how to lose belly fat

March 12th, 2008

What you need to do with your diet is:
1. To provide enough protein and calories to gain muscle, plus,
2. To promote testosterone production, which stimulates more muscle and fat
loss,
3. To promote a high metabolism, and,
4. To avoid too many, or the wrong type of calories to start putting on fat.
It is important that you follow these rules, as they will allow your body to
kick into the right gear to get ripped.
But how¡¯s this done?
Here are the 5 steps in your diet to build muscle and burn the fat quickly
and easily:
1. Eat lean sources of protein, of about 0.9 g per pound of total body mass,
or even higher at 1g per pound of lean body mass.
You can achieve this with lean sources of protein such as egg, fish (
including raw, tinned or cooked salmon or tuna), lean chicken, and whey
protein powder. This will provide the fuel for muscle growth. Have about 25%
of the daily amount straight after your workout.
2. Have the good fats that will stimulate testosterone production, which are
¡­ the monounsaturated fats.
The best sources are found in avocado (eg half per day), and extra virgin
olive oil (eg 2 teaspoons per day). The second good fat you¡¯ll
need is omega 3 or fish oil (eg 1 teaspoon a day), because if you¡¯
;re deficient, you won¡¯t be able to metabolise and burn off fat.
3. Straight after your workout, have a high GI carbohydrate.
This is when you¡¯re allowed to satisfy your sugar cravings for
the day. High GI carbs include foods such as honey or jam. These carbs are
very quickly absorbed into the muscle to replace the glycogen lost, and will
also help the protein that you¡¯re taking at the same time get
into your muscles.
But after this time, have only low GI and low glycemic load carbohydrates,
that is, the good carbohydrates.
By doing this, you won¡¯t stimulate insulin production, and
therefore will allow your fat to be burned off. This is important! One way
of doing this is to increase the vegetables, and decrease the breads and
pastas.
4. Strictly, no high GI carbs in the evenings, especially before bed.
There are many bodybuilders who time after time have proven to themselves
that they make great muscle gains and fat loss, until they begin to have
these kinds of carbs at night. Your metabolism is slowing, so no high GI
carbs at this time please!
5. Eat 6 meals a day, not 3 big meals.

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Increased Mental Performance

March 12th, 2008

This is why we start drinking coffee in the first place, right? I started binge drinking coffee in order to stay up all night working on various projects, though it didn’t take long for coffee consumption to become a hobby in its own right.

Drinking coffee improves your concentration, alertness and staves off a tired mind. For me, work comes to a halt when I’m missing any of the above, especially concentration or alertness. Ten or twenty minutes after a cup of coffee, I can be back to work for a few more hours.

Apparently coffee improves your short term memory, which indicates that I’m not drinking nearly enough of it. Did I mention that coffee improves your short term memory?

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Make Shift Work Slightly More Tolerable

March 12th, 2008

Shift work forces the body into strange sleeping patterns, or more accurately, a lack of a sleeping pattern. Your body relies on patterns to tune and operate the whole circadian process which tells you when you’re in need of sleep or when it’s time to be awake. Lacking a solid pattern means you’ll be pumping melatonin or adrenaline through your body at very strange times.

I know someone who took their car through a street sign (and escaped without getting caught) because of the way shift work destroys your sleeping patterns, so for these workers caffeine is not as much of a luxury - it becomes a necessary part of safely performing the work and getting there and back. Drink 200mg (two espressos) to keep yourself attentive on the job for a period of five or six hours. If you’ve got a killer twelve hour shift, throw back a few more halfway through.

Drinking 400mg of caffeine in one night isn’t the healthiest thing you could be doing, but neither is shift work.

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Improve Endurance and Stamina in Physical Activities

March 12th, 2008

It is well known that coffee improves endurance and stamina in physical activities, especially sports. The last time I played any team sport, I could count my age on two hands. Nevertheless, a cup of coffee before the morning run makes it go that much faster and easier.

If you’re starting an exercise routine (or returning to one) and having trouble with the adaption, drinking a cup of coffee before starting may make it easy enough to get over the hump and make it a habit. If all you need is an adaptation tool you can stop drinking it once you can get through each session on your own.

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Improve Your Ability to Socialize

March 12th, 2008

A few cups of coffee can really help the introvert or cynic to come out of the shell and enjoy social situations. Coffee houses first formed in the Middle East hundreds of years ago and became popular as social locations, a tradition that has continued to this day. It’s got to do with not only the great atmosphere, aroma and architecture of most coffee houses, but of course, the effects of caffeine kicking your mind into gear and boosting your mood.

There is evidence to show that coffee doesn’t boost your mood so much as reduce stress by eliminating the hormone cortisol. Cortisol is responsible for the frazzled, distressed feeling brought on by day-to-day stress.

This one works well for me—especially for making visits to the wife’s family much more bearable!

Counter-defense: get a life, make some friends!

Truly, there is no substitute for replacing a caffeine dependency with the optimal diet for your body and lifestyle. Drinking too much coffee can wreak havoc on your system, especially your sleep patterns and blood pressure.

The latest research shows that drinking 200mg of caffeine or more a day can double the risk of miscarriage in pregnant women. If you’re pregnant, watch your intake, or better yet, just stop consuming caffeine altogether.

That aside, coffee drinking has a far worse reputation than it deserves; the benefits are real, and in moderation, it’s actually a good idea to get some coffee in your system. Go ahead. Have a cup—you know you want to!

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How to start a small business

March 8th, 2008

If You want to start your own business, but don’t know were to start.Follow these steps and you’ll be well on your way.

1.Eveyone must have Business Ideas.Once you have decided on the business you wish to start, Please Don’t hesitate do it.
Maybe you will be success.

2.You have to choose a good project.Do what you like and you proficient in.And you will make sure your project will be prospects.

3.If you start up the business,Please insist on this project whatever you meet up a lot of difficulties.If you give up You lost.

4.Makes you business to be standard. Because If you business become Big.You will be benefits from that.

Above is my own ideals.If you have any opinions.Please give me comments.

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