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Fat Man Unleashed Shirt Sighting: Ian Fernando
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A while back I mentioned that I had some Fat Man Unleashed shirts printed up. I was able to give away a few of them under the condition that they would need to take a picture with the shirt on while flexing their “guns.” I’m hoping they wear them to the gym or out to the store. This would help spread the brand that Is FMU! A few online friends have told me that they wear them to gym, so that’s cool. My brother, wife, and I wear ours all the time. Every bit of branding helps.
If you would like a Fat Man Unleashed shirt don’t hesitate to contact me. If you see anyone with a Fat Man Unleashed shirt let me know by leaving a comment or sending me an email. You can even take a picture of it and send to me (with the persons permission of course). I’m interested in knowing!!
The first person to inform me of their picture was Ian Fernando. He is an online marketer that has a blog in which he chronicles his online money making ventures. Aside from that, Ian is pretty damn cool. I met him in Las Vegas during the Affiliate Summit where we had some drinks and hung out. He is from Jersey, which is right around my home town of The Bronx, NY.
I shared some workout tips with him. He needs them! Look at his puny arms. Just kidding. He works out and is tying to cut up for the summer which shouldn’t be too hard considering he doesn’t have much body fat. I also gave him some eating tips too.
So, without further ado, here is Ian Fernando with his water pistols, errr… gun show!
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Fat Man Unleashed Shirt Sighting: Ian Fernando
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Two Ways You Can Make Squats Fun and Memorable
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Editor’s note: This is a guest post/workout routine from Josh Morrow who can be found at Muscle Bits, a strength training and nutrition blog.
Squats can be fun? Yeah, right, who am I kidding? Now that I’ve got your attention, let’s cut to the chase. Deep within the archives of fitness history, I’ve come across two lost but not forgotten ways you can make squats a little more interesting. Not to mention, both will absolutely kill your legs, and if you are stuck in a plateau, you’ll blast through it with these techniques. On to the good stuff, shall we?
1. One and a Half Squats. Just as the name reads, you’ll perform one and a half squats per rep. To put it simply, squat down as you normally would, but when you are on your way back up, stop midway, hold for three or four seconds, and return back to the bottom. Ascend back to the top position and congratulate yourself, you have ten more of these. Try to remember care bears and cookie monsters or you will shout every four letter curse word in the book.
Now, for safety purposes, you will need to choose a lighter weight that you can handle because this will completely cook you. Too much weight and you’ll find yourself flattened across the gym floor. Also, I highly recommend you recruit a spotter from the water fountain if you haven’t got one. You may find that this exercise is best suited as a finishing move in your leg workout. The premise behind One and a Half Squats is greater fiber recruitment. By keeping the leg muscles under constant tension, you will recruit both Fast Twitch A and Fast Twitch B fibers for greater muscle development and strength. Expect soaring testosterone levels following this exercise (for men, obviously).
2. The Twenty Repper. The Twenty Repper technique is simple. Normal, full-range squats performed at twenty reps. Twenty reps of love. The only twist you will add to this: you choose a weight that you can lift for ten reps. You will want to make sure you have a spotter though, in case you lose control of the weight. The idea here is that you (or your partner’s shouting in your ear will) push yourself beyond the limits of fatigue to put additional stress on the muscles. Similar to the phenomenon experienced with One and a Half Squats, you will recruit more fibers and surge your testosterone through the roof.
As sadistic as these two methods may seem, I can assure that you’ll leave the gym knowing you are primed for growth. You may want to plan on sitting around or at least stretching for the next few days because you are going to have one sore butt. Have fun and remember to lift responsibly!
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Two Ways You Can Make Squats Fun and Memorable
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Health Toons Unleashed: The Lemon Diet Works
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This cartoon is the first in the new series of Fat Man Unleashed: Health Toons Unleashed web comics/ cartoons. Every so often I will be posting new Health Toons Unleashed. These cartoons will be based on my life, news, and anything health related I can think of. There are no limits to my madness!
Why cartoons? For starters I have always been an artist at heart and have lost my artistic mojo over the years. This is just another way for me to use this site to help in my life journey. I used to love drawing and creating art work. I’ve also contributed my illustrations to my college newspapers. It was very therapeutic and self gratifying. I’m looking forward to drawing again. It may even lead into creating art with other mediums again. How I miss painting and sculpture…
Secondly, it’s fun and a welcomed relief to all the writing and vlogging.
