New Year’s Resolutions Gone Sour

 

5, 4, 3, 2, 1….HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 “My New Year’s resolution is to quit smoking”.  “My resolution is to lose weight”.  “I’m going to start eating healthier”.  “I’m joining a gym”.

 Week One:  Getting Started

“I can do this, I’m pumped!”  “This is going to be cake”.  “Let’s do it”.

 Week Two: 

“Wow this is hard but I got this, I have willpower”.  “I just have to psych myself up”.

 Week Three:

“I need a cigarette!”  “I’m starving to death!”  “My body hurts!”  “I need a cheat day!”

 Week Four:

“This is for the birds!”  “I can’t do this anymore, I’m all done!”  “Oh well at least I tried”.  “There’s always next year”.

 Does this sound all too familiar year after year?  Well it doesn’t have to be!

Most New Year’s resolutions fail within the first 30 days.  Probably because some people start out with the right intentions but may be going about it all wrong.  Think about it.  Some people go from smoking for years to trying to quit cold turkey.  And for some they have been eating foods loaded with fats and sugars year after year to a diet consisting of egg whites, dried out chicken and vegetables.  Not to mention exercising.  Some go from an exercise regimen of getting off the couch to find the remote control to killing themselves on a stair master 5 days a week.  No wonder why so many people fail at their New Year’s resolution.  They try to make their resolution a quick fix instead of a lifestyle change.

 Bad habits were not created in a day, a week or even a month.  So breaking those habits (which can be done) may be a slow process for some.  Instead of looking at your goals as a resolution why not look at them as a journey, one day at a time.  With each day you get through its one step closer to winning the battle. 

Here are some ways that may help prevent your New Year’s resolution from going sour.

 If your New Year’s resolution is to:

• Quit Smoking—You may want to seek medical advice before quitting.  Your physician may suggest alternatives to just quitting cold turkey.  Alternatives such as using nicotine replacement therapy or non-nicotine medications to reduce withdrawal symptoms. Or by reducing your intake of nicotine gradually over time by decreasing the number of cigarettes you smoke.  Acupuncture or support groups could also be an alternative to just quitting cold turkey.

• Lose Weight and/or Eat Healthier—Try not to make drastic changes to your diet all at once, do it in increments.  In other words if you need to add more fiber to your diet (fruits, veggies, whole grains), do it gradually.  Start out with the first few days by adding fiber to one of your meals.  Oatmeal or fruit for breakfast or a serving of veggies or brown rice with lunch or dinner.  Then after a few days add another serving and so on until you reach your recommended daily intake (25-30 grams per day).  By adding fiber gradually you may prevent bloating and/or stomach cramps.  Another way to make gradual changes to your diet is by bringing a lunch from home instead of ordering take out or eating at a fast food restaurant.  This way you can control the fat intake associated with fast foods.  The same goes with water intake.  Water is very important for overall health & weight loss.  If you feel you don’t drink enough water or no water at all then gradually add one cup at a time.  Your ultimate goal is to take in at least half of your body weight in ounces (150 pd person = 75 ounces of water intake per day).  And the more water you take in the more water your body will crave instead of sugary drinks such as soda’s, juices etc…. Don’t like plain water?  Then try flavored water or add lemon or any kind of other fruit.
• Start an Exercise Regimen—Start out slow slow slow!!  Don’t be another statistic with failing at your New Year’s resolution.  Start out by walking on a treadmill or using a stationary bike for 15-20 minutes every other day for the first week. Then with each passing week either add more time to your cardio, more days or increase your intensity levels.  (Try not to exceed 45 minutes of cardio 5-6 days a week if your goal is weight loss). After a few weeks of doing cardio add weight training to your regimen but start at a beginner’s level. Start with a full body workout (one exercise per muscle group and 1-2 sets of each).  Train 2-3 X per week with 1-2 days rest in between.  Use light weights in the beginning then gradually increase your weight over time.  Make sure you change up your weight training programs every 4-5 weeks when you hit a plateau.  By gradually adding and making changes to your cardio and weight training regimen, you may not only prevent burnout and/or injuries but you may prevent your New Year’s resolution from going sour.

