Thursday, April 23, 2015
Lose weight with Venus factor
You’ll also see how this unusual tip allows you to strategically eat the foods you crave most, and still experience the slimmest, sexiest waistline of your life. Plus, you’ll also learn which common foods touted as “healthy” can make losing a single pound virtually impossible for women.
Now I totally get it if you think you’ve heard and tried it all when it comes to dieting and weight loss but I completely guarantee you’ve NEVER seen anything like this before and I promise you’re about to be absolutely amazed.
Listen, before we go any further let me assure you this has nothing to do with silly exercise machines, cardio, restrictive or pre-packaged diets, or whatever weird berry pill the diet industry is talking about these days. This is something completely different and you’re going to love it.
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How to Lose 20 lbs. of Fat in 30 Days… Without Doing Any Exercise
In the last six weeks, I have cut from about 180 lbs. to 165 lbs., while adding about 10 lbs. of muscle, which means I’ve lost about 25 lbs. of fat. This is the only diet besides the rather extreme Cyclical Ketogenic Diet (CKD) that has produced veins across my abdomen, which is the last place I lose fat (damn you, Scandinavian genetics). Here are the four simple rules I followed…
Rule #1: Avoid “white” carbohydrates
Avoid any carbohydrate that is — or can be — white. The following foods are thus prohibited, except for within 1.5 hours of finishing a resistance-training workout of at least 20 minutes in length: bread, rice, cereal, potatoes, pasta, and fried food with breading. If you avoid eating anything white, you’ll be safe.
Rule #2: Eat the same few meals over and over again
The most successful dieters, regardless of whether their goal is muscle gain or fat loss, eat the same few meals over and over again. Mix and match, constructing each meal with one from each of the three following groups:
Proteins:
Egg whites with one whole egg for flavor
Chicken breast or thigh
Grass-fed organic beef
Pork
Legumes:
Lentils
Black beans
Pinto beans
Vegetables:
Spinach
Asparagus
Peas
Mixed vegetables
Eat as much as you like of the above food items. Just remember: keep it simple. Pick three or four meals and repeat them. Almost all restaurants can give you a salad or vegetables in place of french fries or potatoes. Surprisingly, I have found Mexican food, swapping out rice for vegetables, to be one of the cuisines most conducive to the “slow carb” diet.
Most people who go on “low” carbohydrate diets complain of low energy and quit, not because such diets can’t work, but because they consume insufficient calories. A 1/2 cup of rice is 300 calories, whereas a 1/2 cup of spinach is 15 calories! Vegetables are not calorically dense, so it is critical that you add legumes for caloric load.
Some athletes eat 6-8x per day to break up caloric load and avoid fat gain. I think this is ridiculously inconvenient. I eat 4x per day:
10am – breakfast
1pm – lunch
5pm – smaller second lunch
7:30-9pm – sports training
10pm – dinner
12am – glass of wine and Discovery Channel before bed
Here are some of my meals that recur again and again:
Scrambled Eggology pourable egg whites with one whole egg, black beans, and microwaved mixed vegetables
Grass-fed organic beef, pinto beans, mixed vegetables, and extra guacamole (Mexican restaurant)
Grass-fed organic beef (from Trader Joe’s), lentils, and mixed vegetables
Rule #3: Don’t drink calories
Drink massive quantities of water and as much unsweetened iced tea, tea, diet sodas, coffee (without white cream), or other no-calorie/low-calorie beverages as you like. Do not drink milk, normal soft drinks, or fruit juice. I’m a wine fanatic and have at least one glass of wine each evening, which I believe actually aids sports recovery and fat-loss. Recent research into resveratrol supports this.
Rule #4: Take one day off per week
I recommend Saturdays as your “Dieters Gone Wild” day. I am allowed to eat whatever I want on Saturdays, and I go out of my way to eat ice cream, Snickers, Take 5, and all of my other vices in excess. I make myself a little sick and don’t want to look at any of it for the rest of the week. Paradoxically, dramatically spiking caloric intake in this way once per week increases fat loss by ensuring that your metabolic rate (thyroid function, etc.) doesn’t downregulate from extended caloric restriction. That’s right: eating pure crap can help you lose fat. Welcome to Utopia.
5 ways lose weight
1. Write down what you eat for one week and you will lose weight. Studies found that people who keep food diaries wind up eating about 15 percent less food than those who don’t. Watch out for weekends: A University of North Carolina study found people tend to consume an extra 115 calories per weekend day, primarily from alcohol and fat. Then cut out or down calories from spreads, dressings, sauces, condiments, drinks, and snacks; they could make the difference between weight gain and loss.
2.
Add 10 percent to the amount of daily calories you think you’re eating. If you think you’re consuming 1,700
calories a day and don’t understand why you’re not losing weight, add another
170 calories to your guesstimate. Chances are, the new number is more accurate.
Adjust your eating habits accordingly.
3. Stare at the color blue. There’s a good reason you won’t see many fast-food
restaurants decorated in blue: it functions as an appetite suppressant. So
serve up dinner on blue plates, dress in blue while you eat, and cover your
table with a blue tablecloth. Conversely, avoid red, yellow, and orange in your
dining areas. Studies find they encourage eating.
4. Eat in front of mirrors and you’ll lose weight.
One study found that eating in front of mirrors slashed the amount
people ate by nearly one-third. Having to look yourself in the eye
reflects back some of your own inner standards and goals, and reminds
you of why you’re trying to lose weight in the first place.
5. Put your fork or spoon down between every bite.
At the table, sip water frequently. Intersperse your eating with stories
for your dining partner of the amusing things that happened during your
day. Your brain lags your stomach by about 20 minutes when it comes to
satiety (fullness) signals. If you eat slowly enough, your brain will
catch up to tell you that you are no longer in need of food.
