Bodyweight 500 by Turbulence Training Creator Craig Ballantyne - Based On the 300 Movie Workout

Turbulence Training is one of the most highly acclaimed weight loss and fitness programs in the world. Acclaimed trainer Craig Ballantyne, The creator of Turbulence Training has recently come up with a complementing muscle building program, Bodyweight 500.

Bodyweight 500 was inspired by the film 300, and the physical training the actors who played the Spartans in the film went through in order to get their remarkable physique.

But the training program the 300 actors had gone through involved weights, including specially designed weights such a 36lb kettlebell. The Turbulence Training spirit is to allow busy people to train extensively in a short period of time, preferably in their own homes. Therefore, the use of elaborate weights and devices had to be left aside.

Bodyweight 500 solves that by relying on the weight of the body, without any additional weights or equipment.

Here's what a bodyweight 500 session looks like:

• 50 Prisoner Squats.
• 50 Pushups.
• 25 Jumps.
• 25 Stability Ball Leg Curls.
• 50 Stability Ball Jackknifes.
• 50 Step-ups (25 each side).
• 25 Pull-ups.
• 50 Forward Lunges (25 each side).
• 50 Close-grip Pushups.
• 50 Inverted Rows.
• 50 Squats.
• 25 Chin-ups.

All in all - 500 repetitions, no rest in between. Now that's intensive.

I haven't tried this intense workout plan myself; those who have gave it much praise, in fact several of them thought the 300 actors were actually trained by Ballantyne himself (credit which he rejected as being undeserved).

Bodyweight 500 can be accessed in the Turbulence Training members area, either by direct membership or by getting a free 3-month pass that comes with buying the original Turbulence Training guide. Another good thing about it is it progresses with your level, with challenges that become harder every week.

Read more about Turbulence Training and Bodyweight 500.

Steve Gaidi has gained over 50 pounds of lean muscle without adding any fat whatsoever, over years of trial and error on various training programs, despite spending relatively little of his time at the gym. For his review on Turbulence Training and Bodyweight 500, click here: Steve's Turbulence Training review.

10 Things You Need to Know About Kettlebells - Part 2

This Part 2 of a 2 part article series covering the top 10 reasons kettlebells are relevant fitness tool for almost any fitness program.

6. Athletic Conditioning:
a. Kettlebells are incredibly mobile, much easier to have available while conditioning or even at skills practice.
b. Kettlebells provide valuable variety in conjunction with speed, agility, endurance, and quickness work.
c. Additionally, what athlete couldn't use a little development of hip drive along with learning to accelerate and decelerate load?

These are some of my favorite athletic conditioning drills and kettlbell combinations:

-Two-handed Swing + Hill Sprint
-Snatch + Suicides/Ladders
-Horn Squat and Press + Squat Thrust with Jump
-Cleans + Box Agility Drill

7. Strength Development - One of the knocks on kettlebells has always been that "they are good for conditioning but poor for strength development." This argument becomes pretty much a moot point when you run into the likes of Steve Cotter and Mike Mahler, both of whom are pretty damn strong guys. Of course, then the argument becomes that it doesn't transfer. Again, the answer is that it does transfer. Coach Ken Black was recently here in Phoenix and did some strongman training. He was easily able to lap a 300 lb stone and flip a 900 lb tire for several reps. Not too bad for the first time on both implements. By the way, Ken does the majority of his training with kettlebells. Are kettlebells going to make you a 600 lb bench presser or a 1000 lb squatter? Probably not. However, for the majority of people out there who want to look good "nekkid" and have a good amount of strength to boot, there is definitely merit in using kettlebells for strength training. Given that kettlebells are available for a good price up to and beyond 105 lbs, most guys will be able find a bell that provides more than adequate load stimulus.

8. Unilateral Lifting - The traditional programming for the kettlebell is unilateral. One-arm cleans and snatches are the basis of a lot of kettlebell work, but that is just the start. Two of the most compelling reasons for performing unilateral kettlebell lifts are:

a. The carrying position of the load while performing press drills allows the shoulder girdle to open up which is very beneficial in this day and age of shit posture. Anything you can do to work against a kyphotic upper back posture is huge.

b. The height at which the kettlebell hand is held when performing drills such as the single deadlift is perfect for quick and smooth transitions through a workout. When performed in a traditional manner, single leg squats or pistols place a massive demand on the trunk to provide stability throughout the entire movement.

Want more unilateral movement and trunk stabilization?

Perform some one-arm cleans and snatches using a kettlebell. You'll have it figured out after just a few reps. Sure, all these drills can be performed with dumbbells, but they are definitely enhanced when performed with kettlebells, enough to warrant their consideration.

9. Easy Grip Strengthening - About 90% of the people who walk through the door to my facility have the grip strength of a nine year old girl. The kettlebell is a very appropriate tool for improving grip strength because the handle gets incrementally thicker as the weight gets heavier. This works perfectly. As clients get progressively stronger, they are challenged with thicker handles. One of my favorite introductory drills that kills two birds with one stone is the kettlebell farmer's walk; simple yet very effective at accomplishing several training goals at once.

10. Only One Priority - Whether you are a coach or someone training hard for a particular goal, there is only one thing that matters - Getting Results. The majority of trainees with whom I have contact are very novice and the mere sight of a barbell could send them running out the door and leave me with an empty pocketbook. In contrast, I can have clients deadlifting, squatting, pressing, and sometimes even cleaning or snatching a kettlebell within one or two sessions. To me the sacrifice of the barbell is well worth it, not only from the business aspect, but also because my clients lay down a solid base of good technique due to the aforementioned benefits of using kettlebells. Does this mean I have thrown out my barbell? Hell no! It does mean, however, I have learned a new way to skin a cat. A faster tool to teach = faster results. And that's what really matters to me, and to my clients. (Note: Most women do well starting with a 12 kg/26 lb bell and a somewhat experienced male could start with a 24 kg/53 lb bell).

Could you and I argue the pros and cons of kettlebell training until we were both blue in the face? Yes, and we probably wouldn't come close to a consensus. Do you need to own as many kettlebells as I do? Probably not. But you would be ignoring a very valuable training tool if you didn't at least consider having kettlebells in your training toolbox. In addition to everything that I have discussed here, it's a well-documented fact that kettlebells can help you become bigger, faster, stronger, and more athletic. I am pretty sure each and every one of us is looking to develop at least one of those aspects with our various training programs.

