A lot of people have been asking me why I want six pack abs. I always answer them back with the question, who doesn’t? If you want to look good physically, you must work hard for it. Sacrifices have to be made and you need to know enough information about the right six pack exercises as well as the proper nutritional diet, which will help you reach your goal.
There are different reasons which can motivate anyone to start a regular exercise routine of abdominal workouts. Some people want to tighten the muscles around their stomach to look good and some are just plain health buffs. Motivation is one factor that plays an important role in your success to get a flat stomach.
Exercises to lose weight is probably the most difficult task you may encounter. However, you can try different cardiovascular exercises and abdominal workouts in order to be fit and get that flat abs. Remember that proper nutrition is important to reduce your body fat. If you eat healthy and exercise regularly, getting washboard abs is not as hard as it may seem.
Want to use some muscle supplements? They seem great don’t they? They have flashy labels and catchy infomercials on TV where they show people amazing results. WRONG. Almost all of fancy supplements or diet pills which are supposed to make you lose fat is just a complete waste of money. There are no “magic pills” that will instantly make you lose the layer of fat without you sweating it out or working hard for it.
The fact is you don’t need supplements or pills to get the rockin’ body you want. Knowing how your diet affects your six pack abs is the first step. Follow it up with a commitment to perform a full body exercise regimen that helps burn fat.
We are not talking about boring treadmill or other cardio-based workouts here. You want to focus more on strength training exercises such as lunges, squats, dead-lifts, step-ups, swings and snatches. These types of exercises work every muscle in your body and burn the fat at a higher rate than cardio alone.
So, next time you’re off to do another six pack ab workout, keep these ideas in mind. Getting your six pack quest is a lofty goal - and one that is achievable, but you must be willing to literally run the extra mile. Learn more about successful weight loss and effective exercise regimen so you could put an end to your battle against weight loss permanently.
Hey all, it has been another hot minute since I have chatted with you all, huh? I am enjoying life way too much but that’s not so bad right? My mom, was here visiting from Wisconsin last week. I haven’t seen here in over a year, so I was soooooo excited to see her. We celebrated our son’s 5th birthday on Saturday at chuck e cheese which was a blast. My son loves Star wars and he racked up on the light sabers and star wars toys.
Then this past Sunday my mom and I had a wonderful mother daughter day shopping at the outlets. We had such a great time shopping, but when it came time to try on clothes all I can say is YIKES!! It funny through my mom and I are the same size which means we both gained the same amount of weight except for God has blessed her with the breasts and gave me all the booty, lol. Now, I still weight 180 which puts me from a size 8 to a 10/12. So lets just say I did not buy a lot of clothes because I did not want to get used to being in a 12.
So, now I will punish myself and wear my tight 10’s for now. Why? because it gives me a daily reminder to make smarter choices with eating the right portion of foods, exercise, drinking lots of water, and learning again to eat only when hungry and not snacking. I can do this and I will and I now how. With that said here is my outline for today:
Nutrition facts on food and supplement labels can be quite telling. Plus, if you are not reviewing them, you are missing a chance to eliminate some fatty foods from your diet. Generally, you will be able to better decide whether the product is a healthy food from three main nutrition facts listed on the label.
The Three Main Concerns
Total Fat Calories Dietary Fiber
Why Compare Nutritional Labels
With more and more of the population increasingly becoming overweight, it makes sense to pay close attention to nutrition facts on food product labels. People of all lifestyles are rapidly becoming concerned about the nutrition facts of the food they eat. Poor diets often lead to health problems, which can be costly both financially and to our health.
Many people that have never read nutritional labels before have recently started paying close attention to them. At the very least, people are watching more closely the main three items of nutrition facts- total fat, calories and dietary fiber. We should all take advantage of these lists since most all food and supplement products are required to list them.
Reviewing Nutritional Labels
Reading the nutrition facts can pay great benefits. A nutrition label provided by food manufacturers will provide you a good idea whether or not to buy the food product. Understanding what is good for you and what foods should be avoided is very beneficial. So, take the time to decide on your own allowable quantities of total fat, calories and dietary fiber.
It goes without saying, we will infrequently want to splurge and have some foods high in calories, but that is ok. Just try to eliminate them from the normal daily diet. Simply reviewing nutrition facts on the product labels, you will be able to compare several name brands of one item to see which one is better for you. Remember, not all like products are created the same. Thus, before deciding on one over another for sake of price, be sure to compare their respective nutrition facts.
