by Jon Benson Sometimes you have to nearly lose it all to realize what you truly have.
I can honestly say that I have come close to death several times in my life. I've had my share of accidents, medical emergencies, and a near-fatal accident while driving.
But there was something about just laying on the gym floor today with two doctors hovering over me that gave me serious pause.
Time for some major reflection.
Now, before you get too alarmed (for those who know me, or just think I'm a pretty good guy... ; )... fear not. I did not have a stroke or anything like that, thank goodness.
What I did have was a major drop in blood pressure... so much that I came dangerously close to entering the "coma" zone.
I kid you not.
And trust me... I felt like I was slipping fast.
My girlfriend was there with me. I had her kneel down and, just like Spock in an old episode of "Star Trek", I had her slap me several times in the face. Hard!
"If my eyes roll back, hit me harder."
The doctor probably thought I was nuts... but I know that's one way to elevate my blood pressure.
So, what happened? Am I falling apart at the relatively young age of 46? Is my dietary and exercise advise dangerous after all?
No... and here's why:
I actually VOLUNTEERED for this.
Before you think I've totally lost my marbles, hear me out. If you listen to the rest of the story, you'll see that not only has my advice been of great value when it comes to exercise and dietary strategy... it actually ended up saving my butt!
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Really Bad Genetics Meets
The Cath Lab: A Wild Encounter
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First, the "volunteered for this" bit needs explaining... right? Right.
If you read my first book, published in 2004, called "Fit Over 40" (read more at http://www.fitover40.com/go/slimfast then you may recall that I went into great detail about my poor genetics and horrible health in my early and mid-30s.
Since then, and knowing exactly how bad my genetics are for such things as high blood pressure (oh, the irony!), heart disease, and stroke, I adopted the dietary plan and exercise routine I use to this very day. The very ones I cover in "The Every Other Day Dietplan" and "7 Minute Body."
(If you don't have these books and want them, you can get both here... http://www.everyotherdaydiet.com/go/slimfast -- oh, and I have a short video up on this page if you have not seen on a 1-minute fatloss tip... )
Now, let's get real folks: Dietary power and exercise MAY not be enough to overcome really bad genetics when it comes to certain diseases. And being ever curious, I wanted to know exactly how my own health was doing on my plan. So a month or so ago I paid a visit to the hospital to have some tests ran. All my yearly check-ups were okay, but I wanted a closer look at my heart... and I mean "literally".
I wanted to be "cathed"... this is where they insert a camera into your heart, going up the femoral artery in your right leg, and take a look around. If they find anything dangerous, like a clogged artery, they can fix it right then and there with a stent. A stent is a metal device that presses plaque against the artery wall and opens up a clogged artery.
Of course I hoped I would not find such a thing... and certainly nothing worse. I mean, can you imagine? "Mr. Benson, you need a quadruple bypass!"
I could not, that's for sure... and I was fortunate because, as you probably guessed, I didn't hear those words from my doc.
It's hard to get a cath done as it's a risky procedure. I can't even tell you how I managed to pull it off ... that's how touchy the hospitals are when it comes to this kind of stuff. Afterwards, I volunteered to do 5-10 workouts at their heart care facility so I could hook myself up to some nifty gadgets. I get to watch my EKG (how my heart is functioning during cardio and weights... and it works like a charm!) and really nice doctor folks come by to check my blood pressure (which is always low) during the workout.
Yep... the doc and I wanted to put my workout plan to the test, I guess you could say. I wanted to do it just to make sure I was 100% healthy during my training. You never really "know" I suppose, so I was up for it. And my doctor wanted me to do it just in case what he found during the cath was serious. There's a lot to this process, and there's some details I don't wish to cover for privacy sake... but anyway, back to my story.
It's long, but it may save your life too. : )
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The Good News... The Bad News...
And The Stupid Jon News!
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Turns to find out I made a few mistakes... some pretty costly mistakes... but (get this) none of them had to do with my dietary or exercise plan.
During the cath, here's what the doc said:
"Jon, your heart's two primary arteries look good... hardly any obstruction at all. And they are nice and thick from exercise." For a guy who has had a cholesterol level of over 400 before, and a history of heart disease in the family, this was really good news.
