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3 Things You Aren't Doing For Fat Loss... But Should
By Leigh Peele
www.FatLossTroubleShooter.com
We always hear about what we need to be doing for fat loss. Eat this food to increase your “burn” here and do this training to get “x” body there. Well I am here to flip it on you and tell you what you aren’t doing because if you were you would be done by now!
1-You aren’t counting
I know for some the act of counting your calories is the kiss of death! You just can’t bear the thought of weighing, measuring, and adding up your food.
I once had this client who spent 4 years trying to lose 30 pounds. She bounced back and forth over and over again. She would lose a little and gain back more. You have heard these stories, you may even be living them. She came to me and we instantly clashed when I said the phrase “do you have a food scale?” and she said that she “wasn’t going to count calories, that it wasn’t for her” and I said to her, “I know, that is why you are here.”
She left me that day and I didn’t hear from her for 3 months. I will say that 9 months later she lost those 30 pounds (actually 32.5 pounds) and it only took her 6 months. Well 4 years and 3 months of her way, 6 months of mine.
The point is that, sure, maybe you are one of the lucky ones that can eat a chicken breast that is the size of a deck of cards or use a point system. However, some of us just will not get anywhere doing that.
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2-You aren’t resting
This is one of those things that's all too easy to ignore. It isn’t as sexy as talking about interval cardio or macros. Not only is resting important, it is the key to you looking sexy.
All the training in the world will not do you any good if you don’t allow time to recover. Did you think that while you are pumping away at that iron, that you are building your muscle? Wrong, you are breaking them down, and you are tearing down muscle tissue. The rebuilding of them happens AFTER you are done, when you are resting. This is why you have to take rest. If you never rest, they never repair.
Rest isn’t just a day off of training either, it is sleep too. Studies show that people who get less sleep have a much higher rate of being obese.
Here are just a few side effects from lack of sleep just involving fat loss:
- Less energy meaning, less intensity in workouts.
- Awake longer and therefore more likely to consume more calories in a day.
- Less time for muscle repair
- Increase in appetite signal release
- More prone to dehydration
- Less time in state of pure fat burning for fuel
- And the list goes on...
What about the benefits of getting 7-8 hours of sleep:
- More fat burning as energy source
- Better muscle repair
- Less chance of injury due to fatigue and drowsiness
- Better function of hormone production
- Better mood and nervous function
- Eating, timing, and schedule more fitting for normal body functions.
- And the list goes on...
The next time you think of letting your sleep lapse while in a fat burning stage, think again.
3-You aren’t moving
Did you know that the average female who works an office jobs burns only 70 calories an hour? This means that eating just one egg has more caloric energy inside of it than she burns. All the fad diets out there want to blame carbs, fat, or non-organic foods but the truth is that while yes, you should know what these things are and what they do, you should also be doing one very simple thing.
Move!
Did you know that just walking on a treadmill at 3.0 and an incline of 5 takes that caloric burn from 70 calories an hour to 370 calories an hour! That is a 300% increase, that is the difference between an egg and an egg sandwich!
The more you move the more you can eat and still be in a deficit. So take that lunch break of your and instead of heading to the restaurant to eat and sit more, go move!
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About The Author
Leigh Peele received her certification from the National Academy of Sports Medicine in training. She also has a Nutritional Consultation Certification and in training Special Populations and Weight Management. A nationally published author in both magazine and online, Leigh Peele is continually raising the bar on her ability to achieve fat loss under any conditions. A leader in research and study in metabolic behavior and recovery she has been deemed the Fat Loss Troubleshooter. Her clients range from college athletes and professional fighters to housewives and obese seniors. She has led those to figure wins and been the champion to those with personal battles especially with eating disorders. Check out her NEW updated (for 2009) edition of the Fat Loss Troubleshoot and new release of The Metabolic Repair Manual by Clicking Here. www.FatLossTroubleShooter.com
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