Understanding Nutrition Labels
Understanding what the food manufacturers are saying in nutrition facts on food product labels is important. In the beginning, it can be baffling if not frustrating trying to determine what to look out for. First, it should be recognized that the numbers provided for each nutrition category are just for one serving. Should two servings be eaten, the respective nutrition numbers must be doubled.
When reading the different nutritional values, make sure you are mindful of the total fat, the calories, and the dietary fiber that is in each serving. These are the most likely values to affect your health. Maintaining an awareness of the main three will give you a good start on a healthy diet plan for weight loss as well as give you the greatest opportunity to enhance your over all health.
Jillian Michaels Fitness Ultimatum 2009 is finally available for purchase now! Remember I did a post about a few months ago? Well, it is here and will be going on my wish list along with the Wii Fit for Christmas. If you are looking for something fun to do you have got to workout on the Wii fit! It is so much fun and so different then a DVD.
Some of the reviews on this particular game was not that good. A majority of people felt that this is more of a game than a fitness program, so I guess I will have to find out for myself, huh? Have any of you purchased this game? If so, please leave some comments to share with us all because many of us here would like to know.
Here is a clip from youtube for you to review. Check it out!!
OMG! I can not believe how fast time went by while we were on our Walt Disney World vacation! We had such a great time there this week especially our son. He was in cloud nine the entire time we were there. We stayed at a Disney Resort called the All Star Sports resort. Which I have to say that the next time we go I will be staying at another resort like the Carri bean beach resort or the Grand Floridian. Why? Well a lot of youngsters of course and it was so loud! But anyway it did not ruin of trip through. We visited the Magic Kingdom where they celebrated Halloween at night and the kids got to go trick or treating and meet their favorite characters. I swear we were at Magic Kingdom until almost Midnight. Crazy huh? Here are some pics from there.
Magic Kingdom:
Those are just the pics from Magic Kingdom. We also visited the Animal Kingdom, Epoct, and MGM Studios too. So, I will have a lot more to share so stay tuned in the next few days.
Update: I added more to this newer slider show. More to come!
Now, many may ask how did your diet go? Diet. . . What Diet? I was on vacation and I paid for it big time. Pre-vacation I weighed 175 and post vacation . . Drum roll please. . . .. 180!!! Okay I said it and now that I am back the vacation from my diet is over. I need to get off 20lbs for real! May goal is to have it off before christmas. So that gives me 2 months. I may get back on Nutrisystem or maybe try something different. I can do it myself, but I am a bit lazy on preparing my own food, so if I can skip that step I am HAPPY!! So, with that said I am detoxing starting tomorrow.
Well, I better go and relax. I still need to go through more pics to share with you all and enjoy the rest of my vacation with my family. Have a great weekend!
Tags: Nutrisystem, Walt Disney World Vacation, fitness, weight loss, bodybuilding
Hi all, I can not believe how time flies. It is already October and where am I today? Well, since my last post I have lost a few pounds, but not quite back into the 160’s yet, but I am not stressing about it. It seems to me when I don’t stress about the weight loss I lose the weight. Today my scale reads 175 which means I lost 4 pounds since September 3 so I am very happy with that and I will continue until I am back to my comfortable weight of 160. My goal is to be there before December 15th. So there I said it.
I am so excited to say that in a fews day my family and I will be heading to Walt Disney World!!! YEY!!!
I can not wait. Our son is like, how many more days?? I told him 6 more and just gets this big excited expression on his face and I love it! So, next week you will not see a post from me, but when I return I will be post lost of pics so brace yourself. hee hee
Well, I am off for now. I got a lot of cleaning to do before we fly out this weekend so.
Did you all have a great Labor day? I did and then my Birthday was yesterday and I had a blast!! I ate very sensibly and later in the evening my family and I headed off to the Main event where we bowled for the first time with our son! Our little guy had a great time learning how to bowl. It was so nice to see. My bowling sucks for one thing and to make things worse my little 4 year-old almost defeated me. No laughing out there!
Well, today I am so in love with my DVR. You know how sometimes you get so board with the same workout DVD’s? Then in the long run causes you not to exercise to the fullest due to that boredum? Well, last night I came to this new way of thinking. I thought. . . I record some of my favorite shows like Project Runway and so on, Well. . . . why not record some new workouts that comes on Fit TV? Duh!!! So I did and worked out to Sharon Mann this afternoon while my son finger painted and it was so nice! Nice to do something different and not be able to anticipate the next moves. I was sweating like a dog and I feel GREAT!!
Before I go I wanted to apologize for now giving you all my motivational Mondays post, fabulously fit Fridays, and other health related post lately. I have been in a mental rut myself and I needed the time to figure things out for my own weight battle these past few months. But not to worry, the post will return in full effect starting next week!! So stay tuned. . .
