Lose Belly Fat - 7 Reasons Why You Can't

Hey, don't get offended by the title...it's only there to make you read on...

1. Make a decision

First of all in order to lose weight, you need to first make that decision. If you're overweight, you simply haven't made the decision to lose weight. I see this all the time in my practice, where people are given the best personalized programs but they never do anything with them. Why? Because they have not decided that they want to lose weight.

Right here, right now I want you to make a decision that you will lose weight. Have you done it yet...What are you waiting for? Well now that you have decided to lose weight you might need to know how to go about it now...Read on!

2. You make more excuses than you think

Excuses get the best of us. Even top athletes have used the occasional excuse to miss a practice or two. What does an excuse sound like? Here let me spell them out for you. I'm too tired, I will do it tomorrow, I don't have any time, I'll never be able to do that, I'm not good enough, and on and on and on...These are but a few, but I'm sure you know what I am talking about. Hey, I have made my fair share too. But nothing great ever happens when excuses rule your world. Stop making excuses, and start making progress.

3. You treat food like it's the enemy!

You think not eating, is what will have you losing weight faster. You think skipping breakfast is a smart thing to do. While at lunch time you decide to join your colleagues for a feast at the closest fast food joint. The fact is that eating isn't the enemy. It's the types of foods we eat and when we eat them. Never skip breakfast. This is the most important meal of the day, and not because the cereal commercials tell you that. It's because this meal known as breakfast will start up your metabolism. This is a good thing, trust me. Not eating in the morning and through out the day will have your metabolism screeching to a halt. Eat clean foods and frequently. The definition of eating clean seems to be different from person to person, but I will eliminate that confusion in an upcoming article.

4. You eat 5-6 times in a week

Many people eat once a day, and usually in he evening right before bed. This isn't good, a) because you consumed a high calorie dense meal that will most likely end up getting stored as fat and b) your metabolism becomes very slow when you sleep making the food easily stored as fat, rather than being used as energy. The objective is to eat frequently throughout the whole day, eating anywhere from 5-6 portions. This will help you keep your metabolism from shutting down. When I say portions I mean portions, not full servings. You can schedule 3 portions and 2 snacks if this is easier for you. You can have a portion at breakfast, lunch & dinner and 2 snacks between your meals. What is a portion? A portion is the size of a closed fist. Picture you were going to eat a piece of chicken, a sweet potato, and some salad. The chicken breast would be the size of your closed fist, and so would the potato. This is considered a portion. I would eat an unlimited amount of salad, and I would include a home made dressing, such as olive oil with herbs.

5. You try to lose weight that you've had for years in a few weeks

Losing weight too fast can be unhealthy, and will leave your skin very loose. The objective is to do it gradually. Shoot for 1-2 maybe 3 lbs a week of weight loss. You may lose a bit more especially in the beginning and depending on your size. By losing weight slowly your metabolism can adjust and so can your skin. It will be able to adapt to the gradual weight loss. Take your time, after all it probably took you some time to accumulate the weight, so what's the rush to get rid of it.

6. You go on "fad" diets like it's going out of style

Fad diets have confused all of us, especially those whom want to lose weight. The fact that it's a diet alone should warn you. You have to understand these diets are made to capitalize on this ever growing weight loss market. If you decide to follow a fad diet you'll notice you gain the weight back once you come off it. These diets are quick fixes, but the real fix is long term healthy habits and the right knowledge and application.

7. You don't have the right information in the right order

Many people out there claim to be experts but the sad truth is not many are. For the few that are, you need to listen to them and take their advice as it will surely help you succeed like never before. My good friend Mike Geary has a great website full of helpful information. Take a minute to visit it as it will prove useful. The link has been provided below...

Dean Boukaras is a person who has dedicated his life to educating and helping as many individuals as possible reach their absolute physical best. I truly want to impact one person at a time by spreading the health and fitness truth. Find out how many of my clients lost their weight from their computer... Click HERE to find out how they did it!

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The One Question Everyone Asks Me

I receive hundreds of fitness questions every day from people all over the world, but by far one of the most common themes in these questions revolve around the struggles that most people are having with losing that flabby stomach fat that doesn't seem to want to go away no matter what they try.

Just recently I had the pleasure of meeting a fellow fitness professional named Mike Geary of www.truthaboutabs.com. Now Mike is a well-known expert who deals exclusively with the most effective strategies for losing stomach fat so that you can finally uncover those elusive six pack abs that everyone desires.

Some of Mike's strategies deal with nutrition aspects and others deal with training techniques, but I was impressed to see that Mike has put together one of the most comprehensive resources for dealing with all of the aspects necessary to finally get rid of that nasty belly fat for good.