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Good Weight Loss Program

The calorie shifting diet is a good weight loss program to follow. Unlike other diets, where you must reduce your intake of the quantity or the types of foods you can eat, on the calorie shifting diet, you can eat as much food as you want until you are satisfied and you can eat from all four of the major food groups. In doing so, you can expect to lose 9 pounds every 11 days while on this diet regimen.

How does the calorie shifting diet work? This diet is designed around the principle that you can manipulate your body's metabolism, at will, to burn fat quickly, simply by rotationally shifting the types of calories that you consume at each meal over the course of several days.

Somewhat analogous to how a low-carbohydrate diet induces rapid weight loss due to the lack of carbohydrates in your diet, the calorie-shifting diet also induces rapid weight loss by the lack of various nutrients in your body as well.

The major difference is that in a low-carbohydrate diet, you must reduce your carbohydrate intake to only couple dozen grams of carbohydrates per day, whereas in the calorie-shifting diet, you are constantly rotating different types of nutrients - carbohydrates, proteins, dairy, produce, meats, and breads - in and out of your diet, so that by the time your body goes into "deprivation" mode and begins to burn fat because it is being "starved" of one type of nutrient, you reintroduce that nutrient back into your diet while you remove another one.

The net effect is that your body remains in a perpetual fat-burning mode, even though you are eating plentiful food and you are eating from every food group! Your body is being fooled into thinking that it needs to burn fat.

There are only 4 basic rules to this diet:

1. You must eat four full meals every day.
2. Eat as much food as you want at each meal until you are satisfied but not until you are too full.
3. Space each meal out by at least 2.5 to 3 hours.
4. You must take a break every 12th through 14th days on this diet, to give your body a chance to rest from the rapid weight loss you will be experiencing.

Here are some sample meal plans that illustrate how this diet might look during a typical week. The diet plan actually runs in 11-day cycles but only 3 days are included here, just to give you an idea of how the plan is structured and to give you a sense of how satisfying and sustainable this diet truly is. Keep in mind that each of these four meals may be eaten in any order throughout the day, as long as you only eat that the designated foods at each of their respective meals.

Day 1

Meal #1: Sandwich (any type)

Meal #2: Scrambled Eggs Meal

Meal #3: Flavored Oatmeal

Meal #4: Tuna Salad

Day 2:

Meal #1: Scrambled Eggs and Mixed Vegetables

Meal #2: Banana Milk Shake

Meal #3: Chicken

Meal #4: Cottage Cheese

Day 3:

Meal #1: Chicken

Meal #2: Fish Filet

Meal #3: Fruit Salad

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Dieting - Max Out Your Weight Loss

Most dieters will experience highs and lows in the results of their weight loss efforts. Figuring out how to max out your weight loss can be complex. Many put in some hard work the first week, eating well and doing their exercise routine. As a result, they do lose the weight, sometimes significant weight loss approaching ten pounds. Of course this is very exciting to the overweight person who then starts visualizing how they will look next week, next month and calculating the total weight loss based on the weight they managed to lose that first week!

The problem with all of that positive thinking is a lot of the weight loss in the first week will be excess water weight.

So the following few weeks the dieter will work harder on the diet, and maybe exercise even more looking forward to looking great sooner than they thought. Then they weight themselves. They only lost two or three pounds in the week. How did that happen? And after all that effort. This can be very discouraging, and possibly lead the dieter to give up, or the more determined dieter will work that much harder and see significant weight loss again.

The determined dieter who takes in very few calories will also hit the brick wall - no weight loss. Why? Because they cut the calories so much their bodies went into starvation mode and started holding on to whatever nourishment they were taking in with a vengeance. Their metabolism has turned on them.

Losing weight is not a simple matter. It is finding a balance between diet and exercise, without kicking your metabolism into low gear. Losing a lot of weight in a short period of time is not usually sustainable. Finding a balance of eating healthy foods and the right amount of exercise is the key weight loss over the long haul.

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Fitness - Built For Action

Consider: the Stone Age is now thousands of years back in the past. With every passing era, early man took changing centuries in his stride. Like all animals, he was created to be on his feet. At first, he chased, hunted. Then; he combined these activities with farming. But he remained on his feet. Upright. And when the sun set, he lay down, back and legs straight out.

The Industrial Revolution ushered in modernity. That progressive element which had crept into our lives could have been used constructively. But it only made us the sedentary animals we are today. We get out of bed to sit down for breakfast. We travel, or try to travel, on our rumps to work. Once there, we work .on our seats. Coming home is a rewind of the journey to work. Then, we sit down before the TV-VCR till the calorie-chair beckons us to dine, and sleep nods us to bed. It's truly, backside to the future.

Get the picture? The operative word, the key to our lifestyle, is sit, which even as it rhymes is, the very antithesis of fit. If we are critics of your armchair, it's with reason. If by living in the lap of luxury, man is losing his spine and finds modern life a pain in the backside, the reason often is just below him. The chair and he have conspired to be on a sit-down strike against nature.

In the process, we deaden ourselves - physically and mentally - because we don't bother to break out of our numbing lifestyle. We don't allow nature's exercise - standing, walking, bending - to revitalize our muscles. We don't allow those vital active processes to pour more oxygen into us. We are our enemies - ruining ourselves in a quiet but violent way. And as terrorism breeds in a politically criminalized society, heart attacks breed in our violated bodies.

Rebels have realised that to get politicians to hear them, they have to jolt them. It begins with asking, then shouting, and finally, physical violence. Similarly, our body begins to rebel. The symptoms are many - obesity, aches and pains and finally, the terrorism of a heart attack.

You can't afford to slow down in your life in the fast lane. So, work tensions, the philosophy of all work and no play combined with a sedentary lifestyle make you worse than a dull boy.

What happens if you leave your vehicle unused for days in the garage? The battery runs down, of course. The same thing happens to an unworked body. With more than 50 per cent of his body being muscle, today it is medical men - even more than bodybuilders - who say we are what our muscles make us.

