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How To Lose Thigh Fat – Tips For Slim, Sexy Legs

February 25, 2010 By 9 Comments

Are you trying to figure out how to lose thigh fat?  Well, fortunately it isn’t rocket science, and losing thigh fat quickly is relatively easy if you do it the right way.

But first, I’d like to outline the wrong way to lose thigh fat…

What You Should Not Do To Lose Thigh Fat

  1. Lots of leg resistance exercises – In order to lose thigh fat, resistance exercises won’t help.  I’m not recommending that you do no leg exercises at all, but inner and outter thigh machines are useless.  Stick to body weight lunges or squats, or if that is not challenging enough a light weight that you can perform 15-20 repetitions of.  Too much leg work will increase muscle mass in your thighs and make them look larger.
  2. Use Diet Pills – Diet pills will not help you reduce thigh fat.  Don’t bother using any sort of supplement that promises you unrealistic fat loss results.
  3. Buy Thigh Exercise Machines – We’ve all seen these things on infomercials… Those ridiculous looking machines that promise you will lose thigh fat overnight if you follow a few simple exercises.  Don’t waste your money on any of these products, they will not help you lose thigh fat!

What You Should Do To Lose Thigh Fat

  1. Diet – In order to reduce thigh fat you have to eat a sensible, calorie restricted diet. Eliminate high calories foods that you don’t need to eat, and only consume whole foods.  If it comes in a package, don’t eat it!
  2. Exercise – You need to exercise to lose overall body fat.  As your overall body fat percentage goes down, you will naturally begin to lose your thigh fat.  Aim for 4-5 sixty minute aerobic training sessions each week.  Two days of light resistance exercises is also a good idea to help maintain muscle mass.

And my “secret weapon” for losing thigh fat is…

Herbal Thigh Wraps!

An herbal thigh wrap is essentially the same as a spa body wrap, but the different is that you only wrap your upper legs as opposed to your entire body.  Thigh wraps will help you lose inches off your thighs immediately by draining impurities that build up in the lymphatic system.  They will also help improve circulation and make the body more efficient at burning body fat and removing waste impurities from the body.

The great thing is that performing thigh wraps from home is quite easy, even if you have never done it before.

Here’s how to do it…

1 – The first step involves applying body wrap sea clay or an herbal body wrap formula to the thighs.  Be sure to apply it evenly, all over the thighs.

2 – Next, wrap your thighs with body wrap bandages from above the knee to the hip.

3- Now, put on a pair of sweat pants and perform some exercise, or sit back and relax somewhere that is warm.

After 45-60min you can remove the body wrap bandages and rinse the solution.  For best results, aim for three thigh wraps with one day in between each wrap.  You may also want to take measurements of your thighs before and after your thigh wrap to track results.

Thigh wraps really will help you lose thigh inches, and ultimately lose thigh fat!

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Every Other Day Diet – Review

January 3, 2009 By 11 Comments

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When I first stumbled upon Jon Benson & Janis Hauser’s ebook “The Every Other Day Diet” (also know as EODD), I’ll admit to you that I was both intrigued and a little skeptical.

Why?

Let’s just say that “The Every Other Day Diet” is a little unconventional.  It’s methods seem unrealistic at first glance-a little “too good to be true” if you will.  That was my first impression anyways…

If you’ve never heard of the EODD, you can learn more about it by Clicking Here to visit the official website.

Unlike most diets that rely on heavy caloric restrictions to burn fat, this program actually encourages you to eat what you want every other day! Sounds good if it actually works right?

The real question is could a diet like this actually help you lose weight and keep it off?  In all honesty I wouldn’t have thought so myself, but I had to give the co-author Jon Benson the benefit of the doubt since he is a well respected fitness expert who has published numerous diet and fitness related books over the last few years.

Anyways, I had come to the decision that the program warranted further examination, and bought myself a copy so I could share a review with my readers…

What is “The Every Other Day Diet” all About?

I’ve got my own explanation of “The Every Other Day Diet” below, but before you read that you  may want to hear Jon Benson himself explain how this program works and why it is different than most others out there.  You can listen to the video by CLICKING HERE to visit his official website.

Why should we listed to Jon?  Well the guy does practice what he preaches.  He was able to lose 70 Lbs. using the same principles that he based The EODD around (see picture below).

