Cool Tracking Tool For More Fat Loss
September 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment
As a Faster Fat Loss Zone member I know that you understand the importance of tracking your compliance to your diet for maximum success. There are several ways that you can do this – in a notebook, in the Naked Nutrition Client Manual, in your head (BAD idea), or with computer software. Here is a video that shows you how to use a free piece of software to track your compliance (and any other goal you have). I have been using it for a couple month and LOVE it. Plus the price is right – free. Read more
9 Holiday Workout and Fat Loss Strategies
December 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment
It’s the holiday once more. Our schedules are already busy, but throw in a holiday or two, and priorities have a tendency to fall by the way side. You don’t need to give up your fat loss goals simply because the holidays and the temptation that goes with them interrupt your plans. Here’s some simple strategies to make sure you stay on track.
1. Get up an hour earlier and join “The Morning Breath Club” which is the FFLZ super-secret code name for those of us who must drag ourselves out of bed in the wee hours to get in our key fat loss workouts. Truth be told, the first day is easy, the second day is hard, and after that, it’s pretty automatic to get up and hit the gym or knock out a workout at home.
2. Volunteer to be Santa Claus at the Christmas Party. Pack a large bag with heavy presents. Carry it from the car after parking as far away from the building as possible and use the stairs instead of the elevator.
3. Cut back the volume and up the intensity. Reduce your total workout by 1/3. If you normally do 3 sets, only do 2 but at a higher level of effort. If you normally do 30 minutes of interval training, bump up the intensity a bit and only do 20 minutes. You’ll give yourself a novel effect from the increased effort and save time in the process. When the holidays are over, you can get back on the regular schedule. Read more
Success Story: A Work in Progress
December 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment
If you really want to experience the Faster Fat Loss Zone experience, you have to focus on synergy.
Synergy according to Merriam-Webster is, “conditions such that the total effect is greater than the sum of the individual effects.”
In other words, if you exercise intensely enough and frequently enough, you may lose some body fat.
If you follow an effective eating plan designed for fat loss, you may lose some body fat.
But, if you put them together, and if you stick with the program long enough, you’ll be amazed by your results.
Case in point.
“JK” has been trying to reduce her body fat for many years. She’s been successful to the degree that she’d drop a few pounds of fat, but in a short time, she’d regain it.
She was always a great exerciser and trained as many as 5 days per week at times. It was easy for her to hit the gym and give it her all. Her biggest challenge like most of us was her love of certain foods and fine wines. She’s also very prominent in the community and loves to entertain. Never relying on a caterer, she’s a masterful cook and spared no calorie in her party preparations and exquisite dinners.
Just a few months ago, all that changed. Sure she still entertains and handles all the preparations herself, but she “flipped the switch” and committed to an effective eating plan and even increased her total exercise volume by adding in some low intensity exercise to top off her energy expenditure.
She still eats her favorite foods, but now she eats in proper portion sizes. Her meals will vary from 4-6 per day, and she drinks mostly water with an occasional glass of wine with dinner.
Her exercise program looks like this:
Monday
6 a.m Strength training with fitness coach and interval training
Evening walk 30-60 minutes
Tuesday
Walk 30-60 minutes
Wednesday
6 a.m Strength training with fitness coach and interval training
Evening walk 30-60 minutes
Thursday
Walk 30-60 minutes
Friday
6 a.m Strength training with fitness coach and interval training
Evening walk 30-60 minutes
Saturday
Casual walk with her husband
Sunday
Off or walk
JK still considers herself a work in progress. Her doctor, her husband, and her coach are all thrilled with her progress so far.
Keys to Fat Loss Success – Stages of Change Part 2
October 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment
As I mentioned in Part 1 of this post: “Some people say that fat loss is 90% diet and 10% training. I think that fat loss is 99% mental, 0.5% diet, and 0.5% training. The video below is the first half of a presentation I gave on the psychological model known as the stages of change and how it relates to fat loss.” In the second part of the video we attack the action, maintenance, and lapse-relapse phases that people go through.
http://video.fasterfatlosszone.com.s3.amazonaws.com/stagesofchange2.flvKeys to Fat Loss Success – Stages of Change Part 1
October 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment
As much as I love nutrition and stress the important of a solid fat loss diet if you want to have any chance at losing weight – there is something that is more important. The problem is that is just isn’t very ‘sexy‘ so it doesn’t get as much attention.
I’m talking about your mindset. Some people say that fat loss is 90% diet and 10% training. I think that fat loss is 99% mental, 0.5% diet, and 0.5% training. The video below is the first half of a presentation I gave on the psychological model known as the stages of change and how it relates to fat loss.
Remember, I’m NOT a psychologist but this stuff is so important I had to talk about it. The concepts I talk about in this video (and in part 2) won’t be talked about in magazines but they are EXTRMEMLY important. (Note: Just to put the video in context – The group that I am lecturing to is 1/2 people who want to be nutritionist and 1/2 people that want help with their weight loss).
http://video.fasterfatlosszone.com.s3.amazonaws.com/stagesofchangept1.flv
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