In the course of centuries, man's evolution from the leafy jungle to the concrete one, has left him with more muscles than he normally uses. Man was built for action - not atrophy.

While our historical heritage gives us an insight into our natural selves, it is scientific know-how that adds an understanding to our perceptions. And the foundation of science itself is based on observing the simple, yet wondrous things that happen all around us.

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Lose Fat Eating Dinner!

As your final main meal of the day, it's important that you continue to eat sensibly in the evening, especially since at this stage of the day you are likely to be relaxing and unwinding. This means you will be burning fewer calories, so it is vital that the food you eat is easily digested.

To do this you will need to reduce the amount of grains that you put on your dinner plate, which includes rice, pasta, bread, potato and couscous. This is mainly due to the fact that you simply won't need so much energy from your food at this stage of the day. Instead you will want to eat a plentiful amount of vegetables, which are lower in calories but at the same time full of fibre, to keep you feeling satisfied. Aim to eat twice the amount of vegetables that you have at lunch and half the amount of grains.

This system is simple to remember, but it is important that you listen to how your body feels. If doing this makes you feel hungry or lacking in energy then slowly up the amount of grains that you serve yourself at each meal until a happy medium is reached.

If you find yourself out in the evening, but not at a restaurant, follow the advice given for lunchtime 'on the move'. Otherwise, there are a few basic rules that you want to try to abide by. Remember that eating out is a treat, so by all means enjoy the food that you eat, but still bear in mind that what you eat could set you back, if you do not order wisely.

Before ordering, avoid attacking the bread basket. Ask instead for a small bowl of olives.
Choose either a starter and main course, or a main course and pudding.
Avoid overeating.
For your starter go for a high protein option, such as a meat or fish dish.
Avoid doughy bread options.
For your main course try to order something light on sauce.
Grilled is better than fried.
Order something that you haven't already eaten that day, to add variety to your diet.
Make sure that your main meal comes with vegetables, otherwise order a side portion.
Go easy on rice and pasta in the evening.
Drinking wine is ok, but also order a bottle of still water to accompany your food.
(You won't drink so much alcohol and you will be doing your digestion a favour too).
Finally, when possible, avoid eating out late, and skip that late-night coffee.

For those of you at home for your dinner, try one of the following healthy options:

Grilled fish of your choice, mixed vegetables, small serving of Butter Bean Mash
Grilled chicken sprinkled with mixed herbs / ground pepper, with ratatouille and brown rice
Oven cooked salmon with cauliflower cheese
Tuna steak with lemon and lime dressing, steamed vegetables and quinoa
Vegetable stir-fry with meat or fish - the more vegetable variety, the better
Chilli Con Carne with red kidney beans, organic brown rice
Chicken Ramen - Miso soup paste mixed with water. Add vegetables and chicken strips (light)
Pan Fried Dover Sole with wilted spinach and lemon dressing, vegetables
Spice coated chicken with ratatouille and a sweet potato
Grilled steak, lentils (mixed with green curry paste) and spinach
Chicken and ginger vegetable stir-fry with noodles
Italian Seasoned Chicken with fettucine and asparagus
Salmon with basil and ginger, stir-fried noodles with crispy vegetables
Lamb mince bolognaise (add vegetables of choice) with a wholemeal pitta bread
Lamb chops with fresh mint, sweet potato mash and green beans
Chicken Fajitas - add a variety of vegetables and look for wholemeal fajitas.

REMEMBER: Go easy on your portion sizes. If in doubt, underestimate and then add more. Good luck and eating sensibly!

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Hoodia - All Natural Weight Loss

Most everyone you have ever met has had a problem with their weight. Either wanting to gain weight or trying desperately to lose weight, it is a constant on most peoples minds. The one that usually gets to most people is trying to lose weight. People try a bunch of different ways to lose weight and fail. They didn't really have to help they needed to keep at it and eventually revert back to their old habits.

Now you can get the help you need with a weight loss wonder. The weight loss wonder is called Hoodia. Hoodia comes from a cactus called Hoodia Gordonii, and is of the "succulent" cactus family. Hoodia Gordonii has grown for thousands of years in the South African Kalahari Desert region. Natives there have used it for an appetite suppressant when they went on long hunting trips and have been doing so for thousands of years. Hoodia Gordonii is being mass produced on Hoodia farms for drug companies trying to keep up with the enormous demand that has followed the world wide discovery of this natural wonder.

Studies have shown that Hoodia helps reduce calorie intake by nearly 1000 calories per day. Hoodia works by reproducing the effect food has on your brain. When you eat, glucose in your body rises, and it tells the hypothalamus that you are in fact full. The hypothalamus is the part in your brain that control hunger and a feeling a fullness. What Hoodia does is trick the hypothalamus in to believing you are full and in turn controls your hunger making you not want to snack on various junk foods when you are bored.

What is great about Hoodia is that it is a 100% natural supplement. There are currently no known side effects to taking Hoodia to lose weight. Hoodia is a safe weight loss drug. Many other diet pills include ingredients that can cause serious health risks. Hoodia doesn't include the very controversial Ephedra, which can increase the risk of heart attack, stroke, and even death to the people who become desperate enough to use it. Hoodia will help you increase energy and bring only positive effects to your body.

Taking Hoodia when on a diet will greatly improve your chances when trying to lose the weight that you want to lose. Using it in accordance with a healthy diet and regular exercise will improve the results you receive by this perfect supplement.

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Weight Loss - Five Easy Steps Towards a Smart Life

Increased weight is a part of todays normal context. Reason may be a minor one, i.e. lack of activities or some serious matter including diabetes, but weight that doesnt suit the height and the body structure in either case doesnt only affect the outlook badly, but also harms the health condition. It needs to be controlled in order to redeem the active and beautiful life from the outgrown weight.

Though much important but if aimed to loose weight overnight, might affect the health in one way or other, so a fairly better option is to plain loosing bit by bit. A variety of pills and weight loss supplements are available freely in the market, which also claim to help you get back to the smart life in a week or so, but again these may have side effect that may rise some months after or years as well.

