28-Sep-2006
============= Power Programming Bi-Weekly Newsletter ============
In this issue:
1. ) Weight Loss Challenge Week 5-6 (Step 3)
2. ) Success Stories From The Counselors Office
3. ) Book News
4. ) Weekly weight-loss chat
5. ) Guest Article
6. ) Ask the expert
7. ) Quote of the Week
1. WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE: Tip 3
If you’ve been participating in the weight-loss challenge, I hope you’re enjoying it so far. You are now half way through the challenge. Keep up the good work. Ok, so for weeks 1 and 2 of the challenge I asked you to eat half of what you’d normally eat. Weeks 3 and 4 I asked you to completely avoid desserts. Now you are about to begin weeks 5 and 6, and the tip I want you to follow is this:
EXERCISE FOR 30 MINUTES A DAY, 5 TIMES A WEEK
Exercise is one of the most important things we can do for ourselves. The problem is that in today’s world we’re always on the go. We work long hours, shuffle the kids around all over the place and never have time for ourselves. The biggest excuse that I hear is that there just isn’t enough time to exercise. Well, it’s about making the time. Think about it. We make time for everything else in our lives but we don’t make time for our health. Our health has got to be our number one priority. After all, everything else that we do means nothing if we don’t have our health.
So get ready to clench your fist and psych yourself up for this part of the challenge. You can do it!
2. SUCCESS STORIES FROM THE COUNSELORS OFFICE
This woman I’ve been seeing is quite happy with the progress she’s made. At the time of her first appointment with me, she was feeling very out of control. For someone who valued her health and exercised every day, she could not control her temptations to binge-eat on snack foods after dinner. Like many people I’ve worked with, she eats very well all day but her breaking point is the evening.
After just one session, her evening compulsion was completely broken. She said she never new how easy it was to be in control; she didn’t think it was possible.
3. BOOK NEWS
We’ve hit a little bit of a snag. The book, which was scheduled for release in January, has been pushed-back to April because of cover problems. Most likely, the cover and possibly the title will be changed completely. In publishing, things have to be perfect.
4. WEIGHT LOSS CHAT
I just started hosting a weekly on-line weight-loss chat. The chat takes place every Monday at 9:00 P.M. Anyone can participate. Just go to http://www.weightlossbuddy.com/ and hit chat.
GUEST ARTICLE: Fat Burning Exercises
By Gary Gresham
Fat burning exercises are the slow, aerobic, long duration types of exercise that involve most of the major muscle groups. Your body will burn a higher percentage of calories from fat with lower intensity cardio exercises.
Fat burning exercises include walking, jogging, running, elliptical exercise trainer workouts, cycling and swimming. The key factor to keep in mind is the more muscle groups you use, the more fat you'll burn.
Different type of exercises will burn more sugar rather than burning fat. Sugar burning exercises involve brief spurts of movement followed by rest which results in more sugar that is used for fuel instead of fat.
Sugar burning exercises include sprinting, tennis, racquetball, basketball, and golf. While these are great sports that benefit your overall fitness condition, they are different type of exercises that will not burn as much fat like fat burning exercises will.
To burn fat effectively, exercise at a moderate pace for a longer period of time. The residual effect of this type of aerobic exercise gives you the most benefits.
These aerobic fat burning exercises increase your metabolism which means you'll burn calories long after you exercise. People who exercise on a regular basis develop more fat burning enzymes than people who don't exercise at all.
By doing just twenty minutes of fat burning exercises you get those fat burning enzymes working. So if you are just starting out, exercise for at least twenty minutes and work up from there as your fitness level improves. Try to set 3 days a week as your goal to workout and work up to 5 days as you become more fit.
Home treadmills and elliptical exercise trainers are perfect for fat burning exercises. These fitness machines will give you the slow, aerobic, long duration types of exercise that work best to burn fat.
They are the most popular pieces for home gyms because they allow you to stay fit in any weather condition. They are easy to use and cost efficient because quality fitness equipment will last for many years.
If you want to reduce body fat, eating properly will always help. But by combining it with fat burning exercises, it will give you the excellent results you are looking for.
This article is supplied by http://www.treadmill-info.com where you will find valuable information, ratings, reviews, articles and buying tips before you make the investment in quality fitness equipment. For more fitness related articles go to: http://www.treadmill-info.com/articles_1.html
6. ASK THE EXPERT
If you have any questions or would like to post any comments about how power programming has helped you, please go to my discussion board at http://www.fatproof.net/disc.htm.
7. QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"When people say to me: "How do you do so many things?" I often answer them without meaning to be cruel: "How do you do so little?" It seems to me that people have vast potential. Most people can do extraordinary things if they have the confidence or take the risks. Yet most people sit in front of the TV and treat life as if it goes on forever."
-- Phillip Adams