"However, your genetics are catching up to you in one of your arteries.... and you need to be more aggressive with your drug treatment to make sure we don't have to go back in here one day!"
Er... what??
Yep... turns out that the only thing that saved me from a BYPASS (that's right) was what the doctor called "an enormous amount of peripheral arteries formed from years and years of weight training and exercise."
Wow.
"Look right here Jon..." (He showed me my beating heart on camera... freaky...) "See all these arteries? Well the average person doesn't have them. You do. Congratulations... you earned them."
Wow again. And remember, I only workout with weights 3-4 times per week and my workouts are rarely over 21 minutes (time under the weight.)
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What I Did Right... And What
I Did Wrong... And Why This
Could Save Your Life
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So, listen up folks as I'm about to tell you everything I did wrong for the past several years... how it ALMOST cost me dearly (a bypass?... no thanks!)... how I managed to prevent it... and how I ended up on the gym floor today with doctors all around me.
It's all related. And again, sorry for the novel-like email, but (again) this may save your life.
First, here's what my excellent cardiologist said I did RIGHT:
1. Exercise: "Jon, your exercise plan, to put it bluntly, saved you from a great deal of pain... in fact it probably saved your life as these blockages would have been far worse without it." With it, I had only one artery with enough blockage to warrant the drug therapy that I should have been on for years... more on that in a second...
2. Dietary plan: "Jon, your diet is perfect for this condition... low in carbs, high in protein and healthy fats is all anyone can do in order to help fight this genetic killer." Yep... again... prevention in the form of dietplan saved my butt. Or rather my heart. : ) But it wasn't enough... at least for one artery. However, it WAS enough to prevent them from having to do surgery on me.
"Jon, the take-away here is simple: Exercise and dietary plans, even the very best, may not be enough for super high-risk people... but in your case your lifestyle saved your life. And it certainly prevented you from having to have any serious surgery to correct a truly broken heart."
Talk about EXCITING news... yep... you CAN beat this killer, even when you have MY horrible family genetics. However, like me, you may need some help... more on that in a second.
3. Blood pressure: "Jon, your blood pressure is excellent. Your lifestyle and very low-dose diuretic has kept your formerly sky-high blood pressure (it was 200/110 when I was 32!) to an excellent 118/78." But you know doctors... even "excellent" isn't enough and they recommended a stronger BP med for "my intense weight training."
So, I listened... and ended up on the floor today. You see, many doctors do not realize the POWER of weight training compared to cardio. My blood pressure never budges during cardio, but less than 3 minutes into a resistance (weight-training) session it goes down like the stock market after a bad news day.
I mean SHOOTS down. I tried to explain this by letting the doctor see the veins in my legs... "Doc, my veins are MUCH larger than the average person's... trust me, my pressure is fine." "Jon, just try it for a few weeks."
Bad mistake.... like I said, I ended up on the gym floor today with a blood pressure of 72/45. If I hit 40, I'm literally in a coma. 5 points away... very scary. Needless to say the doc took me OFF these meds and let me do it my way: With my Every Other Day Dietplan (low-carb most of the days) and good-old exercise.
If you have high blood pressure, I URGE you to take up weight training or resistance (body-weight or band) training. Of course, ask your doc about it first... but I've seen first hand for three weeks now how powerful my weight training sessions are compared to intense cardio sessions.
They are night and day folks... weights RULE. Cardio is good, but weights are best. Both of course would be the best course for ultimate health, but most people do far too much cardio and far too little resistance training.
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Oops...
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Now, here's what I did WRONG:
1. Cigars: "Jon, you cannot afford to smoke cigars... ever. They have lowered your protective HDL to a dangerous level. Stop NOW!" That's all it took folks. Yes, I smoked cigars for many years, but fortunately I was never an addict. I quit that very day.
Guess what? 10 days later my HDL DOUBLED (no kidding)... and without drugs. Of course that's not all I did...
2. Fat too LOW: "Jon, you've lowered your dietary fat too low... this affects your HDL." Yep, I normally eat about 35% dietary fat... and I cut it down to 20% to help me get ready for a photoshoot. Now that I put it back to where it belongs, I still have my abs (yep!) and my HDL is raising as I type.
