Cortisol,
Stress And Body Fat: Straight Answers To The Top
20 Questions About The Stress Hormone
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It seems that every
time science uncovers some type of association
between body fat and anything, opportunistic entrepreneurs
are waiting in the shadows to create a product
and a marketing campaign around it. They ride
the wave into the multi millions, until the buzz
dies down or until the Federal Trade Commission
(FTC) sues and slaps a padlock on their warehouse
doors...
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Banking
Calories - Eat Less Now To Pig Out Later?
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Suppose youre
on a diet and you have a banquet or a holiday
party coming up. Youre expecting a big meal
to be served for dinner, and there will be open
bar with lots and lots of party snacks.
Youre not sure if there will be any healthy
food there, but you are sure that youre
going to be in a festive, partying mood! What
should you do? Should you cut back on your food
earlier in the day to make room for the big feast?
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Body
Wraps and Waist Wraps: The Difference Between
Losing Fat And Losing Inches
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"Body wraps"
have been around for ages in the weight loss and
spa industry. Claims include loss of body weight,
loss of body fat, and loss of inches. Infomercials
for rubber waist belts" are also back
on TV and similar claims are made for these types
of wraps as well. What few people realize is that
there is a huge difference between losing fat
and losing inches.
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Brain
Science And New Year's Resolutions
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Motivational speaker
Jim Rohn once said, "I find it fascinating
that most people plan their vacations with better
care than they plan their lives. Perhaps it's
because escape is easier than change."
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The quest to develop
a stunningly fit, lean and attractive body is
a long, slow journey. It's not something you achieve
overnight by popping a few pills or strapping
an electric gizmo to your belly.
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While genetics are
definitely a factor, believing you are destined
to be overweight for life because you've inherited
"fat genes" is the most disempowering
and self-defeating attitude you could ever adopt.
The only way youll lose weight permanently
is to accept total responsibility for yourself
and acknowledge the fact that you have the power
to change, regardless what mother nature has given
you to work with.
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Not long ago, one
of the members of my health club poked her head
in my office for some advice. Linda was a 46 year
old mother of two, and she had been a member for
over a year. She had been working out sporadically,
with (not surprisingly), sporadic results. On
that particular day, she seemed to have enthusiasm
and a twinkle in her eye that I hadnt seen
before.
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Back
in the day when I was a full time
personal trainer and I met with weight loss clients
in person at my New Jersey Health Club, the first
thing I would always ask during the initial consultation
was: "Tell me what you want... and I'll show
you how to get it."
Typical
reply from client: "I want to lose 20 pounds
fast."
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How
To Repair A Damaged Metabolism
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If you've caused
metabolic damage as a result of following starvation
diets or losing weight too rapidly in the past,
it can be extremely difficult to achieve any further
fat loss at all. The good news is, metabolic damage
can be repaired. All it takes is the right combination
of metabolism stimulating exercise and metabolism
stimulating nutrition (NOT just a diet), all done
consistently over time.
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There have been
countless studies performed on the role of protein
in the muscle growth process to try and determine
exactly how much protein you should consume to
build muscle mass. Recently, several studies have
looked at the role that dietary protein plays
in helping you lose fat, and more importantly,
helping you keep it off!
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Every so often you
read a sad story in the newspaper about someone
who dove headfirst into a river or lake, without
checking to see how deep the water was beforehand.
Unfortunately, it turned out to be a shallow 18
inches and the consequence of this miscalculated
plunge was a broken neck and a wheelchair.
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The glycemic index
(GI) is a scale from 1 to 100 that measures how
quickly carbohydrate foods are broken down into
glucose. The original purpose for the glycemic
index was to help diabetics keep their blood sugar
under control. The glycemic index has recently
attracted a lot of attention in the bodybuilding,
fitness and weight loss world and has even become
the central theme in numerous best-selling diet
books as a method to choose the foods that are
best for losing weight.
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Everything
You Need To Know About Loose Skin And Weight Loss
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I receive a lot
of e-mail from people with loose skin or from
overweight people who are concerned about having
loose skin after they lose the weight. In fact,
this is one of the biggest concerns and most frequently
asked questions I receive from men and women who
have a lot of weight to lose.
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Count
Down To Fitness Success And Keep Your Motivation
Drive Alive
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There are many fantastic
ways to get focused and motivated to begin a diet
or exercise program, but often the most difficult
thing to do is keep that drive and ambition alive
for more than a few weeks and see your goal through
to completion.
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Legendary bodybuilding
trainer Vince, "The Iron Guru" Gironda
was famous for saying, "Bodybuilding is 80%
nutrition!" But is this really true or is
it just another fitness and bodybuilding myth
passed down like gospel without ever being questioned?
Which is really more important, nutrition or training?
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Protein
Supplements Vs. Protein Foods?
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Before attempting
to answer this question, I should first preface
it by mentioning that I do not sell supplements,
nor am I associated with any supplement company,
so youre getting an honest and unbiased
opinion. Don't get me wrong; I am not anti-supplement
by any means. It would simply be more accurate
to say that I am "pro-food."
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Patience. Its
the one thing you never seem to have when youve
got a body fat problem. You want the fat gone
and you want it gone now! And why not? It seems
so do-able. Everywhere you look, you read and
hear promises of quick weight loss and you even
see people losing weight quickly.
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Last
week I was talking about nutrition with one of
my workout buddies and when I mentioned grass
fed beef and "organic food he asked,
"Do you mean like what you get at Whole Foods
Market?" I said, "Yes, exactly... that's
a natural food and organic supermarket."
He said, "Yeah well, that place costs so
much, I call it Whole Paycheck!"
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Ever since the independent
film, Super Size Me was released, research on
the relationship between increasing obesity and
increasing portion sizes has skyrocketed and the
results have been virtually unanimous.
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On recently broadcast
special edition of CNN's Larry King Live, Mr.
King interviewed a panel of "mind experts"
about how the thoughts you think literally turn
into the events you experience, the material things
you possess... AND even the health of your body.
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Tom
Venuto's Top 10 Travel Fitness Tips
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I recently read
two articles about travel fitness. One said that
while you're traveling, you should keep up with
50% of your normal training and the other said
you should keep up with only one-third. Both were
written by well known fitness professionals and
both said that you should NOT expect to keep up
your regular exercise program while you are traveling.
That struck me as kind of "lame"...
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Common workout
mistakes has always been a very popular
topic in fitness publications. But no matter how
many times this subject is re-hashed, you almost
always hear about the same half a dozen or so
mistakes, including poor form, overtraining, going
too heavy, not stretching, not warming up, yadda,
yadda yadda. Ironically, you seldom hear about
the biggest mistakes of all.
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Do calories matter
or do you simply need to eat certain foods and
that will guarantee youll lose weight? Should
you count calories or can you just count portions?
Is it necessary to keep a food diary? Is it unrealistic
to count calories for the rest of your life or
is that just part of the price you pay for a better
body?
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Throughout my 18
years in the fitness industry as a trainer, nutrition
consultant and motivational coach, I have noticed
that some people who start a nutrition and exercise
program give up very easily after hitting the
first obstacle they encounter. If they feel the
slightest bit of discouragement or frustration,
they will abandon even their biggest goals and
dreams.
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