Monday, July 11, 2005

What's your limiting factor

Each of us is composed of 5 domains, physical, mental, social, emotional, and spiritual. We often think our weight is just about what we eat and exercise. The truth is the limiting factor can be in any domain. When you find the limiting factor you will experience success to the point of the next limiting factor.

Sunday, July 10, 2005

Omega 3 and weight loss

New research shows take omega 3 fats don't get stored in the cells but rather are a critical part of the cell membrains. they will raise the RMR (resting metabolic rate). Best sources are cold water fish and flax. Flax is the best plant source. The ground meal is better in some ways than the oil. The flax meal has the benifit of fiber which will absorb and bind fat in the colon for elimination.

To lose weight it takes a team

Personal support and encouragement is one of the key factors to your success. I suggest that you make a team effort. Find three friends that might want to lose weight and get them to join with you. In time they need to network with others and as a result everyone wins.

Resistance exercise

The most efficent way to build lean muscle is thriough resistance exercise. It doesn't have to be long duration. ten minutes will work The muscle needs to be pushed to its limit. This will cause micro tears in the muscle. If you work different muscle groups each day and take one day a week off you will have better success. You need good protien to build the new muscle as well as good cofactors like vitamins and minerals

build muscle to burn fat

The only way that you will be successful in losing weight long term is to build muscle mass. Just cutting back on calories cuses a loss of muscle as well as fat. this means that you will have less muscle to burn fat when you go off the diet.