3. Stress: "Jon, you are simply working too hard not to do some form of meditation or de-stressing." So I dove back into my meditation CDs. (I'll tell you more about Holosync and my hypnosis CDs in my next email... very cool stuff.)
4. Advil: "Jon, you take 4 Advil before you train? You're nuts! That stuff can cause sticky plaque formations!!" You know, I may never even had an issue if I had known this (and not smoked cigars) a few years ago. Live and learn!
5. And finally... oh, this hurt to hear... no drugs! "Jon, if you want to make sure you beat this thing, you simply must take some meds to help." Okay, I resisted any form of statin drug for the past 15 years (drugs to lower cholesterol.) I opted to try natural stuff... but unfortunately for me I was never too consistent. And I paid the price.
So the doc and I came to a compromise: I would take the LOWEST dose of statin along with 400 mg of CoQ10 (scary, but this was my idea, not his, and statins deplete this heart-friendly enzyme!) But I wanted a natural solution to the real issue: small particle LDL. You see, I've known for years that I carry the gene that makes LDL "small". LDL is not dangerous unless it is small... that's why "total cholesterol" means nothing to me. I've seen folks have heart attacks with a cholesterol level of 130. No joke. But their LDL was super-small... like mine.
And guess what? Dietplans cannot really help this. Well, they can HURT it (too many carbs, too many toxic fats, etc.) but they cannot shift the LDL from small to large.
For that, you need plain old niacin. Just a simple B vitamin... but in not-so-simple doses. In fact it's considered a drug at the dose you have to take, and you should NEVER take niacin over 50 mg without a doctor's supervision as it can be very toxic to the liver.
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The Conclusion: The Power
Is In Your Hands
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In conclusion, I'm A-Okay... my heart pumps and functions "like that of a strong 20-year-old" (my doctor's quote) thanks to the extra arteries I developed from my exercise program (how cool!) ... but in order to keep that one artery in check, I'm taking his advice and taking much better care of myself than I have been.
Today I learned that this does NOT mean taking blood pressure meds...thankfully... : ) But I had to make some changes. Some of them were "stupid" changes... sure, I know cigars are not good for you. I know you need good fats in your dietplan. I could have used common sense and figured out that 4-8 Advil on workout days was... well, stupid.
But the good news, which is what I choose to focus on, is this: In the areas that 95% of people NEVER change, I didn't have to change much at all.
Dietary plan and exercise.
Turns to find out that what I was doing works great... and it did, in fact, save my heart and quite possibly my life.
For more on my dietplan and exercise routine, go here:
http://www.everyotherdaydiet.com/go/slimfast
Thanks for reading, and I wish all of you good health!
Yours In Fitness,
J O N B E N S O N
P.S. I got lucky in many ways, but especially so when it came to my doctors. Both of my doctors are young and savvy enough to be up on the latest research on nutrition. They know NOT to buy into this "low-fat" nonsense for heart health. (I'd use a harsher word, but kiddos may be reading... : ) That only works for about 10-15% of the population. The rest of us need to lower our CARBS, not our fats... but the way I do it I get to keep my favorite carbs in my dietplan every week.
The little that I do eat keeps me happy as a clam, and keeps my heart nice and healthy too. A little bit of bad food will not hurt most people... but eating it every day can flat-out kill you.
Please... take this seriously. I promise, my dietplan and exercise routine is a PLEASURE to follow... but if you don't follow it then find one that IS enjoyable for you to follow... and do it.
http://www.fitover40.com/go/slimfast
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Wow... this one blew me away. My friend and fitness author Jon Benson just got back from a 3-week business vacation and LOST 11 lbs of bodyfat. Here's the email he sent me detailing how he did it... Enjoy!
How I dropped 11 lbs... on vacatio
It was the weirdest thing ...
I mean, I've been around you know? I've had just about every body and fatloss experience you can think of... the good, the bad, the ugly...
... and now the really bizarre.
Here's the story:
I took off on an 8-day cruise to the Caribbean. This was a "business" cruise (yeah, right)... and I knew there was no way to eat the way I prefer to eat. At least not ideally. After that I had to speak in Tampa Florida at a fitness summit, then off to Las Vegas for yet another summit meeting.
