9 Tips For Burning Belly Fat

Posted on 03/17/2011 by Terry

1. You technically don’t need a diet, you need a lifestyle.

Stop wasting your time and health on crash diets.  If you eat the right stuff, you can lose weight slowly but surely, and stick with it for life.

2. Putting your “plan” in writing is a good way to help you succeed.

Take the principles or plan for your lifestyle diet and put it down on paper to review regularly.

3. The diet on which I’ve lost lots of weight (and kept it off) has become part of my daily life, and I don’t have to count calories or carbs, and I don’t have to starve myself.

That’s what you call a lifestyle, not just a diet.

4. To lost weight and do it in a healthy way takes time.

Instant weight loss is either a myth or unhealthy or…you won’t be able to stick to it.  Lose weight gradually by eating the right stuff.  You won’t get huge weight loss overnight, but you’ll get there for good.

5. Eat plenty of the right food.

Starving yourself is guaranteed failure.  You have to keep plenty of the right kind of food in your system to keep up your metabolism, and to keep you from bingeing because you starved yourself.  Also, that “right kind” of food supplies your cells with the things you need for energy and health.

6. Stop eating grains and sugar.

But what about whole grains?  Don’t fall for that.  Whole grains cause your blood sugar to spike just like processed grains do.  And that process is what causes fat to be stored on your body.

7. The amount of food you eat matters, but not the way you think.

If you eat the right foods, meats and vegetables and a little fruit, your body will regulate itself naturally.  You “automatically” won’t eat too much, yet you’ll eat plenty.

8. It might help to eat several meals a day.

The important thing is to keep your blood sugar stable.  Some folks can do this on three meals a day, but if you can’t (and are craving grains or sugar, for example), it may help you to eat four, five or six smaller meals a day.

9. Always keep active.

Get off the couch often!  Park farther away in the parking lot and walk!  Skip the elevator and take the stairs!

Activity is not the most efficient way to lose weight.  What you eat is more important.  But the activity helps, and it’s great for your health, physically and mentally.

By the way, want to learn more tips to lose your weight?  Check this out:

www.nocountdiet.com/dietsolution

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4 Tips For Burning More Fat

Posted on 03/16/2011 by Terry

1. Include foods in your diet that contain fiber (but not grains!).

You can get some fiber from vegetables or fruits.  Apples are a good example, and although they contain some fructose, it’s unlikely that you can stuff enough apples into yourself to overdo it :)

Green vegetables, sweet potatoes, and other vegetables can give you some good fiber, too.

Fiber helps to keep you “regular”.  This can help detoxify your body, and even reduce high-cholesterol levels.

Fiber also is a good appetite suppressant, because it helps “fill you up”.

2. Drink plenty of water.

Of course we know that water has a cleansing effect on your body.

But did you know that water actually helps your body to burn off fat in the natural way that it should?

And as an important bonus, hydrating your body with plenty of water helps suppress your appetite.  How?  Because often when you think you’re hungry, you’re really just experiencing a craving for water.  Drink first, then you may not “feel” hungry any more.

3.  Don’t drink stuff with high fructose corn syrup or sugar.

This causes that ‘ol blood sugar/insulin hormonal thing that causes fat to be stored on your body!

These bad guy kind of drinks obviously include sugar-filled sodas and phony “fruit” drinks laced with sugar or corn syrup.  But even pure fruit juice can have the same effect.  When you squeeze the juice out of an otherwise good fruit, you end up with highly concentrated sugar, even if it’s “natural”, and your blood sugar can spike.

4.  Do some regular exercise.

Mix some exercise that gets your heart pumping, plus some strength exercising.  For example, push-ups or lifting heavy things (doesn’t have to be at a gym or with regular weightlifting — pick something up, grab a couple gallons of water, move some big rocks…you get the idea).

By combining resistance type exercise with bursts of cardio, you keep your metabolism high, and by getting some lean muscle strength you burn more fat.

Again, you don’t have to be a huge body-builder or a marathon runner, but be active, not sedate.

By the way, want to learn more tips to lose your weight?  Check this out:

www.nocountdiet.com/dietsolution

 

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4 Crazy Myths Of Dieting

Posted on 03/15/2011 by Terry

A lot of folks who attempt a weight-loss diet fail.  Often it’s simply because they have been told things that are not true.

Here are 4 crazy myths of dieting:

Crazy Myth #1 - The best way to lose weight is crash dieting.

Actually, crash dieting is probably the WORST way to lose your weight.  Of course, any time a new crash diet arrives on the scene, it has lots of people who are jumping up and down excieted because they lost some weight really fast.

But if you follow up with them later, you’ll find that virtually all of these excited folks are now unhappy folks who have gained all their weight back (and usually even more) and are waiting for the next “crash diet” to come along.

Or worse, they’ve given up, lost all hope, just because their crash dieting could only be sustained for a while.  Now they’re back on the weight gain train.

Don’t fall for it.  Your weight loss should be natural, gradual and part of your healthy lifestyle.

Crazy Myth #2 – Losing weight must be some trial by fire and difficult and horrible.

While this might be the case in some fad starvation diets, or complex this-ain’t-ever-going-to-work diets, it doesn’t have to be.

