The Telegraph has a top article today about methods, hints and tips to help you beat winter weight loss. Well worth a read, especially as for most of us this is going to become more of an issue in the coming weeks.
Keep your metabolism up, keep the exercise going, and think now about what you're eating, as we all know the season of over-indulgence is right around the corner!
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Lose Weight Dieting - 100 Year History
CBS has run an interesting piece on the lengths that Americans have gone to over the past 100 years trying to lose weight dieting.
I've always said that diet alone isn't enough, just like exercise alone isn't enough. A good combination of proper diet, exercise and the right mind-set always has been, and always will be crucial to your weight loss success.
Still it's an interesting read, even if I don't agree with EVERYTHING that's there. Lose weight dieting article.
I've always said that diet alone isn't enough, just like exercise alone isn't enough. A good combination of proper diet, exercise and the right mind-set always has been, and always will be crucial to your weight loss success.
Still it's an interesting read, even if I don't agree with EVERYTHING that's there. Lose weight dieting article.
Fallen Off The Weight Loss Wagon? So What?
A quick post today as it's all I have time for, but I still wanted to share something with you guys.
My girlfriend quit smoking a couple of years ago. She'd tried on several occasions, but the longest that she had managed in the past was 9 months before she caved and took them up again. She didn't use patches or anything, she would just reach a certain point and then start up again.
I remember having a conversation with her one day.
"The problem with me", she said, "is that I'm all or nothing. If I have one, I have to have them all, and I'm right back to being a smoker again."
How is this relevant to you?
Because I explained to her that it wasn't the case. I explained that slip-ups happen, and if she has a cigarette today, that doesn't make her a smoker. It makes her an ex-smoker who had a bit of a relapse!
It may sound insignificant to you, but it was actually the difference for her, and 2 years later she's still an ex-smoker. She's had a few cigarettes between then and now, but it doesn't matter, because she knows that one slip up doesn't make all the difference.
It's the same with your weight loss. One particularly bad day, or weekend, or holiday doesn't mean that you're not still trying to deal with your weight loss. If you have a slip up, deal with it, chalk it up to experience and get right back where you left off.
That's what makes the difference between someone who has taken CONTROL of their weight, versus someone who lets it control them.
More soon,
Dan
My girlfriend quit smoking a couple of years ago. She'd tried on several occasions, but the longest that she had managed in the past was 9 months before she caved and took them up again. She didn't use patches or anything, she would just reach a certain point and then start up again.
I remember having a conversation with her one day.
"The problem with me", she said, "is that I'm all or nothing. If I have one, I have to have them all, and I'm right back to being a smoker again."
How is this relevant to you?
Because I explained to her that it wasn't the case. I explained that slip-ups happen, and if she has a cigarette today, that doesn't make her a smoker. It makes her an ex-smoker who had a bit of a relapse!
It may sound insignificant to you, but it was actually the difference for her, and 2 years later she's still an ex-smoker. She's had a few cigarettes between then and now, but it doesn't matter, because she knows that one slip up doesn't make all the difference.
It's the same with your weight loss. One particularly bad day, or weekend, or holiday doesn't mean that you're not still trying to deal with your weight loss. If you have a slip up, deal with it, chalk it up to experience and get right back where you left off.
That's what makes the difference between someone who has taken CONTROL of their weight, versus someone who lets it control them.
More soon,
Dan
Burn Stomach Fat With Soups, Smoothies & Juices
Research has shown for a long time now that liquid diets are a great way to burn stomach fat. The Slim Fast diet was popular for years, and many people owe their healthy bodies to cutting out some of their meals and replacing them with liquid meals instead.
The problem of course is that they're not desperately exciting, but a trip to a local store that sells kitchen gadgets (and as I think I've mentioned elsewhere on this blog, I love kitchen gadgets) got me thinking about ways to create really great meals that you could either buy, or ideally make for yourself.
