Are you taking action to lose weight?

I always try and provide content on what I'm told face to face are the biggest challenges and what everyone needs the most help with...

Usually people who want to lose weight have already been bombarded with numerous messages, probably also had the frustration of investing energy into something that didn't bring about the right result at some point...


Many people say they want to lose weight, but when I ask "for what reason do you want to lose weight?"
I start to get a personalised idea...

If I was to ask would you like to feel better? Even look better? To feel better in the clothes you want to wear? To have more energy? To have better Health? To move well? To feel at your best ...

Most people would say yes...

However based on past history, do you expect to get results? Usually what we expect reflects in what we do...

There was a very famous, important book written a long time ago that stated "judge a tree by the fruit it bears"...

Not what the tree really wants or talks about or says it will do...

So as best you can with your own circumstances it's about what you do with the right information, the lifestyle you adopt, what you buy at the supermarket that you will consume, the food you can plan or even prepare - even if it's just having balanced snacks around for when you get hungry, how you can fit exercise in or or just opportunities to move more per day...

It's your lifestyle actions that will testify that you are serious about getting results...

Bye the way, If you would like a free weight loss report and a specialised eating out and weight loss guide, head to: www.costacoffeeonaweightlossplan.co.uk

Thanks Ed.

Improving Body Shape: Focus on seeing not getting...

A fitness magazine cover headline caught my eye the other day...

It was a popular men's edition...

But the message relates to anybody...

Obviously the cover titles have to be very attention grabbing to get you to read or even buy the magazine ...

Usually with regards to any weight loss, it's very hyped, such as - "lose 10lbs in 2 weeks...

Or "diet secrets of famous actor or actress revealed"...

But for once I liked the wording of this one;

It was a June edition of the magazine that stated; "See your six pack by August"

Aimed very much a younger male audience, but the message is relevant to anybody who wants to lose weight and improve shape...

For most of us our objective is to wear the clothes we want to wear and be healthy but the science is the same...

Over the course of time I have been asked constantly for specific exercises to work a body fat storing hotspot, stomach, bottom, legs...

If you go back to the title article words, it says "see" your six pack...

Meaning it's already there, we can improve mid section strength through exercise, but the shape of our toned muscle is already there...

What is obscuring our shape is our body fat...

How much our body fat obscures our shape, depends largely on our lifestyle...

I wrote it in my book, we have to "reveal" our shape ( a little ebook I wrote called: 100 Point Paleo Inspired Checklist to Permanent Weight Loss, available on Amazon UK :))


Once we decrease our body fat, our shape improves, becomes less obscured and more visible...

It seems unfair but we can't just do specific exercises for the troublesome areas...

We need to get our bodies to use body fat for energy...

Our eating habits accounting for most of this...

Exercise also increases metabolism which helps and improves health...

But improving shape comes down to our overall lifestyle rather than doing many specific targeted exercises...

( back in the mid 90's as a 19 year old my programme of 20 crunches before bed whilst enjoying too many Chinese takeaways each week, surprisingly didn't work :))

Any questions, please use the comments section...

Thanks,

Ed.




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How to keep getting weight loss and fitness results...

Have you ever tried a new healthy recipe for the first time and liked it?...

Or become slightly more motivated by a new exercise routine?...

But then somewhere down the line, not much later, eating the same recipe doing the same exercise routine got a bit tedious...

So much in fact, that you started eating unhealthier food instead and gave your self excuses not to exercise because it became uninspiring...

I tend to have more variety in my eating habits now, but in the past although healthy I would be quite OK with having the same meal day after day, I'm sure there is a word or phrase to describe such a person :)...

One of the most important messages I can give you and it's something that helps those that I help as a Personal Trainer...

...Is when it comes to your nutrition habits have a list of healthy recipes and dishes, dinners, lunches, breakfasts and snacks that you can interchange for variety...

Have either a few different exercise sessions or change yours up every few weeks or have a pool of exercises that you can draw upon and interchange...

I'm aware a big challenge in getting the results you so badly want is creating enough variety...

I am currently resourcing and designing monthly meal plans and guides and exercise sessions that are effective and can be done anywhere...

But don't let lack of variety be the brakes holding you back from developing and maintaining healthy habits to get results...

Apparently the phrase is Monophagous as to someone who doesn't need nutritional variety or is a creature of habit, maybe as well as being a weight loss cure I could also cure insomnia too...

If you would like a free report about making the best choices on the menu of the popular British coffee shop chain Costa Coffee but still wanting to lose weight, head to: www.costacoffeeonaweightlossplan.co.uk

Any questions use the comments section...

I will answer :)

More help and advice very soon,

Ed.

Weight Loss isn't just about you!

Sometimes because we put the emphasis on ourselves when we think about why we want to lose weight, change shape or move with less stiffness or have more energy or improve health...

We can tend to put the focus on achieving this objective aside...

Because it's all about us, it can feel a bit selfish...

Other more important things should take priority...

My message today is would investing in achieving your objective actually help others and those closest to you...

If changing shape or having more energy could change your demeanour  , could that have an effect on how you communicate, would it increase positivity and optimism?