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Natural Home Remedies For New Years Weight Loss

There are many natural ways to lose weight and reduce your body fat. One natural home remedy for losing weight is drinking a tall glass of hot water with half a lime squeezed into it, mix the hot water with a teaspoon of honey, and drink it first thing in the morning. You should see results in as little as 7 days.

Sipping warm water all day will also help considerably in loosening lipids and lessening fat in your body.

You will still need to make changes to your diet and lifestyle, if your serious about losing weight this new year . Don’t worry you can do this slowly, but it’s the only way to really shed the extra pounds in a healthy way . Once a week eat brown rice instead of white rice. Forget the ice cream, eat yogurt instead. One day a week, eat only fruits and vegetables for the entire day. Although these changes are small, they will make a big difference to your overall effort to losing weight and, and you will keep it off. Women looking to lose weight must perform simple aerobic exercises for 30 minutes each day. If you can’t do aerobic exercises, take a walk at a fast pace, make sure the walks take you at least 30 minutes. In the beginning walk for 10 minutes then gradually work your way up to the full 30 minutes. This should only take you a week, at most, the body adapts quickly.

Many women think that losing weight has to be this major overhaul of there lifestyle, it’s just not true. Does it take work and commitment. Absolutely, but this new year if your resolution is to shed the fat and get into shape, my product can help you. I have been a fitness trainer for 15 years and I created My Audible Trainer, it’s a audible training tool that women of all ages can use to lose weight, get in shape and change there life once and for all. My name is Susan Ferrari and I can help you get fit, if your serious about working out, but feel intimidated about going to the gym give My Audible Trainer a try, you’ll be glad you did.

Go from Flab to Fab

With Fitness Expert Susan Ferrari

The dreaded flab!  Flabby arms, flabby legs, flabby stomach….  Who doesn’t battle with one or more of these problem areas?

Let’s look at some causes of flab and ways to combat it:

• High Protein/Low Carb Diets—Low carb diets deplete the healthy glycogen (the storage form of glucose) stored in your muscle and liver.  If you eat protein without enough fuel calories coming from fats & carbs you will convert dietary protein to fuel (energy) leaving no protein for cellular needs.  This in turn will force the body to attack its own lean muscle tissue causing loose skin as well as dehydration.  That’s why people on these types of diets see a significant amount of weight loss.  It’s a combination of body fat, muscle tissue and water loss.  You might be thinking what’s wrong with that?  The problem is that most people don’t last long on these types of diets.  Because of the loss of muscle tissue your body’s metabolism will slow down in turn causing you to gain more body fat then when you started.  Instead, preserve your muscle tissue & the elasticity of your skin by eating a well balanced diet.  Include a variety of low fat protein choices, complex carbohydrates, low fat dairy, fruits & vegetables.  And don’t be hard on yourself if you cheat here and there.  Brush it off and get back on track!
• Lack of Water—Minimal water intake causes dehydration of the skin which in turn loses its elasticity.  Drink at least half your body weight in ounces.  (EX:  150 pounds = 75 ounces of water).  Don’t like plain water then try flavored water or add lemon or any kind of other fruit to your water.  Stay well hydrated daily and your skin will love you for it.
  • Smoking—Smoking damages the elasticity of the skin making it more difficult to tighten flabby skin after weight loss because it deprives the skin of oxygen & nutrients. With a good diet, skin supplements and great skin care you can do a lot to get your youthful skin back.
  • Age—Skin elasticity decreases with age.  If you lose a considerable amount of weight when you’re older it may be harder for the skins elasticity to bounce back to normal.  Give your skin that extra lift with a firming cream.  As we age our skin loses essential skin proteins such as collagen and elastin.  A good skin firming cream may increase the store of collagen & elastin thereby improving skin elasticity.
  • Lack of or Minimal Exercise—We can start to lose muscle tissue at a slow rate as early as the age of 25.  By the time were 35 though we can lose an average of 5 % of our muscle mass every 10 years.  Muscle loss due to lack of exercise will lead to flab. If your already weight training good for you!  But if you still see signs of flabby skin try increasing your weight and dropping the reps.  You may also need to change up your program to shock the muscle into new growth.  And if you have never weight trained before then it’s time to get started.  It’s never too late to build lean muscle tissue.  If your goal is weight loss then make sure you weight train along with doing cardio and eating healthy.  Don’t go with the myth that you should weight train after you lose all the weight.  If you lose weight through cardio and/or diet alone the elasticity of your skin may not go back to normal resulting in flabby skin.  Weight training also increases your metabolism adding in weight loss.  With your cardio workouts you can tone your upper and lower body.  Instead of walking try jogging or walking uphill to tone your legs.  Add some hand weights and you can tone your arms at the same time.  If you use an elliptical or cross trainer increase the incline or intensity level to shape up your legs.