Soups, smoothies and juices are delicious and can all be made for yourself at home using some pretty simple equipment. The key with all of them is to not include salt or other additives that you know aren't good for you (I've found with all soups that any salt is a waste, as it ends up making the soup far too salty to eat). It's also worth investing in a decent thermos flask, so that you can take them with you to the office or drink them on the commute into work. They're convenient as well as delicious and good for you!
The problem of course is that they're not desperately exciting, but a trip to a local store that sells kitchen gadgets (and as I think I've mentioned elsewhere on this blog, I love kitchen gadgets) got me thinking about ways to create really great meals that you could either buy, or ideally make for yourself.
Soups, smoothies and juices are delicious and can all be made for yourself at home using some pretty simple equipment. The key with all of them is to not include salt or other additives that you know aren't good for you (I've found with all soups that any salt is a waste, as it ends up making the soup far too salty to eat). It's also worth investing in a decent thermos flask, so that you can take them with you to the office or drink them on the commute into work. They're convenient as well as delicious and good for you!
Are Habits Helping Or Hindering Your Weight Loss?
Somebody sent me an absolutely fantastic link to a site earlier this week that I really wanted to share with you. It's all about the development of positive habits to help with your weight loss, and I've created a video to explain more.
Burn Stomach Fat - Think Outside The Box
We know that the best way to burn stomach fat is to change your lifestyle; to start eating more healthy food and to exercise more. When we think about food, nutritionists try to find ways to make eating healthy a bit more enjoyable, so find recipes that will inspire people rather than put them off.
But we don't often apply the same method of thinking to exercise. I know a lot of people who have really struggled with the exercise part of their drive to burn stomach fat, not because they were lazy, but because they found running on a treadmill or swimming too boring. So with that in mind, I thought I'd write up a quick blog post that discussed some alternatives that will still help you lose the weight, but keep you interested for the long-term. Also worth noting is that some of these examples may be more expensive than you would like, but that's the negative to having a much more interesting method of keeping fit and healthy.
1) Snowboarding/Skiing: There are so many indoor slopes opening up now that this is a great way to burn stomach fat and have a good time. It can also lead to some fantastic holidays in the winter! My advice is get lessons in the summer; most people will get lessons in January to February in preparation for snowboarding holidays, so the courses get busy. Summer lessons still take place, especially at the indoor slopes, but they tend to be more quiet, so it's easier to get some good 1-1 time with the instructor. Gear can always be rented until you are committed enough to buy your own.
2) Rock climbing: This is such a great way to build up both upper and lower body strength, and a brilliant way to burn stomach fat and tone up your stomach muscles. You can do this at the indoor climbing walls, and when you're feeling a bit braver you can take it outside and do the real thing.
3) Martial Arts: The practical use is that anything you learn here can be applied to self defence, but martial arts are a fantastic way to stay in shape. Kickboxing, Tae Kwon Do, Kung Fu, most towns and cities have an instructor running, normally very cheap classes. Don't worry if you can't keep up with the pace straight away, part of their job is to help you develop.
4) Paintballing: A great way to have fun whilst helping you to burn stomach fat. It's just you, the great outdoors, a bunch of friends and a paintball gun. Of course, if you spend the whole day hiding behind a barrel, you're going to struggle a bit, so make sure you keep active!
5) Go-Karting, Horse Riding: Both hugely physical in their own seperate ways, and both things that can become a life-long passion rather than just a simple way to stay in shape and lose a bit of weight.
6) Dancing: Any style you like, although you are probably going to get more out of the faster paced stuff like hip hop and street dance. That's not to say that ballroom or salsa dancing doesn't require a lot of moving around, and with the average lesson being an hour or two, it's still a really good way to burn stomach fat.
7) Team Sports: Football, Rugby, Hockey, take your pick. Anything involving a team really. Great because the team element keeps it both exciting, sociable, and something that you're more likely to stick to as you will become part of a small social network of people who rely on YOU rather than just you relying on you!
8) Rowing/Canoeing: If watersports are your bag more than snow related sports this could be ideal for you. It's potentially more suitable if you live in a warmer country, but I know a guy who rows part time and he's one of the fittest people I've ever met.