When talking to people who wanted to increase their energy, the main reason was to have more energy when spending time with their children or grandchildren or increase productivity for their busy day, which ultimately would be having a positive effect on others...

Therefore if others are counting on us, then our own health must be important?

So whilst time and other commitments are an issue and a priority, maybe if it will have a positive effect on others also, isn't it ok to see our lifestyle objectives as important too?

For a free report on weight loss guidelines and visiting coffee shops on a weight loss plan and making the best choices, head to: www.costacoffeeonaweightlossplan.co.uk

If you have any questions use the comment section...

Thanks,

Ed.

Weight Loss and Eating habits in the news...

Very recently on television here Sky News UK informed us about a new report regarding updating our eating habits which is creating controversy...

The report is stating regarding obesity and weight loss that we should turn our attentions away from low fat and low calorie...

Members of the general public that were randomly interviewed about it looked very confused...

I thought I would quell any confusion that may arise...

As no one who reads my blog need be confused by this stuff!!

I know there are all these messages out there; low fat, low carb, low sugar...

The question is which is right and which is wrong...

The answer is they are both right and both wrong...

Which sounds confusing, but keep reading!

Remember that all Carbohydrates turn into sugar or energy, so they are one and the same thing, it's the amount of energy each one contains...

The best advice to come out of the report was the advice to eat more REAL food...

The report stated consuming full fat stuff is better for us than low fat, light, skinny etc... 

Avocados for example, high fat but fat the body can put to good use...

You can have a food item that claims to be low calorie, but if all the calories are energy and more than the body needs, then consumed regularly storing rather than burning will be the outcome...

Remember portion size is important, but increase the amount of real foods you consume, decrease the amount of processed foods and your health and not to mention your waist line will thank you for it...

By the way, I have a new free report about up to date weight loss guidelines, being able to eat and drink out with a special investigation to best choices to make at the coffee shap chain Costa Coffe. To get it head to: www.costacoffeeonaweightlossplan.co.uk

Thanks, Ed.

Weight Loss in the headlines...

Very hot off the press this...

Today on Sky News UK a new report regarding updating our eating habits is creating controversy...

The report is stating regarding obesity and weight loss that we should turn our attentions away from low fat and low calorie...

Members of the general public that were randomly interviewed about it looked very confused...

So if you have happened to have watched it...

I thought I would quell any confusion that may arise...

As no one who reads my blog regularly need be confused by this stuff!...

I know there are all these messages out there; low fat, low carb, low sugar...

The question is which is right and which is wrong...

The answer is they are both right and both wrong...

Which sounds confusing, but keep reading!

Remember that all Carbohydrates turn into sugar or energy, so they are one and the same thing, it's the amount of energy each one contains...

The best advice to come out of the report was the advice to eat more REAL food...

The report stated consuming full fat stuff is better for us than low fat, light, skinny etc... 

Avocados for example, high fat but fat the body can put to good use...

You can have a food item that claims to be low calorie, but if all the calories are energy and more than the body needs, then consumed regularly storing rather than burning will be the outcome...

Remember portion size is important, but increase the amount of real foods you consume, decrease the amount of processed foods and your health and not to mention your waist line will thank you for it...

There we go, I'm cutting edge with regards to weight loss, but sadly it's not the same with anything else :)...

For a free report and to receive content and recommended recipes, head to: www.edshealthyweightlossfreereport.co.uk

Any questions, let me know!

Thanks, Ed.

Weight Loss Motivation (don't worry what you are at the weekend won't sabotage your weight loss results).

Here is a common trait that I am noticing more and more...

Have you ever let's say "really enjoyed " a weekend...

Where you think after that you have totally sabotaged your good lifestyle habits to date...

If your good work only lasted the two days before that, then actually it's possible :) ...

However lets say, you have been forging some good lifestyle habits for a little while...

But the day before the weekend you weighed yourself and today (after) - it's increased by at least a couple of kg's or Lbs depending what you use...

My question is always "what has increased?"

We always seem to associate any weight gain to body fat...

But the scales measure all the components of the body, not just body fat...

In fact the biggest component of the human body is water...

So any short term changes (up or down) mean our water content will be the biggest component...

Plus if the quantity of what you ate in that time increased, as food increases hydration it can be mostly attributed to this...

That's why weight in general tends to fluctuate...

Bear in mind to increase by 1lb of body fat (.454 kg) we would need to consume 3,500 calories more than we need per day...

Not saying it's not possible :)

But this is why I drone on (I'm pretty sure that's the right phrase :))
about habits...

Because if everyday you were to adopt bad habits, eventually over the course of days you could likely and accumulatively go other the needed energy by 3,500 calories or the same energy as 1lb of body fat...

I heard someone say it best in one of my group sessions; "It creeps on"...

Adopting any habit on a given day, could turn out to be a long term habit, that could have an effect either way...

So whilst you can't undo progress in a very short time,

It is your lifestyle habits that you follow the most regularly that pretty much govern how you look and feel today.

Leave a question in the comments and I will make it a question in a future blog...

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Thanks! Ed.