All-in-all I was gone for almost three weeks.
First thing that I knew had to go was my "ideal" dietplan.
That's my "Extreme" Plan on the Every Other Day Dietplan...
click.here----------> http://www.everyotherdaydiet.com/go/slimfast/video
There are three plans in EODD: The Primer Plan, which is literally "every other day". You get to eat your favorite foods within reason every other day or so on this Plan. It's perfect for folks who 'hate' dieting because, let's face it, anyone can diet-for a day, right? Right.
Then there's the Lifestyle Plans. These are two days of "burn eating" followed by a day of eating favorite foods. Most people use this because it too is so simple to use.
Then for we athletes and fitness pros there's the Extreme Plan. This is for ultimate bodyfat loss and muscle-shaping. I love this plan.
But hey... it's a vacation. And so I decided to eat on the Primer Plan... remember, that's every other day. So every other day on the cruise I had a small dessert (sometimes two), pizza, or pasta... whatever I wanted within reason. The days before I did perfectly, substituting my morning shake for egg white omelets with a bit of cheese and a lot of veggies. Yum!
Within three days I had LOST more than 4 lbs... or about 2 kg. Pure fat... well, a bit of water I suppose, but mostly that stubborn bodyfat around my middle that's the last to go.
What the heck was going on?
Wait... the story gets better...
I move on to Tampa, and then Vegas, and now I'm 11 lbs (about 5 kg) down. My jeans ALL require a belt, only this time it's not a fashion statement.
Frankly, I'm as surprised as you may be.
But I figured out why this happened. And I want to share it with you so you can use EODD (or another plan if you want... but mine is the best... : ) when you go on vacation or take a break.
Here's why I dropped the last bit of my bodyfat:
First, I was on a VERY large cruise ship. I knew my weight training would not be as intense (the weights were not that heavy) but I also knew I could just make it work... train a bit more and go for the "pump"... just a good, quick workout. I ended up training 5 days on the cruise without a problem (and only ONE day of cardio for 20 minutes... you see, you do NOT need cardio to dump bodyfat!)
But the difference was in the WALKING. The ship was the largest ever built... the size of 2.5 football fields. And I walked everywhere... on the islands, on the boat, even to every meal. Just walking burned off FAR more calories than my normal lifestyle, which like most of you has a lot of sitting down to it. ; )
Walking... my favorite "Cardio" to this very day.
My Supplement Tricks
Second, I took extra potassium, along with all of my Radical Fatloss Blueprint Supplements. I carried them all on board.
You can read more about the supplements I take for "radical" fatloss here:
click.here----------> http://www.radicalfatlossblueprint.com
The two that really did the trick for me was the Aqualize (also known as Acquacil), only 1-2 a day, along with the amino acids.
Finally, I realized that I need MORE food than I'm eating now in order to increase my metabolic rate. Just a bit... about 400 calories a day more than I have been eating. Doing just that rebooted my metabolic rate and presto... 11 lbs of bodyfat and useless water is history. My abs have never looked better.
I hope this gives you some encouragement when it comes to being on the road or on vacation. With the right plan (like EODD and Radical Fatloss) you can actually improve your body...
... and best of all, I enjoyed every minute of my vacation!
Yours In Fitness,
J O N B E N S O N
P.S. An important note was that I made a decision not to drink on the cruise or elsewhere. I had one small glass of wine last night to celebrate with my largest affiliate and business comrade. He flew in from Israel just for this meeting, and it was the least i could do. Roei and I had a blast all day.
The reason drinking is a problem is that alcohol shuts down fat-burning for several hours... sometimes longer. But a glass of wine or two a week is not going to hurt you. I just made that one small "sacrifice" so I could enjoy ice cream, pizza (I ate four slices one night at 3:00am and woke up leaner!) and all the yummy food the boat had to offer.
So, my final tip: Make a decision to cut out just ONE thing when you're on the road. Alcohol was easy for me as I do not drink that much as it is.
Read more about my personal dietplan and my supplement plan here....