If you develop a lifestyle of daily eating natural whole foods, including meat and vegetables, with a little fruit, you will have found the best way to “diet”.

There are thousands of tasty recipes you can use with that kind of enjoyable regimen, and end up slim, with a great lifestyle, not a fad “diet”.

Crazy Myth #3 – Don’t get near “fats”.  They’re bad for you.

In reality, your body needs certain fats in order for your body, indeed your very cells, to work right.

Even the vilified fats from red meat, for example, have been shown to be perfectly fine in a And much has been done in modern studies to show that even the much criticized animal fats from red meat, for example, are not the unhealthy fats that have been previously thought. Read about the studies of Gary Taubes. He has documented the healthy nature of meats and fats.

There are some bad fats that you want to refrain from eating. Probably the most harmful are what are known as trans-fats, which have been proven to lead to serious problems with your health.

Myth #4 – In order to have a successful diet, you have to count calories, carbs, or points.

Many people, including myself, have proven that you can lose weight and keep it off without counting calories or carbs or points. But in order to do so, you need to eat the right foods.

By the way, want to learn more tips to lose your weight?  Check this out:

www.nocountdiet.com/dietsolution

 

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Basics Of Grocery Shopping – Part 3, The Frozen Foods And Refrigerated Departments

Posted on 02/25/2011 by Terry

Refrigerated Section

In this department, my highest recommendation goes to eggs.

Eggs provide a great source of protein, and should be one of the most important staples of your No Count Diet.

If you’ve been concerned about the cholesterol content of eggs, some simple studying will show you that eating cholesterol is not the cause of cholesterol in your blood stream, and even cholesterol in your bloodstream is not of the concern that has been pushed on the public for many years.

I would suggest reading Gary Taubes’ book Good Calories, Bad Calories, and check out the sections on cholesterol.

Supermarkets now offer eggs that are Omega-3 enriched. They come from chickens which are fed Omega-3 rich flax meal or fish meal.

Eating Omega-3 enriched eggs is a simple way to increase your consuming Omega-3 fats. Omega-3 fats reduce the inflammation in your body that causes all kinds of problems. It also improves your insulin sensitivity, that process which causes fat storage when you eat certain carbohydrates.

There are many brands of Omega-3 enriched eggs. One of the most popular is Egg-Land’s Best. I also recommend you pick up plenty of butter, cottage cheese, yogurt without sugar, and good cheeses like mozzarella and feta.

It’s best to buy organic dairy foods which have no hormones or additives, but this will not significantly matter as far as weight loss.

Frozen Food Section

Be careful in the frozen food section, because it’s filled with many grain-based processed foods.

Skip the frozen pizza, waffles, TV dinners, and pies. Go to the most healthy group of foods in the freezer — the frozen vegetables. It’s best to pick those vegetables that have no added sauce or seasoning.

Fresh vegetables are the best, usually tasting better and being more nutritious. But frozen vegetables can be more convenient because they last longer and you can cook them at the drop of a hat. Also, frozen vegetables come in amazing combinations that you won’t see in fresh vegetables.

So, get a good selection of frozen vegetables and keep them in your freezer. This helps keep away the temptation to go for the grains when you run out of fresh vegetables, or are just too busy to cut them up.

Quick-frozen shrimp, fish, meats and even unsweetened fruit are other healthy grain-free sugar-free items. As always, make sure and read the ingredients list to make sure they’re not processed and filled with unhealthy additives.

By the way, want to learn more tips to lose your weight?  Check this out:

www.nocountdiet.com/dietsolution

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Basics Of Grocery Shopping – Part 2, The Meat and Seafood Departments

Posted on 02/23/2011 by Terry
You should visit the meat and seafood sections of your supermarket regularly.

We all like to eat out, but the best foods are normally those you buy at the market and prepare yourself.  That way you can control the ingredients, make sure there’s not a bunch of sugar or starch added, and you can save money as a bonus.

The most important thing in shopping for meat and seafood is to get them as fresh and non-processed as possible.

Here are some tips for buying meat and seafood that is grain-free and sugar-free:
It’s better to buy fresh unprocessed poultry and meat than those that have been basted, marinated, cured, smoked or made into sausage, hot dogs, etc.

Now, full disclosure, I do eat my share of cured and sausage-type meats, and in my experience, they are just as effective in weight loss as the unprocessed meats. Still, I do balance that with a lot of fresh meat.

And here’s where moderation is important. Those processed meats contain chemicals and other additives that are not the best for your overall health.
Avoid chicken, turkey or fish that has been breaded, floured, or battered. Those typically contain wheat or corn meal which, as you know, should not be consumed on the No Count Diet.

Buy your fish and seafood fresh, instead of fish sticks, fish cakes, crab cakes, and fish that has been smoked. Get fish that looks good, smells good, and was freshly delivered, or quick-frozen in a fresh state.

There is an ongoing controversy over lean beef vs. fat beef. You can study that subject further, but my opinion is that it doesn’t affect weight loss. And Gary Taubes has demonstrated that the danger of high fat has been shown to be a myth.

The best beef is grass-fed, and if that’s available and in your budget, I would recommend it.

Make a significant portion of your No Count Diet meats and seafood, and you will be glad you did.

By the way, want to learn more tips to lose your weight?  Check this out:

www.nocountdiet.com/dietsolution

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