Your Fitness Goal for 2013

The two biggest New Year's resolutions for people are always to make more money and/or to lose weight. Is losing weight a part of your fitness goal for the New Year? Have you mapped out a plan yet on how you're going to reach your fitness goal? What would motivate you this time to stick through thick and thin to accomplish this goal?

The other day, I was listening to the great Bob Proctor in a YouTube seminar, one thing he said (being the great teacher that he is) stroke me like lightning. He said that - I'm paraphrasing here- if you are trying to lose weight you will not succeed or you will always gain it back because the way the mind is set is if you lose something, its job is to condition itself to get it back. In order word, after you "lose" weight or anything else for that matter, the mind subconsciously will go to work to sabotage your weight lost result.

To step into your fitness goal in 2013, you have to root for the cause and effect of your overhaul physical health according to the results you've getting thus far. Meaning to say that the reason why you gained weight is not the food in itself but your perception and belief behind the way you consume food and your understanding about exercises.

Most people when they want to "lose weigh" go on crash diets or try all kind of programs (which by the way are ingenious because of the science and hard work behind creating them) that never work for them. The reason why they fail over and over until they give up altogether is because, again, they try to treat the effect not the root cause.

You gain weigh primarily because of your belief about food. If you see food as something comforting that you entertain compare to a TV pastime or something to compensate yourself as a replacement to certain lack, you will gain weight. If you see exercise as a burden that you resist and disgust, or if you see gaining weight as an inevitable part of aging, you will always be out of shape and away from your fitness goal.

Your perception and your belief about any area of your life will always manifest accordingly and will always produce the same exact results until you go through some changes. Therefore, your belief about diet and exercises will show up in your life in the form of you being overweight, obese or you as a fitness specimen.

The first thing to do is to find out where your beliefs about food and exercise stand. Do you believe that the primary role of food in your diet is to refuel your energy level to enable you to go about your habitual physical and mental productivity and should be consumed in moderation? Or do you see food as something you can indulge in at anytime you want and thinking that it won't have any relevance to your overhaul health?

Do you look at your daily physical activities as a chore or do you pick a form of exercise that you like which automatically put you in the likelihood of keeping it up because you enjoy doing it? Do you believe that being overweight or obese can cause you your life leaving your loved ones with unnecessary suffering?

The key to the attainment of your fitness goal this year is to first ask yourself what are your beliefs about fitness and exercise. Do you believe that being obese can cost you your life? (Hint: it can and it does every day)-It all comes down to your belief system-. Then go to work on upgrading those beliefs through massive exposures with people and program with the type of mental conditioning that will help you make the switch. Apply the old adage: "eat to live, not live to eat". Happy New Year 2013!

What you believe creates your result.

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Can Stress Cause Weight Gain?

  Stress causes weight gain.

         That's a bold statement to make when there are so many people saying that it's entirely to do with nutrition and exercise. But, we have found that we get massive results from simply removing stress from our clients lives.

Example.
Lianne lost 74cm from around her waist in only 6 months by reducing the stress that she chose to indulge in. She did it without significant increases in exercise and by eating a balanced meal. Here the thing - her balanced meal was balanced when it arrived on her doorstep, but Lianne didn't like the vegetables, so she fed them to the dog!!! How balanced is that?

Stress causes your 'Fight or Flight' nervous system to go on high alert. When it does so (and you might recognize a few of these symptoms) your eyes pop out, your palms gets sweaty, your heart starts racing, your blood pressure increases and your muscles fill with blood so that you can fight or run away. Also your digestive system shuts down, because your body knows that fighting or running away during these stressed periods is a greater priority than breaking down food.

Q: So what happens to the food in your guts when you're stressed?

A: Nothing. It sits there stagnant in your guts while the parasites and bugs go to town on it.

So if you indulge in regular stress, you may wonder why you're frequently sick and/or overweight.