The "Real-World" Fatloss Plan
http://www.everyotherdaydiet.com/go/slimfast/video
The Radical Fatloss Supplements
http://www.everyotherdaydiet.com/go/slimfast/video
4 Fatloss Tricks No One Tells You About Editor's Note: Fitness author Jon Benson shared this letter with me and gave me permission to share it with you. ]
http://www.everyotherdaydiet.com/go/slimfast
There's a club you should join.
It's called The Insider's Club.
It is that club whose membership is based only on what secret goodies the members possess.
In our case, this is the Fatloss Insider's Club. Only those in the know can join.... freee to them of course... : )
So, if you want to get rid of some lbs...
FATLOSS TRICK 1
Eat Pizza?
Today I went for some New York-style pizza here in Austin, Texas.
Do I feel 'guilty'? No way... in fact tomorrow I will feel LEANER.
What the what?
I had to set up my body for this bit of metabolic trickery of course. You cannot just "eat pizza" and shed the pounds... I wish you could!
But my personal System for fatloss not only "allows" pizza (and all my other favorite foods)... it DEMANDS that I eat it.
Here's another true story: I blew off my "feed meal" (that's what it is called in my System) four days ago. I have been on a massive fatloss roll for weeks now and frankly I just did not feel like eating a lot.
That's another benefit of my System... it really cuts your appetite and food-cravings down.
Anyway, the next day in the gym I fell on my face! I was weaker and not any leaner. I went home, ate literally about 6000 cals and presto: Leaner than 'ever' the next day and ready to train hard.
Learn how to use this System here:
http://www.everyotherdaydiet.com/go/slimfastm
FATLOSS TRICK 2 The 10-Minute Cardio Trick If you want to just get into good heart health, you only need GXP Cardio (covered in the System mentioned above) 2-3 days per week for 9-15 minutes. That's it. However if you want to use "smart cardio" (not long, boring cardio) then you need a bit more. Just a bit. It's my 10-minute trick. Start with just every other day. Then move to 4 days... and then 5. If you are pressed for time, this is ideal. Even if you are not, it works like magic. 10 minutes in the morning 'before' you eat. Just make sure your heart rate is only about 65% of your max... in other words, you are not breathing super-heavy at all, but you are working up a sweat. That's it. 10 minutes 'before' lunch. Just cut your lunch hour short by 10 minutes... that's all. You don't sweat enough to need a shower... don't worry. Walking stairs works great, or walking outside... be creative! Then 10 'harder' minutes about 2 hours before you go to sleep. Get your heart rate up to where you are breathing a little harder. That's it. You can even start with just two sessions of 10 minutes (morning and night) if lunch is out. FATLOSS TRICK 3 Increase Your Fat? Yep. I want you to eat more dietary-fat.... but I want you to replace some of your carbohydrates (starch like rice, potatoes, etc.) with healthy fats like olive oil, coconut oil and almonds. Fat dulls the appetite and all three of the fats above actually help your body get rid of its fat-stores if you decrease carbs. I have the plan laid out for you. More here:http://www.everyotherdaydiet.com/go/slimfast FATLOSS TRICK 4 Think Resistance Far better than cardio will ever be. That would be resistance training. Either weight training or in-home resistance training using bands and bodyweight. Studies confirm what we fitness pros already know: Resistance training not only sculpts the body (cardio cannot) but it also burns 9-12x more bodyfat over the long-term than cardio. But you need both. And both cardio and resistance training (in-home or in the gym) is worked into my book "7 Minute Body." You can get it when you pick up "Every Other Day Diet" for 75% off-retail... it is all detailed here... http://www.everyotherdaydiet.com/go/slimfast Welcome to the Club! Yours In Fitness, J O N B E N S O N P.S. I'm still giving away "Radical Fatloss Blueprint" along with EODD for a few more days. And I'm giving a lucky few the chance to pick up the Supplement-Kit that comes with Radical Fatloss for almost 100 bucks off... the video and details are here: http://www.everyotherdaydiet.com/go/slimfast Sorry... EODD Readers Only.... so pick it up today. 5 Surprising Things That Make You Leaner
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[ Editor's Note: Fitness author Jon Benson shared this letter with me and gave me permission to share it with you. ]
Want to be leaner?
Good deal... here's 5 tips that will help you along...
