All Foods Speed Metabolism?

Metabolism, basically, is the process of turning food into energy, whether it is to be used by the body immediately, or stored as fat to be used later. When we consume food, the digestive process draws out the nutrients from the food and uses them to create the energy that keeps our bodies functioning properly and efficiently. This process is repeated each time that we consume food, and takes approximately 4 hours.

In short, during the digestive process, our bodies burn calories. Simply by eating, digesting and absorbing nutrients from the food, we fuel our metabolism. Some foods, especially those containing carbohydrates and protein, take longer to digest than other foods.

Should You Eat More to Stimulate Calorie Burning?

The surprising answer here is yes. But not how you might think. Eating more in this case refers to eating more often. By eating smaller meals, more often, throughout the day, you can keep your metabolism working so that your body is constantly in a state of calorie burning. On the other hand, skipping breakfast or other meals will reduce how quickly your body burns calories. Aim for 5-6 small meals per day, and never go more than 3 hours at a time without eating, for optimum results.

As mentioned, carbohydrates and proteins trigger the highest rate of metabolism. In fact, a protein meal can burn as much as 25% of that meal’s calories through digestion and absorption. But since healthy weight loss requires good, well balanced nutition, add non-starchy vegetables, healthy fats, and carbs to each meal. This can minimize fat production, while at the same time keeping your blood sugar at a level that helps to burn fat and build muscle.

Caffeine-loaded energy drinks, sodas, coffee, tea, chocolate, and capsaicin (the compound found in hot peppers) minimally and temporarily speed metabolism, but are not always good choices nutritionally, due to high sugar content or calorie counts.

10 Foods That Speed Metabolism

Focus on these 10 specific foods that can help speed metabolism and burn fat:

Whole grain breads
Lean chicken
Salmon
Eggs
Fresh Cheese
Green Beans
Summer Squash
Cabbage
Asparagus
Lean, protein rich red meat

To temporarily boost your metabolism by as much as 30%, drink cold water.

Metabolic rate can be influenced by other factors, including age, sex, weight, and medical condition. While these 10 foods can speed metabolism, remember that the best way to lose weight is with a healthy combination of regular meals and physical exercise, especially exercise that builds lean muscle mass.

—Coach Brad

One of the healthiest ways to cook, if not the heathiest, is steaming. Steaming produces meals that are very high in nutritional content and low in fat. It is also one of the easiest ways to cook, almost as easy as a crock pot. Many steamers come with multiple layers, allowing you to cook several things at once. And despite the name “vegetable steamer,” you can cook nearly anything you like in one. This versatility means that you will never run out of ideas for healthy weight loss meals.

Boiling and microwaving, among other methods of cooking, can cause a substantial loss of nutritional value in raw foods. By cooking with steam, you’re able to not only retain these essential nutrients, but also able to keep the original texture of the food. Ever had soggy microwaved vegetables? Not too good. Next time, try steaming them instead. Not only will you keep the flavor and texture, you will also enjoy the appearance of the food better as well. Steaming keeps the natural color within the food. In terms of time, steaming is really not much slower than microwaving, in many cases, but produces much better results. 

Steamers come is all shapes and sizes; from small, single layer “rice” steamers, to larger, more elaborate multi-level units. These provide much more versatility to healthy weight loss meals, as you can not only cook several items at once, but they can be totally different types of food in the same unit! Imagine the ease of having chicken breasts, brown rice, and fresh vegetables all cooking in the same unit at the same time! What a time saver, and you’ll have a lot less to clean up. You can also save money, as you are able to only cook as much as you need, reducing waste.

Choose the steamer that is best for you, and you will soon understand why it is a healthy weight loss essential.

—Coach Darlene

How to Lose Belly Fat

Every day, we are inundated with advertisements that promise to help us “Lose Belly Fat” or “Get Sculpted Abs.” Most of these products advertised focus on appearance. Appearance is nice, yes, but it is not as important as your health.

Belly flab has been linked to numerous health issues, including high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease. If you’re a man with a waist size of 40 inches or more, or a woman with a 35+ waist, you are much more likely to suffer the aforementioned problems or worse.

Here are some proven techniques to help you lose belly fat and firm up:

Move More, Eat Right

The best way stick with a program is to burn the calories while participating in activities that you consider fun or fulfilling. Exercise doesn’t have to be done at a gym.  For example, if you enjoy gardening, it burns several hundred calories per hour. Team sports, like basketball, burn even more. Swimming is also a great fat-burner, and fun to boot. You could also do volunteer work, or just take long walks around your neighborhood. What you do is not as important as the fact that you are doing something.

Once you build a little stamina, cardio exercises will kick your fat-burning metabolism into overdrive. All it requires is consistency; if you can find an activity you like, and stick with it, the pounds will melt away. It’s also important to vary your routine to ward off boredom. For maximum calorie burning, get moving to lose belly fat.

There are several exercises you can do to help lose belly fat. Jumping jacks, lunges, knee ups, and kickboxing moves are a good place to start. Graduate to running in place, or using a stepper. Do cardio activity for 20 minutes minutes a day, 3-5 days per week to start, and work your way up from there. Once you’ve knocked off the abdominal fat, THEN it’s time to start on the appearance side of things.

Which exercises target the abdominal muscles most effectively? The supine bicycle, captain’s chair leg lifts, and verticle leg crunches work the abs hardest, according to The American Council on Exercise. Twisting crunches and exercise ball crunches were other good exercises to lose belly fat. If you’re not sure how to do these, an internet search can turn up detailed step-by-step tutorials for each exercise.

Stay away from sugary carbs as you work to lose belly fat. Sugary carbs contribute to belly fat build-up, but foods high in protein and fiber are slenderizing. A mix of complex carbs, lean protein sources, and unsaturated fats is what you need to concentrate on. You can construct your own plan, or there are many plans available. Check out:

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Learn to Relax

It’s possible to lose belly fat while you relax. How? With the help of yoga. Yoga has a two-fold effect on our bellies. First, it reduces high stress levels that lead to cortisol (the stress hormone) production.  Cortisol production often results in excess belly fat.  Reducing your stress level can give you a flatter stomach and lower your risk for many diseases. 

