Empowering Resolutions: Love Handles

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Good Morning!

 

This month we will be keeping tabs on your New Years Resolutions, in

order to empower you, help you to stay on track and give you some

great tips for keeping your promise to yourself.

 

 

Empowering Resolutions: Love Handles

 

You can spend hours and hours a week trying to reduce these " love

rolls " by cardio assault or weighted side bends but to no avail!

 

Aerobic activity is just one part of the entire equation need to

reduce the " love sacks " . Weighted side bends will build the muscle

under these " love bundles " and actually make them appear even larger!

 

Diet (what you put in your mouth) and moderate aerobic exercise

together are far more important than any twists will ever be.

 

The bottom line: The BEST way to reduce all that stored fat is simply

by limiting the amount you normally take in. Eliminate excess fats

and sugars.

 

It is also important to burn off any excess fat through some type of

cardiovascular exercise- cycling, aerobics, jogging or rowing- three

to four times a week for 30-45 minutes.

 

Although it may seem counterintuitive, drinking water helps you burn

fat. Studies have shown that a decrease in water intake, will cause

fat deposits to increase. Without water, the kidneys cannot

effectively filter out the waste products and other chemicals which

build up in the bloodstream and interfere with the liver's ability to

metabolize fat. As a result, you become more likely to store fat and

less likely to burn it.

 

Ironically, drinking more water is the BEST remedy for water

retention. When your body is low in water, you retain pockets of salt

and water under the skin, as a defense mechanism. For your body does

not know when it will get its next drink. This stored water and salt

under the skin will create a puffiness and looks like fat. Drink

plenty of distilled water or low sodium water and avoid high- sodium

foods.

 

The FDA recommends limiting your intake of fat to 65 grams per day.

By safely and carefully selecting your foods so that your fat

consumption is about 30 grams per day, you can see a significant

amount of weight loss, depending on your body mass index. (To learn

your body mass index got to www.peacefulmind.com/ailments.htm). Your

body expends a certain amount of calories upon digestion. Proteins

are burned at the highest rate-20-25%, Carbohydrates 8-10%, and Fats

only about 2%. This is known as the Thermic Effect of Food.

 

Doing cardiovascular exercise on an empty stomach, is the single BEST

way to burn maximum amounts of fat. Low muscle-glycogen stores

triggers the body's fat burning mechanism and fat burning enzymes

work best first thing in the morning when your body is low on glucose

(sugar) after its overnight fast. Research has also found that eating

breakfast after cardio exercise, increases glycogen production by 90%

which means MORE ENERGY the rest of the day! Research has also found

that caffeine HELPS cut into fat. So a cup of coffee (without

sugar...try STEVIA herb) and cardio execise before breakfast is a fat-

fighting solution worth exploring.

 

This fact cannot be stressed enough: EAT five or six small meals a

day will prevent hunger pangs, provide constant energy, increase your

metabolic efficiency- improving you fat lossing abilities- and

decrease your risk of heart attack. Consume lean sources of protein-

skinless white meat poultry or fish, with fibrous water rich

vegetables- string beans, tomatoes, cucumbers. Protein shakes or meal

replacement bars work well as one of your small meals. Be aware of

the carbohydrates in most bars and shakes for they can be extremely

high. Medium to low amounts of carbs 2-14 grams a bar is sufficient.

 

 

Andrew Pacholyk, MS, L.Ac

http://www.peacefulmind.com/exercise.htm

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