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Once I started to understand the simple science behind the EODD, things began to make more sense.  The program is designed to restrict calories and burn body fat without compromising your body’s ability to burn calories.  In the ebook they call it “interval eating” & “planned variance”, fancy words for caloric cycling.

What is caloric cycling?

Simply put, it a way of manipulating caloric intake and tricking your body into thinking that calories are not being restricted, when they actually are.

So why does your body need to be tricked into thinking that there is no caloric deficit?  Well, your body begins to slow it’s metabolic rate making it harder and harder to lose weight.  Unfortunately this is a survival mechanism that has been around since we were cave people!

The EODD uses caloric cycling to maximize your metabolic rate, which makes perfect sense.

The Structure of the EODD Diet

The “Every Other Day Diet” is broken down into what they call “burn days” and “feed days”.  During the burn days, you eat only 30-50% of your maintenance caloric intake.  During the feed days, you consume up to 150% of your maintenance caloric intake.  You are allowed to eat the foods that you like on these days as long as the portions are controlled.

And that brings me to

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what Jon calls the HOME method (Hands on Method of Food Eating) to figure out how much food you should consume.

Simply put, portions of food coincide with different parts of your hands making it fairly simple to measure your portion sizes.

Can I Really Eat Whatever I want With The EODD?

Well, yes and no.  Let me explain…

There are three different variations of the EODD that you can choose from:

  1. Primer – This is the most flexible of the three programs, and does allow you to essentially eat whatever you want every other day.
  2. Lifestyle – The maintenance program, recommended after the initial primer phase.  There are only two “feed days” here, meaning that you can only eat whatever you want for these two days.
  3. Extreme – The most strict of the three plans, meant for athletes and bodybuilders.

The “primer” is the only program that you can eat whatever you want every other day.  Jon recommends that you begin with this program, and progress to the “lifestyle” program which only allows two weekly days where you can eat any types of food.

Will “The Every Other Day Diet” Work for Me?

Jon makes it very clear that there are “three conditions” that you have to “take to heart” in order to succeed with this program.

Those conditions are:

  1. Dedication – Weight loss is like most other things in life.  In order to succeed, there needs to be a certain level of dedication.  Like any diet, the EODD will not work if you are not dedicated!
  2. Exercise – Any weight loss program that says you do not have to exercise is a scam.  The EODD requires you to perform some form of exercise regularly.  Fair enough!
  3. Be Reasonable – Having unrealistic expectations is a no no.  It’s taken you years and years to accumulate this excess weight, so don’t expect to lose it all in two weeks!

Simply put, if you are willing to work hard, exercise, and have realistic expectations about the results you achieve, then the EODD should work well for you.

Now keep in mind that I have not actually tried the diet myself, I only purchased the program to review it for my readers.

What I can tell you after evaluating the entire program is this:

  • The diet is simple and makes scientific sense
  • The ebook is well written and easy to follow
  • The bonuses included with the ebook were of high quality and were useful
  • The free year’s worth of weekly support newsletters are a great resource.

In the end I think that the Every Other Day Diet is certainly worth a try if you are looking for a simple program that will help you lose weight while still enjoying some of the foods you love.

Simply put, if traditional diets have not worked for you, then The Every Other Day Diet may be the approach that you need to take.

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Have you tried the Every Other Day Diet?  We’d really like to hear your experiences with it.  Did it work for you?

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How to Lose Body Weight

December 28, 2008 By Leave a Comment

If you are trying to figure out how to lose body weight, then please read this article carefully! I’d say that 90% of the people that try to lose body weight take the wrong approach-and if you take this route it will cost your unnecessary time, money and stress.  Simply by education yourself before beginning your weight loss plan, the odds that you will succeed are in your favor!

The good & bad news about how to lose body weight

The good news is, that losing significant amounts of body weight can be relatively easy – if you go about it in the right manor.  The bad news is that once you’ve lost the body weight, the hardest challenge may still lie ahead.

It seems as if the hardest part for most people isn’t losing the initial body weight, it’s keeping that body weight off!  This is because most people forget that in order to keep the body weight off, it’s crucial to incorporate a complete lifestyle change.  You can’t simply go on a diet, lose the body weight and go back to eating poorly and living the same type of lifestyle that was responsible for your weight gain in the first place.

So with that being said, I am going to share some straight forward tips that will will ensure that you lose body weight in a fast and healthy manor.

Simple Steps to Losing Body Weight

When I comes to body weight loss, I’ve found that taking a simple, straightforward approach works best.  Let’s be honest… science doesn’t lie.  By following simple scientifically proven methods you will lose weight.