Yoga also tones the stomach muscles. Look for a yoga routine that includes supine poses and other postures that work the abdominal muscles. You can check out a yoga DVD from your local library, or for an awesome yoga program, take a look at:

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It will take a little effort to lose belly fat — but the rewards are well worth it.
—Coach Buck

Foods that Reduce Fat

Good carbs can help promote weight loss; bad carbs make you gain weight. Bad carbs are typically defined as any food that gets most of its calories from refined sugar or refined white flour. Low carb diets have been shown to cause depression, among other things. So the key is not to eliminate carbs altogether, it’s to consume the right kind of carbs–Fruits, veggies, and whole grains.  This will help keep up your energy and have a positive outlook.

Studies have shown that people who consumed 3 servings of dairy each day lost more weight than those who didn’t consume any dairy products at all. Low-fat dairy products are excellent fat fighters.

Nuts, olives, olive oil, and salmon contain unsaturated fats that are good for speeding up your metabolism. They also keep you feeling full longer, which keeps you from overeating due to hunger.

Finally, green tea is a known fat-burner. It revs up the metabolism, making your body get rid of its fat stores faster. Sip a cup or two in the morning instead of coffee.

Exercising Reduces Fat

As you know, cardio exercise burns calories, which will help you reduce double chin fat – as well as everywhere else. 3-5 hours of cardio exercise each week will promote weight loss and keep you feeling great. It really doesn’t matter which cardio activities you choose. Just pick a few that you can enjoy and stick with and do those several times per week. For extra help, see:  

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Facial Toning Exercises

Here are a few facial toning exercises. Most people do them at bedtime or upon rising, but the  key here is consistency. Just make sure that you do them regularly. 

1) Stick out your lower lip. Then scoop it up and over your top lip, like you’re trying to touch your nose.  Hold for 10 seconds, and release. Do 30 to 40 of these each day. (The process looks rather amusing, so you might want to do it when nobody is watching!)

2) Sit upright, then tilt your head back as far as you can manage, now open and close your mouth several times feeling the muscle stretch each time. Start with ten.

3) Stand comfortable with your head at a natural angle. Pull your chin upwards so you feel your muscles stretch. Count to ten and relax. Build to ten.

4) Stand comfortably. Slowly raise your head from your chest and tilt it back as far as possible. Do not strain. Close your mouth tightly so that your feel the neck muscles stretch. Count to ten and relax, bring your head back to normal. Ten at a time, twice a day. 
 

Bloating
Bloating can be caused by dehydration and sleeping flat. Make sure that you are drinking plenty of pure water every day. You may also consider sleeping on an adjustable bed, elevating your head and upper body at night to help aleviate bloating in the facial area. Make the double chin less obvious by avoiding bloating.

—Coach Steve

Is there a diet that will result in weight loss fast, AND allow you to keep it off? That has been the question of the ages. “Fad” diets have been around for a long time. Many of them do result in temporary weight loss, but after awhile, you look down at your body and it’s right back where it was before–or worse. While there is no miracle to achieve instant weight loss, there are steps that you can take to speed things up a little on the program you are using now.
 

Boost Your Metabolism with the Right Foods

Rather than eating too many calories, you may not be eating enough. Years of yo-yo dieting can slow down your metabolism by 30%. To get it back to where it needs to be, you’ll need to consume enough calories to fuel your BMR, or basal metabolic rate.

You can tell how many calories you need to get through the day by using a detailed BMR calculator. You can find one here:

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Just enter your physical details and it will give you your base calorie requirements for a day. If you exercise or have a physically demanding job, add how many hours per day in Step 2 . This will give you total calorie count necessary.

Next, try to get the bulk of your calories from lean protein, whole grains, nuts, fruits, and vegetables. You may experience some initial weight gain. Don’t let that bother you. Your body needs time to repair itself. Spend a few weeks, or months if necessary, eating an appropriate number of calories. Your metabolism will speed up and you can achieve weight loss fast. You can easily lose a pound per week sticking to a balanced diet. Or add exercise, and double that amount!

Adding the Exercise

As mentioned above, most weight loss fast diets can lead to initial weight loss that comes back as soon as you start eating normally again. That’s because you are encouraged to eat very little, and the plan doesn’t include any form of exercise. This approach provides very little in the form of health benefits compared with a balanced diet and exercise.

In order to make significant changes in your body shape and fitness level, the best exercise routines include both cardio and strength training. You may also consider yoga for stretching and relaxation, especially if you have a lot of stress in your life. Cardio should be done 3 – 5 hours per week, strength training 1 – 2 hours. With proper diet, you’ll see results in no time!! See these for help:

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Exercise offers perks that weight loss fast diets cannot offer. It will improve your mood, help you sleep soundly, make you stronger and leaner, and improve your balance. It also protects your heart and wards off metabolic disorders like Type 2 diabetes.

No Starvation Diets!

We’ve all heard about celebrities who drank nothing but lemonade with maple syrup and cayenne pepper, or the “Hollywood” diet in a bottle to quickly get trimmer for a role. What we don’t hear about is the weight gain that occurs as soon as they’re off of the weight loss fast diet.

The best that will happen if you put yourself on a weight loss fast diet is you’ll end up tired, cranky, dehydrated, and heavier than before. At worst, you could seriously damage your metabolism, making it impossible to lose weight even when you eat very few calories. So don’t put your body through the stress!!

Feed your body right, get some exercise, stay hydrated, and you’ll be able to maintain a healthy weight and start experiencing peak performance.
—Coach Brad

Yes, it is! There are several tricks you can use to lose tummy fat after pregnancy without collapsing from exhaustion.

Make Time for You

You have to take care of yourself if you want to take care of your loved ones. That includes taking time to get in shape. That is easier said than done. Trying to find an hour a day, or even a half hour, for exercise can be very difficult. If you can get your spouse or a friend or relative to watch the baby while you work out, great. If not, some fitness centers or the Y offer infant care. If that’s not an option, try to time your workouts for during nap time.
 

It doesn’t matter if you have an hour-long session or four 15-minute workouts each day. The total time spent working out is what’s important if you want to lose that tummy fat.

Eat Nutritious Foods

In order to lose tummy fat after pregnancy, you’re going to need to make sure you eat an adequate number of calories each day, especially if you’re breastfeeding. Your metabolism can slow down 20 to 30 percent if you don’t get enough calories. Also, don’t eat a lot of junk food, or you and your baby won’t get proper nourishment. Your energy level will nose-dive.

