Spring is one of those periods in the year when the gyms are so full you can’t even turn around without bumping into somebody. Seems like everybody is thinking fat-loss and diet. So here are a few tips that might help you get into shape before summer.
-get your NUTRITION right! Nutrition is such an important part when trying to lose fat or staying healthy.. whenever you eat, you are either healing your body or supporting a disease. There’s no other way. Here are e few things that you must take into consideration:
don’t eliminate carbs: a diet rich in low GI carbs will stimulate your metabolism and help you preserve the muslce tissue when dieting. In this way you’ll keep burning more calories even at rest and during your daily activities.. but most importantly you won’t end up being skinny fat.
Fiber: fiber is a very powerful fat-loss nutrient. Fiber will not only regulate your gut, but i twill also keep you full for longer by slowing down the release of the nutrients in the blood stream.. sugar included. This means fiber also keeps the glucose under control, which is crucial for fat-loss.
Toss the diet foods: “light, low fat, low-calorie..” all these products actually make you pack on pounds.. it’s obvious that they must compensate for the missing ingredient, that’s why these products are always loaded with sugar, fat or chemicals that will alter your hormones and prevent fat-loss.
Eat your fat: don’t be afraid of fats and oil! When you eat them in the right portions, they will actually help with the fat-loss.
-CARDIO is not enough! Yes, cardio will help you burn more calories.. during the workout. but when you are done, the fat burning stops there. Aslo the problem with cardio is that our body eventually adapts to it and slows down the metabolism. STRENGTH training is the only way to speed up your metabolism and increase muscle mass. If you keep sticking to those cardio machines, be sure that you will loose some muslce along with that fat.
-REST. Is part of the program! Stress, fatigue, overtraining are the basis for fat gain. Also sleeping less than 7 hours per night won’t help. This is because it is during the sleep that all the magic occurs… the body repairs itself/ muslce growth, growth hormone release, hunger hormones are regulated… so get your sleep if you want results!
-TRACK YOUR PROGRESS: if you are not tracking your results, you’ll never know how well or bad you are doing. Set realistic goals, like losing 1-2 lbs a week and don’t get discouraged if you don’t see quick results. Slow progress is still progress.. and it’s much better than fast weight-loss which most of the times leads into muscle loss.
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