I have not hopped on the scale to see if I see any improvement from last week’s 179, but we will see on Monday morning what the verdict is. Well I better go for now. I have to get ready for work tonight in the land of retail. Chat later!!
I can not believe it has been 7 days till my last post. You better believe I have not been up to my best behavior and that explains why the scale peaked up to 179 this week. EKKK!! So in horror of returning back to the big and unhealthy me I started to eat a bit better and today I actually got back to my cardio routine!!! I am not kidding! I did 40 minutes of Billy Blanks Fat blasting cardio w/o the billy bands. Why? I am soooo out of shape. I tired the first 15 minutes with them and I was huffing and puffing, so I took them off and continued to exercise!! Yey!!
I am so glad that I did exercise in order to back my routine of laziness creeping in. I was going to sit on the couch and watch a soap opera while my son sleeps, but instead I decided to take that time and use it wisely. I am so proud of myself!! My eats have been good to today.
Meals:
yogurt, banana, eggs
chicken salad with fruit
apple and string cheese
dinner will be chicken with broccoli
Not too bad considering I took my son for his weekly fun meal to Mc Donalds and I did not order a darn thing!! YES!!! Well, I just had to post what was going on, now I have to get ready to retail hell for a few hours. I hope that you all are doing well and I will chat later.
Well, another day gone past. What did I do to make the most of it? Not much, just a lot of house chores and play time with my son before work. My eats were not terribly bad. . . What did I eat today?
Breakfast: eggs, whole wheat toast, green tea
Lunch: tuna sandwich on whole wheat toast and raw carrots
Snack: yogurt and almonds
dinner: chicken salad in tortilla with lettuce and tomatoe
Snack: too many chips. ( I am afraid that i will have to ban these from the house because this is the second night that I had a bit too many
Water: 50oz, tea 16oz (mental note increase water intake
Exercise:
30 minutes elliptical
does running around chasing a child for 20 minutes count?
Tomorrow I really need to weight train my lower half of the body and then I will do some cardio with tae bo fat blasting cardio DVD. Tomorrow will be a better day of making good choices.
Tags: weight loss, nutrisystem, diet, weight management, bodybuilding, fitness, health
I can’t complain today wasn’t bad at all. Since yesterday I got back to the basics like watching what I am eating and how much of it I am consuming. It actually was a bit tough starting back to the workouts because I felt so out of shape, but I am over it.
Today, I had to pick up my father in law from the hospital in another city about an 1 and 1/2 from where we live. He had a surgery for a herniated disk, so his recovering fine at home this evening. After that my son and I came home and played the Wii “Cars” game which was fun until DH was home from work. We would have been outside, but it was wet and rainy today. Once he was home I did 30 minutes of step aerobics and then I went for a walk/job with my friend for 45 minutes. My body really needed that. I mean REALLY.
What did I eat today? Not perfect, but it is a start. . .
breakfast: scrambles egg whites with 1 whole egg, whole wheat toast and green tea
meal 2: carrots and turkey with green tea
Meal 3: subway sub with water
dessert: cheesecake
late night snacks (I am trying and will get better) but. . grapes, two 100 calorie dorritos packs, another slice of cake. I know!! I KNOW!!
I know my late night snacks were not the best choices, but I am logging this so I can figure out my problems areas. (However, I know what the problem is, “late night eating”. So, basically I am taking each day at a time, so that I do not stress myself out too much. The great thing about today is that my body is finally releasing some of the water weight. Yey!! I was feeling thick!! Thick like Stay Puff Marshmallow Man. hee hee
Moment of truth . . So, where is my weight? Okay. . . . I am at 177lbs! It is crazy how I can gain 10lbs in a months time with all of my stress I was going through mid July and Early August. But Wow!! I realized it was getting out of control and I can not let life get in the way of my health. I worked too hard to get at the weight I love and I will NEVER go back to that unhappy 230lbs woman ever again. So, I said it and now I WILL work at it like I said earlier. I am working on getting back to 160lbs, but I am going to take each pound at a time. Well, I better get to bed. Another thing I am working on is getting more sleep. I would stay up until 1:00am and get up at 7:00 and I can not do that anymore. When I am not rested my body and mind do not perform well. So, with that said. Good night to all and I will chat later!!
Jillian Michaels Fitness Ultimatum 2009
is finally available for purchase now! Remember I did a post about a few months ago? Well, it is here and will be going on my wish list along with the 
for Christmas. If you are looking for something fun to do you have got to workout on the Wii fit! It is so much fun and so different then a DVD.
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