9) Cross Country Cycling: Sometimes it's as simple as changing the venue. Rather than just cycling around your local estate, take a cycle around a nature park, or off-road into some woods or somewhere equally exciting. More effort involved equals more opportunity to burn stomach fat.
10) Home Consoles - Wii Fit, PlayStation Move, XBox Kinetic: If working out indoors on your own is more your bag, the new home consoles are brilliant. Not only that, as Sony and Microsoft have just released their options, there's now more choice than ever before.
More ideas or suggestions? Stick them in the comments.
But we don't often apply the same method of thinking to exercise. I know a lot of people who have really struggled with the exercise part of their drive to burn stomach fat, not because they were lazy, but because they found running on a treadmill or swimming too boring. So with that in mind, I thought I'd write up a quick blog post that discussed some alternatives that will still help you lose the weight, but keep you interested for the long-term. Also worth noting is that some of these examples may be more expensive than you would like, but that's the negative to having a much more interesting method of keeping fit and healthy.
1) Snowboarding/Skiing: There are so many indoor slopes opening up now that this is a great way to burn stomach fat and have a good time. It can also lead to some fantastic holidays in the winter! My advice is get lessons in the summer; most people will get lessons in January to February in preparation for snowboarding holidays, so the courses get busy. Summer lessons still take place, especially at the indoor slopes, but they tend to be more quiet, so it's easier to get some good 1-1 time with the instructor. Gear can always be rented until you are committed enough to buy your own.
2) Rock climbing: This is such a great way to build up both upper and lower body strength, and a brilliant way to burn stomach fat and tone up your stomach muscles. You can do this at the indoor climbing walls, and when you're feeling a bit braver you can take it outside and do the real thing.
3) Martial Arts: The practical use is that anything you learn here can be applied to self defence, but martial arts are a fantastic way to stay in shape. Kickboxing, Tae Kwon Do, Kung Fu, most towns and cities have an instructor running, normally very cheap classes. Don't worry if you can't keep up with the pace straight away, part of their job is to help you develop.
4) Paintballing: A great way to have fun whilst helping you to burn stomach fat. It's just you, the great outdoors, a bunch of friends and a paintball gun. Of course, if you spend the whole day hiding behind a barrel, you're going to struggle a bit, so make sure you keep active!
5) Go-Karting, Horse Riding: Both hugely physical in their own seperate ways, and both things that can become a life-long passion rather than just a simple way to stay in shape and lose a bit of weight.
6) Dancing: Any style you like, although you are probably going to get more out of the faster paced stuff like hip hop and street dance. That's not to say that ballroom or salsa dancing doesn't require a lot of moving around, and with the average lesson being an hour or two, it's still a really good way to burn stomach fat.
7) Team Sports: Football, Rugby, Hockey, take your pick. Anything involving a team really. Great because the team element keeps it both exciting, sociable, and something that you're more likely to stick to as you will become part of a small social network of people who rely on YOU rather than just you relying on you!
8) Rowing/Canoeing: If watersports are your bag more than snow related sports this could be ideal for you. It's potentially more suitable if you live in a warmer country, but I know a guy who rows part time and he's one of the fittest people I've ever met.
9) Cross Country Cycling: Sometimes it's as simple as changing the venue. Rather than just cycling around your local estate, take a cycle around a nature park, or off-road into some woods or somewhere equally exciting. More effort involved equals more opportunity to burn stomach fat.
10) Home Consoles - Wii Fit, PlayStation Move, XBox Kinetic: If working out indoors on your own is more your bag, the new home consoles are brilliant. Not only that, as Sony and Microsoft have just released their options, there's now more choice than ever before.
More ideas or suggestions? Stick them in the comments.
The Dog Ate My Trainers
We have a great show here in the UK called The Dragons Den. For those who don't know, five very famous multi-millionaires sit on a panel and allow entrepeneurs to pitch ideas to them. If the Dragons like any of the ideas, they can make offers to the entrepeneurs of investment, and help them to make their business ideas a success.
