This book contains pretty much everything you need to know in order to burn off fat and lose weight.

Though it is written by a body builder the information is practical enough for a non-bodybuilder. Tom covers virtually everything you could want to know about weight loss.

The best part is that it is all spot on and accurate. It is obvious to me from reading his book that he understands science well enough to really know the nitty-gritty details of how the body processes food and makes fat.

He is able to cover every aspect of weight loss from goal setting and motivation right down to the how-do-you-do-it details.

The book is very comprehensive. As I’ve said many times, if you understand the principles of weight loss, it will be so much easier to lose weight than to follow some ‘plan’ that doesn’t make any sense to you.

When you understand the principles of weight loss, you can follow your own game plan. If something goes wrong, you’ll know how to fix it.

This is exactly what Tom teaches: all the principles you need to know about weight loss.

http://tobeinformed.com/Likes/BurnTheFat

This is a seemingly complicated and confusing subject for a lot of people.

You can lose weight. I want to assure you of that fact.

There are certain things that are important to keep in mind.

When I was little, my father always used to tell me that ‘ you go where your head goes’.

He actually meant it literally when we were wrestling around.

But it is a beautiful metaphor for a truth. Your mind is a powerful guide to where you ared headed in life.

You are what you think. So losing weight has to start in the mind.

In his book, Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle Tom Venuto talks about setting goals first.

He doesn’t talk about setting them last. You start at goal setting and that is why he put it at the beginning of his book. He specifically says, “all the knowledge in the world is useless if you don’t know how to apply it”.

Tom goes on to spend quite a bit of time on how to get your mind set right on your goals.

Here are a few additional things that I have found useful for weight loss that people seem to miss.

- Drink lots of water. This is a big one. Water is essential to almost every body function. Your metabolism is slowed by a lack of water

- Eat lots of Essential Fat. This sounds counterintuitive, but it works.

- Pay attention to WHEN you exercise. To burn off fat, you have to deplete the bodies short term energy supply. If you don’t, you will never burn fat .

- You MUST do something to strengthen your muscles while losing weight. If you lose muscle mass you are hurting yourself in two ways.

1. You will be a flabby skinny person. Skinny without tone looks terrible.

2. You will slow your ability to burn calories. Resting muscle burns more calories than resting fat.

- Your body needs adequate protein. There are plenty of formulas on what adequate protein is.

Opinions vary, even among the experts in human nutrition. Here is one take: .8g per kg of your weight or .36g per pound of body weight.

You need a complete protein and enough of it, every 8 hours. If you don’t get it your body will burn your muscle tissue and for the reasons we already talked about you don’t want that to happen.

That ought to be helpful. See your doctor before starting any diet or exercise program. (ToBeInformed - Copyright 2006 and beyond)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hi David,

Really appreciate your response. I knew it would be hard to evaluate my situation without knowing all details, but I suppose you have to have a starting point!

I have always worked my core muscles. I work my upper body using free weights on a Monday. Tuesdays is a session for stomach. Wednesdays is leg strengthening, ie squats, lunges
etc. Thursdays is stomach again. I do these in the morning or at lunchtime, as I run in the evening. Fridays, Sat & Sun I just do my normal training without these additional
sessions.

Perhaps I should shave a little bit off my meals? Here is example of my diet, being totally honest :

Breakfast - 1/4 bowl of porridge with tbl spoon all bran, few shredded wheat, topped with tbl fresh fruit - skimmed milk & tbl spoon of honey. Small glass fresh fruit juice.

Mid morning - café latte with skimmed milk and 1/4 tsp sugar.

Lunch : 1 x slice bread with low fat spread with cheese or lean chicken. Small tub natural yogurt with tbl spoon fresh chopped up fruit, sprinkled with sesame seeds. Handful of grapes.

2pm - apple or other fruit.

4pm - Café latte with skimmed milk & 1/4 tsp sugar + 2 x crispbread

On route to training - handful fruit gums.

Evening training 6pm

Cereal bar on way home after training.

Evening meal - Chilli con carne with brown rice

Small glass port or red wine + couple of handfuls of nuts (naught!)

During the day, I sip water, but I know I should drink more. On a good day I’ll get through 1 litre of water.

I have trained for lots of years and I’m wondering if my body has just adjusted to this. Need to know what to do to kick start my metabolism so to achieve my 5lb weight loss. I did think about eating my main meal at lunchtimes as I thought eating quite late may not be helping, but think I
might feel too sluggish during the day if I try this.

Appreciate your comments.

Thankyou & kind regards.

Linda

MY REPLY

Hi Linda,

Yes, those details are a little more helpful.

Right off the bat, I see two problems with your diet.

You are not drinking enough water. Most experts agree that drinking TWO liters a day is bare minimum.

And My biochemistry teacher in school was very adamant about drinking a full gallon a day.

sounds to me with the amount of working out you do, plus your consumption of alcohol, which dehydrates the body further + your latte (coffee also dehydrates the body) + only getting a liter a day is probably slowing your metabolism a bit.

In addition, that amount of water intake is probably causing your body to function less than optimal.

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One of the biggest factors that determine athletic
performance is lack of adequate water. This is serious
stuff.

Drinking adequate water can actually help you lose weight,
have more energy, look and feel better.

Since you are working out a lot plus the other factors that
I mentioned above, If I were you, I would drink at least
three liters of water per day.

It’s hard to drink water, I know. I’ve found that I drink
more water when I add some minerals to the water. I like to
use concentrace minerals which you can find at any health
food store. Two drops is plenty for an entire liter. You
will find it easier to drink the water.

The second problem that I see, is that you are not getting
enough essential fats in your diet.

Eudo Erasmus, an expert on essential fats talks about this
in one of his books. I don’t remember the exact figure and
I’m too lazy to look it up, but I think if you increase your
total caloric intake of essential fats, you will actually
help yourself lose weight. Again, it sounds
counterintuitive, but there you have it.

Maybe you could replace those nuts with Eudo’s formula for
essential fats - you can also find that in the health food
store.

I hope you find this reply helpful.

Once again, my disclaimer:

This email is for information and entertainment purposes
only. You are advised to NOT follow any of my advice and
instead you should consult with a doctor. That goes for if
you have any health conditions or think you might have, or
if you are changing you diet or exercise level.

All the best,

Dave

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