10 Common Fat Burning Myths

MYTH 1. It is possible to spot reduce, or to lose fat in one location on your body.

Spot reducing does not work. When the body loses fat, it is lost throughout the body. Focusing on one area of the body for exercise may develop better muscle tone in that area making the body part appear tighter and more fit, but it will not remove fat. It is important to exercise the whole body, in a well-balanced fashion; this is the best way to reduce fat.



MYTH 2. Doing aerobic exercise is the best way to burn fat.

Doing aerobics, like doing any exercise, is a good way to stay fit and burn fat. But, it is not substantially better at fat reducing than any other type of exercise. In fact, weight and resistance training builds more muscle, which may help the body to burn fat more quickly.


MYTH 3. Weight training will make me bulk up.

Resistance exercise tones the body and improves overall fitness. Normal weight training does not build bulky muscles.

MYTH 4. There is a pill that will make you lose fat, regardless of how much you exercise or what you eat.

Sorry. While there are drugs available and in development to aid in weight loss there is no magic bullet. The available drugs have long lists of side effects and must be combined with sensible eating and exercise plans in order to be effective.

MYTH 5. After 20 minutes of exercise, your body is mostly burning fat.

The body uses both carbohydrates and fat for energy all of the time. Over the course of exercise, the body will use more fat, but the 20-minute mark is not a magic time when the body starts burning only fat.

MYTH 6. Eating late at night causes you to gain more fat than eating at other times of the day.

A calorie is a calorie. The body accepts calories regardless of the time of day. This myth may have spawned from the high calorie, low-nutrition snacks that many people indulge in late at night, in addition to the regular meals they consumed during the day.

It is healthier for your digestive system to not lie down right after eating, so it isn’t a bad idea to avoid snacking late at night, but a later dinner will not make you fatter than an early one.

MYTH 7. Cellulite is harder to burn than normal fat.

Cellulite is simply a combination of fat and fluid, close to the upper layers of the skin. Its dimply appearance frustrates many people, but the fat in cellulite is no different from any other fat in the body. Reducing calories and exercising is the best way to get rid of cellulite, although some surface therapies may improve the appearance of the skin over the cellulite.

MYTH 8. If you do not eat fat, you cannot get fat.

The body can convert any fuel into fat, if it takes in more fuel than it expends in a day. Each calorie you consume is either used by the body or stored, regardless of whether the calorie started as protein, fat or carbohydrate.

MYTH 9. Genes and hormones control your fat burning ability more than diet and exercise.

While genetics do have an impact on each person’s ability to burn fat, the effect is far less than that of diet and exercise. The factors in your control are far more important than those out of your control.

MYTH 10. If you have liposuction, you cannot get fat in the same area.

While liposuction does remove fat cells, your body can easily make new fat cells in the same area.

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Metaphysical meaning of Obesity

PHYSICAL BLOCK

Obesity is an increase in body weight as a result of an excessive accumulation of fat in the body beyond skeletal and physical limitations.

EMOTIONAL BLOCK

Although obesity can be caused by a number of physiological factors, the psychological implications are related to a situation or person that humiliated you when you were young and you felt ashamed. You now live in a state of perpetual fear of feeling ashamed. You now live in a state perpetual fear of feeling ashamed, making someone else feel ashamed or being ashamed by someone else.

You have built a psychological wall around you – a barrier of fat to shield you from the demands and expectations of others. You probably have difficulty saying no and have a tendency to take on too much because you would be ashamed to say no.

You may feel sandwiched between two people, doing everything you can to satisfy both. You want to make others happy to prove that you are not ashamed of them. While doing this, you’re completely out of touch with your own needs.

It is also common to gain weight as a protective psychological barrier against the opposite sex. You may believe that your obesity will not be attractive to the opposite sex and you will therefore avoid being hurt, humiliated or emotionally abused by them.

Frequently, obese people want to take their rightful place in life but are uncomfortable doing so. Little do they know that they are already taking up a lot of space in life, not only physically.

MENTAL BLOCK

In my observation, those with problems with obesity are often deeply sensitive, they are unable to take a long, hard, honest look at themselves in a mirror. Are you able to really look at each part of your body in a mirror? It’s very important if you want to address your obesity and fully understand it. The ability to look honestly at physical body is linked with your capacity to look beyond the physical to the real cause of this problem.

