The Michael Thurman Six Week Body Makeover Accelerated Fat Burning process is hard work. However, you will be pleased with the results after six weeks of eating healthy and burning fat from the exercise program. Here are some tips to help you maximize your fat burning potential.
Sometimes exercise can be boring and tedious. For maximum effect, cardiovascular activity should be performed at least 5 times a week for about 45 minutes. For most people, 45 minutes is just too long and can the repetition can be boring. If you are a jogger or walker, try exercising to your favorite tunes. You can even listen to your favorite audio book on your I-Pod. The key is to keep busy with something else while exercising. If you are on a recumbent bike, bring a book or a magazine to read or even do some studying.
Did you know that many exercises that are considered great cardiovascular activities can often be poor for fat burning? Exercises that make your work out too strenuously are likely to burn little fat. These workouts include:
Stair Climbing
Elliptical Machines
Aerobic Dancing
Kicking Boxing
Stair Step Machines
Rowing Machines
Boxing
The reason is because these specific activities target muscle fibers that cause explosive movement in your muscles. This type of muscle fiber uses glycogen for their source of fuel. When your body is burning glucose, it's not burning fat!
For maximum fat burning, try walking at a brisk pace or slow-jogging. However, if you are exercising too slow, you're not going to burn fat as well. In order to see if you're burning fat, check your heart rate. Your target heart rate should be around 55%.
If you exercise too fast, you're only burning sugar and not fat. The key is to be within the fat burning zone. In order to get your new body, you will need to focus on exercises that will have the maximum fat burning potential.
Use the right muscles to burn fat. Any type of exercise you do causes you to use voluntary muscles. There are three types of muscle fibers: fast-twitch, medium twitch and slow twitch. The Michael Thurman Six Week Body Makeover program will teach you how to target all of these different muscle fibers.
Through your custom body sculpting program, you will learn which specific exercises will burn the maximum amount of fat. The difference about the Six Week Body Makeover is that you will learn how to lose weight and keep it off.
Another thing that you can do is to quit drinking so much.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Six Week Body Makeover Tips
Wish to slim down quickly with the Six Week Body Makeover? It is simple to say bye to uninvited pounds with these easy dieting tips. You will lose weight with the Michael Thurmond diet, however these simple tips with accelerate your weight loss. Just keep an eye on what you consume and make certain to eat fine tasting, refreshing and wholesome foods including snacks, go crazy on veggies and keep your taste buds pleased with fruit.
Your dieting doesn't need to become a sacrifice. With these easy tips, you'll provide your Michael Thurman diet plan a supercharge. You'll be able to utilize this flexible program instantly, for as long as you wish.
1. Take a note of whatever that you consume. You don't have to calculate energy. Only put down what it was that you took in and the estimate amount. You'll find out that being more well aware of what you're consuming assists you to design wholesome meals and snacks.
2. Cut down on fats, especially bad ones. Don't use as much butter on your toast or potatoes, or mayonnaise on your salad as well as frying oil.
3. Don't consume sugary treats more than 3 times a week: ice cream, chocolate, cake, that kind of things.
4. Have a low fat source of protein at all meals: beans, chicken, cottage cheese, fish, or low fat yogurt. Eat nuts, eggs and red meat now and then just not daily.
5. Design your meals with vegetables, fruits and whole grains to boost fiber consumption and lessen fat.
6. Cut the fat content in your dairy products. If you're presently having whole milk, cut down to 2% fat, then 1%. Select low fat yogurt and cheese. Whenever you purchase yoghurt, also check that it doesn't have sugar.
7. Consume at least 2 servings of fruit each day. It could be for snacks or dessert. Opt for fruit that's in season.
8. Substitute sodas and alcoholic beverage with water. Diet soda does you no good because its sweet taste makes you hunger for sugar. Try hot lemonade in the morning.
9. Eat at least 2 servings of veggies at lunch and dinner. When you're getting hungry, eat more.
10. Chew slowly. It takes time for the body to realize when you've had enough. If you eat too fast, you'll tend to overeat.
11. Grated carrot can be an excellent snack. You'll feel that a grated carrot is much fulfilling than a whole one. Unusual but true.
12. Choose whole grains as much as possible. The fiber will not only give you a fuller feeling but also do good to your digestion.
13. Choose chewable food. Whenever you chew, you will feel more fulfilled. Prefer fresh fruits rather than juice, and make your soup chunky.
14. Plan your snacks and meals beforehand. Plan your shopping as well - create a list of what you really need and adhere to it. If you only snatch something whenever you're feeling hungry, you'll likely pick out high calorie foods.
15. Turn off the television while you eat. That includes snacks and meals. Reports have showed that we eat bigger servings in front of the television, probably as we're much less conscious of what we're consuming. Whenever you eat, just eat if you wish to slim down fast with the Six week body makeover.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Losing Weight Faster With the 6 Week Body Makeover Accelerated Fat Burning Program
Do you want to accelerate your fat loss with the 6 Week Body Makeover program? The next couple of weeks, I'm going to write about how to supercharge your weight loss through various techniques and make sure that you get the most benefit out of your Michael Thurmond makeover kit. Here is the secret to lose weight in your first week of using the program - manipulate your sodium intake.
