Burn The Belly Fat

In my previous posts I discussed topics such as 5 Tips For Eating Out, Using a Food Diary, Insulin Inflammation & Weight Loss, Links Between Sleep & Fat Loss, How Salmon Can Help You Lose The Belly Fat,  Bikram Yoga To Help lose belly Fat,  Drinks to Choose Whilst Watching Your Weight,  Glycemic Index,  Cooking with Fats  and a whole bunch more on weight loss and burning the belly fat. 

Today, I want to share with you a recipe that I have been using to cook Salmon. I love the way this dish is prepared. It takes less than 20 minutes to prepare from start to finish. I will also share a yummy side dish that you can also add to this dish. In this article you will discover how to quickly use Salmon in your weekly food intake easily and effortlessly.  Salmon has fabulous properties – (recommended by health experts) such as omega 3 and fatty acids that we need in our diet which is not only essential as part of your staple diet – especially if you are on the journey to lose belly fat & fat loss in general.

Let’s get right into it then. 

In this article you will discover how to burn belly fat and easily order a fabulous meal at any establishment when eating. The biggest problem most people trying to lose weight are facing is eating out. So, how do you eat right and do it discreetly? I am about to share with you in this next article 5 tips which will allow you to feel at ease and not have stressful decisions when ordering your dish. Also you can do this discreetly without anyone knowing. You may even start a trend at the table. How to burn belly fat with no calorie counter, no having to weigh food, no gizmos.

Below are the 5 tips - 

1. Go for protein and salad or aim for a salad dish. 

2. When ordering chose grilled, baked poached or stir-fry dishes.

3. Give the vegies and salad a nibble instead of fries.

4. Anything deep fried, battered or crumbed dishes are a no-go zone. 

5. Pasta and risotto are no-go zones as well.

Some proteins for you to chose: Salmon, chicken (no skin), beef, turkey breast, ham, tuna, lentils, eggs, low fat cottage cheese, low fat sliced cheese.

Veggies & Salad to chose from: Asparagus, bean sprouts, broccoli, bok choy, capsicums, cauliflower, cucumbers, celery, eggplant, iceberg, coral, romaine, cos, butter lettuce, rocket, baby spinach, mushrooms, tomatoes and zucchini. For your dressing ask for a simple olive oil and balsamic vinegar. If you don’t like balsamic ask for lemon juice.

How to burn belly fat and take control of your dining out dishes. Don’t feel shy about making special requests. I do it all the time. The majority of restaurants are well accommodating knowing full well that many patrons may make changes.

A few more tips to help before you even get to the restaurant. Once you have picked which restaurant you will be dining at, go ahead look them up on Google and check out the menu. Not only does this eliminate the stressful period that you would have had when been handed the menu, it also frees you up from making the wrong food choice. If you have allergies to certain foods you may also want to call the restaurant ahead of time and see what they can offer you instead. 

By planning ahead you not only are eliminating the normal stress that would come into play, you now have more time to spend talking with your dining companions. Can you see that you have just made more time available now that you have planned ahead?  Can you see that you have taken away that stressful moment? And all this was done discreetly. How to burn belly fat isn’t a question of how long will it take it is more a question of will you take action? Tune in for more articles on tips and tricks on how to burn belly fat.

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Here’s to burning belly fat.

Do You Use A Food Diary?

In this article I will share with you the importance of writing down your weight loss goals to help you lose the belly fat. You will also discover the necessity of keeping a food diary, what a food diary is,  and how to use one to help you lose the belly fat.  With the following tips diarizing your food intake you will find that you will know exactly what is going into your body.

Let’s begin – why would you use a food diary?  The big reason is so we can make an impact to what changes we need to see in our food intake. Exercise alone will not give you the benefits of losing weight.  A food diary works hand in hand with your exercise routine. You need to make some changes to what foods you may be eating or you may not be eating enough meals to supplement the body for fat burning.  Understanding what we eat each and every day helps us modify our diet to lose the belly fat. 