Experiencing the humiliation you did as a child has caused you to build a protective barrier to prevent you from being taken advantage of. You thought you could achieve your goals by being a “nice” person and by taking on other people’s burdens. It is important for you to learn how to receive instead of always giving. Realize that receiving takes nothing away from others.

I suggest that, at the end of each day you recount any incident that humiliated you or made you feel ashamed, and determine whether or not the shame was really justified. Ask someone you trust what they think.

Also make it a habit to ask yourself “What do I really want?” before agreeing to others requests or before offering your services. The love and esteem and esteem that others have for you will not diminish. On the contrary, they will appreciate the fact that you respect yourself and that you are taking a stand. Although you will always be an obliging person, as is your nature, you also need to learn to feed your own soul. It is your birthright to be happy and to take your place in the lives of those close to you. Believe in your own self-worth.



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Discover the belief behind your weight issue

Physical Block


1. When did your weight issue start? ____________________________________

2. a) Describe your discomfort: ______________________________________________________

b) How does this make you feel? ___________________________________________________

3. Your weight issue bothers or affects which area of your life? __________________________

4. In this area, is there a person or situation that makes you feel what is described in #2, at the time

of, or just before your weight issue started? ____________________________________



Emotional

5 a) Desire: Your weight issue prevents you from having or doing what?

_______________________________________________________________________________

b) Need: The fact that you do not…..(repeat answer #5a) prevents you from being what?

________________________________________________________________________________



NB: Realise that what you want is…. (repeat answer #5) but you block yourself because a part of you fears something.



Mental (belief)

6 a) In the situation mentioned in answer #4, if you would give yourself the right to (repeat answer

#5), what unpleasant thing could happen, what do you FEAR? ____________________________

b) If that happened, you would judge yourself or people would judge you of being what? ________

______________________________________________________________________________



Conclusion



Can I accept that, for the moment, I feel ______________________________ because I BELIEVE that if I am ______________________________, I will be _______________________

(no.5) (no.8)



To start healing, I need to agree to be____________________________________________ for the moment (no.8)

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Loving Steps to natural weight loss without controlling

Using CONTROL to try and lose weight in the form of diets is done from a place of fear and not love for yourself. You won't be able to maintain this forever. It is the work of the ego and not your true self which only knows LOVE. With LOVE for yourself you can conquer anything. LET GO of CONTROL, connect inwards to your true power. Below are some loving steps to help with your long lasting natural weight loss journey.

Step 1: When you are hungry, EAT


- Your body stores more fat when you:

• Starve yourself; your metabolism slows down so body can conserve energy.
• Eat only at meal times and not when hungry.
• Feel guilty for eating the wrong food.

- You need to listen to your body more, trust your body will tell you when you’re hungry.
- Eat when feeling fairly hungry (between 3 and 4 on the hunger scale) NOT when ravenous as bodies gone into starvation mode, therefore it will store more fat and you eat more usually.
- Hunger can often be thirst, therefore drink water, wait 10minutes and if still hungry eat.

THE HUNGER SCALE


1. Physically faint
2. Ravenous
3. Fairly hungry
4. Slightly hungry
5. Neutral
6. Pleasantly satisfied
7. Full
8. Stuffed
9. Bloated
10. Nauseous

RULE 2: Know the difference between TRUE hunger & EMOTIONAL hunger

- True hunger comes on gradually and you feel it in your solar plexus.
- Emotional hunger is felt in your abdomen, when you experience this hunger NO food will satisfy this hunger. This hunger will be connected to a need or desire which isn’t being met; this will show up as a feeling. Accept this feeling, and give it space to be there. Don’t try push it way or numb it with food.


RULE 3: Eat what you want

- When you’re trying to control what you eat it can be very exhausting.
- As you begin to make peace with food and learn to listen to the wisdom of your body you will experience freedom from the tension and guilt that comes from NOT following your intuition.
- This is why there are NO forbidden foods in my system – you can eat anything you want any time you are hungry, providing you take the time to really, really enjoy it.


