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14099 Cutting calories to lose weight

If the goal is to lose weight then match your activity level with the calories you consume.

Too many calories in, excess fat on. It’s that simple, more or less.

Cutting calories is not the total answer to weight loss. By cutting too many calories your body becomes extremely efficient at hoarding the ones it does get. This leads to excess fat tissue build up.

Look at the body weight charts and find out your ideal weight, next decide how you are going to achieve this goal. Write it down. Let others know what it is. Get your support system in place. Find a friend who shares a common goal and work together in helping one another out.

A membership to the gym is next in line. Get professional help with your exercise program.

I can hear it now…I used to play football and this is how we did it then. Well then is a long time ago and things have changed-just look at your body in the mirror. Is this how you want it to look? Alternatively, how about when you ran track or were a cheerleader or gymnast. Without the guidance of your coaches, would you have been in the shape you were back then? It’s the same now.

A professional strength or fitness coach knows how to get results and those who work with these professionals achieve their goals on a regular basis.

Always keep in mind this thought: a super strength or fitness plan will never overcome a poor diet.

Now that you’ve decided to actually start eating better and exercising it is time to get rid of the junk in your home. Go through all of your cupboards, freezers and the refrigerator and throw away the bad food choices of the past.

If it’s there you will eventually eat it won’t you? Yes, you will and you know it so avoid the temptation and just get rid of it. Forget about the moans and groans from the rest of the family, just do it. You and they will be better off without it in the long term.

Make a shopping list of food you need and make healthy choices when you are in the store.

While there pick up a 5×8 spiral notepad to keep track of the stuff you eat or drink. Along with food and drink entries in this diary, keep track of your exercise progress on a daily basis. Keep it current and soon it becomes a healthful habit that will continue to guide and encourage you toward your fitness goals.

Health and fitness both come at a price and that price is eating healthy and exercising on a regular basis.

07099 Reducing your dietary fat calories

Adding a nice dressing to your summer salad is a matter of picking out a fat free dressing. A few ideas here can save you many unnecessary fat calories.

For example, plain yogurt tastes great in sauces for pasta, and sandwiches. Plain yogurt and tuna makes an excellent tasting sandwich spread. This is certainly better for your heart than mayonnaise. For a snack, bagels and bread are tasty when topped with fat free cream cheese. Pureed cottage cheese offers a nice smooth spread.

Substitute beans as your protein one or two meals a week, this automatically cuts down on the fat content. Add them to your salads, or soups for a healthy change. These are high protein, low fat and the best part is they have no cholesterol.

If you are unable or unwilling to try eating more beans and legumes during the week then use lower fat cuts of meat. Beef sold as select rather than choice or prime is much healthier for your heart.

Buy the extra lean ground beef, or for another taste treat try the ground chicken or turkey. Speaking of chicken and turkey, peel the skin off before or after cooking. This will save you many calories that in most cases aren’t needed in your diet. Another option is to pick up a pound or two of Canadian bacon instead of the regular fat filled bacon.

Fish is excellent as the main course for a meal. Adding a nice dressing to your summer salad is a matter of picking out a fat free dressing. A few ideas here can save you many unnecessary fat calories. Choose salmon, mackerel or herring not only for their lower than normal fat content but because of the high omega-3 fatty acid content. This fat has demonstrated its effectiveness promoting cardiovascular health.

Even meatless products have a place in reducing the fat in your diet. Meatless hotdogs, hamburgers, and even sausage taste all right occasionally. TVP, textured vegetable protein, comes in a variety of flavors that are available in the specialty stores.

A meal is not complete without dessert. Nonetheless, it is at this time when all of your good diet conscious decisions fall flat. There are good tasting options such as fat free frozen yogurt and ice cream, sherbet and sorbet. Put a heap of wild berries on top and you’ve got a dessert made in heaven.

Read the labels on the food before buying it. If it’s high fat move on down the line until something else that is healthier shows up in the next aisle. As the saying goes, become an informed consumer.

The roof is on, the house has been leveled out, the dishwasher is in, and now we are having a new heat pump installed. I did the dishwasher. The rest was contracted out.

Each time I contract a job out it looks easy to do. However, my experience with things around the house leaves a lot to be desired.

Getting people strong and powerful is a kick,  as is working on cars. In both areas, I feel comfortable and capable of success. Moreover, I read and study all I can about each subject.

I find it strange that my competence is so lacking when it comes to doing much with the house. It took me several days to get the sink to stop leaking after I changed the drain strainer.

The key to success is to be knowledgeable about what you’re doing. I have a library of strength and training reference books along with car manuals up the ying yang. But for the house, we have at most fifteen how to do it books. So I wing it a lot of the time and then end up paying for it as I redo the projects over to get them right.

In training others, I am comfortable with what I am doing based on my constant research and experience with my trainees. There is always something else to know and I want to know it…Now and not later.

There in lies the difference between working on the house and guiding others in getting stronger or fixing up cars. The knowledge and continually reading, studying and learning more every day.

Learn something new every day or the day is wasted.

31089 Healthy ways to reduce your fat intake

The two quickest ways, mentioned earlier were cutting back on unhealthy fat by skimming off the fat from your gravies, soups, and stews and using skim milk in place of whole milk.

Next up on the fat reduction list; cooking smarter, using fewer yokes, and decreasing the use of butter and margarine in your recipes.

Cooking smarter

Do you really need that extra glob of butter on your eggs or that much margarine on your morning toast? Probably not, but it’s hard to give it up isn’t it? As with all things in life (except lifting weights and healthy exercise), moderation is the key.

Substitute the butter and margarine with a bit of vegetable oil, nonstick spray, or olive oil lightly smeared on the pan. Another option is to use the nonstick Teflon pans. Substituting other ingredients for butter or margarine may take some getting used to but the new flavors offer a new taste sensation. For example, use apple, plum, apricot, peach, or any other fruit butter on your toast or bread. When baking unsweetened applesauce, prune puree can sometimes be substituted for half the called for amount of butter, oil or shortening in the recipe

Bake, broil, grill, poach, or steam instead of frying. When you poach your egg, stir the hot water in a circle so the egg centers in the middle and stays together while it poaches its little heart away. Speaking of eggs the yoke contains the most fat and cholesterol so leaving out a few yokes in your omelet may be in your best interest. There are some high quality egg substitutes on the market. Try a few and see which ones you can tolerate.

As you grill or broil your meat, keep it on a rack so the fat drips off and makes a mess (or catches on fire) but at least it’s not going into your stomach. You may want to put something under it to keep either of the aforementioned things from happening.

After your grill is fired up and everything is cooking to perfection, or burning up, it’s time to make a good tasting salad filled with your favorite vegetables.

However, that will have to wait until next time when the super high red-hot heat, burn it and get it done quickly chef from explosivelyfit strength training shares more dietary fat reduction ideas. Adding a nice dressing to your summer salad is a matter of picking out a fat free dressing. A few ideas here can save you many unnecessary fat calories.