1. You've got more parasites in your system that cause sickness disease than your body knows what to do with.
2. These same bugs prevent the good bugs from breaking down any food that you eat.
3. Your digestive system is in standby mode anyway, so it couldn't absorb any digested food even if it was there.

IF YOU ARE STRESSED YOU ARE MALNOURISHED

If your body feels hungry, it will ask for "more food please" - you overeat, and your body goes into 'starvation mode' - it scavenges any nutrient it can and sends it straight to the fat cells (that way, there will be plenty in storage for later on).

Eating less doesn't help either, cos your body still ain't getting fed.

Solution: To lose weight, get more energy and get healthier - Lose the Stress

I realise that saying 'lose the stress' is easier said than done. It took me 32 years to figure that out.

Sometimes there is a little more to the stress than meets the eye:

• Is it work or you that is stressing yourself out?
• Is your environment causing you stress? It may be as simple as changing your cleaning products
• Is the 'food' you eat causing your body stress? Make sure to eat so that your body feels best.

The most effective way is to face it is head on - sometimes you might need some help to face those demons. For those of you who are willing to attempt it on your own, read on.

Is your brain still running on high alert?

Have you meditated before? How do you meditate?

Your brain is capable of running at various different frequencies depending on what you are doing.

• Beta - alert/working (15-40 cycles/ second)
• Alpha - relaxed/reflecting (9-14 cycles/ second)
• Theta - drowsy/ daydreaming (5-8 cycles/ second)
• Delta - Sleep/ dreaming (1.5-4 cycles/ second)

Generally, the slower your brain waves, the more relaxed you are.

The goal of meditation is simply to slow your brain waves down so that an otherwise overactive mind can take time to recover

I've heard people say they have never meditated before. For many people it is simply that they haven't been aware that they have been. If you have ever gotten home after a long drive down the freeway and wondered how on earth you got there - then you have experienced a form of meditation. (It's probably not the safest place to meditate). Often simple repetitive tasks where you don't need to consciously think can lead to a meditative state. For example walking, gardening, swimming or even just breathing!

You may also choose to engage in more "traditional" methods of meditation. These are as varied as Elton John's sunglasses - it is entirely up to you to find the meditation to best suit you. I find that different meditations have different effects on the way my body functions. I also find that combining bits and bobs from different meditations can enhance an individual meditation.

I will briefly run through several meditations. I strongly encourage that you experiment with each and find the one(s) that work for you.

Exercise: Meditate

Over the next week, Allocate at least 10 minutes every day, (preferably 30 minutes). Remember that the more relaxed your brain is, the more focus and productivity you can gain.

Play with each of the following parts of meditations, some may work better/differently than others for you. Remember that the end goal is simply to take your mind off the stresses of daily life.

Most of these can be done lying down (not sleeping), sitting comfortably or standing.

Breathing - simply breathe into your belly. If your mind is over active, focus on counting your breath (backwards from 100 if you like).

Imagery - imagine a place where you are completely relaxed. It may be a beach, on a cloud, or in the bush somewhere - whatever it is for you. See the image, hear the sounds, and feel the feelings from where you are.

Relax - make sure the following areas are relaxed: your eyes, eyebrows, forehead, temples, ears, cheeks, jaw, lips, mouth, scalp, neck, shoulders, chest, fronts of arms, backs of arms, forearms, hands, fingers, upper back, lower back, abdominals, bum, fronts of legs, back of legs, calves, feet and toes.

Feel - there is a natural flow of chi (warmth, tingling, energy - however you feel it) through your body. Simply feel the flow of energy through your body.

If you really want to "feel it"...

Add this to your meditation - Standing Meditation

Stand with your feet roughly shoulder width apart and knees bent slightly. Hold your hands in front of you like you're holding a basketball. Some people find that 5 minutes of this is enough. Others prefer up to 2 hours (but work up to this long). I recommend about 30 minutes. Expect your legs to shake, and your body temperature to rise.