One of the real keys in losing weight in the first week, and throughout every week on the program is to control the amount of sodium you consume. Sodium is found in many foods and can hide behind various forms of prepackaged food. Because of all the processed and prepackaged foods in the US, many Americans are overexposed to sodium and salt. Most Americans have more than the required amount of daily sodium intake. Take a look at the food labels of your favorite snacks and you will notice (especially diet soda) and you will be amazed at how much sodium is contained in each serving of your favorite snack.
Salt makes your body retain water - your cells fill up and make you feel heavy. Water retention is like gaining fat weight because you carry this weight and will cause the same effect when trying to squeeze into your favorite jeans.
Retaining water also makes your metabolism slow down. Your metabolism needs a stead flow of fluids in and out of your body. Slowing down the flow of fluids rapidly decreases the efficiency of how fast your metabolism burns calories. Females can gain up to 2 to 6 pounds right before their menstrual period due to water retention. Furthermore, women past menopause are often given pills, patches, implants or shots which may cause retention of water.
Too much sodium and water retention will dramatically reduce your results of the six week body makeover. For the 6 weeks of the program, you're going to want to eliminate as much salt out of your diet as possible to get the maximum effect out of the program. This means that you will have to exchange processed meats and foods for fresh produce and meats. You will need to cook more home cooked meals since everything, including store-bought lunch meats, pre-cooked whole meats and packaged dinners are loaded with added sodium.
At first, it might be very difficult to eat foods without sodium, but over time you will get used to eating foods natural flavor. Also, reducing sodium may lower your blood pressure.
The easiest way to reduce your intake of sodium, which causes fat gain and water retention, is to avoid prepackaged and processed foods. Get rid of them completely! Through the 6 Week Body Makeover program, you're going to throw out all salt and sodium so that you can create a chemical reaction in your body to accelerate metabolism and cause you to lose weight. If you start throwing large amounts of sodium and salt into your diet, you're not going to get the results that you want.
If you want really fast results, start cooking foods at home and cook whole fresh foods. This way, you can guarantee that you're not taking in any unwanted fats, oils, sodium and chemical additives. Here is a simple rule, if it comes in a can or plastic package, it is probably not good for fat loss. If it came straight from nature in it's raw and purest form, then it will probably be in the menu plan. Next, post will talk about the effects of beverages on your 6 Week Body Makeover diet.
One of the real keys in losing weight in the first week, and throughout every week on the program is to control the amount of sodium you consume. Sodium is found in many foods and can hide behind various forms of prepackaged food. Because of all the processed and prepackaged foods in the US, many Americans are overexposed to sodium and salt. Most Americans have more than the required amount of daily sodium intake. Take a look at the food labels of your favorite snacks and you will notice (especially diet soda) and you will be amazed at how much sodium is contained in each serving of your favorite snack.
Salt makes your body retain water - your cells fill up and make you feel heavy. Water retention is like gaining fat weight because you carry this weight and will cause the same effect when trying to squeeze into your favorite jeans.
Retaining water also makes your metabolism slow down. Your metabolism needs a stead flow of fluids in and out of your body. Slowing down the flow of fluids rapidly decreases the efficiency of how fast your metabolism burns calories. Females can gain up to 2 to 6 pounds right before their menstrual period due to water retention. Furthermore, women past menopause are often given pills, patches, implants or shots which may cause retention of water.
Too much sodium and water retention will dramatically reduce your results of the six week body makeover. For the 6 weeks of the program, you're going to want to eliminate as much salt out of your diet as possible to get the maximum effect out of the program. This means that you will have to exchange processed meats and foods for fresh produce and meats. You will need to cook more home cooked meals since everything, including store-bought lunch meats, pre-cooked whole meats and packaged dinners are loaded with added sodium.
At first, it might be very difficult to eat foods without sodium, but over time you will get used to eating foods natural flavor. Also, reducing sodium may lower your blood pressure.
The easiest way to reduce your intake of sodium, which causes fat gain and water retention, is to avoid prepackaged and processed foods. Get rid of them completely! Through the 6 Week Body Makeover program, you're going to throw out all salt and sodium so that you can create a chemical reaction in your body to accelerate metabolism and cause you to lose weight. If you start throwing large amounts of sodium and salt into your diet, you're not going to get the results that you want.
If you want really fast results, start cooking foods at home and cook whole fresh foods. This way, you can guarantee that you're not taking in any unwanted fats, oils, sodium and chemical additives. Here is a simple rule, if it comes in a can or plastic package, it is probably not good for fat loss. If it came straight from nature in it's raw and purest form, then it will probably be in the menu plan. Next, post will talk about the effects of beverages on your 6 Week Body Makeover diet.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Think You Can't Lose Weight on the 6 Week Body Makeover?
The 6 Week Body Makeover is about changing your eating habits so you can be skinny for a lifetime. Think again before you give up on losing weight. I believe everyone can lose weight if they just use the right system for them. It's not rocket science.
I used to firmly believe I can't lose weight and would always be overweight. But, I was proven wrong in the end.