The key is that Mike focuses on the REAL techniques that are going to get you lasting results, and teaches you how to avoid all of these "quick-fix" scams and gimmicks that are all over the infomercials and the internet these days.

Several of the mistakes that Mike see's every day where people are going wrong in their fat loss attempts are:

1. Most people are wasting too much of their time doing hundreds of reps of ineffective crunches, situps, and other "abs pumping" exercises in their attempt at losing stomach fat.

Mike has discovered that there are certain highly effective exercises that stimulate your metabolism much better, and increase your fat burning hormone levels much more. These exercises that Mike outlines are the best of the best for getting a lean, chiseled body.

Surprisingly to most, the majority of these most effective exercises for stomach fat loss are NOT "abs-specific" exercises. Not only that, but Mike shows you how to combine and sequence them to get the best metabolic and fat loss results possible, changing the shape of your entire body.

2. Most people are wasting way too much time doing hours upon hours of boring monotonous cardio routines.

Mike has researched this topic extensively, including an entire course he's taken comparing different modalities of cardiovascular exercise. After all of this research, we've come to the conclusion that the majority of people out there are not doing the right types of cardio exercise. In fact, most people may actually be inadvertantly decreasing their metabolic rate by doing too much of the wrong types of cardio!

The strategies that Mike reveals in his program go beyond "interval cardio" too.

3. Most people are failing miserably with fad diets.

Mike reveals exactly why most low-carb or low-fat diets are actually working against what your body needs to become lean and ripped and maintain it for life! Mike shows you exactly how to stop falling for the gimmick diets and finally develop a truly healthy eating style that you can actually enjoy for life without being overly restrictive. It's actually easier and more enjoyable than you believe!

Go to Mike's Truth about Six Pack Abs site today and discover the exact system that Mike is using to help thousands of his clients from all over the world get leaner than they've ever been before. This system will help you to lose that stubborn stomach fat that has plagued you for years, so you can finally get that sexy six pack that you've always wanted.

Again, here's the link: www.truthaboutabs.com

Don't forget to visit Mike's site today, as he's giving away some great free bonus reports and other tools that might not be available much longer.

To being lean, strong, and healthy for life,

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7 reasons why you can't lose weight

1. You don't really want to lose weight. I see this all the time. People start a weight loss program or diet and they end up making excuses to get off the weight loss program or diet.
   
   "I can't workout today because the sun is too bright or I can't go to the gym because that annoying lady is there"
   
   These are some types of excuses people make (subconsciously) so they don't have to work to lose weight. When you really want to lose weight nothing and nothing at all will stand in your way. You exercise way too much and burn yourself out. This is almost the opposite of the first reason. You want to lose weight so bad you do everything in overdrive.
   
   You start off running/walking 5 miles a day. You're spending 4 hours at the gym and before you know it... you're too sore to try to lose weight or you got injured from working out too long and hard.
   
   Take your time and pace yourself. You got to realize your not going to lose 20 lbs in a day but only about 1-2 lbs. of fat a week.
2. You think not eating is all you have to do. You think coffee for breakfast, a small bag of chips for lunch and salad for dinner is all you need to do to lose weight. You think all you need is enough willpower to last you long enough to reach your weight loss goal.
   
   The truth is you have to eat and in some cases depending on how you eat now... you may have to eat twice as much as you are now to lose weight.
   
   And forget 3 meals a day... You should eat at least eat 6 meals a day. Eating just the right amount of food powers your metabolism and helps you burn fat.
3. You try to lose weight too fast.
   
   Only shoot for 1-2 maybe 3 lbs a week of weight loss. You may get lucky and have a 5 lb. weight loss week, but trying to lose 10 lbs a week is only going end up disappointing you.
   
   Is it possible to lose 10 lbs. a week? Of course it is but...
   
   Usually to do it - You have to go on some kind of diet where you don't eat and even if you do lose 10 lbs. in a week... You'll gain it all back once you finish the diet.
   
   When you lose weight slow it's going take forever for you to gain it back and you'll probably never gain any weight back because usually the weight loss plan you used to lose 1-2 lbs. a week slowly will prevent the weight from ever coming back and when you lose weight fast it comes back fast almost the next day.
4. You may already have a slow metabolism because...
• You're lazy - your not active during the day - so any extra calories you eat will turn to fat
• You're not eating in the first place (see reason # 3). No food means no fuel for your fat burning metabolism.
• You may have hypothyroidism
• Hypothyroidism is a condition where your thyroid is not functioning at a high level making your metabolism slow.
5. You're stressed out a lot. More stress = more body fat. When you get stressed out you eat because your body releases hormones telling your brain you're hungry.
6. You try to lose weight based on the latest weight loss gimmick and not your own common sense.
7. You eat your biggest meal right before bed