And finally, it will fulfill a life long desire to have my own comic/cartoon published. I have some cartoon characters that I created many years ago and while I won’t be unveiling those, I hope to unleash some original characters over time. I figure that with the cool, awesome readers I have that I can at least fulfill that goal.
Are you seeing how doing things you love (or are passionate about) lead to positivity? It all started with making the blog to better my health…
The Lemon Diet Works. I won’t lie. I’m guilty of trying the Lemon Diet. Although I have yet to post my experience with it, I hope the following cartoon illustrates how a large portion of individuals view the diet.
Feel free to embed the cartoon on your site, all I ask is that you credit Fat Man Unleashed. 
This particular cartoon was created using Toonlet, the web comic creation tool. It’s a brilliant piece of online software. Although I think it’s awesome, it isn’t what I want to do and will most likely not be using it as often.
If you would like to have your health comic featured on Health Toons Unleashed, feel free to shoot me an email using the contact form.
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Health Toons Unleashed: The Lemon Diet Works
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Rising Gas Prices Can Help Your Weight Loss
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With the ever increasing gas prices (doesn’t seem like it’s going down any time soon) I figured I had better take advantage of it some how. One way that I thought of was to not use my car as much. That’s right. I have not only saved money, but gotten healthier in the process. I don’t drive to every single destination unless absolutely necessary.
“But that’s impossible Israel,” you say. WRONG! I know people that live 3 or 4 miles from a place they need to get and get there without the use of a car. I live in Florida and it’s pretty much important that you have a car here. It’s bad actually. Originating from New York City, I am used to walking and biking everywhere. And I mean EVERYWHERE. This one time I had purchased a mountain bike and rode it all the way down to where I work. The actual distance usually took an hour on the MTA subway. Checking Google Maps reveals that the distance I rode was 12 miles each way! Not bad at all. I recall being extremely sweaty and my butt hurting from the long ride. That same approach can be used in places like Tampa or The Boondocks, Alabama (this is a fictitious location).
The point I’m trying to make is that you don’t necessarily have to be a slave to the rising gas prices. A bike at Wal-Mart, Target, or K-Mart can go for as low as $199. That’s about what some people spend on gas per month, depending on where they live. The price per gallon in my part of Tampa is at $3.74 at the time of this writing. If you can’t ride all the way to work maybe you can ride to the parking station, park the bike and ride the train or bus to work for the remainder of the distance. That’s one example. Or how about jogging to work and showering there? If you put you mind to it you can come up with some way to make a positive (health, fitness) out of a negative (high gas prices). Another example of something I did in New York was workout during my lunch break. Luckily for me there was a gym two blocks away. I know that’ not an example of taking advantage of the gas prices, but I wanted to illustrate the ability to think outside the box.
What about when you need to go to Blockbuster Video, the bank, or run some errand? Have you ever considered just walking there? For dinner the other night we walked to the restaurant. It was a 15 minute walk that not only allowed for a quick, healthy workout but brought us closer together (we spoke the whole way there). My 3 year old daughter was also along for the walk and loved it. It reminded me of all the walks I used to take in NY. Back in NY there are tons of hidden landmarks scattered throughout the five boroughs that people aren’t aware of. Over the years walking had helped me discover them. Walking to dinner that night opened my eyes up the beauty of my community and it’s surroundings. So walking not only was healthy for my body, it was healthy for my mind.
Did you know that walking, combined with healthy eating, can boost your metabolism which would help you lose weight? All it would take is 30 minutes a day 5 or 6 times a week. That can equal to quite a few pounds in the span of a year.
What are some ways you can think of making high gas prices benefit your health and weight loss?
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Rising Gas Prices Can Help Your Weight Loss
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Living XL: Shopping, with Large Fat People in Mind
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Looking for some new summer wardrobes, but don’t want to spend hours at department stores searching for your size? Then check out LivingXL.com, they offer clothes, accessories, home goods, even outdoor and travel products with the big and tall person in mind. Being a big (fat) and semi tall person, I find this site pretty useful. It’s a sister site to one of my favorite stores to shop at: Big and Tall Causal Male (now known as Casual Male XL).
Whether you’re a man or woman, LivingXL has everything you’re looking for to start your summer comfortable (and fit). They have a wide selection of clothing for you to choose from, including loungewear, pajamas, and even swimwear for those of you looking to make a splash this summer. Personally, extra large towels are hard for me to find, so I’m glad I came across the site. No more tiny towels barely covering one thigh!