RULE 4: Eat CONSCIOUSLY and enjoy every mouthful

- “Overweight people” spend all their time thinking about food – except when they’re actually eating it.
- People often shovel food into their mouths as quickly as possible in order to get a serotonin high (replace that negative feeling they have). Unfortunately because they eat UNCONSCIOUSLY they never notice the signal from their stomach that lets them know they are full, therefore stuffing themselves!!
- The problem is that it’s a temporary high, they then feel FAT and GUILTY afterwards. They feel so bad they repeat the whole ritual of unconsciously stuffing themselves again in order to anaesthetize the bad feelings they just created.

- NB- You can eat whatever you want, whenever you want, so long as you eat consciously and fully enjoy every single mouthful.


RULE 5: When you think you’re full, STOP eating

- To lose weight effortlessly and keep it off, you must begin working with your body and not against it. People often over eat by not listening to their bodies needs, this way we are doing our bodies more harm.
- As soon as you’ve had enough to eat you’ll notice that each subsequent bite of food becomes a little less enjoyable than the one before. As soon as this happens STOP eating.

 
Some of this information was taken from the book, "I can make you thin" by Paul Mckenna.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Can-Make-You-Thin-New/dp/059306092X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1280574803&sr=1-2
 

Is weight your PROBLEM in your life?

Problems....Problems......Problems we all love problems. Who would you be without your weight problem? Think about it for awhile......You would be free, present and peaceful. So why do you do this to yourself? Why do you create something outside of you? You can never be your weight problem. You are something a lot more powerful, a lot more peaceful, joyful and loving. You instantly give your power away by creating a weight problem for yourself.

By creating problems you are creating separation. Separation from who you truly are. Your natural true authentic self is LOVE. LOVE is your freedom from your weight problem. Problems draw you away from your true self. With problems you get caught up in your compulsive thinking process. You are constantly thinking: I should eat this, I shouldn’t eat that, I need to run 10 miles I am going out for dinner tonight, I can’t rest today, I need to keep going. So tiring, so damaging to YOU. You create so many demands on yourself, on your body, no wonder your body doesn’t show you love in return.

By creating a weight problem in your mind you can’t be present in your body. Problems are created by the ego. Your compulsive thoughts are your ego. Ego is driven by fear and guilt. By you being your weight problem you will always experience guilt when you eat. That guilt is then manifested in your body as excess weight.

So, the truth behind long lasting weight loss is LOVE. LOVE for yourself is created by surrendering to your EGO. You can do this by choosing to live your life consciously from a place of love, by doing this the truth to who you truly are will be revealed with time.

This is what the,” lose weight be free programme” is all about. It’s about YOU creating freedom from your weight problem, so you can experience love, peace and joy.

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Well Known Causes of Weight Gain

Below are a few theories that could be linked to a sudden gain around the girth.


• It’s My Metabolism
• It’s my Age

Research has shown that from your mid-twenties onwards, your metabolism slows down each year. The basal metabolic rate (BMR) - the rate we burn calories at rest – begins to decline from age 25-30 along with the volume of lean muscle tissue. The result is an overall loss in Lean Body Mass (LBM) and a gain in adipose tissue – fatty tissue. However hard you are dieting, unless you’re exercising as well, you will automatically lose more than 3 kg of muscle tissue every decade, which results in a 2-5 per cent drop in metabolic rate every 10 years. That will guarantee a middle-age spread of more than a stone in fat by the time you are 45.

1lb of muscle requires about 35 calories a day just to function, while 1lb of fat needs only a couple of calories.

So if you want to lose weight you need to increase your lean muscle mass, big-time. You need to use your muscles to burn fat, there is no other way. Get exercising – Do cardiovascular exercise eg: fast walking, jogging, cycling to keep your heart healthy. Do light strength training to increase lean muscle mass. Do yoga to help you relax and take you away from your thinking mind and into your body.

• Sluggish Liver
• Nutrient Deficiencies

Most people will start having digestive problems between 45 and 55, when the body’s ability to produce digestive enzymes reduces by half. Middle-aged spread is very common amongst people with a sluggish liver and poor digestion. Do a detox and see a nutritionist if you think this could be a problem for you.

