Losing weight is not just a physical thing. It is also a huge mental challenge. Still, most weight loss plans don't give enough attention to the emotional challenges which you face when trying to lose weight and keep if off (one exception is the Transformation Solution Program).
In this post I want to give you 3 simple mental tips to help you lose weight and keep it off:
1. Forgive yourself for past failures - Most of us tried to lose weight in the past and failed. You may be carrying this failure with you and it may be making it more difficult to lose weight in the future. You need to let go of the past, forgive yourself for getting fat, forgive yourself for failing to lose weight, and focus on the future.
2. Get support - Trying to lose weight alone can be very difficult. It's much better to have support. You need to enlist the support of your family and friends by letting them know that you're trying to lose weight, ask them to help you, and have one of them as your accountability buddy whom you can turn to whenever you feel down or depressed. It can help.
3. Set short term goals - You need to have focused goals to strive to. You can't just try to lose weight without knowing where you want to get to. You need to set definite and realistic goals, write them down and hang the note where you can see it every day. You will find it much easier to achieve your goals once you keep them in front of you at all times.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Limitations of Ab Machines
The world is filled with ab machines which are sold with extravagant and mind boggling claims. When you look at the infomercials, it seems as if the way to get flat abs or even a six pack is to pick up the phone, order the last machine you saw on TV, have it delivered, use it for a few minutes a day and you will have flat abs. What can be simpler?
Well, the truth is not so bright. Ab machines are not as effective as they may seem on TV. As you can see in various Ab Circle Pro reviews and those of other machines such as the Ab Rocket or the Ab Coaster, these machines have various limitations:
1. Using an abs machine may not be more effective than doing regular stomach exercises. In fact, I suspect that you can get a better ab workout using nothing more than a mat, and save a lot of money in the process.
2. You won't be burning a lot of calories doing an abdominal workout. The truth is that ab exercises are simply not too calorie expensive. If you want to get rid of abdominal fat, you need to increase your calories burn rate. This will likely happen faster with other forms of training.
3. If you expect to burn belly fat by doing ab exercises, with a machine or without one, you may be heading for a long wait. You can't burn fat from just one body part. Doing stomach exercises won't burn off belly fat. Your body burns fat in general, never from a specific place.
All in all, most ab machines are not a good investment money-wise. You'd be better off doing full body workouts to get rid of belly fat.
Well, the truth is not so bright. Ab machines are not as effective as they may seem on TV. As you can see in various Ab Circle Pro reviews and those of other machines such as the Ab Rocket or the Ab Coaster, these machines have various limitations:
1. Using an abs machine may not be more effective than doing regular stomach exercises. In fact, I suspect that you can get a better ab workout using nothing more than a mat, and save a lot of money in the process.
2. You won't be burning a lot of calories doing an abdominal workout. The truth is that ab exercises are simply not too calorie expensive. If you want to get rid of abdominal fat, you need to increase your calories burn rate. This will likely happen faster with other forms of training.
3. If you expect to burn belly fat by doing ab exercises, with a machine or without one, you may be heading for a long wait. You can't burn fat from just one body part. Doing stomach exercises won't burn off belly fat. Your body burns fat in general, never from a specific place.
All in all, most ab machines are not a good investment money-wise. You'd be better off doing full body workouts to get rid of belly fat.
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