TIP 1
Ditch The Starch
Starches, such as rice, potatoes, some veggies, oats, etc. are often considered "health foods."
While they can be healthy, they can also pack on stomach bodyfat like crazy if you overdo them.
As you may know, my "Every Other Day Diet" System (EODD) actually encourages you to eat starches and even sweets several days a week to get rid of excess weight:
http://www.everyotherdaydiet.com/go/slimfast Some of you may see a survey here on how best to help with your bodyweight goals. ) Well... how does THAT work? Simple: Timing is everything. And we take a "weekly" approach to foods rather than a daily approach. This keeps your metabolism guessing. If your body cannot figure out what you're up to, fatburning is that much more powerful. And you can get by with eating starches... at least a specific times on specific days. But if you're not going to do EODD, then you'll have to wing it. And the best way to wing it is to simply cut starches out entirely for 4-8 weeks. Then slowly add them back a few days per week. This is no where near as effective (or as fun) as the EODD method, but it will get you pointed in the right direction. TIP 2 Can The Sodas This one is really hard for me. I've been hooked on diet-soda on and off for years. When I go to get into top shape (like I am now) I have to get rid of the diet-sodas... yes, DIET-sodas. Need I say "real" sodas too? They are loaded with sugar. Why diet-sodas? A recent study revealed that people who drank diet-sodas actually increased bodyfat when compared to those who drank sugar-sodas. What the... ?? Yep. Your body cannot be fooled by aspartame and chemicals. Sorry, but that's the truth. Here's a personal story: When I cut out the diet-sodas my bodyfat drops like a rock in a pond of clear water. And that's what you need to be drinking: A quart of pure water per 50 lbs of bodyweight a day. I mix it with lemon and a bit of Stevia (an herbal sweetener) and make lemonade. It's wonderful! TIP 3 Stay Hungry Arnold's first movie was "Stay Hungry" (well, after "Pumping Iron" that is). You cannot rest on your butt and stay hungry. You cannot think you've "arrived" and stay hungry. It takes a special person to be hungry... and an even greater one to stay that way. I want you to stay hungry in two ways: In how you workout and literally... stay a bit hungry before you go to bed. Not "starving"... just a bit hungry. For your workouts, I have a great solution. If you pick up EODD you'll get a limited shot at "7 Minute Body"... my combination of "7 Minute Muscle" and "The 7 Minute In-Home Workout" in one book... and for more than half off... but that's a very limited deal. Gotta have EODD... you'll need them both... http://www.everyotherdaydiet.com/go/slimfast ( Some of you may see a survey here on how best to help with your bodyweight goals. ) You see, progression -- "forced" progression -- is the best way to stay hungry. 7 Minute Body forces you to progress without thinking about it. Progression is built into the System. As far as staying hungry at night? Check with your doctor and if he/she okays it take 500mg of potassium and 1000mg of magnesium/calcium a few hours prior to bed. This helps with the hunger pangs. Also, keep hard-boiled eggs in the fridge. If you get really hungry, eat one with half the yolk (toss the other half.) It keeps me full for an hour at least. TIP 4 Cardio Clarity Hours and hours of cardio a day is not the answer. However, you can do "light" cardio (i.e. brisk walking, or riding the bike at 60% of your max) just to burn off calories. That's okay... and personally I don't find it that boring if I'm watching a TV show. It does not interfere with my main fatloss exercise (weight training... YES!) and it burns off about 400 calories an hour. What does work is early morning fasting cardio... but you only need 9-15 minutes. I explain the GXP Protocol (Modified) in the 7 Minute Body book, available only if you pick up EODD, and you can get it at more than half off: http://www.everyotherdaydiet.com/go/slimfast ( Some of you may see a survey here on how best to help with your bodyweight goals. ) TIP 5 Get Raw At Night Raw veggies with your last meal and as a snack will really help your fatburning along. I started with red peppers because they're sweet. Now I eat virtually every veggie raw at night without thinking about it. Give this a shot. The fatloss is well worth it. ----> Note From Julian: Jon is still giving away "Radical Fatloss Blueprint" along with EODD for a few more days. And he is giving a lucky few the chance to pick up the Supplement-Kit that comes with Radical Fatloss for almost 100 bucks off... the video and details are here:
http://www.everyotherdaydiet.com/go/slimfast
Swine Flu Well, it is happening:
Swine flu is beginning to really take hold.