Eat smaller portions of food several times a day. Never go longer than 2-3 hours without eating something nutritious. Get plenty of calcium from dark green vegetables and low-fat dairy products. Calcium will kick your fat-burning metabolism into high gear. Round out your food selections with fresh fruits, lean protein, and whole grain products. For more, see

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Exercise With the Baby

You can lose tummy fat after pregnancy, and have fun doing it, by bringing your baby along when you exercise. It doesn’t have to be a solo act! You can join an online weight loss community and set up stroller walks or swimming sessions with others in your area. Check your local rec center for available baby-and-me exercise classes. 

If you prefer, you can spend some one-on-one time with your baby. Long walks with the stroller is great exercise. Vary the locations of your walks to keep them interesting. When your baby starts to walk, you can go to the park or a local playground and run and play with them. That will really help you lose tummy fat.

Look for Support

Support networks can be very important for new moms. Many women who try to lose tummy fat after pregnancy find that they just can’t do it alone. Whether you need babysitting or just a morale boost, friends and family can play a vital role in your success.

Many new moms are facing the same struggles as you. Try to connect with them. Find a good community of new moms who are trying to lose weight. Sharing tips for success, or how each of you overcame certain obstacles, will benefit everyone involved. It can feel great to know you’re not alone.

Get a Good Night’s Sleep

Insufficient sleep can cause all sorts of physical and emotional problems, especially for new moms. Studies have shown that most people don’t get enough sleep. That’s especially true for new parents with babies who don’t yet sleep through the night. So it’s important to try to get sufficient sleep.

Pregnancy is hard on the body, and the added stress of a newborn can leave you feeling exhausted fast. Several times per week, get your spouse or another to respond to the baby’s cries while you get 8 – 10 hours of sleep. Ear plugs may come in handy. The high-quality sleep will help you in many ways in your quest to lose tummy fat.

If you are breastfeeding, it may take a little longer before you’re able to get adequate sleep on a regular basis. Catch naps when you can. Remember, someday soon, your baby (and you) will be sleeping through the night.

—Coach Miranda

Belief is a powerful thing, and the concept of The Law of Attraction really boils down to it. Someone using the Law of Attraction for personal success learns to visualize their goals. If they want to get a better job, they visualize being hired into a better position. They believe that it will occur. They begin to dress and conduct themselves like a successful person. In theory, these steps will cause the goal to manifest in the person’s life.

By using the Law of Attraction, quick weight loss can be achieved.  Here are some helpful tips to get you started if you’re thinking about using this technique.

Visualize Your Goal

There is a big difference between imagination and visualization. Imagining is more like “dreaming.” You don’t really have a true “goal.” Visualization, on the other hand, means analyzing your goal and all the ways it would affect your life. How will you feel when you lose weight? Will you be more outgoing? How will you feel physically? How will weight loss enrich your life and the lives of your loved ones? Where will you go and what will you do once the weight is gone? What will your life look like?

Take your time to really think it through. Use all of your senses. As you spend more time visualizing your goal per the Law of Attraction, quick weight loss will become within your reach.

Plan Your Path

Of course, there is more to visualization for quick weight loss. What steps do you need to take in order to accomplish your goal? Make specific plans using the 5 W’s and the H: Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How. How often you will exercise. What foods you will eat. Where you will work out. Who will support you. Why you will reduce stress, and how you will do it. The specific details are the difference between planning and dreaming.

After you’ve crafted your plan, you’ll need to purchase the necessary supplies: Comfortable clothing to work out in. A membership to a gym, or equipment to exercise at home. Fresh produce and lean meat. Maybe even motivational tapes or videos.

Finally, plan a reward for each quick weight loss milestone. Your milestones don’t have to be measured in pounds and inches, although that’s a fine approach if it works for you. You might measure your success in terms of miles walked, a lower blood pressure, or number of days that you stick with your plan. For each milestone you reach, reward yourself with something that makes you feel good.  

Live Like a Thin Person

It is very important to live the way you visualize your future in order for The Law of Attraction to bring about quick weight loss. Whenever you sit down to eat, think about how a thin person would eat. Would they rush through a plate to get to a second helping of dinner, or would they savor every bite and thoroughly enjoy a single portion? Would they drink high calorie soda, or would they sip water or tea throughout the meal to fill up faster? Would they prop themselves up in front of the television after dinner, or would they go for a walk?

When you use the Law of Attraction, quick weight loss is easier than ever. If you visualize a thinner you, live like a thin person, and stick to your plan, you will get thinner. Take heart, because a new you is on the way!

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Lose Fat All Over

 
Excess abdominal fat is the cause of love handles. This is a dangerous, stubborn type of fat that can lead to metabolic disorders and even serious heart disease. To decrease the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes or suffering a heart attack, reducing the fat around your waistline.
 

There is no such thing as spot reduction. If there was, we would all look perfect with no problem areas. So don’t bother trying to target your abdominal fat and nothing else….you’ll fail miserably. In reality, if you want to get rid of love handles, you have to lose fat everywhere else, too.

 
Three things can help you get rid of love handles. Strength training will increase your lean muscle mass, which in turn will make you burn calories faster. Cardio exercise will help you lose fat even faster. And eat with a slight calorie deficit. This will keep your body from storing excess calories as fat. Check out:

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Build Stronger Obliques
 

The muscles that run down both sides of your abdomen are the obliques. They frame the internal group of abdominals frequently called the 6-pack. The strength to twist and turn when we need to is provided by the obliques. Unfortunately, they are all too often hidden by love handles.

 
Building stronger obliques will help you burn more calories, and will give you tight abdominal muscles to show off after the love handles are gone.
 

Do exercises that were found by the American Council on Exercise to be the very best ones for working your obliques: Bicycle crunches, captain’s chair leg raises, and vertical leg crunches. This will help you get rid of the love handles faster.
 

Bicycle crunches involve lying down on your back and doing crunches while alternately touching your elbows to your knees, giving the appearance of riding a bicycle. Captain’s chair leg raises require the use of a captain’s chair, which you can find in your local gyms. Vertical leg crunches are performed like regular crunches, but with your legs raised in the air 90 degrees off of the ground.

