Mind Over Matter - Fat Loss

ByAmy Steele

It is true that some of us, when we want to lose weight, spend so much time thinking about losing weight and what we can and can't eat, which, is of course, thinking about eating, and if we are thinking about it constantly then we end up eating.

There is no doubt that if all we do is think about food, we will gain weight rapidly and enter that terrible cycle of comfort ending and another diet ends badly.

The biggest problem we have is that when we think about food we think about those types of food which brings us most comfort, burgers, pizza's ice cream not many of which we would consider in a diet for quick weight loss.

We need to change the way we think, the best weight loss diet will not be just about food it will be about a healthy lifestyle. Very few will tell us what to think, which of course is correct, but we do have to understand what we should not be thinking about.

Is food the enemy or is it thinking or perhaps it is time; we eat when we are bored we eat when we need comfort and we eat when we are hungry.

What we need to do is ensure that we do not need comfort and we do not get bored, there is no such thing as easy weight loss if it was so easy we would not need to do it.

We must ensure that we think about what we are going to do when on the diet; perhaps we can get a hobby, or read those books we have never had time to do.

We must occupy our time positively and productively, we must try not be left thinking about our diet and weight loss, which means thinking about food, if we keep occupied we may also burn calories.

Another good tip is to have lots of healthy snack available, lots of fresh fruit all low calories good for us and healthy snacking which will help with the diet plan. Fresh pop corn has very little calories and is good to just give us that feeling of eating and allow us to snack without adding weight.

It may be the case that we cannot truly think ourselves thin but if we think about what we are doing then we can plan our diets for quick weight loss.

Amy Steele has experienced diets and weight loss as an unwilling but necessary participant and avid writer on the best diet plans available. Join Amy at her blog http://www.mydietsforquickweightloss.org for information, tips and advice and all the latest diets and weight loss programmes.

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Can't Lose Weight No Matter What You Do?

ByDerek G. Johnson

A question we receive a lot in our health & fitness business is, "Why can't I lose weight no matter what I do?" Many of our clients, students, and customers, come to us saying that they've been on X, Y, or Z diet for awhile and nothing is happening. Fat loss is either way too slow or it has stalled out. Or, no weight is being lost at all. And this is happening despite consistent exercise and healthy eating.

What's going on here?

When we deconstructed what people were doing, we found that the diet programs they were trying were in fact solid, and based on good nutritional science. In theory a lot of the diet plans they were using should have been working to help them lose fat. But despite people's best intentions and efforts many times EVEN the best diets were just making things worse. What we've discovered is that it's not the diet programs themselves, but simply your body that's not responding because of internal issues and poor digestion. If you cannot lose weight no matter you do it's because your body's metabolism and digestive tract is 'damaged' in a way. (Don't worry, this isn't as scary as it sounds and we can help you correct it). Your system has been pounded by years of poor nutritional and exercise choices. So, when given a diet that technically should help you lose fat, your body can't do anything with it.

We call this state 'turbulence'. Turbulence occurs when your body cannot digest the food you're eating properly (no matter how healthy it might be). This leads to a whole slew of other health problems, but primarily it leads to excess body fat and the inability to lose fat. What happens is that debris from poorly digested foods accumulate in your digestive tract until essentially your insides become clogged and backed-up with mucus...

...and your body refuses to thoroughly digest the majority of the food that you eat. What we've found is that when your body is in this state of 'turbulence', insulin, which is a hormone responsible for fat storage, is shuttled after your meals to deal with the undigested foods. And this ultimately leads to blood sugar crashes. And blood sugar crashes lead to poor metabolism and fat storage!

During turbulence, your body cannot get all the nutrients it needs from the foods you're eating (this is why even healthy eating can't solve this). When your body doesn't get the nutrients it needs it sets off the 'starvation' mode signal in your body, which tells the body to hold on to additional body fat 'in case of emergency'. This is why good digestion is SO important. If your body isn't digesting the food you eat properly, then it doesn't matter what you put in it. The scary part is that once you reach higher levels of body fat, your body actually stores more of your energy as additional body fat? Turbulence, the state you're likely in right now, is one major reason why traditional diets just simply don't work, and why you cannot lose weight despite your best efforts.

But there's a way out of Turbulence. It's not exactly easy, but it's simple.

The solution is what we call the 'Flow' state and you can read about it here: BodyResetProgram.com/Flow.

If you're interested in downloading a free ebook report that explains this in further detail, click here: BodyResetProgram.com/Free-Report.

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