Fat Burning, Weight Loss, Diet and Fitness Question of the Week

Every week I answer a question or questions that are sent in to me regarding fat burning, weight loss, diet, fitness and or the Fat X program.  Today's question is in regards to motivation and was e-mailed in.

I've looked over your site and I am interested in beginning the Fat X workout and diet program.  The only problem I have is that I am having trouble getting motivated to start.  I was planning on starting a week before Christmas and then I totally just blew it.  Any tips?  

Thanks,

Chris

The holidays are an extremely difficult time to stay consistent.  Even for me, and I'm a professional and staying in shape is  part of marketing my business.  With that being said, I do have a few tips.  The first one is to cut back on the workout days.  I'm personally currently only working out two or three times a week.  I believe in quality over quantity.  So instead of having 4-5 crappy workouts because your rushing through them, concentrate on doing well on the 2-3 days you can work out.

The other tip is to have your plan set for when the holidays are over.  I will personally start up again on a regular training schedule on January 2nd.  I would suggest you have your diet and workout plan set up and ready to go so that you get a running start.  If you've been reading my blog you know that one of my favorite sayings is " if you fail to plan, you plan to fail".  So do what you can for now, and get ready for the New Year.  Good luck!

Exercising With Rubber Tubing

If you're a beginner, or actually whatever level of fitness you are, you can get in a good workout if you don't have access to weights with rubber tubing.  In Fat Burning Workout 3, I include pull ups as an exercise in the circuit, but if you can't do pull ups, you can use rubber tubing and do pull downs.  There is one downside to using rubber tubing.  Check out the video and you'll see what that is.Home page

Calorie Burning Tip of the Week

Burning excess fat and losing weight all comes down to burning extra calories anytime you get a chance.  It's even better if you can do it without much extra effort.  While shopping, why not park your car furthest away from the entrance?  It will save you the aggravation of looking for a spot near the entrance, and the extra walking will burn off calories that you wouldn't have burned off otherwise.  Sure, it's only a few more calories, but multiply that by your shopping trips and long term, it can add up to a few extra pound off that waistline.

Fat Burning, Weight Loss, Diet and Fitness Question of the Week

Every week I answer a question or questions that are sent in to me regarding fat burning, weight loss, diet, fitness and  or the Fat X program. This weeks questions were posted as comments .

Where do you get the big bag of frozen vegetables?

When buying the things required for my diet I usually try to buy in bulk for two reasons.  One,  to save time and money. The other reason is because of the fact the Fat X diet requires a high vegetable content. I normally go to either Costco, Smart and Final or any other type of warehouse store.  When on sale I might pick up a bag or two at a local grocery store.

Which meal of the day should be the heaviest?

By heaviest, I'm assuming you mean high in calories and or difficult to digest.  I recommend having these meals early in the day so that your body has an opportunity to burn off the calories in a positive way.  Once your body stores calories as fat, it takes more work to break down that fat and use it for energy.

Diet Like a Man to Lose Weight and Burn Fat Fast

Here's a video I ran into on myspace that really breaks down dieting and fitness down pretty well. If you're confused about why you might not be losing weight or burning off that stubborn fat, this video will definitely shine some light on some very important issues. How To Diet Like a Man

Low Calorie High Protein Lunch

This was my lunch for today.  I was looking for something low calorie and high in protein . I also wanted to make sure I got my vegetables in early today.

Dieting Tip of The Day

I find it helpful to prepare my diet meals in advance. It's a little
past 1:00 o'clock, but I am getting my vegetables cooked and ready for
later.

Diet for The Meltdown Project

The Meltdown Project was supposed to begin the Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday.  Unfortunately I suffered an injury and had to postpone it.  I'm finally healed up and ready to go.  This project is a workout and diet program that Fat X'ers  can use to shed the holiday fat and weight gained over the holiday/holidays. The expedited fat loss project begins tomorrow and I hope to have the program available early January.

The Fat X program takes at minimum 12 days.  The Meltdown Project is an experiment to see if I can achieve similar results in less time. It's going to be a challenge, but I'm motivated by the success of the Fat X Project/Program and the positive responses I've received from people that have been successful in their fat burning and weight loss goals using the Fat X program.  I'm eager to implement a few fat burning strategies and other tips and tricks that I've learned since I put the Fat X program together.

The diet I will use will be the same as the Fat X diet with the exception of the splurge allowance.  I will leave the splurge allowance out because of the shorter time frame I'm shooting for.  I went shopping earlier and took a picture of what I'll be eating.  Some of the things aren't shown in the picture so here's a list of the food items I will use in my diet.

• 1 Bag of frozen chicken breasts
  
• Frozen salmon
• 4 bags of italian blend frozen vegetables
• 2 stalks of celery
• 4 large cucumbers 
• 1 bag of peanuts
• 1 bag of almonds
• 1 bag of cranberries
• Green tea
• Broccolli
• 1 head of lettuce
• Whey protein powder
• Propel water
• Peanut butter

Metabolism Boosting Tip

A slow metabolism is a key factor in overweight people having a hard time losing weight.  Getting that metabolism revved up and moving is of the utmost importance if you're trying to lose weight or more importantly fat weight.  Building lean body tissue is the best way to speed up your metabolism, but it's not the only way. 

If you ate as much as I did this weekend then you probably need all the metabolism boosting help you can get.  Here's a really easy thing you can do to trick your body into kicking up that sluggish metabolism.  As soon as you wake up in the morning, drink a cold glass of water.  In theory, it will fool your body into thinking it's getting food triggering your metabolism without actually consuming any calories.