 
You can find step-by-step instructions on doing these exercises online.

 
Eat Fat-Burning Foods

 
Foods that are high in sodium and sugar contribute to the waistline. To lose fat and get rid of love handles, you’ll need to eat more foods that fight belly fat. Heart-healthy fats, like those in olive oil, nuts, and fish, are doctor recommended. So is calcium from green, leafy vegetables and dairy products. Get plenty of fiber from fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. These foods are digested slowly, so they leave you feeling satisfied longer. Three cups a day of green tea will speed up your metabolism and ward off diseases.

 
Check Your Clothes
Your clothes and love handles: Make sure your clothes fit properly. Tight clothing, especially jeans, can create the illusion of love handles, even on thin folks. If you’ve worked hard to lose fat around the waist, don’t ruin the effect by squeezing into jeans that leave you “hanging over!”

—Coach Buck and Coach Darlene

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Pro: It provides a highly personalized approach to weight loss

‘Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle’ is basically a body type diet. The premise is that people of different body types process foods in different ways. For example, one body type might do better on a diet heavy in complex carbohydrates, while another body type might need a much lower carb intake in order to flourish.

The system teaches you how to determine which body type you are. Then it gives you the information you need to design a diet and fitness plan based on your body type. As you progress, you can adjust your calories and nutrition as needed. This highly personalized plan should, in theory, result in more weight loss than a generic one.

Pro: It provides tons of nutritional information

This system contains pretty much everything you’ve ever wanted to know about nutrition, especially as it pertains to your individual body type. Venuto delves into the facts about macronutrients, vitamins, and calories. In fact, 270 pages of the core book are devoted to nutrition.

There are comprehensive guides to help you determine your base metabolic rate and caloric needs.

Pro: You can purchase upgrades

Besides the core book, you can purchase supplemental information such as a series of author interviews, and a subscription to Venuto’s web site. All of the bonuses are high in quality, and the web site itself will easily provide many months of content to read. The web site also features calculators, recipes, and product reviews. The message forums are active and filled with answers and advice.

The amount of information would be valuable to someone who wants to reshape their life and body, but might be too much for casual dieters.

Con: It’s not for casual dieters

By reading this ‘Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle’ review, you’ve potentially saved yourself a lot of time – the core book is 341 pages long! That’s not including the many extras you get with the package, and the ones you can purchase separately. Casual dieters might be overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information.

Also, Venuto is a bodybuilder and he writes like a bodybuilder. That is, he places quite a bit of emphasis on getting a low body fat percentage. The competitive bodybuilding information can be a little heavy-handed, but informative.

Con: Exercise is not extensively covered

Despite the importance of exercise in weight loss and bodybuilding, Venuto devotes most of his pages to nutrition facts. Cardio exercise and weight training are given about 25 pages apiece.

Venuto does go into detail about how exercise affects the body, but tends to suggest exercises without explaining how to do them, leaving the research to the reader. The sample workouts included in the book are more like lists than step-by-step guides.

One bonus: If you’ve ever wondered about weightlifting, you can probably find the answers to all your questions in the weightlifting FAQ.

The Bottom Line

‘Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle’ is an extraordinary product. Its detailed approach to weight loss has earned it many loyal followers. While it might not be the best choice for someone who just needs to lose a few pounds, it shines as a guide to building your best body.

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According to science, these three foods are among the most popular to burn fat quickly:

Beans

Beans contain a healthy mix of protein and carbohydrates, and are a preferred protein source for dieters everywhere. Beans are challenging to digest, so it takes your body longer to process them. This is a good thing, because they help you stay full longer, and keep your blood sugar stable.

But their fiber content is their real magic. Fiber really gives your digestive system a workout. It keeps things running smoothly, and prevents your blood glucose from spiking too high. But watch your choices in beans–Baked beans or fatty refried beans can sabotage your weight loss efforts by supplying too many simple carbs and calories. Plain beans are the best choice to burn fat quickly.

Skim Milk

Calcium is perhaps the most popular proven metabolism booster of all the foods that burn fat quickly. Studies have proven that calcium causes weight loss. Two groups of test subjects were studied. The groups did everything the same, except that one group received several servings of calcium each day. Surprisingly, that group lost almost three times as much weight as the group who did not receive extra calcium.

Dairy products remain the most popular source of calcium. You can also get calcium from vegetables like broccoli. Choose products made from 2%, 1%, or fat-free milk. They deliver the greatest amount of calcium in the lowest amount of calories.

Green Tea

Green tea contains powerful antioxidants that reduce the number of potentially cancerous free radicals in the body, and has been touted as a dieter’s miracle product for years. It contains just enough natural caffeine to perk up your heart rate and metabolism without putting undue stress on your body. Green tea is also a mild diuretic, which can be helpful for getting rid of retained fluid.

People who drink 4 – 6 cups of green tea per day enjoy faster weight loss than those who don’t drink green tea, according to results of studies on it as a fat-burner. And it tastes good…drink up and maybe green tea will help you lose fat quickly. Just don’t add sugar!!!

Honorable Mention: Water

Water should still rank highly on any list of foods that burn fat. No, it doesn’t contain nutrition, but it dilutes sodium to beat bloating, promotes healing, pushes retained fluid from our bodies, and satisfies the appetite. Water can also keep your metabolism running at maximum efficiency. How?

Our kidneys are our primary filtration system. They help pass toxins and waste fluids out of our bodies. But they have to have plenty of hydration to keep functioning well. When they are  deprived of water, the kidneys call on the liver for back-up.

While it can serve as a secondary filtration system, that is not the best use of the liver. It is designed for, and excels at, turning stored fat into usable energy. But when it has to support the kidneys, the liver cannot metabolize fat as quickly as it is supposed to. You can bring your metabolism back up to speed by drinking plenty of water each day.

To quickly and productively overhaul your diet, start eating foods that burn fat quickly. Add 64 ounces of pure drinking or distilled water each day, and you will be on your way to successful and permanent weight loss.

—Coach Darlene

Here are some of the most convenient and tastiest fat burning foods you can find:

Citrus and Ginger

Remember when you were a child and you felt a cold coming on? Your mother probably gave you lots of vitamin C, either as juice or Ester-C. Vitamin C has great immune boosting properties. But it has an added side effect: It helps you burn fat faster!