*** take care if you have any knee problems ***

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Recipes For Juicing To Improve Your Health

         When it comes to nutrition nothing can compare to fruit and vegetable juices. They provide you with the vitamins and minerals and other nutrients essential for a healthy lifestyle. And fruit and vegetable juices do it in a way that allows the body to quickly absorb them into the bloodstream.

In addition there on numerous uses for these wonderful, nutritious drinks ranging from dieting, where they can be used for appetite suppression to quell that hunger especially between meals. By substituting one meal each day with juices, you will still be receiving a balanced diet. Follow a low-fat diet, eat enough protein rich foods and stay with an exercise plan.

Here is a juicing recipe to help shed those pounds. 4 medium carrots, 1/2 medium beet, 1 celery stalk, 1 apple, 1/2 cucumber, ginger to taste. Wash the produce, cut into manageable pieces and place in the juicer.

Fruit juices especially can be used an a pick me up, whether it's in the morning before heading off to school or out to work or after a playing sports. The juices refresh, replace the vital nutrients that your body has used, satisfy you and don't add on those extra pounds that soft drinks would.

Here is a morning breakfast awakener. 2 oranges, 1 grapefruit, 1/2 dozen strawberries, 1/2 banana. Peel the oranges, grapefruit and banana. Place into the juicer.

Try this one after playing sports. 2 cups watermelon, 2 cups cantaloupe, piece of fresh ginger. Place into juicer.

Another application for the fresh juices is as a remedy for constipation. With our diets low in fiber from consuming fast foods and prepared refined foods, we may be affected with constipation now and then. Juices are the perfect answer for this problem.

If you enjoy strawberry rhubarb pie this may be the right one for you. Clean and combine equal parts of strawberries and rhubarb in the juicer, add any spices as you would to the pie to improve the flavor, but don't add any sugar. You can put in some ice. The rhubarb is a good source of magnesium, which is essential for proper eliminations.

If you're not a fan of rhubarb then you can try 1/2 cup of cleaned coconut and half of a peeled pineapple. The juice is mild and appealing but you can also add anything else you want to this basic juice to make it more appealing to your taste buds.

If you're looking for a way to consume that yogurt in order to get the benefits of the live bacterial cultures, but you or your children don't like the taste of yogurt and you don't want to consume those yogurts with added sugar or high fructose corn syrup, then combining them into fruit smoothies may be just what you're looking for.

Probiotic yogurts contain the same beneficial bacteria that are in our intestinal tracts. These bacteria are essential to our good health, but every now and then they need to be replenished due to illness or medications that have been taken. They give the body the ability to fend off disease and even prevent many common ailments. Just add the yogurt to your favorite fruit juice smoothie and you'll be set.

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Cardio and Weight Loss

        

         Cardio is a great ally in the difficult task of weight loss. If somebody wants to lose weight, he or she probably has a weight which is above the recommended healthy level. And being overweight is not healthy at all. Being overweight can cause many problems and one of those problems is heart related problems.

Similarly, being under the recommended healthy weight is not good for you. If you stay in any of these dangerous weight zones for too long, many problems may occur. This is because we have to maintain our weight between the normal values as well as practicing physical exercises to keep our bodies functioning and healthy.

Excessive body weight can cause heart problems. Like a car needs its engine, we need our heart. With this in mind, we therefore need to protect our heart and avoid unhealthy habits that may affect our health. Additionally, physical exercise will maintain our health as well as our heart.

We can even find some of the best cardio for weight loss in order to reduce our weight in a healthy way on the internet and by practicing cardio exercises we will be helping our heart and our body.

There are some of the best cardio exercises for losing weight:

Swimming: swimming is a very good cardio exercise in order to lose weight and to keep you healthy. Swimming allows you to exercise your entire body and it is an excellent way to lose weight. Swimming is among the best cardio for weight loss. Additionally, this type of physical exercise doesn't cause any injury relating bones or joints, because you will be exercising in the water with reduced resistance.

