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Sunday, December 2, 2007

Six More Fat Burning Tips for You


The holiday season is just around the corner and it's useful to remember some fat burning tips if you're in the process of losing weight.

Here are 6 more fat loss tips to help you control your weight and achieve your goals...

Tip 1: Avoid liquid calories and alcoholic drinks. These include all the sports drinks, juices, and sodas. If you want to drink liquid calories, make sure you drink after a workout. Liquid containing sugar should be the last thing on your mind if you're trying to burn fat. FYI: Calories in a can of Coke (330ml) is 139kcal. Calories in a glass of orange juice (200ml) is 88kcal. One bottle of beer contains about 150 calories.

Tip 2: Avoid eating at fast food restaurant. Forget about what you've read in a magazine telling you that you can choose to have healthy foods in a fast food restaurant. Fast food restaurant is all about making profit and giving you cheap and quick to prepare foods, the quality of the food ingredients will suffer. Walking into a burger outlet and grabbing a chicken breast on a white bread bun with a piece of lettuce and a half-green, half-pink tomato is NOT healthy eating. Conclusion: Fast food = Poor protein!

If you can handle the TRUTH, it's this... Preparing a healthy meal requires you to take significant amount of time and efforts. You will need to plan and shop for nutritious foods that have good ingredients and you will have to spend time preparing and cooking your foods. Now, that's the truth!

Tip 3: Eat more fruits and vegetables. If you are eating 2 servings per day, then go up to 4 servings per day by the end of the week. And even if you think you are doing great by having 5 servings per day, you still need to double that (take 2-3 weeks to work your way up to 10 servings per day). Stick with fiber-rich fruits and vegetables - organic if possible.

Tip 4: Eat 1oz of almonds or walnuts per day (1/2 oz in the AM, and the other half in the afternoon). Most nuts are roasted in oils (possible source of trans fats), so stick to natural or dry-roasted nuts. Rest assured that this small amount of nuts won't make you fat, but will fill you up and help you burn fat.

Tip 5: Be consistent with your workouts. And make sure the workouts are efficient and effective. To make it easy for you to follow, stick with the "Turbulence Training fat burning workout system". It doesn't matter if you train in the morning before or after breakfast, or at night before or after dinner, don't worry about the details, just follow the "Turbulence Training fat burning workout system" to train consistently.

Tip 6: Go for a walk after lunch or dinner (or anytime you eat a big meal). Research shows this will help you control your cholesterol and triglycerides, plus any movement is better than sitting around watching the TV and snacking.