Vitamin C helps you lose the pounds in two ways. First, as mentioned above, it speeds up your fat metabolism. But it also seems to have an effect on fat storage. Citric acid breaks down fat molecules, making them more likely to be flushed from the body and not accumulate in it.

Citrus fruits rank highly among fat burning foods due to their Vitamin C content. Try adding a variety of citrus fruits to your diet, such as oranges, grapefruit, tangelos, and lemons. And don’t just drink the juice…it’s better to eat the whole fruit, because the fruit contains fiber – another fat-fighter. Tomatoes are also fat burning foods. Use fresh tomatoes in your homemade sauces for a metabolic boost to help you lose the pounds.

Ginger is another tangy fat-burner. Classified as a vasodilator, ginger opens up the blood vessels and improves blood circulation. This results in a significant boost to the metabolism. In fact, studies suggest that people who eat ginger may lose as much as 20% more fat than those who don’t.

Ginger and citrus flavors complement each other well, especially in Asian dishes. Experiment with this exotic blend, and you can lose the pounds without ever feeling deprived.

Oatmeal and Whole Grains

Nothing starts your day off right like a warm bowl of oatmeal. That’s because oatmeal is high in fiber, which stabilizes blood glucose levels and prevents crashes and fatigue. Oatmeal is thick and satisfying, and you can add non-fat milk for an even bigger fat-burning advantage. (Calcium and fiber are proven fat burning foods.)

The carbs in oatmeal provide a quick rise in energy to help you wake up faster. But the carbs are complex and get digested slowly, which keeps your energy up and your appetite low for hours after breakfast. As an added bonus, oatmeal lowers cholesterol, too!

Nuts and Beans

Protein is vital for building lean muscle mass, which burns calories faster than fat tissue. Enter nuts and beans. They are nutritious fat burning foods, but unlike oatmeal, they also contain a significant amount of protein. Nuts and beans keep your appetite in check for long stretches. contain fiber that kick-starts your metabolism, and taste great.

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Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Olive oil has long been recommended by doctors for its heart health benefits. Olive oil contains unsaturated fat that increases the number of high-density lipids in the bloodstream. These lipids, also known as “good cholesterol”, or HDL, sweep bad cholesterol from the arteries. By substituting olive oil for butter and margarine, you can actually lower your bad cholesterol and increase your metabolism.

Fat burnings foods can help you lose the pounds faster. Add some fun cardio exercise and plenty of hydration, and you’ll have a recipe for success!

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Yours in health

—Coach Dan

Fat Loss 4 Idiots Review – The Good

Pro: You get to take days off

Fat Loss 4 Idiots is a cyclical program. You stick to the program for 11 days, then resume your normal eating for 3 days. If you need to lose more weight, you can repeat the cycle. This gives you the opportunity to indulge in ‘forbidden’ foods from time to time.

The diet plan also allows you to have one glass of wine per day, making it one of the few eating plans that includes alcohol. Along with the 3-day break periods, this can keep your morale high without sabotaging your weight loss.

Pro: You can design your own meal plan

Fat Loss 4 Idiots gives you access to an online meal generator. You can select your favorite foods from a list, and the program uses your foods of choice to create a personalized meal plan. The food choices are limited, though, so don’t expect lots of comfort foods.

While the generated meal plan has quite a bit of variety, it will undoubtedly start to bore you after a couple of weeks. Luckily, there is an upgrade you can purchase which gives you access to a guide called ‘Beyond Calories’. This guide contains more food choices than the online generator.

Pro: There’s a vegetarian option

Few diet plans cater to vegetarians, but Fat Loss 4 Idiots is one that does. You can generate vegetarian meal plans to follow. Since vegetarian diets are typically low in saturated fat, this is a heart-healthy bonus!

Fat Loss 4 Idiots Review – The Bad

Con: It lacks scientific back-up

There are no studies backing up the cyclical diet premise. Also, because this program feels like a diet rather than a lifestyle change, there is the risk of gaining back the weight as soon as you start eating normally again. A better approach might be to find an eating plan you can follow for life.

 Con: It makes dubious claims

The weight loss industry is full of dubious marketing claims, and Fat Loss 4 Idiots is no exception. The product’s web site claims that you will be able to lose 9 pounds ever 11 days by following the plan. If you lost that much weight in that period of time, a significant amount would be temporary water weight loss.

Con: Lacks structure and can be confusing

The initial product reads more like a set of loose guidelines than a structured diet plan. Also, there are three diet plans in all, which can get confusing.

Fat Loss 4 Idiots Review – The Bottom Line

The conclusion of our Fat Loss 4 Idiots review is this: It is a fairly sensible, but simple, approach to weight loss. It provides a fairly painless plan to help you shed a few pounds, but for serious fat loss, you’ll need a more involved system that promotes exercise and strength training as well as diet.

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With the help of this Fat Burning Furnace review, you’ll have all the information you need to decide if this is the right system for you. Let’s get started!

Fat Burning Furnace Review – The Good

Pro: Detailed weight loss program that makes sense

Poulos takes an in-depth common sense approach to losing weight. The Fat Burning Furnace System offers workouts for every fitness level. If you haven’t exercised in years, you can start with the break-in exercise routine and work your way up to the advanced routine as you get in better shape.

The system is rooted soundly in science. If you gain more muscle and lose fat, you will increase your resting metabolic rate (RMR) because muscle tissue burns more calories than fat tissue. By gaining muscle, you can turn your body into a metabolic furnace.

Pro: Workouts are short, but effective

For those who don’t relish the thought of working out for hours on end, Fat Burning Furnace has an attractive approach to exercise: Do simple strength training 20 minutes a day, 3 or 4 times a week.

Only one set of each exercise is required, but the exercises are done at a very slow pace to give muscles an extra-effective workout. There are workouts for every muscle group, so you will work your whole body using this system.

One thing the Fat Burning Furnace System is missing is long, boring cardio sessions. Poulos maintains that his short strength-training routines give you a better cardio workout than an hour spent on a treadmill.

