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Got your attention.  :)  Well, I’ve  talked about different exercises  and that a variety is good for the body. Now I am going to do the same for the blog. I have decided to write about getting the body to work for you.

How do I get rid of this darn body fat that keeps sticking around like a bad wart.

The theory is that do more activity like exercise to increase output of energy while decreasing food intake.  Okay, I can see how that would work in the beginning for someone just getting started on a reasonable program.  There are some programs that are totally out there.  Listen to your body definitely.  Know what you are able to do.  Just remember that if you are starting out on a weight loss program to take baby steps.  You did not put the weight on all in one day and you are definitely NOT going to take it off in one day.

Now, for those of us who exercise like crazy almost  into an obsession mode (not good either), what can we do to help us a little more.  Well, diet is the key.  Okay, so you started eating salads and maybe not so much at dinner and you  cut down the amount that you eat.  Well, okay so the next question is, what kind of foods are you eating?

Awwwww, that is the question.  Are you eating foods that are going to help increase the metabolic rate to work for you instead of maintaining.  Well, let’s just look at this for a moment.

In order for you body to burn effectively it has to work hard, just like you have to work hard to pump those weights to build muscle. 

You have to work hard, you have to maximize your output.  Well, your metabolic rate also has to work hard to rev up the burning effect.  This is known as the “thermic effect” is the increment in energy expenditure above resting metabolic rate due to the cost of processing food for storage and use. 

Great, now what kind of foods allows for this kind of affect?  How about proteins?  Okay proteins like wild caught fish, (sockeye salmon, herring, mackerel, claims and halibut. Meat (beef) from range or animals that eat grass from the land.

How about those eggs whites?  Great as a snack and filler.  Free-range of organic chicken.  Again, ones that eat grass.

Eat good fats and good carbohydrates.  Another words, stay away from the simple sugars.  Your body makes sugar anyhow, don’t add more to it.  It knows what it needs to survive the rest is put into storage for later use.  But if we never use it guess what?  Body starts to change in ways we don’t want it to.   

So, you don’t have to eat like a rabbit so to speak.  You just have to eat foods that work for you.  Find the right combination.  Everyone is different so listen and pay close attention to how your body reacts to certain foods that you eat.  If  your plan is not working change it up so that it does, just like your exercise routine.

I get lazy sure.  I will tend to graze on foods that I shouldn’t and guess what, I pay the price for it.  I have to work extra hard and now I really have to eat good clean foods.  My health is worth more to me and can’t not afford to go see a doctor.  I work hard so that I stay healthy and not end up at the doctors.   You should to.

“A year from now you’ll wish you had started today”

Have you ever felted like you were working you butt off, keeping track of nutrition, how much you lifted, and even keeping track of your calories intake and burned and nothing is working?  Gosh darn it, I have been working my tail end off and nothing (the FAT) is not budging.  I am following the nutrition plan to the key.  I have not had any fat for like two weeks.  I have been eating my protein and drinking my shakes.  I have incorporated my fruits more and vegetables with my salads.  Nothing!  I tell you nothing!  I have been burning about 500 calories extra a day.  Now, I know the magic number is 3500.  So, this week I am already up to 1328.  Two days and I have burned that many calories.  I am getting ready to get on the Treadmill again.

I am really bummed out.  I am just going to quit eating all together.  No, I really like to eat.  My deadline is getting closer and I can’t even tell the difference.  The tape measure doesn’t even move.  What to do.  Am I going to have to go to really extreme?  How much more can I go you guys? 

Okay, I am going to have to pull out all the punches.  Time to step it up again. 

Time to start eating more of the Top Metabolic Foods.  Next week, I had better see something.