will either work with you or work against you.

Let me repeat that.

Everything you put in your body is either friend or foe when it comes to fat loss.

You must eat it to burn it!

  • Choose the right foods — fruits, vegetables, some grains, lean protein, and health supplements.
  • Eat breakfast within one hour of waking, everyday.
  • Drink lots of pure water.
  • Have small snacks when you’re hungry — if it comes in a bag and has a brand name, it’s probably not a healthy snack.
  • Consume balanced meals with plenty of whole food.
  • Enjoy more carbs in the morning, and more protein in the evening.
  • Keep your eye on the prize: DELAY INSTANT GRATIFICATION!

And thats it. Burn that fat, baby!!

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