Nature has always given man with something perfect, until the process has not been disturbed by some externalities. Trying some natural ways for weight loss can also be better off if artificialities are kept aside. Its in fact easy and cost effective as well. What it is and how does it work, lets see in five easy steps:

1. Good Breakfast: Most of the people misunderstand the fact that weight loss can be accelerated if they quit diet. Certainly not! Quitting a healthy diet means deregulating the process of metabolism, which will further deregulate the other processes of the body. So have breakfast so that your body can get enough energy to be active.

1. Eating in intervals: Body needs energy and hence food, but taking all the food in a single instance will make you drowsy and of course lazy, so eat little and in regular intervals. Eating disorder is actually the main source of increased weight, so keep regularity in eating and metabolism so that body can be regulated.

1. Exercise: Changing the eating schedules help only to keep the body on track, but what about the extra amount of weight? Of course that needs to be removed, so burn the calories by being regular in exercise. Not necessary to join a gym, it can be easily be availed by performing household and gardening activities and going for a short walk.

1. Drink Water: According to experts, about eight glasses of water a day. Dont ignore this, as its logical explanation. Attempting to lose weight, doing exercises etc body gets dehydrated and needs to maintain the water level in it for being in order. It also regulates the other functions of the body parts.

1. Wink at Magic Bullets: As stated earlier, markets have many brands claiming to bring you back into a smart body with all its fitness in weeks, but while relying on natural, side effect proof ways, dont go for these pills and weight loss supplements until and unless youre 101% sure that these are natural.

Just give it a time and live a healthier, smarter and more active life that you really deserve.

How To Calculate Body Fat Percentage

Would you like to know how to calculate your body fat percentage? When most of us think about about losing weight, the amount of fat you are carrying around is actually much more important than weight.

If you should be measuring anything, it should be body fat percentage, not weight. Your weight does not accurately reflect the level of your fitness.

Body fat is measured with what is known as Body Mass Index, or BMI.

A women that is in shape should have a body fat percentage range from 21% to 31%.

If you are in fantastic shape, your body fat percentage could be as low as 10%.

For men, if you are fit and in shape, your body fat percentage should be between 14% and 25%. If you are in excellent shape, your body fat percentage could be as low as 2%.

To calculate your body fat percentage, write down how much you weigh but you have to be honest. Remember, no one will see this but you. Multiply your weight by 703.

Next, write down your height, in inches. Multiply by that same number. Then you will divide your weight number by your height number. That is your BMI.

For example, if your weight were 150 pounds x 703, your weight answer would be 105,450. If your height is 54, that would be 64 inches x 64 for a total of 4,096. Taking the 105,450 divided by 4,096, you come out with a BMI of 25.7.

There are other ways to measure your body fat percentage but this will give you a quick idea of where you are at.

If you are thinking about about losing weight, remember the amount of fat you are carry around is actually much more important than weight.

If you use the method above to figure out your current body fat percentage, you'll be on your way to a much healthier fitness level.

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Shifting Calories - Theory or Fact?

Shifting Calories is the latest buzz word in the weight loss field. While in the recent past, the most popular diets were based on the deprivation of either calories or a certain food group such as carbs, fat or protein, Shifting Calories provides an entirely different approach to weight loss, one which provides a fast and continuous fat loss.

Shifting Calories works by supplying you with a menu of healthy, balanced meals which contain food which is right for you to eat at certain hours of the day. These meals are then constantly shifted around so your metabolism never gets used to any eating routine. This is important because it was discovered that deprivation diets (low carb, low fat, and low calorie) cause your metabolism to slow down, so you may lose weight with these diets in the beginning, but it gets harder and harder to lose more with time, and it is also difficult to maintain what you lost. But shifting your calories insures that this won't happen to you.

Is this just a theory or is anyone actually using it?

Calorie Shifting has been used by tens of thousands of people around the world. In fact, one of the most popular diets today, the Fat Loss 4 Idiots diet (also known as Weight Loss 4 Idiots) is based on it. To say it's a theory would be ridiculous as it has a proven track record with tons of satisfied customers.

Following the shifting calories is relatively easy, since you follow a predetermined menu. But it takes discipline. You have to stick to the menu and not deviate from it. However, if you do stick to it, you have every chance to succeed.

To read how you can start to lose as much as 9 lbs. in 11 days in keep it off, visit this webpage:
How to lose 9 lbs. every 11 days with The Shifting Calories method.

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Lose 10 Pounds In 10 Days - Find The Right Diet

If you want to lose 10 pounds in 10 days, you will need to find the right diet plan. But how do you know which diet is right for you? Here are a few things to consider when searching for that perfect weight loss program to help you achieve your goals.

1. Pick a diet you know you can stick with. If you come across a weight loss plan that requires you to eat foods you can't live with, chances are it is not going to work very well for you. Do some research into how the diet is structured and what food and lifestyle sacrifices you will have to make in order for it to work well for you. Choose wisely, you don't want to jump from one program to another. Find what works for you and stick to it.

2. Can you afford it? Some diets on the market require you to buy expensive, pre-made foods from them. Before starting with one of these expensive diets, make sure you can afford it. If you get 2 weeks into your diet and realize you can't afford the meals it requires, you may have to start from scratch. Hint: Everything you need for foods to lose weight are right in your regular grocery store, you just have to know how to find them!

It doesn't have to be hard. 400 page diet books may just put you on information overload. Try to find a reasonably priced diet book that previous dieters have been able to lose 10 pounds in 10 days with. Make your diet and exercise changes slowly and consistently and you will achieve success sooner than you think!

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Will A Weight Loss Diet Pill Help?

We are all familiar with the ads; in fact, it would be difficult to go for an entire 24 hour period without seeing an ad for a weight loss diet pill. They come in a variety of shapes and colors, with some celebrity endorsements, complete with all the promises you want to hear. But, do they really help with weight loss? And, if they do, are they worth the potential side effects?

When comparing the many available types of oral weight loss support, it becomes immediately apparent that one of the main components is caffeine. Why? Caffeine helps to provide you with an extra source of energy that you may previously have obtained through snacking. While this may prove harmless and somewhat effective for some people, others might suffer increased anxiety, nervousness, and/or a feeling of irritability. The logic here is simple, if you may be caffeine sensitive and find that after using a supplemental pill for weight loss that you fall into the negative side effect category - pass on the pills!