LivingXL is pretty much a one-stop shop for us biggies, they not only have clothing and accessories, but personal care and health products like lotions, scales, heating pads, and back scratchers. If that’s not enough, LivingXL has a wide selection of home furnishings and bedroom accessories from specially designed comfort pillows to living room recliner chairs.
Overall, LivingXL is incredible and makes a great place to start off to a comfortable and healthy summer. If you hate shopping online, request a copy of their latest catalog and if you have a friend you think will love the store, why not get them a gift card? Don’t leave without checking their On-Sale section to see if you can scrounge up a few deals.
Their other awesome features includes an amazing online virtual catalog, a sizing and measurement guide and a FAQs section for quick answers to those common questions. Be sure to check their shipping and return policies (they ship to all 50 states, including other U.S. territories).
Happy shopping and here’s to a fit summer!
This is a post from FatManUnleashed.com’s Weight Loss Blog:
Living XL: Shopping, with Large Fat People in Mind
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My Three Word Memoir: Be About It
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Be About It
It’s pretty simple. Be About It. Don’t talk about it. That’s my three word memoir if I had to have one right this second. So what’s the point of this? Well, Michael Kwan of Beyond the Rhetoric tagged me with his Six Word Memoir post. By tagging me he was essentially asking me to post my own six word memoir. The thing is that I didn’t need six words. All I needed was three.
The way I see it is that actions speak louder than words. Whether you are trying to get in shape or open a jar of peanut butter, actions will always trump words. I’ve learned that the hard way. Growing up in the ghetto streets of New York, I often had to take action even if I didn’t want to. Mouthing off usually led to physical confrontation. If I didn’t do what I said I was going to do, I would look like a fool, plus get my butt kicked. Lucky for me I wasn’t a trouble maker. It was often other guys that wanted to mess with me, but that changed once I got bigger.
I use the same principle of being a man of action for just about everything I do. Or at least I try. Making the decision to get in shape and, more importantly, taking action to achieve my goals requires me to “be about it.” Tons of people everyday say they will start a workout routine or a diet and end up quitting. Why? Because it’s easier to say you want to do something then to do it.
Accountability is Crucial
That could easily have been my three word memoir, but alas, I chose the prior. A simple trick I use to keep taking action is to just put things out there. Sort of like I did with this blog and my before pictures. I figured that if I put them out there for people to see that I would need to stick to the plan and get in shape so that I didn’t look like a fool when friends saw me. Accountability can be a very powerful tool when used correctly.
Starting this blog was a great way to hold myself accountable. I find that as long as I say I am going to do something, I usually do it. So in this case I am talking the talk AND walking the walk. There are times when I don’t need to say something before I do it, the fact that I know I will write about it if I do it is enough to fuel me.
Can you walk the walk? What fuels you to do things?
Passing the Memoir Torch
So now it’s time for me to “tag” some people for their very own Six Word Memoirs. I’ve decided to tag:
- John Is Fit - http://www.johnisfit.com
- JD or Mac - http://www.getfitslowly.com
- Jim - http://journalofhealthyliving.com
- Lazy Man - http://www.lazymanandhealth.com
- Weight Ladder - http://www.weightladder.com
The rules are pretty straight forward:
- Write your own six word memoir.
- Post it on your blog and include a visual illustration if you want.
- Link to the person who tagged you in your post.
- Tag at least five more blogs.
- Leave a comment on the tagged blogs with an invitation to play.
With that, I leave you. Peace out!
This is a post from FatManUnleashed.com’s Weight Loss Blog:
My Three Word Memoir: Be About It
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Health Magazines Sorta Suck: Video Blog
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It’s been a while since I posted a video blog. In this weeks version I go over the special “ad reports” that are found within health and fitness magazines. These fake articles trick you into thinking they are articles only to shove a product down your throat as you find yourself enjoying what you read. Don’t get me wrong, health magazines have value. You just need to know how to filter through and find it.
I must warn that the video quality is extremely grainy (something happened in the conversion). Enjoy!
This is a post from FatManUnleashed.com’s Weight Loss Blog:
Health Magazines Sorta Suck: Video Blog
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Former Fat Guy Rob Cooper On Mental Mindset
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This is the final part of a three part interview with Rob Cooper of FormerFatGuy.com. The past two interviews focused on his fitness and nutrition, this time we will focus on his mental mindset.
How important is the mental aspect to your training and nutritional program?