Pro: You can purchase upgrades

The Fat Burning Furnace System comes in Deluxe, Ultimate, and Blowtorch levels. The Ultimate level seems to be the best deal of the three, but the Blowtorch upgrade features two hours of videos of Poulos going through the exercise routines. Beginners should work their way up through the basic, intermediate, and advanced workouts before attempting the Blowtorch-level routines.

Fat Burning Furnace Review – The Bad

Con: Not much emphasis on nutrition

This is primarily an exercise program. Poulos does a good job of explaining the principles of nutrition, but he does not spend a lot of time telling you what to eat. Compared to the exceptionally detailed exercise guides, the nutrition program leaves the reader a lot of choice – which can be good or bad depending on your eating habits. Be prepared to receive nutritional guidelines and a few sample meals, plus links to recipes you can make for yourself.

Con: Sales pressure can get tiresome

This Fat Burning Furnace review wouldn’t be complete without a quick caveat: Poulos spends the first 24 pages of the book trying to sell you on his logic and ideas. That’s not so bad, but there are also numerous attempts to push ProGrade food products. If you can look past this, the program is great.

Fat Burning Furnace Review – The Bottom Line

Poulos does a good job of going into detail about how nutrition and exercise affect your body. He doesn’t care for fad diets, and he lays many nutritional myths to rest with his sensible explanations. This program is excellent for people who have damaged their metabolism through years of yo-yo dieting, no matter their current fitness level.

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You get all the variety you need from a plant-based diet, but the best vegetarian weight loss diet to lose pounds with is one that provides plenty of protein, fats, and carbs. All of these food groups play a role in successful weight loss.
 

The Importance of Protein
 

Our ability to build more lean muscle mass, and fuel for our muscles, is provided by protein. Protein is the food of choice for sustained energy. It is digested slower than carbohydrates, so it helps us feel satisfied longer. Marathon runners eat protein to keep their energy levels high during competition.
 

One criticism of vegetarian diets is that they don’t provide enough protein. This is actually a baseless fear. You can get plenty of protein without eating meat. A vegetarian weight loss diet can incorporate protein from nuts and nut butters; soy and meat substitutes; and low-fat dairy products. These proteins are even more complete than the ones you get from meat, and they’re much lower in saturated fat.

In addition to protein, a good vegetarian weight loss diet should include plenty of calcium. It has proven fat-burning qualities that you can lose pounds with in no time.
 

The Importance of Fats
 

Fats are one of the most misunderstood food groups. Like protein, dietary fat keeps our hunger under control. Low-fat diets are often unsatisfying, though easy to lose pounds with, and trans and saturated fats are bad for our hearts. How can a vegetarian weight loss diet be healthy if it’s high in fat?
 

Unsaturated fats should be part of a heart-healthy diet, though all fats should be eaten in moderation. Unsaturated fats come from plant sources like olives and olive oil, avocados, and nuts, making them a perfect choice for vegetarians.
 

Unsaturated fats have been shown to prevent heart disease, and they have even been shown to reduce plaque build-up caused by high cholesterol. Unsaturated fats raise levels of good cholesterol, which sweeps through arteries and clears away plaque. These fats also lower levels of the bad cholesterol that accumulates in arteries.
 

Because of its ability to satisfy hunger and reduce cravings, fat is an important tool to lose pounds with. Don’t go too long without it, or you risk having strong cravings and feeling hungry most of the time – a recipe for weight loss disaster!
 

Carbs & Vitamins
 

Vegetarian diets provide plenty of carbohydrates. Carbs are a good food choice before and after workouts, as they are good for quick energy. Some carbs, though, like products containing lots of white flour, refined sugar, or starch, can actually make you gain weight and can leave you feeling hungrier than before! So be careful which carbs you eat.
 

The best carbohydrate sources to lose pounds with are fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. If you just can’t give up bread and pasta, switch to whole wheat or whole grain varieties. These products contain more fiber than their overly processed counterparts, and they don’t cause blood sugar spikes and crashes.
 

The Dangers of Soy
 

Soy is a common protein source for people wanting to lose pounds with the best vegetarian weight loss diet. But too much of a good thing can cause problems. Soy consumption has been linked to slow weight loss and thyroid disorders. That doesn’t mean you should avoid it completely; just eat it and drink it in moderation.
 

So how much soy is too much? Ask your nutritionist or doctor to make a recommendation. They can take your medical history into consideration and come up with an amount that’s right for you.

To help you lose pounds with the best vegetarian diet, check out Easy Veggie Meal Plans here:  

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—Coach Miranda

Pro: Self Hypnosis Requires No Special Equipment
 

You don’t even need a hypnotist, because you’re doing the hypnosis yourself! For best results, you may consider visiting a hypnotherapist to help you become familiar with the process. And, unlike some weight loss programs, self hypnosis requires nothing but you and your belief.

Many people who are able combine a self hypnotic program with a light diet and exercise program and see fantastic results. If you’re not accustomed to diet and exercise, it may be worth the time and money to consult a doctor and a nutritionist to come up with a healthy eating and exercise plan. The self hypnosis can give the the edge you need to stay on track to lose pounds.

Pro: Self Hypnosis is an Established Self-help Mechanism

Hypnosis has been used to help people quit smoking, recover lost memories, and achieve other countless goals. Many folks are still skeptical of its merits, but many fans swear by it. Fact of the matter is: For whatever reason, self-hypnosis has helped thousands of people lose weight.
 

Exactly how it works is not completely understood, but if you talk to someone who has used self hypnosis to lose pounds, they will likely tell you that it worked for them when nothing else did. Such stories are common.
 

Con: It’s Not Scientifically Proven 

Trying to find a definitive link between hypnosis and weight loss has be inconclusive. Some believe that users experience a placebo effect similar to that seen during medical trials. The thinking here is, that even though the hypnosis has no real benefit, people believe it will bring results, so it does.
 

The important thing to remember is that many people attribute their ability to lose pounds to self hypnosis. All other methods failed, but they managed to use self hypnosis to lose weight. For these individuals, the benefit of self hypnosis is very real.
 

