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/burnfat

I added more article links and a link to an abdominal building forum.

You might also want to take a look at this pay ebook on keeping your metabolism racing along  – you can also read a review of the book, “Burn the Fat” :

This is a wonderful book if you want to learn how to lose weight and still look healthy.

When most people start on a weight-loss
regime the first thing they wish to attack
is their waistline. They start off with
visions of turning a beer gut into an
abdominal six-pack. After a few weeks of
strenuous exercise nothing appears to
happen and soon they lose confidence and
give up.

This article is designed to explain, in
laymen’s terms, why this happens and why
you may be using the wrong exercises, or
possibly the right exercises at the wrong
time. Either way you are doing yourself no
favors.

Never give up because only losers quit.
We’ve all heard the old saying: “The height
of stupidity is to repeat the same thing
and expect a different result.” If it isn’t
working you try a different routine and you
keep doing that until you find the routine
that does work, that is the way of winners.

Why These Exercises do not Reduce Waist

The first thing you must accept is that all
abdominal exercises only strengthen
abdominal muscles, if those muscles are
covered by a layer of fat when you start
they will still be covered by the same
layer of fat when you finish. You will have
stronger abdominal muscles but you will not
look any different. Therefore your attempt
to create figure from fat will have failed.
The secret to making these abdominal
exercises work is to lose fat first. You
lose fat by diet and aerobic exercise, by
burning more calories than you take in with
food. When you have reduced your waistline
to a more natural size you can then take up
abdominal exercises and start working on
that perfect six-pack.

Weight Loss

In a nutshell you need to reduce your calorie intake and burn
some calories off by using light exercise. Losing weight can
only be achieved by eating less and moving more. Forget the
complicated scientific formulae, it all boils down to eating
less and moving more.

Exercise Wisdom

Conventional wisdom claims that you need to exercise for
30-minutes each day and that this demand can be broken down to
six five minute sessions or three ten minute sessions,
whichever suits you best. You can carry out aerobic exercise
using simple methods like parking your car as far from the
store as possible and forcing yourself to walk further. Maybe
walking up the stairs instead of using the escalator, any small
act of this nature that adds to your normal exercise output is
aerobic exercise and burns calories.

Eating habits

Furthermore it makes sense to eat five or six meals each day
rather than two or three. Why? Because you will eat smaller
meals and it is better for your metabolism to deal with smaller
meals rather than large meals. You can also eat between these
meals providing you restrict it to a piece of fruit or a raw
carrot. Dieting doesn’t have to be hard it has to be sensible.

Your brain doesn’t get the message that your stomach is full
for at least twenty minutes after it is full. How often have
you eaten way beyond the capacity that is required simply
because the message hasn’t got through?

Conclusion

There is no point in attempting abdominal exercises while you
still have a layer of fat and expecting a figure improvement.
Muscle building and weight loss are separate subjects that
should be approached individually if you are to get the best
results.

This article is (c) Copyright David McCarthy 2005 and may be
reproduced in its entirety with no additions.

About The Author: David McCarthy is webmaster of
http://www.recipesmania.com a website devoted to freely sharing
knowledge on all facets of food, cooking, weight loss, food
related health subjects and a free weight loss program. It
contains recipes for all occasions from health to partying.

It is hard. A lot of it has to do with
your fat/bodyweight ratio.

So getting that six-pack or getting a
slimmer waste is a difficult proposition at
times.

But ABs are worth working on, after all
they are part of the core musculature that
supports the body.

Anyway, I thought I’d let you in on
something of interest.

This device might be of use to you:

This is the Pavelizer II and it was designed by an expert in fitness.

Click on the above image and find out the details about this unique tool to help you train your abs. Find out why it is different than other ab exercising devices.