If you need help getting started with an exercise program and healthy eating plan, visit my website at www.myaudibletrainer.com   “My Audible Trainer” is a hot new fitness product that takes the guesswork out of exercising & eating right and gets you results!

Quick Tip:

Tone up a flabby butt while walking up stairs.  Instead of pushing off with the ball of your foot, instead push off with your heels.  By pushing off with your heels you will activate your glute muscles (AKA:  Butt)

How To Lose Fifteen Pounds In Just One Month Guaranteed

I have been singing the praises of why women who do morning cardio routines are healthier and more fit than women who don’t, doing cardiovascular exercise early in the morning is very important when it comes to losing weight and getting healthy. I have been a fitness trainer for over 15 years and I swear by the cardio in the morning workout strategy.

Women who combine a low carb diet and a daily morning cardio routine, like jogging, can help a women lose as many as fifteen pounds in just 1 month doing cardiovascular first thing in the morning. And if you are disciplined enough to continue and exercise in the AM, you are guaranteed to keep the lost weight off.

The womens body is a very complex machine. When our bodys wake up from a good nights sleep it starts looking for food to fuel it through the day. Many nutrionalist believe that fasted morning cardio works, and that it is key to weight loss.

Lets look at why the morning cardio weight loss plan works so well.

While you are sleeping your body uses up the energy from the food you ate through out the day to repair cells and restructure your organs. This simply means the body is in a fasted state and this is what we strive for when we want to burn some fat off and shed some pounds.

Food we eat is turned into glucose for the our cells to absorb them. As we sleep are body’s are healing and our muscles are repairing, this causes a depletion of the glucose that flows your blood.Without all that glucose, it’s hard to find the energy to get through your early morning workouts. But with out this glucose your body will turn to fat to give you the strength it needs to complete a good workout.

This is why this morning cardio strategy works so well for losing weight.

More reasons why you should do your cardio in the morning, our liver stores glycogen along with the muscles and fat cells. I know you don’t understand but glycogen is a molecule that is conformed into glucose when your body calls upon some added energy. When we are asleep we are in a fasting state and this depletes the blood glucose levels in the women’s body, this is good because it instructs your liver to release glycogen to power through your bodily functions.

Without the glucose and glycogen to give your body the energy it needs to exercise early in the morning your body will look to your fat cells to get the strength it needs to workout, and complete the cardio routine effectively. Working out and doing your cardio in the early morning is a very simple way women wanting to lose more weight is to start doing your exercises first thing when you wake up. The reasons this strategy is so effective is complicated, but trust me it works, like I said the women’s body is a complex thing to understand, but when we know how to manipulate it for our benefit it can do what you want it to do.

If you decide you need the help of a personal trainer then why not try my very own product it’s called My Audible Trainer, you take my workout to the gym with you, a simple to follow CD (MP3 Compatible) fitness routine that helps women workout. My Audible Trainer utilizes beats, you simply follow the beats, we also provide nutritional guidelines and so much more.  As a business owner, mother, and a personal trainer I want to help women of all ages get fit, to learn more about My Audible Trainer here’s the link.