Fat Loss - 3 Major Mistakes You Must Avoid

For many people, fat loss seems like a difficult and arduous journey to complete. Fortunately for you, having the right knowledge is absolutely key to permanently and effectively reaching your goals!

This article will show you 3 very common mistakes that you must be sure to avoid at all cost. Be sure to pay careful attention to all 3 of these concepts because they could make a world of difference for you! There is so much information out there that it is time to set the record straight about 5 of the most common mistakes that so many people make when trying to achieve effective and long lasting fat loss.

Mistake #1: Not keeping a food log

Permanent fat loss without keeping an accurate food log is next to impossible. If you were trying to save money, wouldn't you want to keep a record of where you were spending the most?

The same concept applies to keeping a food log. It is absolutely amazing how much we sometimes underestimate how much food we eat. Fat loss occurs when we consume less calories then we currently do. It really all comes down to that! Keeping a record of the foods you consume and what times you eat them will be a great indicator for what you are doing right and what you are doing wrong!

If you are trying to lose fat and are not currently keeping a food log, go buy one online or get a notebook you can use as soon as possible. But beware, you may have to spend extra money on new clothes very soon if you do.

Mistake #2: Focusing too much on slow cardio

Did you know that slow cardio can be one of the worst ways to achieve long lasting fat loss? This may seem very counterintuitive but bear with me. Slow cardio can be effective for burning calories and can work well in the short term. It is in fact very good for your cardiovascular system and for preventive measures. For fat loss, the same principles do not necessarily hold true.

What happens is that when you do the same cardio workout (30-60 minutes) at a slow pace, your body adapts very quickly. If you go too slowly, you will not burn significant calories or even break a sweat. You see, once your body adapts, it becomes more efficient at doing the same workout. Once this happens, you burn fewer calories with each repeated workout.

If you went outside to run a mile right now, it might feel pretty difficult. But if you ran a mile 5 times a week for 2 months, it would get a lot easier. What happens is the same workout becomes less and less of a challenge the more you do it. Therefore, you burn fewer calories because you are not as challenged as you were at first. For fat loss, this is one of the worst ruts to fall into.

Trying to lose fat with doing the same cardio workout over and over is sure to lead to a plateau and almost all your results will come to a screeching halt. The solution is to use a different method of cardio called interval training. It is faster, more effective, and burns lots more fat calories than slow cardio.

Mistake #3: Avoiding strength training

Fat loss that is permanent largely depends on your body composition and your diet. One of the best ways to do this is to increase muscle mass! Having more muscle is a great way to lose more fat simply because lean muscle mass burns a lot of calories while you are at rest. It has been said that every pound of additional muscle burns approximately 60 more calories per day.

If you gained just 3 pounds of lean muscle mass, that would come out to an extra 1260 calories per week! Combine this with reducing your daily calories by 300 and you are losing approximately 1 pound per week!

Many people think that strength training will not help their fat loss efforts because of the myth that is makes you "big and bulky." If you hold this belief or have ever thought it to be true, you are making a huge mistake that could be devastating to your fat loss goals! Unless you are eating and training specifically for huge muscles you will have nothing to worry about. If you are training for fat loss you are training to make your body smaller. Your body cannot respond by developing "bodybuilder" type muscles.

Conclusion

These are just a few of the biggest fat loss mistakes that so many people make. That being said, fat loss does not have to be a struggle. You just need to take in less calories and burn more. Choosing the right foods at the right time and the proper type of exercise will help you achieve your goal fat loss results!

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Why you keep getting fat!

For decades, food manufacturers have been adding additives to our foods and beverages to help increase shelf life, make foods/drinks taste better, and in some cases to help us lose weight. At the same time, an Obesity Epidemic began that has intensified to the point that more than 60% of US adults are considered overweight and nearly 1/3 of children are obese. Coincidence?

Not even close;

The truth is that only are food/drink additives likely to add pounds to your waistline, they can also endanger your health and put you at risk for serious medical problems in the future!

Ok, so how is this even possible and why aren't food companies doing something about this problem?

As to how additives are causing unwanted weight gain and potential medical problems, the answer is Biology.

Basically, your body breaks down the foods and beverages you ingest during digestion so that your body can extract the nutrients for energy, repair, etc. Unfortunately, additives are created in laboratories using synthetic ingredients our organic bodies just don't recognize. And any substance that your body doesn't recognize or used is considered a toxin that must be flushed from your system and that is where the trouble begins.

You see, whenever your body flushes toxins from its system, it causes your body to produce tiny molecules known as free radicals. The problem with free radicals is that they travel all over your body damaging cells down to the DNA-level. By damaging cells down to the DNA level, free radicals have been linked to wide range of degenerative diseases and health problems, including:

• Increased Risk for Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Attack, and Stroke
• Increased Risk for Alzheimers
• Increased Risk for Arthritis and Atherosclerosis
• Increased Risk for Some Forms of Cancer
• Slower Digestive Function and Increased Gastrointestinal Problems including IBS and Constipation
• Poor Eyesight

When it comes to your waistline, free radicals cause your digestive function to slow down. This makes it more difficult for your body to extract nutrients from the food you eat which forces your body to store more nutrients as fat. But as bad as free radicals are for your waistline, they can be even more dangerous to your overall health!

Basically, free radicals are BAD NEWS but food companies continue to use additives in just about anything you can buy at the grocery store (but there are exceptions more on this later!). And yes, even many of the diet foods and beverages are made with synthesized sugars that ultimately can slow down your digestive function and ultimately cause you gain NOT lose more weight!

Ok, so what can you do?

First, STOP eating DIET foods and beverages made with synthetic sugars like saccharine.

