Seafood helps to burn calories!
Iodine
Seafood, especially kelp, has more iodine in it than most other foods. Iodine is one of your thyroid glands primary sources of nutritional supplementation. Making sure that you take in enough iodine helps to ensure a healthy thyroid gland which promotes a healthy metabolism and ability to burn fat.
Shellfish contain a relatively high amount of iodine in them as well. After eating shelfish you may notice that you do not feel as bloated or water retentive as you normally would otherwise. This is because the extra iodine in the shellfish or seaweed kicks in your metabolism and you keeps your body from retaining excess water weight.
Meal idea:
A great meal idea to really capitalize on this concept might be a shrimp ceasure salad, or some crab legs and veggies.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Tip 1
Welcome to your first tip of the day!
Tip#1 is about your "RMR", or "Resting Metabolic Rate". This is a fancy way of saying; how many calories your body burns at rest throughout the day. There are a variety of things that you can do to increase it and thus increase the number of calories you are burning on a daily basis.
Small, high intensity bursts of exercise, done at intervals throughout the day, have been shown to elevate your RMR more than one, longer duration of cardio vascular exercise.
For example, if you were to do 5 min of jump rope three times per day, say morning, afternoon, and evening, you would probably find that it stimulated your RMR more than one 15 minute session of jogging on the treadmill.
Now, the key here is high intensity, not low intensity, for these short bursts of cardio vascular work. If you were to do moderate to low intensity, this would not work. What we are talking about doing is stimulating your RMR to 'turn and burn', so to speak. This is a nifty little trick that has helped more than one person to getting their RMR back on track.
How to do it?
You can do a super high intensity on the treadmill(sprinting for 5 minutes), you can do jump rope, you can do sprints outside, you can do some cardio step, you can do jumping jacks, you name it. You want to be huffing and puffing and do it to the point that you are getting up a sweat. Again, this is about 5 minutes of high intensity.
How do I know it's working?
You know it's working if: a)your body feels hotter throughout the day than normal, b)you start burning through the excess water retention around your mid section, thighs, or abs, c)you feel hungrier than usual.
What not to do:
1)Do not completely substitute this for your longer duration cardio.
2)Do not kill your knees by doing something extremely high impact for 5 minutes, 20 times throughout the day.
3)Do not begin consuming more calories if this makes you feel hungry, this will obviously defeat the purpose.
This concludes your tip of the day!
Tip#1 is about your "RMR", or "Resting Metabolic Rate". This is a fancy way of saying; how many calories your body burns at rest throughout the day. There are a variety of things that you can do to increase it and thus increase the number of calories you are burning on a daily basis.
Small, high intensity bursts of exercise, done at intervals throughout the day, have been shown to elevate your RMR more than one, longer duration of cardio vascular exercise.
For example, if you were to do 5 min of jump rope three times per day, say morning, afternoon, and evening, you would probably find that it stimulated your RMR more than one 15 minute session of jogging on the treadmill.
Now, the key here is high intensity, not low intensity, for these short bursts of cardio vascular work. If you were to do moderate to low intensity, this would not work. What we are talking about doing is stimulating your RMR to 'turn and burn', so to speak. This is a nifty little trick that has helped more than one person to getting their RMR back on track.
How to do it?
You can do a super high intensity on the treadmill(sprinting for 5 minutes), you can do jump rope, you can do sprints outside, you can do some cardio step, you can do jumping jacks, you name it. You want to be huffing and puffing and do it to the point that you are getting up a sweat. Again, this is about 5 minutes of high intensity.
How do I know it's working?
You know it's working if: a)your body feels hotter throughout the day than normal, b)you start burning through the excess water retention around your mid section, thighs, or abs, c)you feel hungrier than usual.
What not to do:
1)Do not completely substitute this for your longer duration cardio.
2)Do not kill your knees by doing something extremely high impact for 5 minutes, 20 times throughout the day.
3)Do not begin consuming more calories if this makes you feel hungry, this will obviously defeat the purpose.
This concludes your tip of the day!
Introduction to 365 days of weight loss
I am excited to provide you with a weight loss tip a day, every single day!
As a professional personal trainer for over 15 years, I have seen it all. I have trained people at the Gold's Gym in Venice Ca. and I have trained people at the Gold's Gym in Lincoln Ne. I trained people all over the US, in their homes, in studios, outside, you name it. I have trained celebrities and I have trained soccer moms. I have trained people with obesity and I have trained people who were near anorexic. I have trained people in their 50's, people in their 60's, people in their 70's, and even people in their 90's. I have worked with people who have had heart transplants, I have worked with people who had become paralyzed, I have worked with people who had become toxic(too much crap in their system), I have worked with people who are highly neurotic, and I have worked with people who are incredibly lazy. I have worked with people who's bodies are breaking down and people who's bodies are genetically perfect.
Throughout the years I have pieced together quite a bit and one thing is for sure: Fitness is NOT an exact science. Since everyone's body is different, and each person has different challenges, my speciality has been to come up with answers that no one else can. So, here you can expect to find information that you might not be able to find elsewhere, at least not all together in one body of knowledge.
What to expect:
You can expect to find a weight loss tip, every single day. I will provide an idea that you may or may not have heard about, or thought of before. You can expect to read about things like your "RMR" or "resting metabolic rate". You can expect to read different nutritional factoids about supplements, herbs, and a variety of foods. You can expect that, if the weight loss tip of the day doesn't fit your needs, it's quite likely that one of the next one's will.
If you have a question about a weight loss tip or idea, feel free to email me at holisticfitness4u@hotmail.com and I will do my best to get to it as soon as I have time.
As a professional personal trainer for over 15 years, I have seen it all. I have trained people at the Gold's Gym in Venice Ca. and I have trained people at the Gold's Gym in Lincoln Ne. I trained people all over the US, in their homes, in studios, outside, you name it. I have trained celebrities and I have trained soccer moms. I have trained people with obesity and I have trained people who were near anorexic. I have trained people in their 50's, people in their 60's, people in their 70's, and even people in their 90's. I have worked with people who have had heart transplants, I have worked with people who had become paralyzed, I have worked with people who had become toxic(too much crap in their system), I have worked with people who are highly neurotic, and I have worked with people who are incredibly lazy. I have worked with people who's bodies are breaking down and people who's bodies are genetically perfect.
Throughout the years I have pieced together quite a bit and one thing is for sure: Fitness is NOT an exact science. Since everyone's body is different, and each person has different challenges, my speciality has been to come up with answers that no one else can. So, here you can expect to find information that you might not be able to find elsewhere, at least not all together in one body of knowledge.
What to expect:
You can expect to find a weight loss tip, every single day. I will provide an idea that you may or may not have heard about, or thought of before. You can expect to read about things like your "RMR" or "resting metabolic rate". You can expect to read different nutritional factoids about supplements, herbs, and a variety of foods. You can expect that, if the weight loss tip of the day doesn't fit your needs, it's quite likely that one of the next one's will.
If you have a question about a weight loss tip or idea, feel free to email me at holisticfitness4u@hotmail.com and I will do my best to get to it as soon as I have time.
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