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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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Here are a couple of tips how to get a six pack.

Now days, we hear a lot about core training. There is a lot of truth to what you are seeing however as per most things in the media, its getting a little far out. Pretty much daily in the gym, you can view some crazy exercises that people are coming up with. LOL. I see trainers getting people onto swiss balls, standing on one foot, rubbing their tummy with one hand and patting their heads with the other. Well not really but you get the point.

The bottom line is that without a strong core, you have to power and are susceptible to injuries. The methods to getting a strong abs and core however are much less complex than some people are making it. Seriously, some of the exercises I see people are freakin hilarious. I mean, if you want to see a circus how, go to your local gym and watch people busting their butts trying to get six pack... It's way too funny!

Core training in and of itself is an easy concept. You are working the diaphram, multifidus transverse abdominis, and pelvic floor deep inside. On the exterior you have the prime movers. These are the more visible ones that everyone wants to see.

If you work movements such as the overhead lifts that directly involve the spine you are on the fast track to productive core training. Yes, the stability ball has its uses but there are limits and when the complexity of the movement exceeds the effective results you can stimulate with it you are heading down the «fad/gimmick route».

Looking out at the gym floor and watching the infomercials you can see that it's getting crazy. Granted, most of the movements are a hoot to try and fun to play with on an off day, but that in itself does not make them the most effective methods. It makes them fun to do with a beneficial side effect.

I get asked this question all the time. I get emails upon email of people dying to know: Is training your core the fastest way to getting a six pack of attention grabbing rippling abs? Absolutely not. Core training makes your core stronger, more conditioned and more muscular. This is a wonderful thing and everyone that wants pain free optimum performance needs a strong core. However, getting your abs to show in the mirror is a result of getting the fat off them. Take off the fat blanket and voila, there are your abs. That's the key! Most people have abs. It's not a matter of doing countless abs to get your abs to show. It's quite the opposite! Keep reading and you'll see what I am talking about.

Do you think a 289 pound Olympic lifter that can pull 651 pounds from the floor and then stand up with it overhead has a strong core? The answer is yes without a single doubt. Does that lifter have a set of strong and well developed abs? Again the answer is yes. Now for the kicker. Can you see them? Nope. Not even a hit of a six-pack to be seen anywhere.

His abdominals are covered by a layer of fat.

So then if fastest way to getting a visible, beach ready six pack is through fat loss, then how do we do that?

You burn off fat by creating a small calorie deficit through several factors including a proper eating plan, exercising your WHOLE body with multi joint, muti dimensional movements like the clean and press or overhead squat and including some high intensity cardio. This is the key. I highly encourage all of my trainees to do at least 1 to 2 sessions of high intensity cardio for 10-12 minutes a week. That's it. You don't have to spend 30-45 minutes a day doing cardio. That is old school.

If this is really the case, then why is everyone and their dog selling core training? Answer: Because everyone and their dog is willing to buy a promised shortcut to the land of easy six packs.

Really effective training is simple, but simple doesn't mean easy. Let me repeat that... Simple does not equal easy cake.

There is a price to pay for having killer abs but the price is nothing compared to the weight of regret is you continue on your current path. See we all have to feel pain. You either feel the pain of discipline or the pain of regret and remorse.

The former pain only weighs a couple of ounces when the latter pain weighs a ton.
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I just read a study in the Journal of Clinical Investigation showing that high levels of glucose and fructose can deactivate the gene that controls the amount of sex hormones in your blood.1

This study revealed that when glucose and fructose are metabolized by the liver it deactivates the SHBG (sex hormone binding globulin) gene. Why is SHBG so ... important? It regulates

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Wow,

It's been a while since I have actually sit down and posted to
my blog. So much has been going on in my life in just the
last week.

I have been brainstorming up some great topics of discussion.
The more I talk to people making comments about recent
posts, the more excited I get because the more
I realize how passionate I am about health and nutrition.

From time to time I will go back and read some of my older
posts just for the heck of it; because even though I write them,
when I go back and reread them, I pick up things that I need
to implement. One of my readers commented on how
overwhelmed they felt about all the chemicals in our environment
and how can we possibly eliminate them all at once.

This got my motors spinning because a person can get
way overwhelmed with trying to live healthy and eliminate negative
influences and chemicals in our lives.

That's why I stress big time to just do a little at a time. Make changes
gradually. You know, you don't want to feel stressed that there
is so much to do and change that there's really no point because
there just so much to do. Baby steps... yup ... just take little
baby steps. And I promise you that before you know it, you will
have made great changes in your life and it will be so simple.

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It's been 10 days since I started my 90 day Finch Fitness Challenge - Lose weight and burn fat the lazy way - Stage 1.

I didn't explained the stage 1 concept in my original post. Probably because I just wanted to get a post up fast. In Stage 1, I plan on gently migrating over into my full fat burning fitness plan. I mean, this is the phase where I am training my mind and body for what I want it to do permanently and unconciously. It's been said,that it takes doing something 21 days in a row to create a habit. I don't know if that is true in all instances. I think a lot of times it takes less time for you.to create or change a habit like say smoking or drinking, and it takes longer to create a habit like changing your eating habits and taking on a consistant weight training / cardio exercise program. Today at lunch, I think I may have overeaten. Doop!
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