The Law of Attraction, also known as the Secret, uses the principle of belief as its key component. This could be the most powerful method in use today. If you truly believe that something will happen, and can visualize the end results, then it will happen–it has to. For example, if you believe you will become wealthy or lose weight, and can create those images in your conscious and sub-conscious minds, then you will become wealthy, or lose weight. For more on The Law of attraction, check out:

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Con: It Doesn’t Work For Everyone
 

Some people just can’t be hypnotized. If you are having difficulty entering an altered state of mind, simply try relaxing. Do some visualizing exercises. Yoga can help with visualization. Once you learn to control your breathing, clear your mind, and focus on a goal, self hypnosis might not be far behind! For a great yoga program, check out:

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For a detailed tutorial to help you get started with self hypnosis to lose pounds, look online or check your local library or book store for a guide that will take you step by step through the process.
If you’ve been unsuccessful with other weight loss methods, or just want to supplement your diet and exercise program, you might want to try self hypnosis to lose pounds. It can’t hurt, and you never know – it just might work!

—Coach Steve

In the past, dieters believed that doing endless sit-ups and crunches would target the fat in their abdominal region. Sadly, spot reduction is a myth which has been put to rest. It’s not possible to reduce tummy fat without reducing your overall body fat percentage. But it is definitely possible to lose fat and make your tummy look flatter with the right combination of food and motion.

Foods that Reduce Tummy Fat

Some foods promote extra baggage around the middle, and others reduce tummy fat. It’s not just a matter of how much you eat; the types of foods you eat can also have a drastic effect on your waistline.

For example, some foods and chemicals put stress on our bodies. Caffeine and nicotine are two popular substances that act as stimulants. They increase our heart rate and blood pressure. When these vital signs go up, our bodies take it as a sign of danger. They automatically go into self-preservation mode, hanging on to extra calories by storing them as abdominal fat.

That’s because our bodies produce a stress hormone called cortisol. Cortisol is responsible for extra fat storage, particularly around the waist. This type of fat is especially dangerous, and has been linked to cancer, heart disease, and diabetes.

Insulin production can make the problem worse. Our bodies produce insulin in order to utilize glucose. Sweet flavors can trigger a release of insulin even when our blood glucose levels are low or normal, which is one reason why people report feeling hungrier after eating foods containing artificial sweeteners. The insulin drives down the blood glucose level, making us very hungry. This leads to excessive eating, and accumulation of belly fat.

The best foods to help you reduce tummy fat are those which don’t trigger a flood of insulin, and don’t throw the body into preservation mode. These include nutritious, slowly-digestible foods like whole grain breads and pastas, lean meat or tofu, whole nuts, fibrous fruits and vegetables, olive oil and avocados.

If you cannot bring yourself to give up caffeine, switch to green tea instead of coffee. The tea contains enough caffeine to perk you up, plus phytonutrients that provide a host of other health benefits, including a faster metabolism!

Exercises that Reduce Tummy Fat

Of course, diet is just one side of the weight loss equation. The other is exercise. While it’s not possible to target only your abdominal fat, cardio and strength training will help you reduce your overall body fat percentage. You can also do exercises that isolate your abdominal muscles, giving you a shapely six-pack that will emerge as soon as the extra fat is gone.

It doesn’t matter what kind of cardio exercise you do; you can walk briskly, go for a swim, jog around your neighborhood, take up martial arts, or spend time working in the garden. Find an activity you enjoy, and participate in it at least three to five hours each week. Your heart health will improve, and the pounds will start to vanish – even around your middle.

Strength training is important for fat-burning, too. The more lean muscle mass you have, the more calories your body burns, and the less fat it stores. Find a strength training regimen you can do for half an hour, three times a week. An ideal routine targets different muscle groups on different days. For example, you might work your arms and shoulders on Monday, your abs and core on Wednesday, and your legs and lower body on Friday.

Take time in between sessions to rest, and always stay hydrated! Your body won’t burn fat as efficiently if you don’t drink enough fluids. Aim for 64 ounces of pure water daily, or as much as 1 ounce per pound of body weight.

—Contribution

The people that are successful and are fast losing weight realize that diet alone will not be enough to carry them to their goals. They know that you must integrate exercise into the equation; exercise not only of the body, but of the mind.

Physical Exercise to Fast Losing Weight

It really doesn’t matter what diet you try, if you don’t get some form of exercise to go along with it, your diet will take forever for you to see results….if you see results at all. This can cause you to get discouraged and give up, again. People really want to see results quickly, like those that are fast losing weight.

If you are really overweight, you do not want to overdo it, as it is tempting to do. You want to ease your way into an exercise program to avoid injury. The best way for you to start is just to walk. Start out with a 15 minute walk, twice a day, for a week. Then increase to 30 minutes, then 45. Start out slow at first, but increase the intensity of your walking as you gain stamina. And you WILL gain stamina if you stick with it. And, along with your diet, you will soon be fast losing weight!!

Cardio exercise is a great addition to diet to get the extra pounds off fast. It’s not necessary to do aerobics for two hours a day to see results, either. Consistency is the key….many cardio exercise programs work in as little as 10-20 minutes a day, 3-5 days per week. But you must stick with it!!

Strength training is another tool of some people who are fast losing weight. Just using resistance bands or dumbbells while you watch TV or listen to the radio will help you build and tone muscles, which will help boost your metabolism, and soon you’ll be on YOUR way to fast losing weight!!

Mental Exercise to Fast Losing Weight

Depression is one of the biggest contributors to weight gain. People that are depressed are far more sluggish, exercise less frequently (if at all), and often seek refuge in high-calorie, high-carb comfort foods, such as cookies and ice cream. All of these behaviors have a negative impact on our bodies, especially concerning added pounds and fat. Eliminating depression through the use of therapy, supplements, hypnosis, or stress-relieving exercise is imperative before, or during your diet program in order for you to succeed.

Also, sleep deprivation can cause depression and weight gain. When you don’t get proper sleep, your body craves high-sugar, high-carb foods for energy, which in turn causes weight gain, and depression. People who are fast losing weight are getting a full nights rest, where their bodies are rejuventing during delta sleep patterns, and their minds are much clearer and focused during the day. If you’re experiencing insomnia, you may ask your doctor if Melatonin supplements may be good for you. It is inexpensive, and has helped many people improve their ability to go to sleep.

On the other side of the coin, a positive mental attititude will get you over the hump every time. Writing down your goals, or using a picture to visualize, is a good way to condition your brain to keep you focused on task. Put your picture or goals in a place where you can see them every day,  take comfort in the fact that you are taking action, and soon you too will be fast losing weight!!!