Not just in the United States, but all over the world.
But that's not the scary part...
... the scary part is the fact that being obese OR overweight has now been directly linked to DYING from the swine flu.
My friend Jon Benson put together a 5-minute video that documents these findings.
This is freee for you to view -- and you owe it to yourself to check it out.
Go here --to.watch http://www.fitover40.com/go/slimfast/swine-flu
1. Are you a guy or do you know one close to you over the age of 35?
2. Have you or he looked at your/his bare chest lately?
3. If so... did you see them?...The dreaded....
"Manboobs"?
Obviously if you are female this is not an issue. But for us men, "gynaecomastia", often jokingly referred to as manboobs (we can thank "Seinfeld" for that) is anything but funny.
From this point on, I'll refer to it as "MB" if that's okay by you.
MB is not an age thing. It can occur at almost any time in life. However, for those of us over 35, it is more common.
This is just one of the many symptoms of "andropause", or "male menopause."
When you age your testosterone levels decline...and more than that the testosterone gets "weaker" due to an imbalance between it and estrogen.
When you combine that with our modernized "estrogen-rich" environment that Dr. Holly Lucille frequently lectures on, you have a problem.
A big MB problem.
MB is associated with lack of drive (you know what I'm talking about guys) and excess bellyfat due to the estrogen.
Even more serious: Excess estrogen has been positively linked to prostate cancer.
Yep. MBs are not so funny after all.
Check out Dr. Lucille's NaturaPause Audios. There is an entire audio dedicated to male menopause and natural solutions that really work.
Most do not work worth a darn.
Hers does.
http://www.naturapause.com/go/slimfast <--- no more MBs! If you have stubborn bodyfat that just does not want to budge, you will find this freee video helpful. It's only 16 minutes long and covers the connection between your "hormones" and bodyfat. Not only bodyfat... Your sexual-drive, your energy, your mood, and of course issues like menopause, andropause (male menopause) and more. Give it a look... http://www.naturapause.com/go/slimfast/video-preview
Just by taking some of Dr. Lucille's advice (natural, without harmful drugs) you can kick-start your hormonal system back into overdrive.
That's the best way to end stubborn bodyfat and reboot your drive at the same time. Life is all about balance.
At least I think so.
So does hormone expert Dr. Holly Lucille.
Holly's idea of balance goes beyond day-planners and schedules. She talks about "internal" balance: Balance between your natural hormones to help create energy, lower bodyfat, and jacking up your sex.drive.
Good stuff.
I wanted to give you this today. It's an excerpt from Dr. Lucille's fantastic book, "Creating and Maintaing Balance."
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<--- 26 pages of Holly's book Enjoy! 3 Easy Slimming Tips To Curb Fat During the Holidays The holidays are a time for good cheer, good food and well, weight gain. Many people gain too many pounds during the festive seasons of the year that folks find it hard to fit into If
their former sizes. This problem calls for effective slimming tips that focus on natural yet effective slimming methods. You do not have to sacrifice the festive seasons, nor would you have to suffer needlessly after.
1) No need to skip your meals
Some people think that skipping meals would cut down the calories. While this is true, hunger pains would completely throw short-term solutions down the drain. One of the more effective slimming tips for the holidays is the one-meal approach. The one-meal approach focuses on balanced proportions.
For example, you can indulge yourself during breakfast time, but for lunch, snacks and suppertime you have to eat very sensibly. This approach can be altered depending on your mood.
If you want a fat, juicy beefsteak at suppertime, you have to eat wisely from breakfast to lunch. This way you would not have to take in so many calories. But at the same time, you can indulge yourself with the beefsteak. Do you see how reasonable this particular approach is? There would be no direct deprivations and yet the total caloric intake would be controlled.
The trick is to eat as much as you want in just one meal. The rest of the day, you consume only vegetables and fruits or all the foods that would help shed the pounds. It is pleasure and weight-loss rolled into one.
2) Dinnertime is better with two courses
Again, food time is not about deprivation. You just have to enjoy less of the things you find tasty. One of the effective slimming tips is about reducing dinnertime meals to two courses.