How you think, and more importantly, what you think is possible is more important than the training or nutrition side of the equation. You get out of any program what you put into it, and if you don’t think it’s possible, or think it’s going to take forever, then you’re right. You have to believe that you can do it and then put your full attention on it.
Pro basketball players are so good at what they do because that’s all they do. They sleep it, they dream it, then imagine it, the practice it, they sacrifice their time on other things to commit to their game. Same with sprinters, golfers, artists, musicians or programmers. The people who are the best at what they do are the best because it’s what they love; it’s what they’re passionate about. They take the time to learn, and more importantly, learn from their mistakes. They’re constantly striving to be better, even by 1%, which makes them the masters of their game / art / discipline.
Yes, you can learn about nutrition and fitness as a hobby.
Yes, you can begin by doing 30 minutes of exercise three times a week and yes, you SHOULD begin.
Take that step. Then take another step and improve it just a little bit each day. Then improve a little more each week, each month.
Increase the intensity when you can, try new things, don’t hold one single thing as gospel.
Then change it up to keep the body guessing. Change your nutritional program, change the calories day to day, change your fitness routine every six weeks – whatever it takes so it’s not routine.
Challenge your beliefs. Consider the fact that what you believe might not be the truth, or there may be other options that you’re not considering because of what you’ve been brought up to know as true, like the dairy thing. Test it out – eliminate dairy for a month and pay attention to what happens – how you feel etc. Challenge the belief of needing meat protein every day – go vegetarian for a week or a month and see how you feel and what results you get.
Most importantly, find a role model that has gone where you’ve gone and knows what they’re talking about. Someone who’s been there and done that and can offer suggestions or that you can simply duplicate what they’ve done. Know that it is possible to lose an enormous amount of weight and get fit, or to even get back in shape if you let yourself go. Know that it’s possible and begin taking steps in the direction you know you should take.
Do you have any favorite sayings? Quotes? Anything that inspires you to be better, train harder or be more diligent with your eating?
My personal quote is “… anything is possible and nothing happens by accident…”
Basically, if you hold the vision in your mind, your body will begin to move towards that vision and you must take action on the steps to get there.
“an object in motion tends to stay in motion, while an object at rest tends to stay at rest”
Knowing this allows me to understand why it’s so hard to get moving, to resist taking the steps, but also that once I begin – the doors begin to open for me and the ball keeps rolling, picking up speed. Once you begin the habit of going to the gym three times a week, it gets easier and easier. Same with nutrition, once you begin learning about new ways of eating, healthier ways of eating, it gets easier and easier while the results come pouring in.
What happens when things don’t go your way?
I either take a break, realizing I need more rest or I kick things up a notch. Over the past 20 years of me doing this, I’ve come to understand that a plateau of me means one of two things – either take a break and recover or kick things up a notch.
Recovery for me means to rest for a week or two and double my nutritional intake. I use Sunrider whole foods exclusively – no whey, no supplements, no commercial products. I use far-infrared sauna therapy, massage, yoga and chiropractor. I have not gone to a doctor in the last 20 years with the exception of a pulmonary embolism I had after a weight training injury. I believe doctors are poorly educated in the ways of nutrition and simply prescribe pharmaceuticals recommended by the pharmaceutical reps. I take care of myself with food, thank you very much. Doctors, in my opinion, are excellent at trauma or fixing broken body parts and that’s when I would use them. PS, I have three medical doctors in my family including my sister.
I believe that everything is exactly right the way it is and I simply have to figure out the lesson. I weighed 475 pounds for a reason. I lost 300 pounds for a reason. I gained over 50 pounds of muscle for a reason. I am where I’m at right now for a reason and it’s absolutely perfect the way it is.
My thing is finding the lesson in it all. What am I supposed to learn from it all? Can I share what I’ve learned with others so that they may benefit or do I experience the lesson over and over until I finally get it and I can move on with my life in a new direction? Who knows? That’s the question isn’t it.
I’m also a big believer in non attachment (that’s a joke by the way – some times I have to explain them). A big believer in non attachment – I crack myself up.
But I digress…
If you’re attached to the outcome, you’ll never get it. The universe doesn’t work that way. I am very clear about what I want – and if I get it, awesome. If I don’t – that’s ok too, as I’ll enjoy the journey.
If things don’t go my way – that’s ok – it is what it is.
How do you deal with boredom in your program?
I change the program. Simple. I never do the same thing more than 4 weeks in a row and I’ll even change methodologies a few times a year – a few months of interval training, a few months of body building, a month of doubles (2x a day in the gym), then two weeks of training but no cardio. Then throw in a bootcamp or two.