Another common component of these oral supplements is their appetite suppression properties. Various combinations of natural, and not so natural, ingredients are used to reduce your desire to eat. Some people will find themselves with a sensitivity to these ingredients and experience a range of side effects. Cramping, headache, or nausea are very commonly experienced when taking a weight loss diet pill. If you're taking these pills and your side effects are anything more than minor and temporary - stop using the pills!

When it comes to supplementing your diet with any type of weight loss pill, the smartest thing you should do before starting is to consult with your physician. Your physician will advise you as to whether or not you even need this type of supplement. Your answer to weight loss may be as simple as a change in your dietary habits, or getting a little more exercise. Also, your physician is more familiar with your overall health than anyone else, and will provide you with professional advice regarding any over-the-counter weight loss product that may help you with dropping some pounds, and more importantly; point out any product or product ingredient that could create problems for you. When it comes to safe and healthy weight loss, the advice of your primary care physician is priceless.

If this course of action is approved for you, the good news is that the safe use of oral weight loss products can help many people curb their appetites while providing a little extra energy to help your body adjust to the the changes in your eating habits. Report any sign of side effects to your physician, take the weight loss diet pills as directed, and you should be fine.

Copyright 2007 Carl DiNello

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How To Lose 40 Pounds in a Month

Just a few days ago someone asked me if it's possible to lose 40 pounds in a month, and if so how she could do it. I decided to take the answer I gave her and to make an article of it. So here it is.

But before I write about how this can be done, let me say that I suggest you give yourself more time to lose 40 lbs. A month will require some drastic measures. But if you're adamant about it, read on. You need to be aware that in order to lose 40 pounds in 30 days, you need to create a massive calorie deficit. This isn't something which is easily done. It's possible to do this in just 2 ways:

1. Use a detox diet - A detox diet cleanses your body of a great deal of undigested pounds and helps you to create a calorie deficit. A detox diet includes drinking a lot of fluids, usually water and fruit juice (fresh juice). This kind of diet flushes you out and helps to stave off hunger. In this way it's possible to lose 40 pounds fast. In a month, it can be done. However, you need to be aware that this may not be the healthiest thing to do. Using a detox diet for too long can be detrimental to the body since you're not eating a lot of necessary nutrients. It's great for fast weight loss, but don't use it for too long.

2. The second way to lose 40 lbs in a month is to create the necessary calorie deficit by working out a lot and eating in moderation. You will need to do a lot of cardio (at least 4 hours each week) and also do strength workouts, but cardio is key. You will not be building muscle tissue in this month, you will only be losing weight. If you do enough cardiovascular workouts, and eat in moderation (a lot of vegetables and fruit and short on carbs), you may be able to lose 40 pounds in 1 month. But you need to be aware that this will require a massive effort on your part.

As I said, it's possible to lose 40 pounds in a month with the right kind of determination and willpower, but I suggest you give yourself a bit more time. It'll make it easier.

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Body Fat And Total Weight Explained

Quick background:

My experience is over ten years of strength & conditioning training with disciplines in bodybuilding, interval training, sports performance, tai chi chuan, yoga, pilates, nutrition and meditation.

All information is from Maximum Boost Workout Book

Mindful Exercise Prescription for:

Musicians-Computer Users-Students-X Gamers-Athletes-Cross Trainers- Fitness Instructors and Serious Beginners.

Note: Body fat reduction and Total Weight Loss are not the same.

Quick explaination- fad diets will produce fast total weight loss because you lose water,fluids and have a caloric deficit. ( by the way you will also lose lean muscle mass if you are not eating enough calories to sustain what you already have).

Depending on the fad diet you will also lose vital nutrients,minerals needed for your body systems e.g. nervous,digestive,cardiovascular systems etc...

Unless you have increased your metabolism, increased your lean muscle mass or plan to live under a strict,stressful diet for the rest of your life - you will gain the body fat back and sometimes with a vengeance. The body will adapt to your fad diet!!! Learn how to achieve your goals and stay motivated to keep it off.

Body fat reduction (not total weight loss) is best acheived with a sensible nutrition strategy, training program based on exercise science and enjoyment. All factors shoud be conducive to your lifestyle not the one in a fashion magazine....

YOU CAN DO IT!!! AGAIN.. YOU CAN DO IT!!

Suggestions (vital data): Get a Resting Metabolic Rate assessment - RMR estimates the number of calories required for daily living and how many calories should be eaten each day (based on your lean muscle mass). There are many formulaes-get your questions answered about this assessment from a health and fitness professional.

Next find out what your TDEE -Total Daily Energy Expenditure :

A health and fitness professional will use this information to create a nutrition plan. Combined with a strength and conditioning program you will be able to NATURALLY maximize your body fat reduction or lean muscle gain efforts.

Important notes- RMR will decrease with the loss of lean muscle and increase with an increase of lean muscle mass. Decreasing caloric intake alone (fad, poor diets etc) will not increase your RMR. Avoid the cycle of regaining body fat by implementing a complete training program.

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Lose Weight Fast With Quality Protein

Quality proteins are the secret weapon that can help you win your ongoing battle against the bulge. Take a look at how proteins help you lose weight fast:

1. Proteins provide an instant satiety factor and keep you feeling full for a longer period of time

2. Proteins prevent energy-draining insulin spikes that make you crave for sugar

3. Proteins help maintain muscle mass, which is an essential factor in the fat burning process

Here is a list of quality proteins that can help you lose weight fast while boosting your energy levels and keeping you healthier and fitter than ever.

Chicken and Turkey - Skinless chicken and turkey can be grilled, roasted sauted or broiled for a healthy meal that's filling, delicious and easy to cook too

Egg Whites - Egg whites are packed with quality protein, contain no cholesterol and are low in calories making them an excellent aid to any weight -loss program. Just make sure the egg whites are well -cooked to avoid salmonella poisoning.

Fish - With a wide variety of fish to choose from, you'll never be tempted to stray too far from your protein diet. Some of the excellent high-protein, low-fat fish include tuna, salmon, snapper, swordfish, halibut, herring, cod, sea bass and haddock. Go on and have yourself a feast with these choices!