• Under active Thyroid

The thyroid gland regulates body metabolism and if it’s under active you may well be putting on unexplained weight.

• Yeast Infection
• Poor Diet & Digestion
• Food Allergies

Many people have big tummies because they’re carrying around up to nine meals worth of undigested food at any one time. All of us have more than a kilo of friendly bacteria living within us, its job is to break down the fibre and waste in the colon and help get everything moving out. But if you have consumed a diet of fast food, meat, milk, antibiotics and booze all their lives, the bad bacteria can multiply like mad and upset that balance. Food doesn’t get broken down and digested properly and it ends up dumped in the colon where it just sits and rots. Result? Bloating, gas and an enormous pot belly. Plan of action – Detox!


• Insulin Resistance – Syndrome x

Starchy carbs cause the body to release large quantities of the hormone insulin. The more your diet is made up of fast-releasing carbohydrates such as pastries, biscuits and even cornflakes, the more the body has to respond by producing insulin and the more your blood-sugar levels fluctuate. If this goes on indefinitely you put on weight because if you don’t burn it off the blood glucose, converted to glycogen, gets stored as fat. Over time, the insulin receptors and the pancreas just get exhausted from the constant demands and insulin resistance sets in. A high-protein, low-carb eating plan will sort out your insulin levels once and for all.

• It’s Hormonal

Menopause expert Dr John Stevenson, from Endocrinology and Metabolic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College in London, says it’s already hard for women to maintain a healthy weight after the menopause because of hormonal and metabolic changes. ‘Older women tend to carry body fat around the waist in an “apple” shape, much as men do,’ says Dr Stevenson. Sadly, the older we get, the more we have to do. ‘Post-menopausal women have to eat less and/or exercise more just to maintain their weight as they get older. But if you want to lose weight, you need to eat less and increase activity,’ adds Dr Stevenson. So if you’re going through menopause and you find you’re gaining weight, don’t make it into an issue. Accept the changes that are taking place in your body, love your body the way it is. If you reject the change you will create unnecessary stress in your life which could manifest into some other illness or disease.

• Lack of Exercise
• I sit at a desk all day

Get yourself active, find something you enjoy doing. Remember exercise isn’t something you need to kill yourself doing. It can be fun, if you don’t like the gym do something like dance lessons, yoga or walking. There is definitely something you enjoy doing? Get on and do it.

• It’s Emotional

You find it hard to stop eating, you are constantly hungry. This is a sign that you are using food to numb unwanted feelings towards yourself. The solution here is to work with this feelings. The feelings are realted to lack of self-acceptance and self-confidence. So think about it, every time you overeat you are going to feel extremely guilt which decreases your self-acceptance and self-confidence more and more everytime. This creates a vicious cycle which will leave you on a downward spiral. The solution here is to tap into your own inner power and start creating a deep love for yourself.

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Most of the above information was taken from the book, "The week-end weight-loss plan by suzi grant"
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Weekend-Weight-loss-Plan-Detox-Fabulous/dp/0141015578/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1280410442&sr=1-1

Weight Issues!

Having a weight issues is only a symptom of what’s really going on. The moment we blame something externally we take the power away from ourselves. This instantly says that you believe that you can’t do anything about it, so why not put the blame on something else. The truth is that you actually have all the power inside of you to make the changes necessary. So why don’t you:


a) Some people don’t know this.

b) Some people are scared of facing the truth about themselves.

c) Some people are too lazy and don’t want to do the work, this is related to FEAR.

We all have the ability to live of life full of love, peace and happiness. The problem is that we live in a world where we want quick fixes (pills, surgery). The truth to permanent weight loss is learning how to create love for yourself which is a gradually process.

Working on yourself to gain inner strength, stillness & peace can be the most exciting journey ever. When you see the changes occurring in your environment and on your body you will be motivated and inspired you to keep going.

Your daily life is a reflection of what is going on in your mind. You body is also a reflection of what is going on in your mind. By creating a "problem" you engage in using control to deal with it. Control is the work of our EGO, which is fear driven. When you do things from a place of LOVE by engaging in your own inner power you will get long lasting results.

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