Foods That Fight Belly Fat

I have decided to do this post because I keep hearing about people who are nutritional drop outs. They still don’t know the difference between good and bad fats and they still have a whole lot of bad ass fat on their stomach.

I have posted before about a couple of rules that can help you when picking foods at the supermarket, grocers, where ever you go. I’ll post them again because they probably got lost under all the other stuff I was talking about.

When shopping – Try to buy foods with just 1 ingredient.

This might sound like Mission: Boring and Impossible, however it can be anything but. When I first did this I thought I would be limited to fruit and veg, but there are a whole lot more choices than that. It kicks the right side of your brain into overdrive and forces it to do a little more labor than it is used to. When you only have limited parameters you have to think outside the square about what you can have with what. Use it to your advantage, don’t get depressed about it, emo kid.

When shopping – Always aim to buy things that will go off within a few weeks.

I am not some evil anti capitalist who is trying to bring about further economic crippling, but as weird as it sounds, it is true. Let me ask you something…

How long does a McDonalds burger last? How about a bottle of soda? Canned goods? White flour?

All these things are so full of crap and so intrinsically crap that you have to wonder – do the manufacturers feel bad about all the people they are helping to become overweight bowling balls?

This is the reason that I tell you to buy things that go off. Now most things that go off are good for you – things like fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, dairy, eggs. But some things like seeds, nuts, protein powder and a few other things don’t tend to go off as easily. These are just guidelines.

Apply common sense and some rationality and you have the ingredients for a good list of fun times at the market!

Until next time look good, feel good and live like you mean it!

Johnny

How To Lose Lower Ab Fat

This is the stubborn sucker. This is the one that leaves you crawling the internet for information until 3am. This is the one that hides you abs just enough to make you not want to pull your shirt off for any occasion.

So how to lose lower ab fat? Well, let me explain how I did it. I am also a human so this may help you.

First, let me tell you what didn’t help me. Drinking alcohol, missing my workouts, having too many cheat days, buying supplements and ab machines. Okay?

Now, what did help?

1. Increasing intensity and frequency of cardio based workouts.

This is one the of biggest things that impacted on my results. Often we can find ourselves slipping in our commitment to our workouts, and then taking the easy way out. We say we will run for half an hour and it ends up being a pathetic excuse for a slow jog. Always remembering what you want will help you keep yourself disciplined and in the habit of making excellence. Instead of meandering around your neighborhood like a decrepit old man, how about you start running like you are 14 again? How about instead of standing around your boxing bag aimlessly flinging your arms about, you imagine that the bag is somebody who has just held your family to ransom! You have to get mad!

2. Tighten up your nutrition plan

You will not lose that lower ab fat if you are having a cheat meal every day. Know and understand that. It is so easy when we go into a new environment such as a mates house, visiting family or for a day “out with the boys”, to slip back into our old habits of eating. Prepare for these outings. Make up some lunch or be prepared to be so stubborn about saying no to junk food that you appear rude! Do anything to stop taking in junk food, and it will soon be offered to you less. Get mad that people are trying to give you heart disease next time they offer you deep fried whatevers! And apologise afterwards and explain why you did it!

Until next time – check out How to get abs

Johnny

Top Exercise to Lose Stomach Fat

Here are a few bad boys from under my watchful guard. These are the top exercises to lose stomach fat that I have used to get ripped abs and a low body fat percentage.

You have to bear in mind that fat loss will only come if your nutrition is well under way to becoming great. You won’t get ripped abs eating cakes, pork chop.

Early morning routine: I am sure that this is the most effective one in my arsenal. Every morning (well most mornings – we’re all human) I take a 30 minute jog. This is as soon as I get up. Shoes on and out the door, and maybe some shorts and a top also. I walk the minute and have a bit of a stretch, then I hit it. My speed depends on my mood really, it shouldn’t, but it does. I find normally I am quite happy and full of it in the morning – I think it is sort of a pride thing. You are happy to be up before everybody else and even happier that you are doing something great for yourself.

After my run I max out on my body weight reps. I hit a 1rm (going to your max reps once) of press ups, sit ups, pull ups and lunges. Feel a burn and love it.

Any time cardio sessions: These are a real fat blaster. I set up a timer and some loud music, have my pen at the ready and training log, then get into it. I will do 2 minutes of skipping, a 2 min boxing bag round and then I do one more of each of the following than I did yesterday: burpees, bicycle crunches, scissors, pull ups or chins, press ups and box jumps.

You have to record what you are doing so you know you are getting fitter and faster. You will start shedding fat if you can squeeze in one of these a day – if you can get 1 of each in you will get the results of Hercules!

Until next time – get up early

Johnny