One of the Dragons is a guy called Duncan Bannatyne, a man who made his fortune in nursing homes and gyms/health spas. He's worth more than all of the other Dragons combined, and knows the health industry like the back of his hand. They were watching a pitch in one of the shows where someone wanted them to invest in a health product, and Duncan said something that really stuck with me.
He told the story of how his spa wanted to increase gym membership, so they went to local businesses and asked why people wouldn't go to the gym. The response they got back was that people felt it was too expensive.
So to combat that, the gym gave 50 of the people who worked for the company a free membership for a year! So cost was no longer an issue, they were getting it all for free.
But people failed to turn up.
When they questioned why this was, people said that they didn't have transport, and the gym was too far away from them.
So the gym started sending a bus round to pick people up and bring them to the gym.
But still people didn't show up.
When they asked why again, they discovered that people didn't have the time, and the gym was shut at the unusual hours they wanted to go the gym. So the gym started doing extended opening hours to match what times people could do.
So people now have a free membership, free transport, and access at a time to suit them.
But still people didn't show up.
Again, the gym asked for a reason why.
The response they got?
"The dog ate my trainers."
OK, so there's probably a bit of joke and exaggeration in this story, but the point he was trying to make is 100% valid. Some people just can't be helped, because some people will always have an exscuse and always have a reason NOT to do something. These are the people who, no matter what you try and do for them, will always be the size they are, and in fact will probably get bigger and unhealthier because they are simply NOT prepared to commit to making a change or do something that might require a bit of work.
Why am I telling you this?
Because I don't want you to be one of those people, and sometimes it takes an explanation of someone who is making a mistake for us to realise that we may be able to relate to it ourself. I've been there, always finding an exscuse, always finding a reason. And where does it get you? Overweight, unhealthy and unhappy.
Get motivated - If you've not taken the steps you need to start shifting the weight, do it today.
Make a change, make a start, and enjoy all the benefits that come with it.
One of the Dragons is a guy called Duncan Bannatyne, a man who made his fortune in nursing homes and gyms/health spas. He's worth more than all of the other Dragons combined, and knows the health industry like the back of his hand. They were watching a pitch in one of the shows where someone wanted them to invest in a health product, and Duncan said something that really stuck with me.
He told the story of how his spa wanted to increase gym membership, so they went to local businesses and asked why people wouldn't go to the gym. The response they got back was that people felt it was too expensive.
So to combat that, the gym gave 50 of the people who worked for the company a free membership for a year! So cost was no longer an issue, they were getting it all for free.
But people failed to turn up.
When they questioned why this was, people said that they didn't have transport, and the gym was too far away from them.
So the gym started sending a bus round to pick people up and bring them to the gym.
But still people didn't show up.
When they asked why again, they discovered that people didn't have the time, and the gym was shut at the unusual hours they wanted to go the gym. So the gym started doing extended opening hours to match what times people could do.
So people now have a free membership, free transport, and access at a time to suit them.
But still people didn't show up.
Again, the gym asked for a reason why.
The response they got?
"The dog ate my trainers."
OK, so there's probably a bit of joke and exaggeration in this story, but the point he was trying to make is 100% valid. Some people just can't be helped, because some people will always have an exscuse and always have a reason NOT to do something. These are the people who, no matter what you try and do for them, will always be the size they are, and in fact will probably get bigger and unhealthier because they are simply NOT prepared to commit to making a change or do something that might require a bit of work.
Why am I telling you this?
Because I don't want you to be one of those people, and sometimes it takes an explanation of someone who is making a mistake for us to realise that we may be able to relate to it ourself. I've been there, always finding an exscuse, always finding a reason. And where does it get you? Overweight, unhealthy and unhappy.
Get motivated - If you've not taken the steps you need to start shifting the weight, do it today.
Make a change, make a start, and enjoy all the benefits that come with it.
Give this a go, it's a great way to help you burn stomach fat. Download my free eBook to get more brilliant free tips like this every week.
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