Over the next few weeks I'll start changing over my closet and shopping for cute summer clothes. It's definitely the time of year when one starts to notice those little, undesirable bulges that may have accumulated over the winter months. You know ... the ones that are easy to hide under a sweater but kind of stand out like a sore thumb once the shorts and tank tops come out?
Turbulence Training Founder, Craig Ballantyne, has offered me a few fat burning tips to share with CFB readers. Nothing but common sense here gang, so we all should definitely be able to see positive results in the next few weeks by taking Craig's advice!
5 More Fat Burning Tips for You
By: Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
www.TurbulenceTraining.com
At this time of year, we can use every last tip to help lose that winter weight gain so here are 5 more fat loss tips for beginner & advanced readers.
1) No liquid calories (with the exception of a post-workout drink).
Get rid of all the juices, the sodas, and the sports drinks. Liquid sugar is the last thing you need when you are trying to lose fat.
You must also limit your alcohol intake - especially if you are adding mix to drinks...that is a double calorie bomb! A single "Jack and Coke" is over 200 calories (100 calories from booze and 100 calories from mix).
2) No fast food.
Do not eat at fast food restaurants. Even if you choose what you think is healthy, remember this:
Fast food restaurants are all about profit.
And in order to profit while giving you cheap, quick, and easy to prepare foods, the quality of the food ingredients will be poor - especially the protein.
Now you might have read that you can still make healthy choices at fast food restaurants. But you know what, that's just politically-correct opinion. If it's fast food, it's poor food.
Walking into a burger joint and grabbing a chicken breast on a white bread bun with a piece of old lettuce and a half-green, half-pink tomato is "barely" healthy eating.
The politically-incorrect truth is that it's going to take time and effort to eat properly. You will have to plan, shop, and prepare healthy meals. You will have to spend time cleaning, cutting, and
cooking your food. That's the truth.
But believe me, it will taste so much better than fast food, and healthy eating will make you more alert. Eating fast food will make you feel terrible, and will make you want to have an afternoon nap at your desk.
Make one small improvement to your nutrition everyday for the rest of your life.
3) Eat more fruits and vegetables.
If you are eating 2 servings per day, then go up to 4 servings per day by the end of the week. And even if you think you are doing great by having 5 servings per day, you still need to double that (take 2-3 weeks to work your way up to 10 servings per day).
Stick with fiber-rich fruits and vegetables - organic if possible.
4) Eat 1oz of almonds or walnuts per day (1/2 oz in the AM, and the other half in the afternoon).
Most nuts are roasted in oils (possible source of trans fats), so stick to natural or dry-roasted nuts.
Don't panic...this small amount of nuts won't make you fat, but will fill you up and help you lose weight.
5) Be consistent with your workouts.
And make sure the workouts are efficient and effective. To make it easy for you to follow, stick with the Turbulence Training fat burning workout system.
It doesn't matter if you train in the morning before or after breakfast, or at night before or after dinner, or at 1pm on days when the moon is in line with Saturn...don't worry about the
details, just train consistently.
6) BONUS TIP: Go for a walk after lunch or dinner (or anytime you eat a big meal). Research shows this will help you control your cholesterol and triglycerides, plus any movement is better than sitting around watching the TV and snacking.
Improve your lifestyle everyday,
Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
Author, Turbulence Training
About the Author
Craig Ballantyne is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist and writes for Men's Health, Men's Fitness, Maximum Fitness, Muscle and Fitness Hers, and Oxygen magazines. His trademarked Turbulence Training fat loss workouts have been featured multiple times in Men’s Fitness and Maximum Fitness magazines, and have helped thousands of men and women around the world lose fat, gain muscle, and get lean in less than 45 minutes three times per week. For more information on the Turbulence Training workouts that will help you burn fat without long, slow cardio sessions or fancy equipment, visit www.TurbulenceTraining.com
Train hard; stay strong.
Peace.
Susan
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3 Responses to "5 More Fat Burning Tips For You"I learnt number 2 the hard way - a new Moe's (mexican fast food) had opened up on campus so I decided to try one of their 'salads.' I opted not to have their tortilla shell bowl but did take the little bag of complimentary tortilla chips (after all, I thought, how bad can a small bag of chips be).
I was shocked and pretty appalled to check on line later (to enter it on DailyBurn) and see that my salad (without tortilla bowl, remember) and small bag of free chips contained a whopping 1075 calories and a disgusting 63g of fat! That was 98% of the RDA of fat, 85% of the RDA of saturated fat and also 76% of the RDA of Sodium...
Needless to say I have never gone back to Moe's since!
Fast food can be pretty scary David! Thanks for sharing that information ... no doubt others will benefit from reading it!
Good advice. I find number 2 particularly hard for me, as "fast food" seems so convenient at times. Now I'm forming the habit of taking my own healthy food when I'm out.
Pablo
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