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How to take fat off your stomach

Posted by mark in Uncategorized |

I was watching a commercial on television yesterday and they were advertising a product where these incredibly toned people were demonstrating something where you wrap some sort of heating device around your body part and magically lose weight! Well, yes you could very well lose weight but as soon as you drink a glass of water that weight will be back again because the only weight you will lose is fluid weight. It’s such a con! They have these models who have obviously been working out in the gym A LOT and have very good diets because the  only way you will see a person’s six pack stomach is if he/she has low body fat, not just strong abs. I remember reading an article a long time ago which said that your six pack stomach is made in the kitchen. What that means is that you can do hundreds of crunches a day but if you still have too much body fat you will never see them so your diet needs to be correct to trim down that excess layer of fat. Anyway, this TV commercial shows these trim taught and terrific models wrapping these heating thingies on the body part of their choice and supposedly like magic your body fat just melts away! There is only one problem however, it’s absolutely bull dust.

We would love to believe it is true-eat what we like, no need to exercise and get home at the end of the day after eating our way through a mountain of fried food and drinking sodas and just wrap on the heat wrap to melt away our lovehandles.

The sad thing is, I bet they are selling thousands of these things.

So how do we get fat off our stomachs? Or hips? Or thighs?

Another TV commercial which I have seen and I am sure you have too where they have some miracle stomach crunching machine that sheds all of your unwanted fat from your stomach-there is only one problem though, you can’t remove your fat like this. Removing fat is not target specific.

Let me explain. By doing crunches you don’t specifically take fat off your stomach nor when you do thigh exercises do you take fat off your thighs. You are only building muscle in that area (which is a good thing). However, when you exercise you burn calories and the fat comes off your whole body. Therefore when you do crunches you (for example) take a millimetre of fat from your stomach, thighs, chin, butt, arms, neck, back etc. but you cannot target an area to remove fat specifically from that zone.

So how do you remove fat from your stomach?

You do regular exercise (cardio and resistance exercises) which will not only burn calories but will also build muscle tissue and that will then in turn increase your resting metabolic rate which will in turn burn more calories-yay! Then if you correct your diet as well you are going to be leaner, stronger and who knows maybe you will be one of those models on the TV commercials!

But for now,

Rest assured I am watching your back( and your stomach)

Lose weight naturally, quickly and eat exactly the same foods as you do now!

Posted by mark in Lower Back pain and your core | 0 comments

It’s the new amazing fat burning wonder pill! Eat all the cakes, doughnuts and cookies you like and still lose weight! Sound too good to be true? Of course it is.

Ladies and gentlemen, how often do we see this and how often do we want to believe it’s actually true. Wouldn’t it be wonderful, we can eat of the same trashy foods and still lose weight. Apart from the fact that we are still eating foods that are so nutrient deficient it’s almost a crime to call them ‘food’, we are so often promised these miracle wonder liquids or pills are fat burners that just let the weight fall off magically. But I also, think deep down that we know even if it were true it’s not good for us. It’s a bit like smoking to lose weight, sure we may lose weight but we will not be thin and ‘healthy’. I can show you an easy way to burn calories in your daily activities quickly, easily and for free! Yes folks it won’t cost you a single penny!

First of all, let’s take a closer look at the fat burner pills and potions. They are generally stimulants that can make you irritable, nervous and can give you heart problems just to name a few. It’s a bit like trying to drive your car with your foot hard down on the accelerator whilst the other is on the brake to keep you from going too fast. It’s not good for your car and it’s not good for your body. Some even claim to burn fat in your sleep. Well, here’s a heads up, we all burn fat in our sleep because it is a natural metabolic process.

But wait! Here’s the good news. How would you like to burn extra calories free? Get a free workout during your day? But not only that, protect your back, strengthen your legs, buttocks and thighs and even help protect your knees! And it’s free! Zippo! Nada! Nothing! Zilch!

Here’s how:

Every time you have to bend forward to pick something up; do a lunge or a squat instead of bending forwards. This will save your back and discs and strengthen your body. Think of all the time you spend bending to work in the  garden, get things out of the bottom cupboards, pick things up, etc. However, now every time you need to do this you do a lunge or a squat. Imagine how good your legs will look after doing 300 or so squats daily! The only thing you need to know is how to do these safely and correctly.

Here’s how:

The squat

• Your feet are side by side
• Have your back upright, not leaning forwards
• Keep your heels down, not on your balls of your feet because this will protect your knees
• Keep your weight over your ankles. This will protect your knees as well. When you put your weight into the balls of your feet and lift your heels off the ground your weight gets pushed forward, your shins are no longer vertical and the cartilage in your knees gets squashed and eventually damaged.

The lunge:

• Stand up feet apart, one foot in front of the other. Place one foot comfortably back, keeping your back foot straight not turned out.
• Tuck hip under to remove back arch and stretch back hip.
• Bend knees to dip to the floor without touching the floor. At least dip down a few inches.
• Don’t let your front knee come over your toes. Keep your weight into your ankle like you do with the squat. This is the most important part of using the lunge to protect your knee. If you do the lunge like this you will also strengthen your legs buttocks and core muscles all at the same time.
• Don’t arch your back. Tip your hip under to prevent arching and straighten your posture. Don’t lean back.

So there you have it. Lose weight naturally, easily and get a free workout! Help your back, strengthen and protect your knees and tone the buttocks and thighs! No pills, lotions, liquids or potions!