Shellfish - Lobster and crab are excellent sources of protein. They are low-fat and delicious too!

Red meat - Wait a minute! Red Meat? Thinking that all red meat is not packed with cholesterol is a misconception. Certain cuts including the shank, top sirloin, chuck, round flank and round cut are low in saturated fat and high in quality protein.

Low fat cottage cheese - The most convenient of all protein-packed foods- it doesn't necessarily need to be cooked. It makes for a quick pick-me-up snack whenever you are hungry.

So if you want to lose weight fast, go ahead and replace those ice cream tubs in your freezer with fish, poultry, turkey and lean red meats and see those extra inches disappear. Don't forget, you still need quality carbohydrates and quality fats for a balanced and healthy diet.

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Natural Weight Loss

The holy grail of medical science these days is a magic weight loss cure with no side effects. Of course this is a far off dream, and for most of us natural weight loss is the best option. Natural weight loss is generally slower than the drug or surgery assisted methods, but is much safer.

More than half the population in North America struggle daily with weight loss. Amazingly enough, many do not succeed. Many television shows, movies, and books have attempted to tackle the subject, including "The Weight Loss Cure "They" Don't Want You to Know About" by Kevin Trudeau.

A smart diet with a good exercise regimen under direction of your doctor remains the best way to lose weight, with diet being of utmost importance in the equation. In the fast pace of the world today maintaining a proper diet can be most difficult, but a smart diet should include all food groups in portions suitable for your needs as directed by your doctor or a licensed dietician.

Exercise can greatly enhance weight loss strategies, but when starting any exercise program care is necessary. You should always consult your doctor before beginning an exercise program. Also, try to avoid taking on more than you can handle. Overexertion is a common cause of injury, and can even lead to death if there is an underlying condition.

There are dozens of companies in your local phone directory that clean to be able to help you lose huge amounts of weight in very little time. Don't pay much attention to these ads, since their methods may not be safe. Choose a company with a strong reputation to help you with your weight loss program.

Consulting with a personal trainer can make choosing an exercise program less daunting. If you are overweight and new to working out, just entering, let alone exercising in a gym alongside fit, toned regulars, can be intimidating and discouraging. Working with a trainer to design an exercise plan tailored for you can help boost your confidence.

It is a lifelong journey the lose weight naturally. If you focus on the ultimate goal, which might be years away, you are more likely to become discouraged and fail. Instead, focus on achieving the small goals and enjoying the journey. The enemy of weight loss is stress.

Natural weight loss is slower than surgery or drugs but much safer for you. Kevin Trudeau is one author that has tackled this problem with a book called "The Weight Loss Cure" and has succeeded.

Desperate To Lose Weight Quickly

Oh no, you've just tried on that dress you were planning on wearing next weekend and it won't fit. What's a girl to do? Sometimes situations arise where you're desperate to lose weight quickly.

The theory used to be that going on a crash diet and drastically cutting back on what we're eating would drop off the pounds. But it has been scientifically proven that this just doesn't work. By cutting down substantially on caloric intake, we are causing our metabolism to go into starvation mode.

The result is our body becomes much more efficient in burning calories and so even though we've cut calories our weight loss plateaus. Then when we resume normal eating, we quickly regain this weight until we can reset our metabolism.

Low carb diets have gotten a bad rap and they're certainly not to be used over the long haul. But if you're looking to lose weight fast this might be the diet you're looking for. Although it may take a couple of days before weight loss begins, after this point you can lose 1-2 pounds daily.

Vegetables will be limited. For example, you aren't allowed any potatoes or corn. Fruit is high in carbs so you'll have to go without any fruit for the duration. Probably taking a multi- vitamin would be a good idea to ensure you are getting all the vitamins and minerals you won't get with your diet. Also be aware that low carb diets are notorious for causing constipation.

Another option is the accelerated fat burning diet. You can achieve a weight loss of 9 pounds in 11 days if you follow this plan. Meals are balanced and include a variety of foods. The idea is that you are always keeping your metabolism stoked up by changing the types of food consumed from day to day.

Another option is the single food diets, such as the cabbage soup diet. With these diets, you basically eat the same thing over and over, in as great a quantity as you want. These are just plain bad for you. Weight loss is mainly water, so any lost weight will rapidly be replaced once you start eating again. You'll also feel tired and hungry most of the time, not a good combination.

So, if you're desperate to lose weight quickly, any of these options will probably work. Just remember to limit the length of time on these diets to a week or two at a time, at most. The more extreme the diet, the less time you should stay on it.

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How To Lose Belly Fat Fast And Furiously

Most people are quite extreme about losing belly fat. They will cut their calories down by a thousand a day, and yet they will not put in the effort to exercise. This is a strange paradox. If they would just get out and do some stomach exercises, they would have it made.

Exercises for your stomach are really crucial to melt the belly. They will not only decrease your belly fat, but they will also provide more support for your spine. Stomach exercises tend to reduce back problems, by creating a more upright posture.

Although there are people who are ready, willing and able to get out and exercise, most don't know where to start. They put themselves on a daily aerobic routine, walking, running or cycling and sure, this is beautiful to work up the metabolism, but for getting rid of belly fat one needs to be more balanced and ruthless in the approach. A combination of aerobic, cardiovascular and interval training, combined with a healthy effort in your diet, is what will bring the fastest results.

No you don't have to go to the gym, if you are not for that. And you don't need to have hours per day to spend exercising. And obviously there are many effective approaches. Two of the best approaches I have come across truly ensures maximum results in the least amount of time. One of them involves alternate training styles for 45 minutes, 3 days a week, and another involves exercising for 2-3 minutes, every hour for 8 hours of the day, and for 5 days of the week.

In other words:

• You will exercise for 2-3 minutes each at 8am, 9am, 10am, 11am, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm and 4pm. At 12pm you have lunch!

• You will use alternate body weight exercises, allowing you to target the whole range of core muscles.

This is a great way to break out of a plateau and to stimulate new results in your body. But abdominal exercises by themselves won't make you lose belly fat. A healthy effort in your diet is essential.

• Never skip breakfast! When you sleep, your metabolism slows down, and there is nothing like a healthy bowl of fibrous cereal and a fruit or two, to get your metabolism purring like a happy lion. Eating plenty of fibrous foods also helps aid digestion.