Second, eat foods that are high in antioxidants because they help neutralize free radicals and some can even prevent them from forming in the first place. Some foods that are high in antioxidants include:

• Beans
• Blueberries
• Cherries
• Apples
• Pecans
• Artichoke
• Prunes
• Cranberries

Ok, replacing foods high in additives with those that are high in antioxidants will help control the free radicals but what about your waistline? Isn't that the reason you started eating and drinking all those diet foods/drinks in the first place?

Well, my good friend Dr. Charles has dedicated most of his professional career to safely and permanently eliminating fat so that his patients can reach and maintain their weight loss goals. Now I am NOT talking about fad diets, spending every waking moment down at the gym, or taking a bunch of diet pills. In fact, Dr. Charles developed The Fat Loss Factor as a step-by-step system that slowly but surely transforms your entire body into one big fat burning machine. It won't happen overnight or without a little sacrifice, but The Fat Loss Factor WILL provide a proven blueprint to sustained weight loss that includes the following:

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• 2 Sample Exercise Routines for Maximum Calorie-Burning
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• List of 15 Fat-Burning Superfoods
• Stress Reduction Techniques to Lower Cortisol Production
• List of Fat-Burning Supplements
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You may even  find yourself in a world where even the things that are supposed to help you lose weight like diet foods and beverages may actually be making you gain weight. And at a time when obesity, cancer, Alzheimer, and even diabetes rates are spiking towards all-time highs, you simply cannot afford to ignore the true risks of the foods and beverages you consume.

The Fat Loss Factor was designed, tested, and proven by a doctor dedicated to helping people safely and permanently shed unwanted pounds. You don't have to worry about investing in fancy new equipment, pre-made meals, or special diet shakes. All you need to do is follow the step-by-step blueprint laid out in The Fat Loss Factor and you will be well on your way to the slimmer, sexier, and healthier you that you both want and deserve!

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Are you tired of gaining fat without loosing any?

Here a former fat gainer Show You How To Prepare Quick And Easy Recipes Designed With Simple Fat Burning Foods To Banish Your Boring Diet And Burn Fat Faster!

MEET KARINE LOSIER
(The Lean Kitchen Queen)
To learn how she did it,and how you too can copy her success, like other thousands of people who did, and came out with flying colors.


My name is Karine, I'm the co-author of Metabolic Cooking, and also known as the “Lean Kitchen Queen”.

If you're reading this right now, that means one thing: you're on a mission to accelerate fat loss and get rid of your boring diet.

You've been there and done that. You've tried other diets in the past and have come to see less than stellar results, likely despite some of your best efforts.

You're also a busy person and you don't have time to spend hours in the kitchen to prepare your meals everyday.

Now you're looking for something else – something new, something fresh, and something that will actually work for a change. The good news is that you found me and I'm now here to help you!

As I think you’ve notice, I have a strong passion for food, fitness, and culinary adventures. That’s right, I’m like the Lara Croft of fat loss cooking! I’m a real kitchen glamour renegade.

I get excited about challenging the commonly used techniques that most chefs turn to while seeking out healthier alternatives.

Why?

Because the truth is I'm not a chef at all – just a regular woman who decided to learn what it means to cook well in real life while staying lean at the same time!

I find it fascinating to challenge the 'professional' methods using my self-taught tricks and produce recipes that taste just as good, if not better than what these chefs can create.

You probably already know the person with whom I share my life: Dave Ruel.

Dave is one of the most respected and trusted fitness cooks in North America.

Dave has a large background in helping others achieve their goals, be it fat loss or muscle building, with his uncomplicated and revolutionary recipes and nutrition approach. Over the past few years, he has helped thousands of people reaching their goals through a successful fat burning diet.

When I first met Dave, he taught me how to cook healthy and stay lean at the same time, which is something that I struggled with in earlier times. After that, the rest was history. I fell in love with the man and the cooking. Food is not only the way to a man's heart, but a woman's as well!

I know what you're going to ask me next: "What’s the story behind Metabolic Cooking?"

Well, the truth is that I also have a Masters degree in psychology. I've had the opportunity to deal with a lot of people with weight problems and who struggle to lose body fat.

That makes me fully aware of all the psychological struggles that people face with regards to their eating habits and diets, thus I know the importance of good nutrition that tastes great, uses top fat burning foods, and serves to motivate people to stick with their diet by challenging their commonly held psychological beliefs.

That's why I came back home from my office and told Dave I wanted to do something about it. I wanted to create new recipes that would make you torch the fat in record time.

Dave is simply unbeatable when it comes to designing creative recipes, and I know what people want, need and expect from nutrition and cooking. We're the perfect team to solve the problem most people have when it comes to losing body fat and feeling good about their body.

Here are the reasons why other healthy cookbooks you might have used in the past have not work for you;
- Their Recipes are not made from foods with a high Metabolic ThermoCharge, No structure to make you burn more body fat, and They don’t fight the Metabolic Adaptation Phenomenon.

Here is why metabolic cooking works;

• Metabolic Cooking recipes have all been designed with high Metabolic Thermo Charge ingredients.
• Metabolic Cooking uses a really great “profiling system” for its recipes.
• Metabolic Cooking also fights the Metabolic Adaptation Phenomenon.

And Here are what you will learn and find in metabolic cooking;

• More than 250 fat torching recipes
• A built-in nutritional system 
• Everything about fat burning foods
• 10 cooking and nutritional rules
• How to beat the metabolic adaptation phenomenon 
• How to create your own individualized fat meal plan
• How to manage your kitchen, your meal preparation, and your food budget successfully
• Complete access to our private lists of resources
• And much more.

But dont just take my word for it;
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