In Review

It doesn’t matter how great the diet you are trying is, it will not succeed unless to add the appropriate mix of exercise, physical and mental, to make it work. A diet alone is just a diet.

—-Coach BSB

Reducing calories intake is easy when you know how to do it right. You don’t have to starve yourself, and you don’t have to feel deprived. In fact, you can cut your calories painlessly. These helpful tips will teach you how to lose calories – and quickly lose weight – starting now.

Healthy Substitutions To Lose Calories

It’s not necessary to give up your favorite flavors, you just have to make healthier substitutions. For example. let’s say that you’re having a craving for chocolate. Rather than indulging in a pint of chocolate ice cream, you can avoid adding several hundred calories to your daily intake by substituting reduced fat chocolate pudding. Even a sugar-free fudge pop is a better altenative. You still get the chocolate flavor that you desire, but at a much lower caloric cost, which is the key to quickly lose weight.
  

Low-fat dairy products in place of whole milk products, lean cuts of meat instead of fattier cuts, rice cakes or air-popped popcorn instead of chips, trans-fat-free margarine instead of butter, and whole fruit instead of fruit juice are other good substitutions.

Quickly Lose Weight by Eating More

Yes, you read that right! When you consider how to quickly lose weight by cutting calories, eating more isn’t the first strategy that comes to mind. But time and time again, studies have shown that by eating smaller, more frequent meals you can control your appetite.

This approach reduces your calories in two ways. First, it keeps you from getting too hungry. Excess hunger is the number one reason why people stop dieting, and it is also a leading cause of binging. When you control your hunger, you can control your calorie intake.

Secondly, you keep your metabolism active by eating small meals. You will lose calories as your body burns through them faster. This is a very effective way to reduce the number of calories you eat, and burn the rest!

Lose Calories with Daily Tasks

Small changes in your everyday routine can lead to huge rewards and help you quickly lose weight. Parking on the far end of the lot is a good way to increase your daily activity without trying to devote time to a long workout. Using the stairs instead of the elevator and walking to the corner store instead of driving are other ways to burn calories with little extra effort.
 

Chores such as lawn work and gardening burn a surprising number of calories each hour. You can burn up to 700 calories per hour just by working in your yard. It all depends on what you do and how much you weigh.
 

On a more fun note, if you have kids or pets, take them to the park! An hour of swinging, sliding, and Frisbee catching will get rid of 300 calories or more. Not only will this help you quickly lose weight, it will get the family out from in front of the computer, TV, or game system, real culprits in our weight gain in the first place.
 

Lose Calories with Yoga
 

Yoga is a great exercise for beginners. It builds strength, increases flexibility, and helps prevent heart and metabolic diseases. It is also a great tool to quickly lose weight. Yoga encouranges our bodies to stop hanging on to excees calories in the form of fat. It does this by reducing stress, and thus, cortisol production. 

 If you make yoga a part of your daily routine, you will notice physical and emotional benefits right away. Start off slowly by doing 15 – 30 minutes of yoga each day. There are great yoga sequences for beginners online, such as Brilliant Yoga. You can check it out here:

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Don’t let the more advanced poses scare you off; even yoga masters had to start somewhere!
 

Now it’s time to put these ideas into practice. You can lose calories, and have some fun doing it, without depriving yourself. Make these changes now, and soon you’ll be accustomed to your new lifestyle. After just a few weeks, dropping calories, and the pounds, will be a piece of (low-fat) cake!!

—-Coach Russ

Many of us have gotten a little thick around the middle. If you happen to be one of them, there are some fantastic exercises to burn belly fat and decrease your risk of heart disease.
 

Exercises to Burn Belly Fat: Cardio
 

In order to burn belly fat, you must lose fat all over your body. Cardio is a great way to do that. Genetics creates a tendency in our bodies to accumulate fat in certain areas. Decreasing your percentage of body fat can make you feel better, healthier, and flatten out your stomach to give you the look that you’ve always desired.
The “best” cardio exercises to burn belly fat are the ones that you’ll stick with. The easiest way to do this is to integrate exercise into activities that you enjoy already, and to make sure that you spend at least 5 hours per week doing them. 
The goal to burn belly fat doesn’t have to be a “chore,” or “work.” If you have a dog, take it on extended walks. Take your children to the park to play in lieu of the house. For a more social setting, go to your local recreation center and join an exercise class or take dance lessons. Do something fun and you can burn belly fat in the process.

 
Exercises to Burn Belly Fat: Core Strength

Endless sit-ups and crunches aren’t the only way to get a slimmer stomach. You can achieve faster results by using variations of these great exercises. Vertical leg crunches are a great example, and recommended by the American Council on Exercise. Simply lying on you back with your legs held at a 45 degree angle will burn belly fat quicker. 
 

Doing leg lifts and crunches with the help of an exercise ball can develop core strength. You must maintain your balance with an exercise ball, which works all of your core muscles. Be sure to work your back muscles as well, to maintain muscle symmetry as you burn belly fat.
 

Exercises to Burn Belly Fat: Yoga

In terms of efficiency, yoga is hard to beat when it comes to stress reduction and core strength building. Yoga can strengthen your abdominal muscles as well as reduce the production of stress hormones, making it an excellent exercise to burn belly fat.
 

Your brain releases the stress hormone cortisol whenever your body is stressed out due to injury, illness, overuse of stimulants, or mental or emotional stress. Cortisol tells your body to begin storing fat, especially around the waist. This is an instinctive response–our ancestors once had to survive in times of famine. Storing the fat is an attempt at self-preservation.
Yoga reduces the production of cortisol by using breathing and stretching exercises that relieve muscle tension. Yoga uses relaxed, flowing motions to calm the mind, lower blood pressure, and slow heart rate, thus aiding our ability to burn belly fat.
Many yoga poses are highly efficient for toning the abdominal region. Seated or standing poses that require you to extend your legs and maintain balance, or poses performed in the supine position are highly recommended.

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The key is consistency. Maintaining a regular routine  of cardio, core strengthening exercises, and yoga, you will burn belly fat, lose inches from around your waist, and feel heathier and more relaxed.

—Coach Brad

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