• Eat at least four meals a day, and yes, snack in between - once again, keeping your metabolism active is one of the best things that you can concentrate on.

• Drink plenty of fluids, especially water.

Although I love to go to the gym, I don't always have the time to. I usually have to do my stomach exercises, along with my cardiovascular workout, at home. At first it seemed a little difficult, but there are quite a few real effective programs available, that rely on simple body weight techniques, and the use of exercise balls. Although they are not necessary for stomach exercises, they are pretty affordable and are really effective. I highly recommend them from my own positive experience.

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Keeping Your Weight Loss Resolution This Year

A resolution of you losing weight this New Year can be a good thing, but it can be difficult to carry out. For one, you will need to be extremely determined to lose weight, especially when you have never tried losing weight before. Because losing weight involves processes related to your body, you will need to do a lot of research related to weight loss and see what options are there for you in order for you to meet your weight loss goals. If you are uneasy about that weight loss resolution, here are a few tips that you may want to keep in mind as you start making your resolution.

Be specific with your weight loss goals. Before you even make that resolution, start asking questions such as: how much weight do I want to lose? Do I want, in general, to lose weight, or do I want to lose weight in specific areas of my body? How fast do I want to lose that weight?

Keep a journal. Once you have your fitness and weight loss goals in control, you can start keeping a journal detailing the facts: how much weight you want to lose, where, and how fast. As you enter into your weight loss regimen, write in this journal and document your progress: what did your doctor tell you? Are you going on a diet, are you going to exercise, or are you going to do a combination of both? How much exercising did you do today? What did you eat? How do you feel? Are you lethargic or energized? Are you confident about meeting your weight loss goals? How much weight have you lost? Have you gained any?

Talk to experts: consult with your doctor, nutritionist, and an exercise expert. You may be gaining weight because of an underlying problem with your hormones, or undergoing any weight loss regimen might be harmful to your body. If you get the green light from your doctor, talk to the exercise expert about your work or study schedule and how you can fit your exercise in. You need to admit that there are many different things that you do not know about weight loss yet, so you have to talk to the experts; it's a safe way to get what you want, too.

Do your research! Even with your doctor, nutritionist, and exercise expert in tow, you still need to know a bit more about weight loss on your own. Read up on diets and how they can harm your health if you are not prudent and careful enough in using them. Read up on the different kinds of exercise types available to you and how you can do simple exercise routines in your spare time. Read up on weight loss regimens and how they are designed for specific people. Bring these books with you to your doctor and enrich your consultation with them.

Don't be afraid to start out small. The biggest mistake that people make is to indulge in a crash diet with the hope that they will fit into a size zero in a week, or to run smack into a high-intensity exercise routine because they want to run the marathon next month. By doing something that your body is not accustomed to, you may run the risk of straining your muscles or putting your vital organs in danger. Instead, start exercising by walking for a few more miles each day than you are accustomed to, or start dieting by cutting down slowly on fat intake. By doing things slowly, you are getting your body better accustomed to healthier living. Avoid crash diets or anything that promises easy and fast weight loss. Moreover, don't be discouraged too easily. You may lose weight slowly, but at least you're losing weight safely.

Treat yourself out once in a while - prudently. You might have the urge to crunch on a snack bar or indulge in chocolates as a reward for losing pounds. Try something else instead: watch a movie and eat healthy snacks, go out for dinner to a salad bar, or ride the rollercoaster at your local park. Rewards for weight lost shouldn't translate into weight regained.

Lastly, keep your resolution for the years to come, not just this one. Weight loss and living healthy need not be a one-year affair. You might have a better body and decide to keep it, so keep that resolution!

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Weight Loss Tips And Tricks For Easy And Safe Weight Loss

The truth is that following a healthy diet is the best way if you want to undergo a safe weight loss. Your body needs certain amount of calories every day to have enough energy for daily activities. Hence, starving yourself is not the best way to lose weight. You simply have to make sure that you eat a moderate amount of calories and ensure that you burn off more fat than you have actually consumed for efficient weight loss. There are some weight loss tips and tricks you can follow to achieve safe weight loss.

Overeating is often triggered by depressing emotions such as stress, boredom, loneliness, anger. Learn to deal with depression without the help of food since it is a significant trick that will greatly serve long-term weight control. It is a very important point to remember when planning for weight loss to achieve a better life and a healthier you. If you want to lose weight permanently, then you have to select an efficient weight loss program, which can be followed without much effort.

An efficient weight loss program will provide you with a balanced and complete diet. Your assignment is to set realistic and safe weight loss. Make healthier food selections like fruits, vegetables, whole grain cereals, low fat or nonfat dairy products, low fat meats, fish and skinless poultry. It is always better to avoid foods that are high in fat, calories, and foods that are high in sugars such as pastries, candy bars, pies and candy.

In fact exercise is the best way to lose weight permanently because as you become more active, your body will need more fuel. By choosing an aerobic exercise to lose weight, it will increase your heart rate and this will burn off more body fat. Aerobic activity will help you burn off the stored body fat and this leads to a safe weight loss. Your metabolism increases and this becomes the efficient weight loss program for life.

To lose weight is important, but it is more important to live a healthier and happy life, and a healthy life starts with healthy food. Being aware of your overweight problems and a simple beginning will go a long way to help you lose weight. Hence, if you want to lose weight permanently, it is by having healthy diet and focusing on feeling good. You can follow these weight loss tips and tricks, which can be used for easy weight loss.

Since we are bombarded with so many weight loss methods, one question emerges, "how can we classify that a weight loss program is effective without having to try and risk our money?". I guess the only way is to read a honest feedback and opinion from a regular person who only care about weight loss. Healthy Food is a MUST to lose weight and live healthily.

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6 Foods That Help You Lose Weight Fast

Changing your diet to include the following 6 foods will help you lose weight fast. These foods will not make you lose weight by simply eating them (there's contrasting views about whether such foods even exist) but they will ensure that your metabolic rate and energy levels stay up which means that it'll be easier to lose fat.

