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Everyone wants the impossible when it comes to dieting and weight loss! And most people will believe almost anything, if it sounds like they'll be able to lose weight faster and easier, even if it is a little far-fetched.

However, the truth is that there are numerous weightloss and diet myths flying around. Here are some of the main ones, exposed as incorrect:

1. You Should Eat A Huge Breakfast.

Whilst it is true, to ensure weightloss when on a diet, you should eat something in the morning time, it does not necessarily have to be a three-course meal! You need to eat something that will tide you over approximately three hours, such as oats, until your mid-morning snack (or lunch, depending on what time you wake up). Simply put, breakfast need only be a bowl of cereal and a piece of toast.

2. You Should Not Snack Between Meals Whilst On A Diet.

Although some people do well on a strict three-meals-a-day routine, others who are more active and have a faster metabolism will benefit from having five or six meals a day, providing the portion size is small. In fact, eating more frequently does increase the metabolism, however great care needs to be taken with the size of the portions to make sure that you're not eating too much at each time, otherwise you will defeat the purpose of your diet in the first place.

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2008 has begun and if you are like me, you've made a few goals for yourself. So what goals have you set for yourself this year? A flat stomach? A tighter butt? Maybe you want to get stronger and finally make those biceps pop. Whatever goal you have set, I'm going to give you some tips that I use to make sure that you accomplish your fitness goals this year.

First Tip To Goal Setting: Reminders

The first tip is put your goal where you can see it. When I log

off the net, sitting right there on my laptop for physical goals I see:

PHYSICAL GOALS 2008:
Be able to do 5 freestanding Hand Stand Pushups.
Be able to do backflips on demand.
Be able to walk 100 feet on my hands.
Do a 360 on my snowboard.

Doing something like this for yourself is as easy as downloading a favorite picture you like and find inspiring on the net and then adding your goals over top of it. If you have Photoshop you can do it right there. If you don't have any fancy software, you can put your goals onto your screen saver. That way, whenever you come back to your computer at work or at home after a break, there are your goals right in front of you reminding you what is really important to you this year.

Second Tip To Goal Setting: Replacing The Routines

The second thing you want to do is

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5 Weightloss Secrets to EXPLODE your Progress.

I have been getting emails from readers wanting to know the scoop on how to get into shape fast without all the fluff, and slew of supplements that some of the latest gurus' are spouting off just to fatten up their bank accounts.

I plan on going into depth more about each one at a later date,but for now to appease the crowd of people wanting to know right aways here ya go. There are more than just five main secrets to losing weight but these are a great start. If you just implement one of these a week then you'll start seeing results immediately!!

1. Exercise in the morning on an empty stomach.

It doesn't matter if it's only ten flipping minutes.... Just do something! Why? Your body will be forced to break down fat cells for energy. If you exercise later in the day then your body will use the available energy of the food you ate instead of stored fat, because it takes a lot more energy to use fat reserves verse recently broken down energy from food...

That's a nut shell overview of this idea... more later. But if you absolutely can't then please do some type of exercise anytime of the day.

2. Incorporate some type of weightlifting into your workout.

Studies have shown over and over again that people with more muscle mass stay leaner longer and lose weight at a much faster pace than others.

3. Stay away from diets like the plague...

Yes, that is correct. If you want to gain more weight back like the other 98% of the population who

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