My 30 Day Weightloss Plan for You
63Understanding Why You Are the Way You Are Is Key:
Ask yourself, “Do I wanna lose water weight or fat?” Many people go on diets and lose weight only to gain it back once they stop dieting. The body is made up mostly of water. You perspire and lose it in many ways only to regain it once you have a glass or two. It is the easiest fluid to lose, and that is what you lose first while on those “miracle” diets. Dropped 10 pounds in one week? It was water weight.
Fat is much harder to get rid of. It’s a combination of water and many other things that collect inside your body. It’s partly used for fuel but doesn’t burn fast at all if you have a lot of it. Thin people with high metabolisms can eat just about anything and stay thin because their fat content is so low and their metabolism is so high. A heavier person may develop a high metabolism but retain too high a fat content to burn at a rapid enough pace to get rid of. Does that make sense? This is why you have extra weight. Your body is trying to burn it, but for some people there is just too much and not enough fuel.
Let’s Do Something About It:
This plan is designed to turn your body into a fat burning machine in 30 days naturally. You will need to continue to practice what I teach you in order to maintain you desired look. Let’s look at the body and what it is saying about you.
Sagging arms, belly, and chins simply mean that these are the areas your body has decided to store fat. There is a natural layer of fat that is right beneath the skin covering your midsection. It collects fat from the foods you eat. My problem has always been my belly. I didn’t have a collection of fat anywhere else. I know what some people are thinking—just work that belly! You can’t just do that. I could do 1,000 crunches a day for 30 days and still have a pooched out belly; why? The exercising you do trains the muscles below the fat. Though they get stronger and larger, lack of fat loss will only cause you to push that layer of fat out and make your belly look even bigger.
The Simple Key:
Oxygen intake burns fat. Drinking enough water keeps waste moving through and eventually out of your system. When you workout and keep your heart rate above it’s normal pace for 30 minutes, you take in more oxygen, raise your metabolism, and burn fat. Aerobics, Tae Bo, Hip Hop Abs, Richard Simmons Workouts, etc . . . . They go by a different name but do the same thing. They get your heart rate up so that you take in more oxygen and burn fat. The reason for so many workouts is that some people prefer dancing to step and vice versa. You know your body is going to hold on to some of the fat by nature, but your aim is to rid yourself of the excess and control that which is kept naturally. Does that make sense? Lose it by working out and keep it off by continuing to workout. Once you get it off, you don’t have to workout as hard, but you have to workout. As you get older, your metabolism slows. Continuing to workout counters that.
You’ve got to include weight lifting. You don’t want to do heavy weights. You want to do light weights (20-50 lbs) and a lot of reps (10-30). You don’t wanna lose all that weight and have sagging skin. Lifting weights tightens things up and creates muscle definition that will show once the fat is gone or at least reduced. It increases stamina and endurance helping you develop lean muscle. Lean muscle helps you burn fat while you sleep.
Do This for the next 30 days:
Walk at least 2 miles per day for the next 30 days. If you do it early in the morning, do it on an empty stomach (you’ll burn more fat that way). You can even walk with light hand weights. Take water with you but don’t drink to get full. Drink to quench your thirst. Add 1 mile after every 7 days. Walk like you wanna lose weight. Don’t stroll and chit chat. Get that body moving. Walking puts less of a demand on your knees and feet. You can also hit the treadmill to do this. The stationary bike is good but only works the butt and legs. That’s not bad if you want to isolate those areas. If you do so, you will need to pull out a workout DVD or do something else aerobic to get the rest of your body burning fat.
Hit the weights 3 days a week. Work your upper body one day and your lower body the next for 20 minutes. Don’t have access to a gym? There are heavy things around your house you can use. Make your own sand bags for lifting or do pushups for chest workouts. There are many exercise videos that show you how to simulate weight training. Increase your weight by 5 pounds each week.
Bake your food. Stop frying it. That grease collects in your body and turns to fat. It can’t happen if you don’t put it in there. Stop it with the sugar intake. Replace that habit with dried fruits. Leave the white bread on the shelf and come with the wheat. It’s better for you. That white bread has starch which turns into sugar which turns into fat.
Eat more fruit with peels. The peels are good sources of fiber. It can’t be digested and just goes through your system taking waste and other stuff with it.
If you have young children, doing your exercising early in the morning while they are asleep would be ideal. Having your own bike or treadmill would help too! Many of the workout DVDs are low impact and could be done during this time as well. Don’t say you don’t have time. There are 24 hours in one day. You need 30 minutes of aerobic exercise and 20 minutes for weightlifting. Less than one hour a day is all that’s needed. Once you make a change, your body will have to adjust to what you do. Your body will adjust to you working out and learn to love. For exercises just Google “weightlifting + upper body and lower body exercises”.