I train in the gym,
I train outdoors in the park,
I walk, I stair climb, I run stairs, I use the Expresso Cardio bike, I row,
I do various sorts of bodybuilding techniques always changing things.
I have a personal trainer who develops training programs for me which takes the “development portion” of the program off my shoulders. She creates the programs and then I follow them.
In Ayurveda, my body type is referred to as Kapha-Pita. I’m a two dosha body type and I need stimulation on a daily basis. I can get bored quite easily and I know this, so I have to mix things up a lot to keep interested. The pita part of me is “fire” which generates my drive, so once I get moving, I keep moving.
For my diet – yes I can get bored with it as well. I don’t have a traditional diet by any means. I’m part vegetarian but I eat meat. I like meat and I eat the best quality meat when I do. You’ve heard the saying that “life is too short for bad wine” and It’s a major part of my philosophy. I like the best when it comes to anything that goes in my body. It’s the same reason I choose Sunrider foods. It’s the same reason I search out grass bed bison and only eat grass fed, open air chicken and eggs. I only drink distilled water and I only drink imported beer and the best wines.
Saying I’m “part vegetarian” does not honor vegetarians so I always use a disclaimer when I talk about it. I eat primarily a plant based diet for days or weeks at a time and then have meat for a few days – with the plants, then return to a plant based diet.
Having so much variety in my diet keeps my interest as well, so I don’t get bored. My Girlfriend is an excellent match for me. She’s a fabulous whole foods cook and we create some amazing recipes each week. A new recipe is featured each week on my blog, so if you like whole foods or are looking for something new to try, check it out.
The question is about dealing with boredom and the answer is as easy as saying “I change the program” but I felt it needed a bit more explanation.
How does missing a workout affect you?
I work a “missed” workout into my week. No worries. I train pretty hard, so an extra day of recovery time is fine. It’s also different which keeps the body off guard. A missed workout works to my advantage. Now, that said, I don’t plan to miss workouts, but I most certainly do not stress about it as that would be worse than missing the workout.
What do you do about it?
If I miss a workout, I just get back to it when I can. In the long run, thinking one year, five years or twenty years down the line, a single missed workout is of no consequence. Like I said earlier, it is what it is, so I consider it a positive thing.
How important is a reward meal or a cheat meal from a mental perspective?
A reward meal is critical, for many reasons. Mostly mental of course, where you get to simply indulge and just release any tension you’ve been keeping about it, but also physical, resetting your hormones.
I work a re-feed “weekend” into my program as well as reward meals.
I eat pretty clean as part of my day to day routine, and I enjoy it, so I don’t think of them as cheats. I drink wine on a pretty regular basis, but I know the difference between a “clean training week” or two weeks, then a relax week.
When I focus on something, I can go at it for weeks, then take a break and coast. I recover during the coasting.
There are four ways I look at training / nutrition:
1. Weight loss
2. Maintenance
3. Weight gain – bodybuilding / mass gain
4. Endurance sports
Each one has different methodologies when it comes to training and eating. It’s pretty hard to be in any two at the same time, so I believe that you have to pick one and stick with it for months at a time. I’ll do weight loss for a few months, then switch to weight gain for a month, then go back to weight loss. Then I might maintain for a week while traveling or doing some other project.
Reward meals / cheat meals fit into each of those systems in different ways.
I also plan around cheat meals or evenings out. If I know I have a meal out with friends / girlfriend, I make every effort to train right before so that the meal supports me. I work it into my schedule as it were.
I think the best way to summarize the question about cheat meals is to answer from the “stress” point of view.
Too much stress brings any nutritional or training program to a halt. Training stress stimulates muscle growth, but too much has our bodies eating itself. I once wrote an article about the benefits of simply letting go of all the “rules” around eating and training and it goes something like this:
Eat to live.
Enjoy your food, enjoy your life.
Have your goal clearly in place and take the action steps towards them – food / nutrition being one of them, but then allow room for some fun. The fun you allow yourself supports your goals. Know this – live this.
Eat well 80 to 90% of the time and you’ll get exactly what you want. You always get exactly what you want.
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For the latest on Rob make sure to visit his site, FormerFatGuy.com and read more on his natural weight loss blog.
This is a post from FatManUnleashed.com’s Weight Loss Blog:
Former Fat Guy Rob Cooper On Mental Mindset
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Pound the Pavement to Keep Vacation Pounds Away
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Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Sarah Scrafford, an industry critic, as well as a regular contributor on the subject of RN.
