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Healthy Eating – Becoming Healthy Eater
February 19th, 2009 | 
Author: Healthy Eating
So You Want To Become A Healthy Eater? Read What Healthy Eating Really Is.
Healthy Eating
When you have enough of all the fad diets and miracle pills that do not work and realize that there is much more to weight loss plan then a weight loss diet program by itself.
First you would need to change you bad eating habits to a healthy eating habits. Now that requires some smart and well educated decisions about it.
Only then you can really understand what healthy eating really is and what it is not.
It’s not much about what food you can eat and what food you can’t eat. It’s not about calorie counting or other point systems many diets programs follow.
What you need to get i sthat healthy eating is all about having balanced nutritious meals at least three times per day (and that is a minimum).
You should be eating many different types of foods, not limiting yourself to one particular food type or food group and removing others from your menu list.
Imaging you follow let’s say Atkins Diet. Imagine that they tell you that Atkins Diet is really the healthy eating you can follow for the rest of your life.
They will put you on diet that will lack a lot of good carbs. Now carbs are needed for your brain to function properly and a great energy source.
So when you remove carbs, you will become cranky, you will have tough time concentrating and you would feel sleepy the whole day! Now you tell me if that is healthy eating or “un-healthy” eating.
And I do not want to pick on Atkins Diet Plan, but you should not restrict yourself when it comes down to healthy eating! And many Fad Diets will just do that.
Healthy eating is a way of life, it is not something that you go on for period of time. It is something you do and live every single day. Again fad diets fall short on the lifestyle promise, because no one can follow diet for long period of time.
Thus weight loss diets can not become part of your lifestyle.
So if you are ready to make a change in your health, energy levels or any other lifestyle enhancing activity, healthy eating is a great place to start!
Good luck and all the best in achieving great wellness,
Brett Slansky
5 Excuses That Won’t Fly in 2009
5 Excuses That Won’t Fly in 2009
Don’t Let These 5 Weight Loss Excuses Your Brain Wants You To Believe To Slow Down Your Weight Loss Progress…
…Just Ignore Them!
5 Excuses That Won’t Fly in 2009
www.BurnTheFat.com
1. I have no time.
According to a story in a recent issue of Men’s Health magazine, Barack Obama works out for 45 minutes a day, 6 days a week. Obama doesn’t just play basketball either. Our new president stays fit to lead with cardio and weight lifting. He also says he wishes he could train 90 minutes a day. Have you ever seen what the daily schedule of a U.S. president looks like? If the busiest man in the world can train every day for 45 minutes a day, then what’s your excuse? ZIP IT! You ain’t got one!
2. It’s too expensive.
Getting in shape certainly is expensive… if you keep wasting hundreds of dollars, month after month on worthless “miracle” weight loss pills, internal cleansing gimmicks and “magic” potions that all claim to make you slim. Deceptive advertising and slick marketing for bogus diet aids is more rampant than ever. 2008 was the year of thewu-long tea scam, the acai berry scam, and, of course, the ubiquitous “cleansing” and “detox” gimmicks . Unless you put on your critical thinking cap and learn to investigate before you invest, then you’ll get scammed by 2009’s flavor of the year as well. Your quest for those elusive “6-pack” abs will not only continue to be expensive, you’ll go broke. Walking, jogging, calisthenics and body weight exercises are FREE. If you want to know what’s really expensive, tally up the cost of legitimate expenses like natural food, gym memberships, fitness education, dumbbells and so on, and compare that to your doctor’s bill when you’re sick.
3. No one will support me.
Experts on social influence say your income will be approximately equal to the average of your 5 closest friends. Not only do I think that’s pretty darn accurate, I also believe that your health is your greatest wealth, and your physical condition will be about equal to the average of your 5 closest friends. It’s a real challenge to stay positive, focused and active when you’re surrounded by critical people and negative influences. However, in 2009, lack of support is no longer a valid excuse. Online social networking is exploding (check outTwitter and Facebook ) and more IN PERSON friendships and associations are being made from an internet connection than ever before. Training buddies can be found online. Connect with them. Mentors and coaches are easily found online. Hire them. Support forums have been around for years. Use them. No support from your current friends? Stop whining, start reaching out and go make new ones. In 2009, support partners and new friends are just a click away.
4. I can’t lose weight because of my genetics.
The marvels of modern medical and biological research are astonishing. Our top scientists have mapped the human genome! In the past few years, numerous genes linked to obesity have been discovered. However, the obesity epidemic we’re facing today has only developed over the past 50 years and genetic mutations that lead to serious obesity are extremely rare. Genetic predisposition only means that you have a tendency. It’s when the genetics meet lifestyle and environment that the genes express themselves. If you have a family history of heart disease, is it smart to smoke, eat junk, be a stressed-out, type-A maniac and a couch potato? Well of course not, and it’s the same with obesity. If you have a tendency predisposing you towards obesity, you’d better be the person doing the MOST exercise, not the least. You’d better be the person paying the MOST attention to your nutrition. You’d better be the person with the healthiest lifestyle. But unfortunately, it’s usually the opposite. Most people throw up their arms in frustration saying, “what’s the use, I was dealt a bad hand.” Sorry. That won’t fly in 2009. The latest research says genetics are a factor, but a tendency is not a destiny!