A food diary can also help improve our nutrient intake, will help you understand what eating habits you are partaking in, plan for future menus, stay motivated, stop undesirable eating,  it also helps break down weigh loss goals into bite size goals. A food diary also helps with a record of success.

How to use a food diary.

When you start your day have your diary close by and every time you eat a meal and drink liquids write down the time and what you ate and where you ate it. An example can be, small bowl of cereal with skim milk, 7.30am, at the breakfast bar at home reading the morning paper.  You can then describe how you felt and what you were thinking at the time of eating.  This helps identify what type of thoughts you are thinking and what you are feeling. This will help identify if you are an emotional eater.  You may also want to get into detail about what you ate. Have fun with this.  

When starting your food diary do not make any changes to your eating habits just be really honest with yourself and keep your diary with you wherever you go.  At the end of the day review your diary . This will make you aware of what you are eating how you are eating and what changes you may wish to make. 

A simple way to record your intake is to have  four columns. One column labelled as time, another labelled as food another labelled as liquid another labelled as what am i feeling.

For those who want to lose weight and lose the belly fat. You will find that by writing in your food diary each and every day makes you responsible and honest about your food intake. You’re the only one who will see it so be as honest as possible. It is a great way to review your habits and make the necessary changes in your food intake.  By using a food diary not only will it help you lose the belly fat but it will help you with your targeted weight loss goal.  Start with keeping the diary just for 2 weeks. If you find it beneficial keep the diary for as long as possible.

Be brave and live a long and healthy life. 

The Truth about Insulin, Inflammation, and Weight
Loss

You probably have heard the term ‘fat-producing’hormone but you’re not quite sure how it fits into your belly fat & weight loss plan?

 In the following article you will discover the truth about insulin, inflammation and how it relates to weight
loss. You will discover what how insulin is produced and how it affects you and your belly fat. You will find that
this is a simple article broken down in easy simple English to give you an overall understanding on the effects of insulin and your body.

Insulin is produ ced in the pancreas to control blood sugar levels and drive sugar and other nutrients into the muscle cells. Insulin is required by your muscles in order to produce energy.

Insulin also controls the processing of blood glucose. Everything you digest gets absorbed into your system from the small intestine after which it passes into the portal vein. This vein carries nutrients directly to the liver. Here, the fats are separated into glycerol and fatty acids. The protein content is broken down into amino acids processed in the liver. The carbohydrate content is absorbed from the gut as simple sugars that rapidly transform into glucose. So, higher carbohydrate content readily increases the level of glucose in your blood stream and that
effect impacts the belly fat region.

Glucose is nothing but pure energy. The body decides on the quantity that it requires immediately and the
surplus is stored for future usage. This decision is made by insulin. It transfers glucose to particular areas in your body that are suitable and readily accessible. This excess blood glucose is converted by insulin into fat known as triglycerides. They float around in your blood stream and reach the fatty tissues where they accumulate in the form of additional fat, which is
disguised as belly fat, fat around the arms, fat around your bottom, fat around your legs, fat on your upper back
etc.

This is why insulin is also known as the ‘fat-producing hormone’. When blood sugar levels increase, insulin
secretion is increased in order to drive the excess glucose into storage, either as glycogen in the muscle, liver or as fat in adipose tissue. This is an emergency situation for your hormonal system.  The dangers that high insulin levels can cause are as follows:  The blood fat (triglyceride) rises. The good cholesterol, better known as the HDL decreases significantly. The liver is stimulated to manufacture bad LDL cholesterol. The development of fatty plaques (atherosclerosis) in the arteries increases. The retention of salt and water increases stimulating the growth of smooth muscle cells in the arteries leading to hypertension. The craving for high carbohydrate food products increases. The blood glucose converts to
triglyceride fats leading to an enhanced fat deposit in your body.

When chronic inflammation levels meet with insulin further problems develop. Inflammation directly impacts how
insulin affects your muscles. With inflammation present muscles fail to respond to the insulin in your body and fail to burn the sugar you consume. Sugars circulate in your blood stream. As your blood sugar levels shoot up, the pancreas responds by releasing even more insulin, which eventually results in insulin resistance.