Drop 5 Pounds in a Week
Cosmo has
come up with a fat-torching plan that really will subtract up to 5 pounds from
your bod in seven days — without starvation, bizarre supplements, or cutting
out entire food groups. How? It's all about small sacrifices combined with
specific techniques. And rather than giving you a one-size-fits-all regimen, we
figure you're more likely to stick with the plan if you pick the eating and
exercise strategies that fit your lifestyle.
So choose at
least four of the nutritionist- and fitness expert-backed tips that follow, and
vow to work them into your schedule for seven days straight. If you feel
ambitious, tack on a few more. The more you pick, the more weight you'll lose.
If you start now, by this time next week, you'll look and feel way lighter.
Drink Mainly
Water
A sports or energy drink, fruit smoothie, or light beer — each serving
contains about 100 calories. Yet these beverages don't satisfy you the way 100
calories of food does, so they're a waste. Other liquids may be high in sodium
and carbohydrates, which trick your body into retaining water, puffing you out.Water, on the other hand, has zero calories and carbs and little to no sodium, making it the perfect slim-down drink. And strangely, it actually helps flush out excess water weight as well as jump-starts your metabolism. If it's just too boring, add lemon wedges or mint leaves.
Ban White
Bread and Pasta
Cutting out all white grain products — such as white rice, spaghetti,
sandwich rolls — will instantly slim you down because the simple carbs in these
foods cause bloating, especially around your belly. "Simple carbohydrates
wreak havoc on your weight because they're digested very quickly, leaving you
hungry and more likely to overeat later," says Jana Klauer, M.D., author
of The Park Avenue Nutritionist's Plan.To go a step further, instead of replacing them with healthier yet still bloat-triggering whole-grain bread products, substitute vegetables for the week. This way, a chicken sandwich becomes chicken salad, and chips and dip turn into carrots and dip. The complex carbs from vegetables are digested more slowly, so you remain full longer. And because veggies are mostly water, they also help flush out excess water weight.
Do Cardio 30
Minutes a Day
Any workout that gets your heart rate up will burn calories. But you'll use
more calories if you pick a cardio routine that engages multiple muscles
simultaneously, says Wendy Larkin, personal-training manager at Crunch's Polk
Street gym, in San Francisco.Three to consider: spinning, cardio kickboxing, and boot-camp workouts. Half an hour of each torches 200 to 300 calories while toning up your arms, legs, and core so everything appears sleeker and tighter.
You'll burn even more calories per session if your workout incorporates interval training: alternating short bursts of intense cardio with slower activity. Experts aren't sure why it works, but trainers swear by it.
Drink Coffee
an Hour Before Working Out
This is the one exception to the stick-to-water-only rule: Just as a coffee
run makes your morning at work more productive, a pre-exercise cup of java with
a splash of skim milk (about 11 calories) or black (just 5 calories) will
energize your workout, explains Dr. Klauer. "You'll burn more
calories without realizing you're pushing yourself harder."
Have Nightly
You-on-Top Sex
Not that you needed an excuse to hook up with your guy every night, but the
fact is, this position is a fat blaster. Being on top means you do the rocking,
and the more active you are, the more calories you burn — up to 144 for 30
minutes.Sex also pumps levels of feel-good neurotransmitters, endorphins, helping you ride out food cravings. Get on top in reverse-cowgirl (i.e., facing away from your guy) to give your thigh and butt muscles an extra push.
Do 36
Push-Ups and Lunges Every Other Day
These gym-class staples will help sculpt muscle, so you'll sport a more
streamlined appearance. Do three sets of 12 of each exercise every other day.
"Push-ups target your upper body, while lunges work your butt, hips, and
thighs," says Larkin. Quick tip: Make sure your back and legs remain in a
straight line during your push-ups; it'll improve muscle tone. Also, you can
build even more muscle with the lunges if you hold free weights in each hand
while doing them.
Sleep 30
Minutes More a Night
That extra half an hour, whether you sleep 5 hours or 8, can refresh you
enough that you will make better food choices (in other words, no quick sugar
fix for breakfast in search of energy) and won't feel lethargic and skip the
gym, says registered dietician Esther Blum, author of Eat, Drink, and Be
Gorgeous. More restful sleep (7 to 8 hours is best) also boosts your
metabolism. And since your body builds muscle while you snooze, getting zzz's
equals better muscle tone.
Make One
Food Sacrifice
Cutting out one indulgence — such as the chips you have with lunch or the
chocolate dessert you eat after dinner — can subtract a few hundred calories
from your diet, which translates into less flab, says Blum. "Your body
won't even notice their absence."
Don't Let
the Camera Add Pounds
Push your chin forward, hold your arms away from your body, and turn
slightly sideways from the camera with one foot in front of the other.
GET THINNER
IN HOURS
Really. These slenderizing effects may not be permanent, but they'll help
you look hotter in your skinniest jeans on very short notice.
Eat Salmon
for Lunch
It's packed with nutrients that build muscle tone and give your skin a
healthy glow. Some nutritionists claim that consuming a portion (doesn't matter
how it's cooked) may immediately make your face look a bit more contoured.
Stand Up
Straight
Keeping your spine rigid and your shoulders back while sucking in your belly
toward your spine gives you a slimmer, more streamlined middle.
Do Squats
and Sit-Ups
Bodybuilders use this technique before competitions because it adds
definition to muscle. Do three sets of 12 of each exercise to tighten your abs,
butt, and legs temporarily.
Pop an
Antigas Pill
Take one of these chewable tablets, sold over-the-counter at drugstores, to relieve bloating in your abdomen and break up gas bubbles in your digestive track, leaving you with a flatter tummy.
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