Why two courses? Most people enjoy three or four-course meals. You have a main course, a side dish and a dessert. Sometimes that is two side dishes together with a main dish and then some dessert.
There are several variations, but the point is you would be consuming far too many calories at night. Too many calories at night translate to flab because you do not need that many calories as you rest.
Unless you are working in a factory at night, hauling car engines and attaching car doors manually, you do not need 2,500 calories. At most, you should feel full at 800 or 900 calories or even less.
It is not that difficult to reduce your meals to two courses. For example, you can have your sumptuous main dish and your sugary dessert; but no more side dishes. Or you can have your starter course and just the sugary dessert. Less calories, but indulgence is still part of your meal.
People are often afraid of starting diets because they fear deprivation. If you learn how to eat sensibly by just removing some excess meals, there is no way that you would not slim down naturally.
3) A bit of walking can go a long way
We are not only talking about physical distance. If you walk ten minutes a day around your house, you are bound to lose weight. Not only would you be losing weigh, but you are making your cardiovascular system that much healthier as well. What Is The Best Diet Food For Slimming? By now, you may already know that there are lots of diets and food for slimming recommended by companies, but do you know that each and every one of them are very different? Even though they all serve the same purpose (which is fast fat loss), you must first understand how each of them accomplish it.1. What Are The Differences Between Diets?
There are significant differences between every type of diet out there. Most diets recommended you to eat less or even none of a particular food group. Some will only allow you to eat a few calories per day. You should be able to easily get the foods included in your diet, otherwise it will be very hard to stick to it.
Another point is that starving for slimming is not recommended. The reason is that starvation will only cause your body to adjust to the changes and slow downs its metabolism. As a result, your fat loss results will stop and not improve.
2. Your Mood On The Diet
How you feel while on the diet will also affect your chances of success. Whichever diet you choose, you should be glad that you are losing weight off the diet. Try not to think about your favorite foods if you restricted from eating them, or you may need to find another diet that allows you to eat them.
If your mood is regularly affected by your diet, you may want to try a way of eating that I have used successfully, called calorie shifting. It involves changing the types of calories you eat in every meal, and you are encouraged to eat in 4 small meals per day. By eating in this pattern, you can trigger your brain to produce more fat burning hormones naturally. To learn more about calorie shifting, visit the website link at the end of this article.
3. Learn The Experience Of Others
Before you decide to follow any slimming diets, you should look out for testimonials of people who have tried and are successful with them. For example, I have personally tried low calorie and low carb diets before, and have lost lots of weight at the start. However, once I resumed my normal diet again, I put back on all the weight that I had lost.
Ensure that you can live with the slimming diet you choose. By eating the right foods, you can start slimming down easily. Slimming Down - The Easy Way Today, I'm going go over a few tips for slimming down you may not have thought about before. The first thing you need to realize is that you don't have to be overweight. You CAN change that.It's not easy being overweight in the age we live in. With so much misinformation out there about how to lose weight, it's how to know what's what. On top of that, there are super-sized portions of unhealthy foods everywhere you look, you have almost no time for yourself, and the stress from work and home can you leave you feeling overwhelmed and exhausted.
So, take a deep breath and take a few minutes to finish reading this article because you're going to learn how to climb out of these traps.
Slimming Down - Now
Rub your belly after meals
Have you heard of this one before? I know, it sounds ridiculous, but it works. And it works because it helps your body digest the food just eaten.
The majority of people have horribly inefficient digestive systems, which effectively stops weight loss. If your digestive system isn't working well, you can do everything else right and you still won't drop any weight.
All you have to do after meals is lie on your back and rub circles around your belly. Rub with your left hand for a minute and then switch hands for another minute.
If you can do this after all three meals, that would be ideal. If not, at least shoot for one meal a day.
Workout during television commercials
If you never seem to get enough time for exercise, here's the solution. All you need to do is do jumping jacks, climb stairs, jump rope, situps, pushups, or jump on a mini-trampoline during the three minutes that an average commercial break lasts
Do this about 6 or 7 times a day for a couple of weeks and you'll notice the change.
Don't make slimming down harder than it has to be.
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