This can lead to diabetes. The body cells fail to breakdown the fat making it more difficult for you to lose
weight even if you are on a serious diet. The cycle continues with inflammation increasing and insulin production increasing. My advice is have your leptin levels checked by a doctor as you embark on this new journey. It’s no wonder
that you may have tried different methods in losing belly fat however your fat switch was still on.

In the following article you will discover why it is important to have warm muscles when exercising and the benefits of warm muscles. You will also discover the benefits of practicing Bikram Yoga and how it helps to lose the belly fat.

Bikram Yoga was designed by Bikram Choudhury. Bikram helped doctors at the Tokyo University Hospital prove that yoga regenerates tissues and cures chronic ailments. And so
what is Bikram Yoga? It is a series of 26 poses that go a whole body journey relieving stress, reshaping muscles, balancing and strengthening the glands, organs, circulating the whole body, assisting the digestion area, the nervous system, rejuvenates tissue and helps assist in reversing the aging process. It also helps with weight loss and builds will-power self control and patience.  “Bikram Yoga is s system that takes into account all areas of the body from bone to skin and hair to toes.
Each of the internal organs, glands, nerves, ligaments, veins and tissues are used” says Bikram.

In the following you will find 7 reasons as to why you need the heat to lose the belly fat.

1.    Allows oxygen to reach the blood and detach from haemoglobin with ease

2.  Speeds up the breakdwon of glucose and fatty acids

3.     During Bikram yoga your muscles become more elastic and are less prone to injury.

4.     Burns fat more easily. 

 5.    Enhances the capillaries that are around the muscles to respond to heat by dilating therefore allowing more blood to be delivered to the muscles.

6.     Improves overall co-ordination

7.    Reduces heart irregularities during exercise

What you have found in the above article is a description of why it would be a great
option to engage in Bikram yoga and help lose the belly fat.

You have discovered that when blood flows through the warm muscles, oxygen is released much more easily from the haemoglobin this is important because blood that passes through cold muscles releases much less oxygen. Which defeats the purpose of exercising in the first place?

In conclusion you will find by engaging in the art of Bikram Yoga your muscles will burn fat much more easily than cold muscles. Fat is released during this period of stress. The intensity of Bikram Yoga practice – causes fatty acids to enter into the blood stream and then releases them via elimination. If you however exercise wit cold muscles then they can not use the fatty acids and
they end up in unwanted places such as the lining of your arteries. 

 I also wanted to bring your awareness to other beneficiaries of the heat during Bikram Yoga. Higher temperatures improve the function of the nervous system, what we mean by that is that there is increase improvement with the messages that are carried to and from the brain or put another way Spinal Cord. Warm muscles function with more elasticity and are less likely to be prone to injury. Warm temperature also produces a fluid like strength allowing greater motion in ones practice. Cold muscles rarely absorb the shock or impact as they aren’t stretched and they are more susceptible to injury. 

I first discovered Bikram Yoga was helping me lose the belly fat as I looked in the mirror a few weeks during my practice class and whilst adjusting for a posture I noticed my belly had decreased in size. I was able to see my changes day by day.

I have been practicing Bikram Yoga now for over 9 weeks and have found that not only did I have clearer skin, a new interest in eating better food, my biggest change that I wanted to share with you was that overall I was am losing belly fat and so can you. This of course is one method of training. Tune in to our future posts on other forms of training to help you with lose the belly fat. This type of training is accessible to novice and elite students. Go at your own pace and strength.  To lose the belly fat really isn’t that difficult if you are conforming to a program. Birkram Yoga helped me to lose the belly fat in a short period of time. Ideally to receive the most benefits from Bikram Yoga you will want to attend a min. of 3 times a week. The first changes you will see are – skin will become smoother and feel softer. (It feels like you get a facial each time you finish a class). You will also notice that you will lose the belly fat, wanting to drink water naturally, your choice of foods will be lighter. These are just a few of the benefits you will begin to notice only just after a few sessions. Find a studio near you today.  Folks – Enjoy.