Foods That Help You Lose Weight

1. High fiber food. Fiber has the ability to make you feel full and is highly nutritious, though it doesn't really contain a lot of calories. It helps the body and especially the intestinal system to function a lot better. To get a good dose of fiber make sure to eat vegetables, fruit, and unprocessed grains and cereals.

2. Lean protein. Our muscle tissue has a direct bearing on our metabolic rate. The more lean muscle tissue we have the faster we burn calories. As our muscles are made of protein, it's imperative that we eat enough of it in our diet. Good sources of lean protein are chicken, turkey, egg whites, tuna, and salmon.

3. Good Fats. Yes I said fats. Even if we want to lose weight our body still needs fat in order to function properly. But there's a huge difference between good and bad fat. In order to get good fat we should eat walnuts, almonds, flax seeds and other nuts, olive oil, avocados, and coconut. Remember, no fat isn't healthy and is bad for long term weight loss goals.

4. Snacks. This isn't a specific food but I had to include it because snacking can actually help you to lose weight. It has been shown that it's better to eat 5-6 meals or snacks each day than 3 square meals. Our body handles food better when it's in small doses. Snacking also keeps our blood sugar levels constant and helps the body burn fat faster.

5. Herbal tea. Drinking a hot beverage like tea helps you to lose weight faster for a number of reasons. First, drinking a hot beverage is a slow business meaning that it takes your mind off eating. Second, herbal tea has soothing affects on us which help to avoid craving and it's another way to increase our water intake. It also contains a lot of antioxidants which help to slow down the aging process.

6. Water. Most people don't consider water as food, but it's highly important to your weight loss efforts. Drinking enough water helps to stave off your hunger and also assists in all bodily functions, including the metabolism. Drink 8-12 glasses each day. You will look and feel much better.

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Best Weight Loss Practices

The best practices for permanent weight loss are healthy habits that you can continue for the rest of your life.

Make Exercise a Habit

One of the best things you can do for your body is to move it. A balance of cardio activities and resistance training will:

Boost your metabolism
Allow your body to burn more calories
Create a leaner look
Prevent sagging skin after weight loss
Increase your energy
Extend your life by giving you a healthier heart.

If you dont already participate in weekly cardio and weight training activities, start small and gradually add to your time and intensity.

Make Healthier Food Choices

Exercise alone cannot help you lose weight. The best practice to shed extra pounds is to combine exercise with a sensible diet.

Choosing a diet to follow can be overwhelming with so many books, programs and Web sites on the market. Fad diets often claim to have the miracle for weight loss. It is important to weed through the various weight loss plans and learn to spot a fad diet.

A sensible diet is one you can safely and sanely follow forever. A healthy diet isnt one that you follow for 48 hours or for 30 days. There is no time limit for a healthy lifestyle. Cutting food groups and following extreme calorie reduction plans dont work either.

The best eating plan for permanent weight loss is cutting back on sweets and eating foods in their natural form. Limit fast foods and processed foods and eat frequent small meals throughout the day to avoid feeling hungry or deprived.

Stay Motivated

The majority of people who start a diet quit long before they reach their goals. Special occasions and minor setbacks can easily lead to binge eating and reverting to your old eating habits.

Finding your own motivation to stay on track with your weight loss program is essential to your success. Maybe you want to be a healthy role model for your kids, you want to reduce the amount of medicine you take, or you just refuse to live being overweight any longer. Use these things to guide your daily choices.

Write out the things that motivate you to lose weight and revisit the list when you start to veer off track from your weight loss program.

Stay Hydrated

You need to stay hydrated to feel and look your best. Drink eight cups (the minimum recommendation) or more of water every day. Water will also help flush the fat from your body.

Pulling it All Together

Water, natural food, exercise and keeping your motivation up will help you stick with your diet and reach your weight loss goals. Tracking everything through a journal or online tracking program is a great way to make sure you have done your best each day and are moving closer to your goal weight.

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Calorie Shifting Diet - As Easy As It Sounds

Calorie shifting diet has increased in popularity over the last year. Is this diet as good as everybody says or is it just the latest fad diet?

The knowledge of calorie shifting is as old as dieting. Major forces have tried to keep the knowledge of this diet to a minimum because it would harm their business. There is nothing magical with shifting calories. It all comes down to simple physiology. We all know that we gain weight by eating much and using less, i.e. we eat a fast food menu that is loaded with fat and energy during our lunch break, we then go back to the office and sits down the rest of the day, except when we go to the coffee shop for a latte and a snack (that also is loaded with energy).

What does this tell our body? Well, it figures that we are in a time were the supply of foods is excellent, yet, it prepares for the worst, starvation. How does the body prepare for this? It takes all of the energy that you put in your mouth but don't burn and throw it in to a fat cell were it is easily stored. We may think that we get more and more fat cells, but actually there are pretty much the same amount of fat cells our whole lifetime. To be able to store more fat, these cells grows larger and larger until they one day say that it is enough. They don't want any more fat because they may burst, just like pouring too much water into a balloon. Our body gets angry and increases the insulin levels because insulin is the key to open the fat cell. Now, the fat cell accepts a little more fat before it says 'no more' a second time. Now the whole organism (our body) is affected by the high levels of insulin and it starts to get resistant to the insulin. Oh boy, now we are in trouble. What does it mean that we don't respond to the high levels of insulin? Well, we get a diagnose called Diabetes Mellitus (or Diabetes Type 2). And remember, this is just the mere beginning of the trouble we are in.

Ok, back to calorie shifting. As written above, our metabolism enjoys the rich times but prepares for the worst times, it has learned to behave this way through the years of evolution.

The metabolism is a complex function but in general it takes what you ate the last couple of days and presumes that you will eat pretty much the same diet the following days. This gives us the opportunity to control (or mislead) our own metabolism. We feed it one type of calories one day and the next we shift calories into another type (see where the name calorie shifting diet comes in). This confuses the metabolism and it will respond by increasing the release of fats from the fat cells. At the same time your insulin level adjusts and become more regular, no more spikes after a chocolate bar. This makes the body less eager to save the fat for a possible starvation period.

The theory behind calorie shifting diet is exciting and it will help you knowing how to act in certain situations. Not only will it help you lose fat, it will also make you understand a whole lot more about your own body.

We want to be in charge of it, right?

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