5. I don’t know how.
The lamest excuse of them all in 2009 is “I don’t know how.” NO ONE KNOWS HOW TO DO ANYTHING UNTIL AFTER THEY HAVE ACTUALLY DONE IT! Ponder that for a while. You don’t need to know how at first. To get started, you only need to know WHAT… what is the goal? Setting well-formed goals is the master skill of success. Not wishy-washy resolutions that have no resolve behind them, but real goals. In writing. With emotional ooompf! As you continue to affirm, visualize and focus on your goal with clarity, belief, and expectation, your new goal or intention will be received by your subconscious. Once a goal is accepted into your subconscious mind, your brain, being a goal-seeking mechanism, will turn on your attention filters to seek out all the information you will ever need to reach your goal. It will also turn on an infallible navigation system to guide you to your goal like a torpedo to its target. As your brain guides your attention, your direction and your behavior, you will discover that today, in 2009, there is more good information, coaching and instruction available than ever before. And when you’ve activated that “success radar” in your brain by setting goals effectively, it’s not as hard to find honest, accurate and helpful HOW-TO advice as you might think. In fact, you found this webpage, so you’re doing pretty good right now, aren’t you?
No more excuses. In 2009, remember my Body Fat Solution Creed: You can either make excuses or get results, but you can’t do both!
Your friend and coach,
Tom Venuto
Fat Loss Coach
www.BurnTheFat.com
About the Author:
Tom Venuto is a fat loss expert, lifetime natural (steroid-free) bodybuilder, independent nutrition researcher, freelance writer, and author of the #1 best selling diet e-book, Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle: Fat-Burning Secrets of The World’s Best Bodybuilders & Fitness Models (e-book) which teaches you how to get lean without drugs or supplements using secrets of the world’s best bodybuilders and fitness models. Learn how to get rid of stubborn fat and increase your metabolism by visiting: www.burnthefat.com
Holiday Eating
Holiday Eating
Damage Control For Holiday Eating “Accidents” (Part 1)
By Tom Venuto
www.BurnTheFat.com
Tom, If you accidentally pig out or over-indulge at a meal, (a Holiday party for example), are you better off skipping your next meal to keep your daily caloric intake on target, or should you just go ahead and eat your next planned meal and not worry about being somewhat “over” your planned calories for the day?
Michael
Wisconsin, USA
ANSWER:
Tom Venuto
Hi Michael, Thats a very good question, but I have to admit I did get a little chuckle out of the “accidental” part! Do you ever really “accidentally” eat anything? I think we are all responsible for everything we eat and how much we eat and until you consciously realize and accept this, and take the time to do some proactive meal planning, you will probably continue to have lots of “overeating accidents!”
To answer your question: after you overindulge, I definitely do NOT recommend skipping your next meal or skipping meals the next day to make up for it. I usually don’t even recommend cutting back either, although there may be exceptions where you could manipulate your meal size or macronutrient composition.
I generally recommend returning immediately to your “regularly scheduled meal programming,” because this continues to encourage the maintenance of positive habits such as eating 5-6 small meals every day.
I do suppose whether you cut back could depend on whether you’ve been on low calories a long time, how lean you were already, and on whether you were in a caloric deficit already. If you were in a calorie deficit for the day, then the extra calories might only bring you up to maintenance, not “over” your daily limit, which might not be as damaging as if you were in a calorie surplus.
If you were already very lean or had been dieting strictly for a long time (as in a bodybuilder coming off a competition), a large meal or entire high calorie day might not have any negative effect either. Your metabolism has a way of slowing down if you keep your calories too low 100% of the time.
With occasional (planned) higher calorie days, you’d be using the BURN THE FAT “zig-zag” or “cycling” principle, so eating more in this context can be a positive thing. (Note: You can learn more about this technique in the BURN THE FAT program at www.burnthefat.com).
Although I do prescribe calorie levels based on daily (24 hr) needs, I believe you should also pay attention to 3 hour “windows” when you’re thinking about adjusting your caloric intake.
So, if you’re going to be plopping down on the couch to watch football games for the rest of the day and night after that big holiday meal, beware – you might just want to cut back on that next meal a little, especially starches and sugars.
Bottom line: It’s okay to eat small amounts of your favorite junk foods once in a while as planned “free meals,” and it’s a good idea to eat more in general from time to time to keep your metabolism humming along.
If you ever do slip, don’t beat yourself up, just get right back on the wagon with your next meal and remember, the past is behind you and today is a new day.