I used to lose a pound and pile two on, an endless merry go round. I changed when I was struck with type 2 diabetes.
I wondered if my being fat was the cause but I think I'll never know the reason. I'll tell you though it really scared me.
I had high blood pressure and I was only16 years old. How the hell did I get a disorder for older people?
Time to do something about my weight properly this time. No half hearted attempts to lose a few pounds. I had to change my way of thinking on this one.
Like most "fatties" I tried all sorts of diets and gizmos. Some of the stuff was sickeningly expensive and turned out to be next to useless. I shudder at how much money I've thrown away.
I ended up using a step by step system that allows me to plan ahead. I can plan my meals and thankfully I don't have to ration them.
I use a diet generator on my computer that makes it so easy to create my meal plans. I used to stress out trying to work out what to (safely) eat.
I was a sucker for eating any leftovers. I actually thought that it was wasteful to throw it in the garbage. Now I have a totally different mindset and we rarely cook more than we can eat.
It might be time for you to take a fresh look at things. If you're anything like I used to be and think you can't lose weight, now is the time start believing you can.
It's a decision that you will never regret. You may look back and think how ridiculous it was to believe that you actually can't lose weight.
I'm a bit OCD and like to have everything I do put into systems. I like to follow lists of instructions knowing that at the end I'll get the result I expect. It's no different with my weight loss and it could be the same for you.
I've reviewed some of the stuff I've tried including my fav system on my web page, which is the 6 week body makeover.
If you think you can't lose weight, check it out and be prepared to be proven wrong. Are you up for a challenge?
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
6 Week Body Makeover - The Role of Protein in Weight Loss
Losing weight on the 6 Week Diet Makeover is about eating lean proteins. If you want to lose fat and gain muscle, you'll find that the importance of protein is emphasized to you again and again.
You might find that you are told about protein enough that you start rolling your eyes. Yes, you know it is the building block of your muscles, but the issue is that so few articles will tell you why.
The first thing that you need to think about is what proteins are and why you need them so much. At the most basic level, proteins are organic compounds made up of amino acids. These amino acids that make up the proteins are essential when it comes to building muscle. They field the growth of muscle cells and they are going to contribute overall to the growth and strengthening of your body.
When you are thinking about making sure that you are getting foods that will keep you strong and healthy, consider starting with good proteins. Any active person can benefit from the reasonable consumption of proteins if they live an active life. Martial artists, sportsmen and athletes can all benefit from good protein in their diet.
Also, if you lift weights on a regular basis, consuming proteins will help you repair your muscles.
Getting the right amount of protein will ensure that you get the repair that you need, and you will also find that looking into the protein in your diet will help you get a more balanced and effective path towards building the muscle that you need (which will increase the speed of your metabolism).
If you want to make sure that you are on the right path to building muscle, you'll find that it is important to find good sources of protein. For instance, lean meat is a great way to get started. It is going to help you build up your muscles and repair, them, as will egg whites. If you want to build up lean muscles, a good breakfast of lean meat and and egg white omelet can be a delicious way to start your day.
Remember that soya beans are also a great source of protein and that they have less calories in fat to be concerned about.
Protein shakes are a wonderful option for you when you want to make sure that you are eating healthy but don't feel like cooking at all. You can whip yourself up a shake as you walk out the door, and you can even take them as a powder or a capsule. The 6 Week Body Makeover has many protein choices in their meal plans which will ensure you have enough protein to feel satisfied throughout the day and build the lean muscle that will burn fat effectively.
Monday, June 15, 2009
6 Week Body Makeover - Calorie Shifting
The 6 Week Body Makeover is all about metabolism confusion. This means performing a "calorie shifting" diet. Do you know why the calorie shifting diet plant works so well? A recent research breakthrough in fat loss has shown that a typical diet has an extra hurdle to overcome. Humans have an adaptable metabolism that can adjust to conditions that change.
Usually when you begin a new diet, you reduce you calories per day. That will work well for a few weeks. However, your body reacts to this as if it is a permanent change and it slows down to restore a normal state of equilibrium.
This can cause the dieter to reach a "plateau" where the new caloric level becomes maintenance. Then he or she has to eat less or exercise more in order to continue losing weight.
The calorie shifting method bypasses this plateau by keeping the metabolism off balance. This is done by eating foods from the different food groups in a certain order. One meal, or even the menu for one day, will be very high in carbohydrates, while the next one focuses on protein.
A simple body makeover menu might be eggs and bacon one day and the next day all fruit. You can prepare these meals however you choose and eat as much as you want. Just be sensible and dont overstuff yourself.
This method has been known to speed up the fat loss process, and results of up to 9 pounds in 11 days have been recorded. After the 11 day cycle a 3 day break is required, where you can eat whatever you want to, just not too much of it.
The calorie shifting is flexible, and usually another food of the same type can be substituted if you don't like the suggested item, or can't eat it for some reason. For example, cashews could be substituted for peanuts, or sausage for bacon.
When you find yourself stuck with a conventional diet on a plateau. Have faith. The 6 Week Body Makeover and calorie shifting works!
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