Step #1 – Cardiovascular exercise & resistance training

Most people realize that more cardiovascular exercise is a must when it comes to losing body weight.  Resistance training is often neglected however.  You see, resistance training will help you preserve your lean body mass while you are on your diet.

Without resistance training your body will naturally lose some of this lean body mass, which will decrease the rate at which you burn calories-making losing body weight even more difficult.

Here are some simple exercise tips that will help you get started on a weight loss plan that works:

  • Aim for at least four days of cardiovascular exercise, and two days of resistance exercise each week.
  • Track all aspects of your exercise routine carefully.
  • Start slow and gradually increase exercise volume and intensity over time to avoid over training.
  • Get help from a personal trainer or expert before you begin your program!

Step #2 – A calorie restricted nutritious diet

Well this one may be a given, but it seems like lots of people do something wrong here.  Not only do you have to eat a “clean” diet, but you also have to eat less calories than your body burns each day.  For example, if your body burns approximately 2000 calories daily, you should eat around 1700 or 1800 calories each day in order to maximize fat loss.

If you don’t eat less calories than you burn each day, losing weight will literally be impossible!

Here are some more diet tips:

  • Estimate your RMR (resting metabolic rate) and eat about 200-300 calories under that each day.
  • Eat plenty of quality protein and limit simple carbohydrates from your diet.
  • Don’t be afraid of fat-you need it in moderation.  Aim for plant oils like olive, flax etc.
  • Aim for 5-6 small meals each day versus three large meals.  This will boost your metabolism.
  • Track your diet carefully including the foods you eat, number of calories etc!

Step #3 – Weekly body wrap sessions

If you haven’t already figured it out, I am a big fan of body wraps.  They have worked for me, my friends, and thousands of readers of my ebook.  Simply put, body wraps combined with a healthy diet and exercise will dramatically accelerate weight loss.

Here are some helpful body wrap tips:

  • Aim for two weight loss body wraps each week.
  • Experiment with your recipes for best results.
  • Use clays as well as herbal ingredients like green tea and echinacha.

I recommend home body wraps versus spa body wraps, because the are so much cheaper and allow you to customize the ingredients of the wrapping formula.

If you have never performed an at home body wrap, you can learn more by Clicking Here to download my ebook:  “Wrap Yourself Slim:  Body Wraps Exposed”.

If it all sounds too overwhelming and you are not sure where to start, I recommend a program called “Strip That Fat”

Click Here to read my review of Strip That Fat…

Tell us a little bout your experience losing body weight.  Have you ever been on a weight loss regimen before?  What are your weight loss goals?

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How To Lose 10 Pounds 2 Weeks From Now

November 17, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Would you be excited if I told you that you could lose 10 pounds two weeks from now?.  I wouldn’t normally recommend that you aim for 10 pounds of weight loss in only two weeks, but I can tell you from experience that it is an attainable goal.

Now in all honesty, not all of that weight is going to be fat weight.  The maximum number of actual fat weight you could lose in 14 days is probably only around 6 pounds.  However, losing a total of 10 pounds of scale weight in two weeks from now can be done if you are willing to work hard.

Let me show you how I’ve been able to achieve this in the past…

The 10 Pounds in Two Weeks Weight Loss Plan

There are three steps that I used to lose 10 pounds in two weeks.  I’m going to outline each of those steps below.  Remember that in order to achieve such substantial weight loss in such a short period of time, it’s crucial that you follow every step in full detail.  Skipping or slacking on only one of these steps will make it nearly impossible to succeed. [Read more...]

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Strip That Fat – Weight Loss Program Review

November 16, 2008 By Leave a Comment

I’ll tell you right of the bat that I’ve never been a big fan of online fat loss programs… I really haven’t.   I’ve spent quite a bit of money on these programs in the past, and never found one that was easy to follow and was actually effective… Until now.

It’s called Strip That Fat, and to put it simply, it does exactly what it says on the box!

If your goals are the same as mine were (to lose weight and improve your overall health), then I highly recommend you check it out.

An overview of Strip That Fat

The first thing that really appealed to me about the Strip That Fat program was that it was easy enough for anyone to follow.  Whether you have a background in exercise, or have never exercised before, the manual offers a clear blueprint of what you need to do to lose weight and burn excess body fat. [Read more...]

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