Tom Venuto, CSCS, NSCA-CPT
www.BurnTheFat.com
P.S. If you’re interested in burning fat naturally in a healthy, sensible way, then be sure to take a look at Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle – it’s the best place to start your journey: www.BurnTheFat.com
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Simple Truth About South Beach Diet
South Beach Diet Explained
Discovering The Simple Truth About
South Beach Diet
There are many of my clients constantly asking me about South Beach Diet. There is always buzz in the media or from their friends and they just want to know the simple truth about South Beach Diet.
South Beach Diet was developed be cardiologist named Dr. Arthur Agatson. He wanted to help his patient to improve their heart health and overall wellness levels.
I guess that Dr Agatson saw the major flaws of Fad Diets (like I do) and realized that dieting in the terms of removing food groups from your menu or skipping meals is not healthy way to lose the unwanted pounds.
After researching how “bad carbohydrates” and bad fat choices impact human body, Dr. Agatson decided to design a new approach to the word of Diet.
What I like about the South Beach Diet is that you do not need to weight your food portions, you do not need to count calories or deprive yourself from eating like many other “fad diets” will teach you.
South Beach Diet will teach you how to choose the “right kind of carbohydrates”, healthier fat and other menu building tricks. So you will eat at least 3 meals a day. If you are skipping meals currently, you need to change your eating habits, otherwise South Beach Diet (like any other weight loss diet) will not work for you!
Another thing is that many people have the idea that just going on the diet will help them to achieve their weight loss goals.
That is totally wrong thinking!
If you are among those people and think that just going on South Beach Diet will give you the 6 pack abs, transform your big body to a beautiful slim model figure, you will just fool yourself…
Please understand that there is no diet that will do that!
Do not believe me? Well, I have this challenge for you. Just go on South Beach Diet (or whatever diet you want), eat the way they tell you and see how long you can actually follow the diet. And how much pounds of fat did you actually lose.
So do not forget to measure your fat before you go on the diet, ok?
I guarantee you will quit within the first 6 weeks, having no real fat loss (maybe you lose some water or muscle weight) and being a bit frustrated.
Usually when this happens you will feel like a big failure, but I am here to tell you that you are not a failure. You did notr fail! But the weight loss diet you have followed has failed you!
You see, in order for you to lose the unwanted pounds of fat, you need to do much more then just go on a weight loss diet.
You need to completely change your old eating habits to a new, healthy eating habits and not only that. You will need to learn how to deal with stress, how to exercise right to actually burn the fat off and build muscles, which in return will burn more fat.
Only then you can and you will achieve the six pack beach body you’ve always wanted.
It will not be easy, but nothing what works is that easy. All I know that you can do it. I’ve helped so many people to achieve that, they could not even believe it themselves. But as soon as they started to believe, a miracle happen – they started to changing their lifestyle habits and got a great results.
Of course do not say that South Beach Diet is not good or that South Beach Diet does not work. All I am saying that to go on South Beach Diet and think that you will become Super-Model is false!
Have a great day and please come back for more information about why you need to stop dieting and start living a lifestyle for the maximum fat loss and health.
Yours Truly,
Brett Slansky
Weight Loss Diet Killer
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Pro Bowl Time 2009
Pro Bowl Time
What Exactly Has Pro Bowl Time
To Do With Fat Loss?
Amazing! So many people in US want to know what is the Pro Bowl Time“junk food” 2009! I have seen people getting crazy for this event. Buying all kinds of like burgers with fries, tomato pies, sausages (mix of meat you do not even know where it came from), pizza and cheesy bread with buffalo wings and of course…
…lots of cans of “American Beer”...
What a great way to lose fat. I am calling the Pro Bowl Time 2009 the “official fat day” for all Americans following the sport.
Pro Bowl Time 2009
What amazes me is that Football is a sport and sport for me is always associated with – “health, fitness, wellness or flexibility, muscles, cardio, power and strength”…
Yet many people would rather watch the Pro Bowl time then just putting on a Football uniform, gear and ball and actually go out and do it!
I have to laught at this. Now I have nothing against “American Football” – do not get me wrong!
But don’t you think that the “Pro Bowl Time Fat Diet” will improve your health? Will it help you to lose some fat? Would it build your more muscles, make you more flexible, fast and powerful?
Well, I know you are smart and I can hear you yelling at me a resounding:
NO!
But, if you actually go and play “American Football” at least two times a week I bet you would build more muscles, burn fat like crazy and who knows… your six pack will appear instead of your “love-handles”…
It’s your choice now! Do you wanna watch Pro-Bowl-Time 09 or are you going to do it yourself? Do something you love and your health would increase dramatically.
Think about it. May be next time you would play in your own Pro-Bowl-Time…
Have a great and official “Pro Bowl Time Fat Day”,
Brett Slansky
Your Fat Loss Weight Management Advisor