I hate vacations, not because I’m a workaholic, but because I’m one of the unlucky millions who gains two pounds for every one that I sweat and toil to shed, simply by looking at a cheese burger. Working hard to keep my weight in check all through the year and then gaining back a considerable number during two weeks of vacation, well, that’s not something I would wish on even my worst enemy.
But my vacations being what they are - long lazy hours lying in the sun, elaborate five-course dinners, ice-cream sundaes to beat the midday heat - the scales tip upward rather rapidly even before I’ve unpacked the last bag. Being the hedonist that I am for those two weeks, my taste buds would never forgive me if I put them through the crackers and water test.
And once back to the daily grind of mundane work, there’s just not enough time to dedicate to more hours of working out at the gym, and working more than 9 to 5 hours makes me cranky when I’m forced to go on a diet. All I can do is stick to what I’ve been doing before I left for the vacation (which turns out to be a weight-watcher’s nightmare in hindsight) and rue the fact that the buttons on those snug jeans are repelling each other like similar poles of a magnet.
Caught between the devil and the deep sea, I took a firm decision – to have my cake and eat it too and still stay slim and shapely. I would eat all I wanted while on vacation, but I would make sure those delicious bites were never converted to even an ounce of fat on my body. And if you’re wondering how on earth I managed to pull that off, keep reading.
- I replaced my stilettos with sensible walking shoes, and I walked. I walked up and down the stairs at my hotel, I chose the table furthest from the door at the restaurant, I left my computer and cell phone behind and walked to the furthest Internet café and public phone each time I needed to communicate with people back home and at the office. Since I’m addicted to both my phone and the Internet, this strategy worked wonders for it ensured that I would have to walk at least a mile a day.
- I found a bicycle and explored the town - it beat taking public transportation or driving a car.
- Instead of just lazing in the pool, I actually swam a few laps everyday (and then allowed myself to laze).
- I filled myself with fluids, water in particular, just before I kept my date with the sagging buffet table. Window shopping was all I could do, as my stomach could only hold so much with all that water sloshing inside. Of course, my mouth watered long after the tables were cleared, but by then it was too late to let go of my self control.
- And when I did let go and stuff myself, I made sure it was before my long walks or bicycle rides. Instant energy for those activities equates to no extra pounds on my hips and waist.
The scales told the whole story on my return home. Not only did I manage to keep the excess pounds at bay, I also returned refreshed and ready for work, not hung over and lethargic as I usually do.
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This is a post from FatManUnleashed.com’s Weight Loss Blog:
Pound the Pavement to Keep Vacation Pounds Away
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Is your Food Worth its Weight in Exercise?
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Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Lisa Newton who can be found at Iowa Avenue and the Healthy Lifestyle Bloggers.
If you’re trying to lose weight, exercise is the best way to create a negative calorie balance. Too many people have the misconception that exercising affords them the permission to eat more. This idea is flat out false. Where it came from I could only speculate.
By eating additional food because you exercised, the hard work you just did is lost, and instead of losing the calories just exercised away, you’re left with an equal number of calories lost vs. calories gained–thus, no weight loss.
Is the food you eat worth it?
Another aspect of exercise and food is that many people complain about having to diet, diet, and diet some more because they are not losing any weight, or have hit a weight loss plateau.
As you lose weight, the amount of food you need to maintain your new weight lessens, so you need to marginally decrease your food intake.
Or if you aren’t physically active, your weight loss plateau could be the direct result of you eating the same amount of food, but not exercising.
You won’t be able to lose weight unless you either eat less or begin an exercise routine.
Don’t believe all of the hype. Just as you would be careful and prudent when making a major purchase, your health is equally as important.
Most advertisements, posts, commercials, or just plain bad advice in the public domain, that you can lose weight, continue to lose weight, or maintain a weight loss without exercise is based on deception, and/or probably some type of over the counter pill that’s not good for you or your health.
90% of the people included in the National Weight Control Registry—which tracks over 5,000 individuals who have lost significant amounts of weight and kept it off for long periods of time–exercised for, on average, an hour per day.
To avoid making the crucial mistake of thinking you can eat more, or lose weight without exercise, consider these facts:
So the next time you want to gorge or splurge on food just because you exercised, ask yourself:
Is your Food Worth its Weight in Exercise?
After all, it’s about a healthy lifestyle!
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Is your Food Worth its Weight in Exercise?