Running: You don't need any kind of special equipment for this exercise, however you will need a good pair of trainers in order to prevent any kind of damage to your bones or joints. Also, you will need comfortable clothes so you can move without any problem. Running will help you losing weight by burning calories, though of course you can't run only five or ten minutes - you will have to run around half an hour each time. A good tip is to listen to music or run with someone else as this will help you keep motivated to run further even if you are tired.

Cycling: By cycling at least thirty minutes a day you will improve your endurance and lose weight. Cycling is a very simple activity and an effective exercise to lose weight. Additionally, you can practice this exercise by going to work or school by bicycle. You just have to be creative and find the best way to incorporate your best cardio for weight loss exercises in your day to day activities.

These are only three of the best cardio for weight loss exercises that you can undertake in order to be healthier, to lose weight and to improve your physical skills such as endurance and strength.

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How to Lose Belly Fat For Teens - You're Young So it is So Easy

          It totally kills me when I see young teenagers depressed because they are overweight. I feel that way because they don't realise that it is easier for them to melt those pounds off now rather than when they get older. Learning how to lose belly fat for teens is really quite easy and if your a teenager looking to shed off those unwanted pounds, you can do it. Actually adults reading this can apply these tips too. They work, but of course the younger you are the better.

First of all, my mother lost 70 pounds doing these things, but young people can implement these techniques much more easier, therefore they will lose weight faster than my mom did. Cool right? Now here is what you need to do.

1. Since you are young, you are able to do be a lot more active. So get your lazy butts up and be active. If you are a male, hit them weights and do some aerobics. Females can do the aerobics too. Start off with walking, and then build up to jogging. Ride bikes stationary or the real thing. Play some sports that require you to sweat. I am not talking about chess either.

2. Now since you got the physical part down, now it is time for the all important how to lose belly fat for teens tip. Watch what you put in your mouth. The foods you eat are very very crucial to your gaining or losing weight. Stay away from the fast foods and the pizza and sugars. I know that they are good and you are young so you want to enjoy your foods, so check this out, cut down on them. You don't have to totally eliminate them. But just eat healthy too. As a matter of fact, try to find a diet generator to make up a great diet plan for you. The one my mom used allowed her to pick the foods off a list and generated a diet for her and she melted away the unwanted pounds. These how to lose belly fat for teens tips should work for you.

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Weight Loss Plateau - 3 Tips To Help You Overcome This Issue

              Anyone who has embarked on the journey of losing weight has eventually reached a point where his or her efforts seem to no longer work. This is known as a weight loss plateau. I will share with you here, 3 tips to help you overcome this sticking point and keep heading towards your goal weight.

1. Change Your Workout - This is the number 1 reason why people hit a dead end with their weight loss progress. You need to be changing your workout at least every month at the very minimum. If you don't, your body will become used to the intensity and load of the exercise and will have no reason to change. This can actually be quite fun, as it gives you more variety in and out of the gym. For example, if you have been running 3 days per week, you could change that to bike riding, or if you have been rock climbing on the weekends, you could change that to swimming. It's completely up to you, but make sure you keep you body guessing.

2. Hire a Trainer / Get a Training Partner - Sometimes when we workout alone, we are not as motivated as we may be if we trained with another person. Training with a friend or fellow gym member will give you a reason to show up and the opportunity to you to push each other beyond your usual boundaries. Hiring a trainer is a more expensive option, but they are trained to help you overcome sticking points in your training, such as a weight loss plateau. Try hiring a trainer for 1 session and see how you go.

3. Look For Additional Ways To Exercise - You have probably heard it a million times before, to take the stairs rather than the lift. However, making simple changes, such as this can really add up at the end of the day. Additional ways would include walking while taking business calls or riding your bicycle to work occasionally. It's up to you: You are only limited here by your own imagination.

Hitting a weight loss plateau is never a fun experience, but it is a necessary hurdle to overcome on your mission to lose weight. You are by no means limited to the 3 tips presented above. Keep experimenting with the methods above and any of your own methods until you discover what works for you.

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